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