January 10 - This day in History

January 10: General Interest
1901: Gusher signals start of U.S. oil industry

On this day in 1901, a drilling derrick at Spindletop Hill near Beaumont, Texas, produces an enormous gusher of crude oil, coating the landscape for hundreds of feet and signaling the advent of the American oil industry. The geyser was discovered at a depth of over 1,000 feet, flowed at an initial rate of approximately 100,000 barrels a day... read more


American Revolution
1776 : North Carolina governor calls on Loyalists to combat rebels
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/north-carolina-governor-calls-on-loyalists-to-combat-rebels


Automotive
2008 : World's cheapest car debuts in India
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/worlds-cheapest-car-debuts-in-india


Civil War
1861 : William Seward is named secretary of state
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/william-seward-named-secretary-of-state


Cold War
1989 : Cuban troops begin withdrawal from Angola
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/cuban-troops-begin-withdrawal-from-angola


Crime
1994 : Green Beret indicted for murder
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/green-beret-indicted-for-murder


Disaster
1962 : Avalanche kills thousands in Peru
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/avalanche-kills-thousands-in-peru


General Interest
1920 : League of Nations instituted
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/league-of-nations-instituted

1922 : Griffith elected president of Irish Free State
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/griffith-elected-president-of-irish-free-state

1923 : U.S. troops depart Germany
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/us-troops-depart-germany

1946 : First meeting of the United Nations
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/first-meeting-of-the-united-nations


Hollywood
2000 : AOL-Time Warner formed
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/aol-time-warner-formed


Literary
1961 : Dashiell Hammett dies
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/dashiell-hammett-dies


Music
1976 : "Convoy," by C.W. McCall, is the #1 song on the U.S. pop charts
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/quotconvoyquot-by-cw-mccall-is-the-351-song-on-the-us-pop-charts


Old West
1843 : Outlaw Frank James born in Missouri
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/outlaw-frank-james-born-in-missouri


Presidential
1941 : FDR introduces the lend-lease program
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/fdr-introduces-the-lend-lease-program

1967 : Johnson asks for more funding for Vietnam War
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/johnson-asks-for-more-funding-for-vietnam-war


Sports
1982 : Dwight Clark makes The Catch
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/dwight-clark-makes-the-catch


Vietnam War
1967 : Johnson asks for surcharge to pay for the war
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/johnson-asks-for-surcharge-to-pay-for-the-war

1972 : Hubert Humphrey criticizes President Nixon
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/hubert-humphrey-criticizes-president-nixon


World War I
1923 : Harding orders U.S. troops home from Germany
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/harding-orders-us-troops-home-from-germany


World War II
1941 : Lend-Lease introduced into Congress
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/lend-lease-introduced-into-congress