Daily Calendar for Saturday, January 10, 2026

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Carolus Linnaeus (botanist) – 1778
Buffalo Bill Cody (frontiersman) – 1917
Sinclair Lewis (novelist) – 1951
Dashiell Hammett (author of detective stories, including The Maltese Falcon and The Thin Man) – 1961
Richard Boone (actor) – 1981
John Dye (actor) – 2011
David Bowie (musician) – 2016

Thomas Paine published Common Sense, a pamphlet calling for independence from England – 1776
Florida seceded from the Union (U.S. Civil War) – 1861
The first line of London’s underground transportation system opened – 1863
Standard Oil Company was incorporated – 1870
Spindletop, the first great Texas oil strike, was discovered – 1901
First aerial photography – 1911
League of Nations founded – 1920
Juan de la Cierva demonstrated the first autogyro in Spain – 1923
World’s first communication through space occurred when radar pulses from Fort Monmouth, New Jersey, echoed from the Moon – 1946
First UN General Assembly met in London – 1946
Columbia Inc. and Radio Corp. of America introduced 33 1/3 rpm and 45 rpm vinyl records – 1949
Elvis Presley made his first recording in Nashville— Heartbreak Hotel was the A side, I Was The One was the B-side – 1956
Two African American students were admitted to the University of Georgia, marking the first step toward racial integration of the state’s public school system – 1961
State Representative Julian Bond was denied a seat in the Georgia legislature because of his opposition to the Vietnam War – 1966
Masterpiece Theater made its television debut – 1971
U.S. and the Vatican reestablished full diplomatic relations after more than 100 years – 1984
Daniel Ortega inaugurated for a 6 year term as president of Nicaragua – 1985
Judy Sweet became the first woman elected NCAA president – 1991

The temperature in Charleston, South Carolina, dropped from 70F to 26F. The next morning, it plummeted to 15F. – 1745
Charleston, South Carolina, received 10 inches of snow – 1800
The Big Snow in central New York State dropped up to 40 inches – 1836
Temperature dropped 47 degrees in 15 minutes at Rapid City, South Dakota – 1911
Rochester, New York, had its coldest morning since January 16, 1994, with a record -12 degrees F – 2004
Boston’s Logan International Airport recorded a low of -3 degrees F, 2 degrees chillier than the previous record for January 10, set in 1875. It was the city’s coldest day since January 16, 1994, when thermometers registered -4 degrees – 2004
A huge mudslide crashed down on homes in the tiny town of La Conchita, about 70 miles northwest of Los Angeles – 2005
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, experiences its 23rd consecutive day of rain – 2006