On this day …
January 10, 2015
- In 49 B.C., Julius Caesar crossed the Rubicon, signaling the start of civil war.
- In 1776, Thomas Paine published his pamphlet “Common Sense.”
- In 1810, Napoleon Bonaparte divorced his first wife, Josephine.
- In 1870, John D. Rockefeller incorporated Standard Oil.
- In 1920, the Treaty of Versailles took effect, officially ending World War I.
- In 1927, Fritz Lang’s landmark science fiction film Metropolis was released in Germany.
- In 1990, Time Inc. merged with Warner Communications.
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