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Battles took place between Muslims & Hindus in Calcutta.
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Eruptions on Mount Huascaran in Peru destroyed 7 villages and killed 3,500.
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Dashiell Hammett (66), author (Maltese Falcon, The Thin Man), died in NYC from throat cancer. In 1983 Diane Johnson authored his biography.
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Jerry Lee Lewis' "Great Balls of Fire" reached #1.
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Harold Macmillan became prime minister of Britain, following the resignation of Anthony Eden.
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UN headquarters opened in Manhattan, NY.
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George Foreman, world heavyweight champion from 1973 to 1974, was born. He lost it to Mohammed Ali and regained it in 1994 at the age of 46.
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MAY, 22
- Current / Future Events
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1990 –
Adnan Causevic, Bosnian-Norwegian soccer player
1990 –
Tao Li, Singaporean swimmer
1989 –
Kyle Reimers, Australian rules footballer
1986 –
Abigail Clancy, English model
1986 –
Saleisha Stowers, American model
1983 –
Danilo Dirani, Brazilian racing driver
1983 –
Li Nina, Chinese aerial free-style skier
1982 –
Josh Ryan Evans, American actor (d. 2002)
1981 –
Brian Joo, Korean-born singer
1980 –
Matt Roney, American baseball player
See All
January, 10
- Births
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2009,
William Frederick "Bill" Stone, British World War I veteran (b. 1900)
2008,
Christopher Bowman, American figure skater (b. 1967)
2008,
Maila Nurmi, aka Vampira, Finnish-born American actress (b. 1921)
2008,
Mikhail Minin, Russian Soviet soldier (b. 1922)
2007,
Carlo Ponti, Italian film producer (b. 1912)
2007,
Bradford Washburn, American explorer (b. 1910)
2005,
Gene Baylos, American comedian (b. 1906)
2005,
Margherita Carosio, Italian soprano (b. 1908)
2005,
James Forman, American civil rights leader (b. 1928)
2005,
Kalevi Hämäläinen, Finnish cross country skier (b. 1932)
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January, 10
- Deaths
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