January 10 is the 10th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 356 days remain until the end of the year (leap years).
1645 – Archbishop William Laud is beheaded for treason at the Tower of London 1776 – American Revolution: Thomas Paine publishes his pamphlet Common Sense 1791 – The Siege of Dunlap's Station begins near Cincinnati during the Northwest Indian War 1812 – The first steamboat on the Ohio River or the Mississippi River arrives in New Orleans, 82 days after departing from Pittsburgh 1861 – American Civil War: Florida becomes the third state to secede from the Union.
1870 – John D. Rockefeller incorporates Standard Oil.
1901 – The first great Texas oil gusher is discovered at Spindletop in Beaumont, Texas.
1916 – World War I: Imperial Russia begins the Erzurum Offensive, leading to the defeat of the Ottoman Empire's Third Army 1917 – Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition: Seven survivors of the Ross Sea party were rescued after being stranded for several months 1920 – The Treaty of Versailles takes effect, officially ending World War I for all combatant nations except the United States 1920 – League of Nations Covenant automatically enters into force after the Treaty of Versailles is ratified by Germany 1941 – World War II: The Greek army captures Kleisoura 1966 – Tashkent Declaration, a peace agreement between India and Pakistan signed that resolved the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965.
1972 – Sheikh Mujibur Rahman returns to the newly independent Bangladesh as president after spending over nine months in prison in Pakistan.
1980 – 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.
1984 – 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.
1990 – Time Warner is formed by the merger of Time Inc. and Warner Communications.
2019 – A 13-year-old girl, Jayme Closs, is found alive in Wisconsin, having been kidnapped 88 days earlier from her murdered parents' home.