“Common Sense” Anniversary
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Islamic New Year 1429
HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DAY — No‘ono‘o kanaka: Common sense HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY — “Where the hand moves, there let the eyes follow.”
HISTORICAL EVENTS ON THIS DAY – January 10th
- -49: (BCE) Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, invades Italy
- 1776: “Common Sense” by Thomas Paine is published
- 1863: The first underground railway opens in London
- 1870: John D Rockefeller incorporates Standard Oil
- 1951: The first jet passenger trip is made
- 1956: Elvis records “Heartbreak Hotel”
- 1966: Julian Bond is denied a seat in the Georgia legislature for opposing the Vietnam War
- 1967: Edward Brooke, takes seat as first popular elected African American (Senator-R-Mass)
- 1985: Daniel Ortega Saavedra is inaugurated as president of Nicaragua
- 2000: America Online announces it has agreed to buy Time-Warner for $162 billion
BORN ON THIS DAY – January 10th
- 1738: Ethan Allen, Revolutionary War fighter
- 1778: Carolus Linnaeus, Swedish father of modern systematic botany
- 1883: Francis X Bushman, silent film actor
- 1892: Dumas Malone, Jefferson historian 1904: Ray Bolger, actor/dancer
- 1927: Johnnie Ray, pop singer
- 1935: Ronnie Hawkins, rock musician (The Band)
- 1938: Willie McCovey, first baseman
- 1939: Sal Mineo, actor
- 1942: Jim Croce, singer
- 1945: Rod Stewart, singer
- 1948: Donald Fagan, rock vocalist/keyboardist (Steely Dan)
- 1949: George Foreman, boxer, entrepeneur
- 1952: Scott Thorston, keyboards/guitarist (Motels)
- 1953: Pat Benatar, singer
- 1959: Don Letts, rock musician(Bad)
- 1975: Shannon Kavanaugh, rock musician (Ivory Soul)
