January 10 - January 10 January 10 is the 10th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 355 days remaining (356 in leap years). Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances Events 49 BC - Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon which signaled civil war. 1072 - Robert Guiscard conquers Palermo. 1776 - Thomas Paine publishes Common Sense. 1806 - Dutch in Cape Town surrender to the British. 1810 - Marriage of Napoleon and Josephine is annulled. 1861 - Florida secedes from the United States. 1863 - The first section of the London Underground Railway opens (Paddington to Farringdon Street). 1870 - John D. Rockefeller incorporates Standard Oil. 1901 - The first great Texas gusher, oil discovered at Spindletop in Beaumont,.
June 10 - June 10 June 10 is the 161st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (162nd in leap years), with 204 days remaining. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances Events 1610 - The first Dutch colonists settle on Manhattan Island 1692 - Salem witch trials: Bridget Bishop is hanged as a witch 1801 - The Barbary pirates of Tripoli declare war on the United States 1829 - First boat race between Oxford and Cambridge 1846 - Mexican-American War: The California Republic declares independence from Mexico. 1854 - The first class graduates from the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland 1857 - Canadian Assembly passes bill adopting decimal currency 1898 - Spanish-American War: United States Marines land in Cuba.
July 10 - July 10 July 10 is the 191st day (192nd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 174 days remaining. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances Events 48 BC - Battle of Dyrrhachium, Caesar barely avoids a catastrophic defeat to Pompey in Macedonia. 1778 - American Revolution: Louis XVI of France declares war on the Kingdom of Great Britain. 1789 - Alexander Mackenzie reaches Mackenzie River Delta. 1821 - The United States takes possession of its newly-bought territory of Florida from Spain. 1832 - President Andrew Jackson vetoes a bill that would re-charter the Second Bank of the United States. 1850 - Millard Fillmore is inaugurated as the 13th President of the United States. 1890 -.
Vickers VC-10 - Vickers VC-10 The VC-10 was a airliner designed and built by Vickers in the 1960s. Only 57 were produced and the VC-10 is considered to be another failure of the British aerospace industry to deliver aircraft that were interesting to any companies other than their national airline and allied operators. Today a few VC-10s are still in service as aerial refueling and trooping aircraft with the RAF, after conversion in the 1980s. Despite its lack of commercial success, many consider it to be a particularly elegant, even beautiful design. Vickers VC-10 prototype, in BOAC colour scheme, date and place unknown. First flight 1962, scrapped in 1972 after a very hard landing. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 History 1..1 Models 1..2 Specifications History Vickers Armstrong had been working in-house.
Vernor Vinge - VIN-jee, rhyming with 'stingy') (born February 10, 1944) is a mathematician, computer scientist and science fiction author who is best known for his Hugo award-winning novel A Fire Upon the Deep, and for his 1993 essay "The Technological Singularity", in which he argues that exponential growth in technology will reach a point beyond which we cannot even speculate about the consequences. Vinge published his first short story, "Bookworm, Run!", in 1965 in Analog Science Fiction, then edited by John W. Campbell. He was then a moderately prolific contributor to SF magazines in the 1960s and early 1970s, including adapting two of his stories into a short novel, Grimm's World (1969), and publishing a second novel, The Witling (1975). Vinge came to prominence in 1981 with his novella "True Names", which is.
Karl Guthe Jansky - Guthe Jansky (October 22 1905 - February 14 1950), was the American physicist and radio engineer who in 1932 discovered that the Milky Way galaxy emanates radio waves; he did not follow up his discovery, but it marked the birth of radio astronomy. Jansky was born in Norman, Oklahoma, and studied at the University of Wisconsin where he received his Bachelor of Science degree in Physics in 1927. In 1928 he joined the Bell Telephone Laboratories in Holmdel, New Jersey. Bell Labs wanted to investigate using "short waves" (wavelengths of about 10-20 meters) for transatlantic radio telephone service. Jansky was assigned the job of investigating the sources of static that might interfere with radio voice transmissions. He built an antenna designed to receive radio waves at a frequency of 20.5 MHz.
Kaohsiung Incident - to commemorate Human Rights Day on December 10, 1979. It erupted following the police raid of Formosa Magazine, an illegal publication designed to support the end of Kuomintang monopolization of power in Taiwan. The ROC Government Information Office under the leadership of James Soong hoped to chill opposition voices through heavyhanded methods. The protest disintegrated into a brawl as protesters, police and undercover agents collided. The event would be a major turning point for democracy in Taiwan. Soong addressed the public in a speech condemning the protesters, labelling one of the leaders, Shih Ming-teh, "King of Bandits." The incident publicized the oppressive tactics of the KMT regime in ruling Taiwan and the trial of eight leaders of the protest allowed a team of lawyers to publicly question the practices of torture.
Karl Jatho - pioneer and inventor, performer and public servant of the city of Hanover (February 3, 1873 - December 8, 1933). On August 18, 1903 he flew with his self-made motored gliding airplane, 4 months before the first flight of the Wright Brothers. His first attempts he made with a plane having three lifting surfaces, but switched to two surfaces soon. They were modelled after the Zanonia seed, a seed that was known for its gliding capability. In contrast to the Wright Brother's plane, the wings were flat in profile and not curved. He had four witnesses for his flight. The plane was equipped with a single-cylinder 10 horsepower Buchet engine driving a two-bladed pusher propeller and made hops of up to 200 feet (60 meters), flying up to 10 feet (3-4 meters).
Kamen - modified HTK-1 becomes the world's first remotely piloted vehicle 1958 : K-17 A cold-tipped jet powered helicopter Rotor diameter: 11.3 m Weight: 430 kg - Max: 900 Engine: 1 Turbomeca Turmo of 600 hp Speed: Max: 120 km/h Endurance: 2 hours Service Ceiling: 1500 m July 2, 1959 : HU2K-1 Later known as UH-2A SeaSprite March 1960 : Kaman develops and flies the first all composite main rotor blade. October 1961 : The H-43 Huskie sets an altitude record of 10.000 m and numerous rate of climb records. During the Korean and Vietnam Wars, the Huskie flew more rescue missions than all other aircraft combined - with the best safety record of any U.S. military aircraft. 1962 : UH-2A / B production begins January 1964 : First flight of Kaman's.
Venera - they were launched in pair with a second satellite being launched soon after (a week or two) the first of the pair. 1VA (proto-Venera) - Flyby - launched February 4, 1961 : Failed to leave earth orbit Venera 1 - Flyby - launched February 12, 1961 : Communications lost enroute to Venus Venera 2 - Flyby - launched November 12, 1965 : Communications lost just before arival Venera 3 - Atmospheric Probe - launched November 16, 1965 : Communications lost just before atmospheric entry Venera 4 - Atmospheric Probe - launched June 12, 1967 : Arrived October 18, 1967 and was the first probe to enter another planet's atmosphere and return data Venera 5 - Atmospheric Probe - launched January 5, 1969 : Arrived May 16, 1969 and successfully returned atmoshperic.
Kevin Johnson - Oakland Athletics as a pitcher, Johnson, a native of Sacramento, chose to play basketball instead, and was drafted for the 1987-88 season by the Cavs. On February 28 of 1988, Johnson and teammate Mark West were traded to the Suns, where he avegared 18.8 points and 9.5 assists a game for the next 10 years. He became an all star three times and was part of a team that made it to the playoffs every year he was there. He also played with the Suns in the 1993 NBA finals, where they lost to the Chicago Bulls in six games. Johnson retired after the 1996-1997 season, and was accused by a 17 year old girl of joining her while she was naked in his mansion, taking a shower. Johnson was never.
Ken Buchanan - the early parts of his career fighting undistinguished opponents in England. His Scottish debut came in his 17th fight, when he outpointed John McMillan over 10 rounds on January 23, 1967. Prior to that, he had also beaten Ivan Whiter by a decision in 8 rounds. Buchanan ran his winning streak to 23 consecutive bouts before challenging Maurice Cullen on February 19,1968 for the British Lightweight title in London. He knocked Cullen out in round 11 and became a world classified Lightweight challenger. He continued his way up the world Lightweight rankings by defeating Leonard Tavarez, Angel Robinson Garcia and Whiter (in a rematch) among others, but on January 29, 1970, he found his first stone on the boxing road when he challenged future world Jr. Welterweight champion Miguel Velazquez in.
Kelly Rowland - Kelendria Trene Rowland was born on 11 February 1981 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. She is a member of the singing group Destiny's Child. Rowland was adopted by the Knowles family when she was 10. Her adopted sister Beyoncé Knowles is another member of Destiny's Child. Rowland's first solo album Simply Deep went gold and deputed an Number 1 when it was released in the United Kingdon. The two solo top five entries from her album are entitled Stole and Can't Nobody..
Kevin Keegan - (Joseph Kevin Keegan), born 14 February 1951, is former English international footballerer and currently working for Premier division football club - Manchester City F.C as club manager. Born in Armthorpe, Yorkshire, Keegan joined Scunthorpe United in 1968 as apprentice. He was transferred to Liverpool F.C in 1971. Keegan obtained his first international cap in 1972, representing England playing against Wales in Cardiff. His last England game came in the World Cup 1982 as substitute against Spain in Madrid. During his international football career, he won 63 caps and scored 21 goals. Before retiring from playing, he played for several football clubs including Germany First Division football club Hamburger SV (1977 to 1980), Premier division football club Southampton F.C (1980 to 1984). In February 1992, Keegan returned to soccer field as manager.
Kim Milford - Kim Milford Richard Kim Milford (February 7, 1951 - June 16, 1988) was an American movie and stage actor. Born in Glen Ridge, New Jersey, he grew up in the northern suburbs of Chicago (Winnetka, Illinois), where he went to New Trier High School. His family includes some familiar names from the movie and art world, sister, actress Penelope Milford (Coming Home for which she got an Oscar nomination, Heathers, The Burning Bed) and brother, Doug Milford, now COO (?CEO) and Co-owner of Artsystems Art Management Software (artsystems.com), co-owned and operated Piezo Electric in the East Village, owned and ran the Milford Gallery in SoHo, and as Publisher at ArtNet Worldwide, he designed, produced, and led the creation of Artnet.com. The multi-talented Kim Milford was an actor-singer-songwriter-composer-dancer and first appeared in.
Kim Jong-il - (born February 15, 1942) is the current leader of North Korea. Background Kim's father, the late Kim Il Sung, fled to the Soviet Union when the Japanese put a price on his head for guerrilla activities in occupied Korea. The family returned to the northern part of the peninsula after Japan's surrender during World War II, and communist Soviet leader Joseph Stalin anointed Kim Il Sung as the leader of the communist Democratic People's Republic of Korea. According to official North Korean accounts, Kim Jong was born in a log cabin at his father's guerilla base on North Korea's highest mountain, Mount Paektu, in February 1942. The peak, on the northern border with Chinese Manchuria, is the highest on the peninsula and the site where Korean legend says the nation came.
King Sejong the Great of Joseon - ; 世宗大王) (April 10, 1397-February 10, 1450), born Yi Do (이도 ; 李祹), was the fourth ruler of the Joseon Dynasty of Korea (at that time called Joseon) from 1418 to 1450. He was also a skilled linguist under whose guidance the native Korean alphabet Hangeul was created. In addition to Hangeul, Sejong also invented rain gauge, striking water clocks, and sundial. Following the principles of Neo-Confucianism, Sejong was also a humanitarian who proclaimed that there must be three trials before a final judgment is reached, and he prohibited brutality in the punishment of criminals, such as flogging. Sejong was the third son of King Taejong (Yi Bangwon). When he was ten, he became Grand Prince Chungnyeong (충녕대군 ; 忠寧大君) and married Sim On (심온 ; 沈溫) of Cheongsong (청송 ;.
Kid Gavilan - Gavilan Gerardo Gonzalez (January 6, 1926 - February 13, 2003), better known in the boxing world as Kid Gavilan, was a former boxer and world welterweight champion from Cuba. He was a native of the city of Camaguey. Gavilan was managed by Yamil Chade, a half Lebanese, half Cuban manager who also directed the careers of Wilfredo Gomez, Wilfredo Benitez, Carlos De Leon and Felix Trinidad among others. Gavilan started as a professional boxer on the evening of June 5, 1943, when he beat Antonio Diaz by a decision in four rounds in Havana. His first ten bouts were in Havana, and then he had one in Cienfuegos, but soon he returned to Havana for three more wins. After 14 bouts, he left Cuba for his first fight abroad, and he.
Kirkuk - field was brought into use by the Iraq Petroleum Company (IPC) in 1934 and has remained the basis of northern Iraqi oil production, with over 10 billion barrels of proven remaining oil reserves, as of 1998. The facilities have been sabotaged at times during fighting between Iraqi forces and the Kurds. Pipelines from Kirkuk run through Turkey to Ceyhan on the Mediterranean Sea and were one of the two main routes for the export of Iraqi oil under the "oil for food" programme following the Gulf War. This was in accordance with a United Nations mandate that at least 50% of the oil exports pass through Turkey. There are two parallel lines built in 1977 and 1987. The Kurds have identified Kirkuk as their preferred capital in any new Kurdish state..
Kingdom of Romania - 2 The interbellum years 2.2 Timeline Unification and monarchy The 1859 ascendancy of Alexander John Cuza as prince of both Moldavia and Wallachia under the nominal suzerainty of the Ottoman Empire united an identifiably Romanian nation under a single ruler. In 1862 the two principalities were formally united to form Romania, with Bucharest as its capital. On February 23, 1866 a so-called Monstrous coalition, composed of Conservatives and radical Liberals, forced Cuza to abdicate. The German prince Carol (Charles) of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen was appointed as Prince of Romania, in a move to assure German backing to unity and future independence. His descendants were to serve as the kings of Romania until the rise of the communists in 1947. In 1877, following a Russian-Romanian-Turkish war, Romania became completely independent. Charles was crowned as.
