10 Strange But True World-Changing Facts That Happened on January 10
By Michelle Carr Crowe, Silicon Valley real estate guide selling homes in San Jose
Are you an inquisitive person who enjoys learning? If you’ve read my blog, you know one of the pastimes I enjoy is discovering new facts and interesting pieces of history.
I like to share intriguing stories from our local newspaper the San Jose Mercury News, as well as my favorite print and online magazines Mental Floss, the National Geographic Society or Smithsonian Magazine. Other times I find articles or facts online at Wikipedia, The History Place, orDates In History.These events for today’s blog post are primarily from Brainy History.
While these interesting items are intriguing, they have nothing to do with my real estate business, helping people like you buy and sell homes in Silicon Valley, Calif. and beyond. I admit, they just add fun and fascination to life.
Here are today’s 10 strange but true events that happen to have their anniversary on today’s date, January 10, 2013. I hope you find them interesting, too.
10 Strange but True Events That Occurred on January 10
1997 Comet 1997 A1 discovered
1984 U.S. re-establishes full diplomatic relations with the Vatican after 117 years
1972 The triple-album set “Concert for Bangledesh” coordinated by ex-Beatle George Harrison released in the U.K.
1967 PBS (The National Educational TV) begins as a 70-station network.
1956 Elvis Presley records the hit “Heartbreak Hotel.”
1949 RCA introduces the 45 RPM record.
1932 “Mickey Mouse” and “Silly Symphonies” comics are first syndicated.
1870 John D. Rockefeller incorporates Standard Oil.
1840 Penny Post mail system starts.
1776 “Common Sense” by Thomas Paine is published.
Thank you for reading. You may want to read my blog at www.activerain.com/results for more fun facts on history, real estate, home, life and other topics. I hope you learned something new from reading about these 10 strange but true world-changing events that happened in history on January 10.
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