January 10 in history
<p><strong>January 10</strong> is the 10th day of the year in the <a title="Gregorian calendar" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregorian_calendar">Gregorian calendar</a>. There are 355 days remaining (356 in <a title="Leap year" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leap_year">leap years</a>).</p><p></p><p>From BBC on this day</p><p><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/10/newsid_2519000/2519163.stm"><span class="h1"><font size="2">1991: Last ditch efforts to avoid Gulf War</font></span></a><br/></p><p>The United Nations Secretary General is leaving shortly for Baghdad in a final diplomatic effort to avoid war against Iraq.<br clear="all"/></p><p><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/10/newsid_2709000/2709957.stm"><span class="h1"><font size="2">1954: Comet jet crashes with 35 on board</font></span></a><br/><font size="2">Thirty-five people are missing, feared dead, after a BOAC Comet jet airliner crashes into the Mediterranean.</font><br clear="all"/></p><p><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/10/newsid_4045000/4045495.stm"><span class="h1"><font size="2">1985: Gas blast kills eight in Putney</font></span></a><br/><font size="2">Eight people die and dozens are injured when an explosion destroys a block of exclusive flats in south-west London.</font></p><p><font size="2"></font></p><p><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/10/newsid_2518000/2518957.stm"><span class="h1"><font size="2">1979: 'No chaos here' declares Callaghan</font></span></a><br/><font size="2">The Prime Minister, James Callaghan, flies back into strike-torn Britain denying allegations the country is in chaos.</font><br clear="all"/></p><p></p><p><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/10/newsid_2518000/2518693.stm"><span class="h1"><font size="2">1985: Safety concerns over electronic trike</font></span></a><br/><font size="2">An electric tricycle, capable of a top speed of 15 mph, drives into a safety row on its first day on the road.</font><br clear="all"/></p><p></p><p><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/10/newsid_4514000/4514536.stm"><span class="h1"><font size="2">1996: King of Jordan in historic Tel Aviv visit</font></span></a><br/><font size="2">King Hussein of Jordan makes his first public visit to Israel's largest city as relations between the two countries warm.</font></p><p><font size="2"></font></p><p><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/10/newsid_3783000/3783251.stm"><span class="h1"><font size="2">1957: Macmillan becomes Prime Minister</font></span></a><br/><font size="2">Harold Macmillan accepts the Queen's invitation to become prime minister following the sudden resignation of Sir Anthony Eden.</font></p><p><br clear="all"/></p>
