CoM Moderators Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 1863 - January uprising begins in Poland 1870 - Standard Oil Company created by John D. Rockefeller (30%), his brother and other business partners. Then controlled about 10% of world oil. 1943 - Soviet offensive against German 6th and 4th Armies near Stalingrad 1954 - Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to W H Auden 1965 - WKBD TV channel 50 in Detroit, Michigan (IND) begins broadcasting 1978 - Soyuz 27 launches, carrying 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6 space station 1993 - Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens, musical "My Favorite Year", adapted from the 1982 film, and starring Evan Pappas, Tim Curry, Andrea Martin, and Lainie Kazan, closes at Vivian Beaumont Theater, NYC, after 37 performances and a Tony Award for Martin 2004 - 9th Critics' Choice Movie Awards: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King wins Best Film 2015 - 57 people are killed after an oil tanker collided with a passenger coach outside of Karachi, Pakistan 2022 - College Football, National Championship, Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis, Indiana: #3 Georgia beats #1 Alabama, 33-18 More Historical Events » Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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