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January 10, 2014 / 9 Shevat, 5774 / Shabbat Shalom
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The Jewish Press Print Edition
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Events
- 1055 – Theodora is crowned Empress of the Byzantine Empire.
- 1569 – First recorded lottery in England.
- 1693 – Mount Etna erupts in Sicily, Italy. A powerful earthquake destroys parts of Sicily and Malta.
- 1759 – In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the first American life insurance company is incorporated.
- 1782 – American Revolutionary War: French troops begin a siege of a British garrison on Brimstone Hill in Saint Kitts.
- 1787 – William Herschel discovers Titania and Oberon, two moons of Uranus.
- 1861 – Alabama secedes from the United States.
- 1863 – American Civil War: Battle of Arkansas Post – General John McClernand and Admiral David Dixon Porter capture the Arkansas River for the Union.
- 1863 – American Civil War: CSS Alabama encounters and sinks the USS Hatteras off Galveston Lighthouse in Texas.
- 1912 – Immigrant textile works in Lawrence, Massachusetts, go on strike when wages are reduced in response to a mandated shortening of the work week.
- 1917 – The Kingsland munitions factory explosion occurs as a result of sabotage.
- 1919 – Romania reincorporates Transylvania.
- 1922 – First use of insulin to treat diabetes in a human patient.
- 1923 – Occupation of the Ruhr: Troops from France and Belgium occupy the Ruhr area to force Germany to make its World War I reparation payments.
- 1927 – Louis B. Mayer, head of film studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), announces the creation of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, at a banquet in Los Angeles, California.
- 1935 – Amelia Earhart becomes the first person to fly solo from Hawaii to California.
- 1943 – World War II: The United States and United Kingdom give up territorial rights in China.
- 1943 – Italian-American anarchist Carlo Tresca is assassinated in New York.
- 1949 – The first "networked" television broadcasts take place as KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania goes on the air connecting the east coast and mid-west programming.
- 1949 – First recorded case of snowfall in Los Angeles, California.
- 1960 – Henry Lee Lucas, once listed as America's most prolific serial killer, commits his first known murder.
- 1964 – Surgeon General of the United States Dr. Luther Terry, M.D., publishes the landmark report Smoking and Health: Report of the Advisory Committee to the Surgeon General of the United States saying that smoking may be hazardous to health, sparking national and worldwide anti-smoking efforts.
- 2002 – The first twenty captives arrive at Camp X-Ray.
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Births
- 347 – Theodosius I, Roman emperor (d. 395)
- 1503 – Parmigianino, Italian painter (d. 1540)
- 1755 – Alexander Hamilton, Nevisian-American economist, politician, and philosopher, 1st United States Secretary of the Treasury (d. 1804)
- 1757 – Samuel Bentham, English engineer (d. 1831)
- 1786 – Joseph Jackson Lister, English opticist and physicist (d. 1869)
- 1814 – James Paget, English surgeon and pathologist (d. 1899)
- 1873 – John Callan O'Laughlin, American soldier and journalist (d. 1949)
- 1886 – Chester Conklin, American comedian and actor (d. 1971)
- 1895 – Laurens Hammond, American engineer and businessman, founded the Hammond Clock Company (d. 1973)
- 1907 – Abraham Joshua Heschel, Polish-American rabbi, theologian, and philosopher (d. 1972)
- 1923 – Ernst Nolte, German historian and philosopher
- 1924 – Slim Harpo, American singer and harmonica player (d. 1970)
- 1925 – Grant Tinker, American television producer, co-founded MTM Enterprises
- 1930 – Rod Taylor, Australian-American actor
- 1946 – Tony Kaye, English keyboard player (Yes, Badger, Detective, Badfinger, Circa, and Yoso)
- 1948 – Terry Williams, Welsh drummer (Love Sculpture, Man, Rockpile, and Dire Straits)
- 1949 – Daryl Braithwaite, Australian singer-songwriter (Sherbet)
- 1958 – Vicki Peterson, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (The Bangles and Continental Drifters)
- 1972 – Amanda Peet, American actress
- 1997 – Cody Simpson, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
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Deaths
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