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On January 10th....
Births:
1869 - Grigori Rasputin, Russian monk (d. 1916)
1883 - Aleksei Nikolaevich Tolstoi, Russian writer (d. 1945)
1654 - Joshua Barnes, English scholar (d. 1712)
Deaths:
1971 - Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel, French fashion designer (b. 1883)
1778 - Carolus Linnaeus, Swedish botanist (b. 1707)
681 - Pope Agatho
Events:
1920 - League of Nations holds its first meeting and ratifies the Treaty of Versailles ending World War I.
1927 - The film Metropolis by Fritz Lang premiers.
1946 - First General Assembly of the United Nations opens in London. Fifty-one nations are represented.
Holidays:
Margaret Thatcher day in the Falkland Islands
I get a crappy holiday. *sigh*
Births:
1869 - Grigori Rasputin, Russian monk (d. 1916)
1883 - Aleksei Nikolaevich Tolstoi, Russian writer (d. 1945)
1654 - Joshua Barnes, English scholar (d. 1712)
Deaths:
1971 - Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel, French fashion designer (b. 1883)
1778 - Carolus Linnaeus, Swedish botanist (b. 1707)
681 - Pope Agatho
Events:
1920 - League of Nations holds its first meeting and ratifies the Treaty of Versailles ending World War I.
1927 - The film Metropolis by Fritz Lang premiers.
1946 - First General Assembly of the United Nations opens in London. Fifty-one nations are represented.
Holidays:
Margaret Thatcher day in the Falkland Islands
I get a crappy holiday. *sigh*