Peculiar People Day Day 10 of 2008 355 days left in this year

HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY — “Where the hand moves, there let the eyes follow.”

January 10, 1776: “Common Sense” by Thomas Paine is published. Common Sense was  was first published anonymously on January 10, 1776, during the American Revolution. It presented the American colonists with an argument for independence from British rule at a time when the question of independence was still undecided. More >

HISTORICAL EVENTS ON THIS DAY

• -49: (BCE) Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, invades Italy
• 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
• 2006: Iran resumed nuclear research two years after halting the work to avoid possible U.N. economic sanctions. The move was denounced by the United States and European governments
• 2007: President George W. Bush announced he would send 21,500 additional U.S. forces to Iraq in an effort to quell violence there.

BORN ON THIS DAY

• 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)

DIED ON THIS DAY

• 1971: Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel French fashion designer, dies at 87
• 1972: Al Goodman Russian/US orchestra leader (NBC Comedy Hour), dies at 81
• 1976: Howlin’ Wolf singer/guitarist, dies following brain surgery at 65
• 1978: John D Rockefeller III US billionaire/philanthropist, dies at 71
• 1978: Pedro Joaquín Chamorro of La Prensa, assassinated in Managua
• 1981: Richard Boone actor (Paladin-Have Gun Will Travel), dies at 63
• 1982: Paul Lynde comedian/actor (Uncle Arthur-Bewitched, Bye Bye Birdie, Bewitched), dies at 55
• 1986: Joseph Kraft US columnist, dies at 61
• 1994: Charles “Chub” Feeney baseball president (National League), dies at 72
• 1996: Arthur Sydney Martin spycatcher, dies at 81
• 1997: Elspeth Josceline Huxley writer, dies at 96
• 1997: Hilary Grover Barratt Brown conservationist, dies at 71