What happened on January 10th in world history?

January 10 is the 10th day of the year 2025, which is still early in the year.

Some of the notable events of this day in history

1642: King Charles I of England is banished from London.

1870: Victor Noir is assassinated by Pierre-Napoléon Bonaparte.

1946: The first General Assembly of the United Nations is held in London, England, with 51 countries in attendance.

1981: The United States and the Vatican resume diplomatic relations after 117 years of disagreement.

1985: Sandinista Daniel Ortega becomes President of Nicaragua.

1922: Arthur Griffith is elected President of Ireland.

1929: France makes secondary education free.

1984: A Balkan Bulgarian Airlines Tupolev 134 crashes in Sofia, killing all 50 people on board.

1997: Arnoldo Alemán becomes President of Nicaragua.

2005: Italy passes a law banning smoking in workplaces, cars, restaurants, and other public places.

2005: A tornado hits a party in Conchita, California, killing 10 people and seriously injuring others.

Some of the greats born on this date

1932: Louis Rwagasore, a Burundian prince who fought for the country’s independence, died on October 13, 1961.

1984: Marouane Chamakh, Moroccan footballer.

Some of the greats who died on this date

681: Pope Agathon.

1162: Baldwin III, King of Jerusalem.

1276: Pope Gregory X.

1951: Sinclair Lewis, American author, Nobel Prize in Literature 1930.

1957: Gabriela Mistral, Chilean novelist, Nobel Prize in Literature 1945.

1986: Jaroslav Seifert, Czech novelist, Nobel Prize in Literature 1984.

1997: Alexander Robert Todd, British chemist, Nobel Prize in Literature 1957.

2009: William Frederick “Bill” Stone, one of the veterans of World War I, died 93 years ago.