January 10
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Art and culture
- 1776 - Thomas Paine publishes Common Sense.
- 1927 - The film Metropolis by Fritz Lang premieres.
- 1929 - Tintin, a comic book character created by Hergé, makes his debut
- 1936 - Paul Eluard introduces Dora Maar to Picasso.
- 2001 - Wikipedia starts as part of Nupedia. It becomes a separate site five days later.
Births
- 1869 - Grigori Rasputin, Russian monk (d. 1916)
- 1924 - Max Roach, American percussionist, drummer, and composer (d. 2007)
- 1939 - William Levy, Dutch writer
- 1949 - Linda Lovelace, American pornographic actress (d. 2002)
- 1953 - Dennis Cooper, American author
Deaths
- 1778 - Carolus Linnaeus, Swedish botanist (b. 1707)
- 1904 - Jean-Léon Gérôme, French painter and sculptor (b. 1824)
- 1951 - Sinclair Lewis, American writer (b. 1885)
- 1961 - Dashiell Hammett, American writer (b. 1894)
- 2007 - Carlo Ponti, Italian film producer (b. 1912)
Notes
- 2007 - Georges Bernier (September 21, 1929 - January 10, 2005) or Le Professeur Choron as he was more commonly known, was a French humorist and founder of Hara Kiri magazine.
- 2007 - François KevorkianFrançois Kevorkian, alias François K, (born January 10,
- 2007 - Al Goldstein (b. January 10 1936, New York City) is an American publisher and pornographer. Goldstein founded the tabloid Screw magazine.
- 2007 - Coco Chanel
- 2007 - David Horowitz
- 2007 - Edward Steichen
- 2007 - Étienne Pivert de Senancour
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