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Saturday, 10 January 2026

2005

A mudslide occurs in La Conchita, California, killing 10 people, injuring many more and closing the Highway 101, the main coastal corridor between San Francisco and Los Angeles, for 10 days.

2003

Illinois Governor George Ryan commutes the death sentences of 167 prisoners on Illinois' death row based on the Jon Burge scandal.

2001

A large piece of the chalk cliff at Beachy Head collapses into the sea.

1990

Time Warner is formed from the merger of Time Inc. and Warner Communications Inc.

1984

The United States and the Vatican establish full diplomatic relations after 117 years.

1972

Sheikh Mujibur Rahman returns to the newly independent Bangladesh as president after spending over nine months in prison in Pakistan.

1962

Apollo Project: NASA announces plans to build the C-5 rocket booster. It became better known as the Saturn V moon rocket, which launched every Apollo moon mission.

1946

The first General Assembly of the United Nations opens in London. Fifty-one nations are represented.

1941

Lend-Lease is introduced in the U.S. Congress.

World War II: The Greek army captures Kleisoura.

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