Today is Friday January 10, 2014
10th day of 2014, 355 remaining
Sunrise: 7:24am
Sunset: 5:10pm
Special Celebrations today:
Today is Bittersweet Chocolate Day, House plant Appreciation Day.
This is National Hot Tea Month, Oatmeal Month, Soup Month and Wheat Bread Month.
On this day in...
1946: The first meeting of the United Nations General Assembly took place with 51 nations represented.
1949: Vinyl records were introduced by RCA 45rpm and Columbia 33.3rpms.
1951: The first passenger jet flew from Chicago to New York City.
1978: The Solviet Union launched two cosmonauts aboard a Soyuz capsule for a rendevoux with the Salyut V1 space lab.
1984:The United States and the Vatican established full diplomatic relations for the first time in more than a century.
1994: Lorena Bobbitt went on trial after being charged with maliciously wounding her husband. She was acquitted.
If today is your birthday, you share it with:
Ethen Allen
Willie McCovey
Sal Mineo
Jim Croce
Frank Sinatra Jr.
Rod Stewart
George Forman
Pat Benatar
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