{"id":30452,"date":"2017-01-10T09:10:35","date_gmt":"2017-01-10T15:10:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=30452"},"modified":"2017-01-10T09:11:07","modified_gmt":"2017-01-10T15:11:07","slug":"today-in-history-322","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=30452","title":{"rendered":"Today In History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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Today in History: Tuesday, January\u00a0 10, 2017<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\nOn Jan. 10, 1946, the first General Assembly of the United Nations convened in London.
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1776<\/td>\nThomas Paine published the pamphlet “Common Sense.”<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1861<\/td>\nFlorida seceded from the Union.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1863<\/td>\nLondon’s Metropolitan, the world’s first underground passenger railway, opened to the public.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1870<\/td>\nJohn D. Rockefeller incorporated Standard Oil.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1920<\/td>\nThe League of Nations was established as the Treaty of Versailles went into effect.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1957<\/td>\nHarold Macmillan became prime minister of Great Britain following the resignation of Anthony Eden.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1964<\/td>\nThe Beatles’ first album in the United States, “Introducing the Beatles,” was released.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1967<\/td>\nRepublican Edward W. Brooke of Massachusetts, the first black elected to the U.S. Senate by popular vote, took his seat.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1971<\/td>\n“Masterpiece Theatre” premiered on PBS.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1984<\/td>\nThe United States and the Vatican established full diplomatic relations.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2000<\/td>\nAmerica Online agreed to buy Time-Warner for $162 billion. (Time-Warner decided to spin off AOL in 2009.)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2003<\/td>\nNorth Korea withdrew from a global treaty barring it from making nuclear weapons.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2005<\/td>\nCBS issued a damning independent review of mistakes related to a “60 Minutes Wednesday” report on President George W. Bush’s National Guard service.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2007<\/td>\nPresident George W. Bush announced he would send a “surge” of 21,500 U.S. forces to Iraq.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2011<\/td>\nA judge ordered former U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay to serve three years in prison for his role in a scheme to illegally funnel corporate money to Texas candidates in 2002. (DeLay remains free on bond as he appeals.)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2012<\/td>\nFormer Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney won the New Hampshire Republican presidential primary.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Rock singer Rod Stewart turns 72 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Ronnie Hawkins<\/td>\nRock singer, musician<\/td>\n82<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
William Sanderson<\/td>\nActor (“Newhart”)<\/td>\n73<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Frank Sinatra Jr.<\/td>\nSinger<\/td>\n73<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Donald Fagen<\/td>\nRock singer, musician (Steely Dan)<\/td>\n69<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
George Foreman<\/td>\nBoxing Hall of Famer<\/td>\n68<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Roy Blunt<\/td>\nU.S. senator, R-Mo.<\/td>\n67<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pat Benatar<\/td>\nRock singer<\/td>\n64<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Shawn Colvin<\/td>\nRock singer<\/td>\n61<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Evan Handler<\/td>\nActor<\/td>\n56<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mark Pryor<\/td>\nFormer U.S. senator, D-Ark.<\/td>\n54<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Baseball Hall of Famer Willie McCovey turns 79 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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