Are you asking the question “What day of the week was I born?” Continue reading to find out what day of the week you were born.
Day Of The Week: January 10
January 10, 2024 is the 10th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 356 days remaining until the end of 2024. The day of the week is Wednesday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Capricorn is your zodiac sign. Garnet is your modern birthstone. Emerald is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Historical Events: January 10
- 49 BC –Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, signaling the start of civil war.
- 69 –Lucius Calpurnius Piso Licinianus is appointed by Galba to deputy Roman Emperor.
- 1475 –Stephen III of Moldavia defeats the Ottoman Empire at the Battle of Vaslui.
- 1776 –Thomas Paine publishes Common Sense.
- 1806 –Dutch settlers in Cape Town surrender to the British.
- 1861 –American Civil War: Florida secedes from the Union.
- 1916 –Erzerum Offensive during World War I, Russian victory over Ottoman Empire.
- 1946 –The United States Army Signal Corps successfully conducts Project Diana, bouncing radio waves off the moon and receiving the reflected signals.
- 2003 –Illinois Governor George Ryan commutes the death sentences of 167 prisoners on Illinois’ death row based on the Jon Burge scandal.
- 2005 –A mudslide occurs in La Conchita, California, killing 10 people, injuring many more and closing U.S. Route 101, the main coastal corridor between San Francisco and Los Angeles, for 10 days.
Who were born on January 10?
- 1843 –Frank James, American outlaw (d. 1915)
- 1859 –Francesc Ferrer i Guàrdia, Spanish free-thinker (d. 1909)
- 1925 –Günther Knödler, German fencer
- 1935 –Ronnie Hawkins, American musician
- 1943 –Kristiina Elstelä, Finnish actress
- 1955 –Franco Tancredi, Italian footballer
- 1956 –Antonio Muñoz Molina, Spanish writer
- 1963 –David Dewayne Johnson, American convicted murderer (d. 2000)
- 1976 –Adam Kennedy, American baseball player
- 1987 –César Cielo, Brazilian swimmer
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