TUESDAY, JANUARY 10, 2012

Today is Tuesday, January 10, the 10th day of 2012. There are 356 days left in the year.

49 B.C. ― Julius Cesar crosses the Rubicon, invades Rome

1776 ― ``Common Sense" by Thomas Paine, published

1810 ― French church annuls marriage of Napoleon I and Josephine

1839 ― Tea from India first arrives in U.K.

1863 ― First underground railway opens in London

1946 ― U.N. General Assembly convenes for first time (London)

1962 ― About 4,000 die in avalanche, Ranrahirca, Peru

1962 ― Eruptions on Mt. Huascaran in Peru destroy seven villages and kill 3,500

1990 ― China lifts martial law (imposed after Tiananmen Square massacre)

1991 ― Japan ends routine fingerprinting of all adult ethnic Koreans