Sheikh Mujibur Rahman returns to the newly independent Bangladesh as president after spending over nine months in prison in Pakistan. Date: January 10, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 10 📅 Events on this day in 1972 📅 On This Day (Today)
The New England Journal of Medicine publishes the letter Addiction Rare in Patients Treated with Narcotics, which is later misused to downplay the general risk of addiction to opioids. Date: January 10, 1980 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 10 📅 Events on this day in 1980 📅 On This Day…
Salvadoran Civil War: The FMLN launches its first major offensive, gaining control of most of Morazán and Chalatenango departments. Date: January 10, 1981 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 10 📅 Events on this day in 1981 📅 On This Day (Today)
Holy See–United States relations: The United States and Holy See (Vatican City) re-establish full diplomatic relations after almost 117 years, overturning the United States Congress's 1867 ban on public funding for such a diplomatic envoy. Date: January 10, 1984 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 10 📅 Events on this day…
Sandinista Daniel Ortega becomes president of Nicaragua and vows to continue the transformation to socialism and alliance with the Soviet Union and Cuba. Date: January 10, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 10 📅 Events on this day in 1985 📅 On This Day (Today)
Time Warner is formed by the merger of Time Inc. and Warner Communications. Date: January 10, 1990 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 10 📅 Events on this day in 1990 📅 On This Day (Today)
Crossair Flight 498, a Saab 340 aircraft, crashes in Niederhasli, Switzerland, after taking off from Zurich Airport, killing 13 people. Date: January 10, 2000 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 10 📅 Events on this day in 2000 📅 On This Day (Today)
North Korea withdraws from the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, making it the first state to withdraw from the treaty. Date: January 10, 2003 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 10 📅 Events on this day in 2003 📅 On This Day (Today)
A general strike begins in Guinea in an attempt to get President Lansana Conté to resign. Date: January 10, 2007 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 10 📅 Events on this day in 2007 📅 On This Day (Today)
A bombing at Jamrud in Pakistan, kills at least 30 people and injures 78 others. Date: January 10, 2012 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 10 📅 Events on this day in 2012 📅 On This Day (Today)