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	Monday, January 10th The 010th day of 2011. There are 355 days left in the year. Go to a previous date.

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Today's Highlights in History
See a larger version of this front page.		On Jan. 10, 1946, the first General Assembly of the United Nations convened in London. (Go to article.)On Jan. 10, 1910, Galina Sergeyevna Ulanova, one of the greatest ballet dancers of the 20th century, was born. Following her death on Mar.21, 1998, her obituary appeared in The Times. (Go to obit. | Other Birthdays)
		On January 10, 1874, Harper's Weekly featured a cartoon about foreign policy. (See the cartoon and read an explanation.)

On this date in:
1776	Thomas Paine published the pamphlet "Common Sense."
1861	Florida seceded from the Union.
1863	London's Metropolitan, the world's first underground passenger railway, opened to the public.
1870	John D. Rockefeller incorporated Standard Oil.
1920	The League of Nations was established as the Treaty of Versailles went into effect.
1957	Harold Macmillan became prime minister of Great Britain following the resignation of Anthony Eden.
1964	The Beatles' first album in the United States, "Introducing the Beatles," was released.
1967	Republican Edward W. Brooke of Massachusetts, the first black elected to the U.S. Senate by popular vote, took his seat.
1971	"Masterpiece Theatre" premiered on PBS.
1984	The United States and the Vatican established full diplomatic relations.
2000	America Online agreed to buy Time-Warner for $162 billion. (Time-Warner decided to spin off AOL in 2009.)
2003	North Korea withdrew from a global treaty barring it from making nuclear weapons.
2005	CBS issued a damning independent review of mistakes related to a "60 Minutes Wednesday" report on President George W. Bush's National Guard service.
2007	President George W. Bush announced he would send a "surge" of 21,500 U.S. forces to Iraq.
2010	NBC announced a plan to move "The Jay Leno Show" from prime time to 11:35 p.m. Eastern time and push "The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien" back to 12:05 a.m. (O'Brien ended up leaving NBC, and Leno resumed hosting "Tonight.")

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Current Birthdays

Willie McCovey turns 73years old today.

AP Photo/Ben Margot Baseball Hall of Famer Willie McCovey turns 73 years old today.

76 Ronnie Hawkins Rock singer, musician 72 Scott McKenzie Singer 67 Frank Sinatra Jr. Singer 66 Rod Stewart Rock singer 63 Donald Fagen Rock singer, musician (Steely Dan) 63 William Sanderson Actor ("Deadwood," "Newhart") 62 George Foreman Boxing Hall of Famer 61 Roy Blunt U.S. senator, R-Mo. 58 Pat Benatar Rock singer 55 Shawn Colvin Rock singer 50 Evan Handler Actor 48 Mark Pryor U.S. senator, D-Ark. 36 Jake Delhomme Cleveland Browns quarterback

Historic Birthdays
Galina Sergeyevna Ulanova
1/10/1910 - 3/21/1998 Russian prima ballerina  (Go to obit.)
48	Nicolaus Steno 1/10/1638 - 11/26/1686 Danish geologist and anatomist
68	John Emerich, Lord Acton 1/10/1834 - 6/19/1902 English historian
66	Yukichi Fukuzawa 1/10/1835 - 2/3/1901 Japanese educator and publisher
41	John Wellborn Root 1/10/1850 - 1/15/1891 American architect
71	Frederick Gardner Cottrell 1/10/1877 - 11/16/1948 American educator and scientist
83	Francis X. Bushman 1/10/1883 - 8/23/1966 American actor
94	Dumas Malone 1/10/1892 - 12/27/1986 American historian; wrote authoritative biography of Thomas Jefferson
87	Uri Zvi Greenberg 1/10/1894 - 5/8/1981 Hebrew and Yiddish poet
72	Dame Barbara Hepworth 1/10/1903 - 5/20/1975 English sculptor
83	Ray Bolger 1/10/1904 - 1/15/1987 American dancer and actor
84	Paul Henreid 1/10/1908 - 3/29/1992 Austrian-born American actor

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