History for January 10

History for January 10 - On-This-Day.com:
Ethan Allen 1738, Sal Mineo 1939, Jim Croce 1943 - Musician 


Rod Stewart 1945 - Singer, George Foreman 1949 - Boxer, Pat Benatar (Pat Andrzejewski) 1953 - Singer 


1776 - "Common Sense" by Thomas Paine was published. 


1870 - John D. Rockefeller incorporated Standard Oil. 


1990 - Time Inc. and Warner Communications Inc. completed a $14 billion merger. The new company, Time Warner, was the world's largest entertainment company. 



1994 - In Manassas, VA, Lorena Bobbitt went on trial. She had been charged with maliciously wounding her husband John. She was acquitted by reason of temporary insanity. 


2000 - It was announced that Time-Warner had agreed to buy America On-line (AOL). It was the largest-ever corporate merger priced at $162 billion. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) approved the deal on December 14, 2000. 


2001 - American Airlines agreed to acquire most of Trans World Airlines (TWA) assets for about $500 million. The deal brought an end to the financially troubled TWA. 


2003 - North Korea announced that it was withdrawing from the global nuclear arms control treaty and that it had no plans to develop nuclear weapons.