What happened on January 10 ?

1480 - Margaret of Austria, Regent of the Netherlands (d. 1530)

1538 - Louis of Nassau, Dutch general (d. 1574)

1573 - Simon Marius, German astronomer (d. 1624)

1607 - Isaac Jogues, French Jesuit missionary (d. 1646)

1628 - George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, English statesman (d. 1687)

1638 - Nicolas Steno, Danish geologist (d. 1686)

1644 - Louis François, duc de Boufflers, French marshal (d. 1711)

1654 - Joshua Barnes, English scholar (d. 1712)

1715 - Christian August Crusius, German philosopher and theologian (d. 1775)

1721 - Johann Philipp Baratier, German scholar (d. 1740)

1729 - Lazzaro Spallanzani, Italian biologist (d. 1799)

1738 - Ethan Allen, American Revolution military leader (d. 1789)

1769 - Michel Ney, French marshal (d. 1815)

1797 - Annette von Droste-Hülshoff, German writer (d. 1848)

1828 - Herman Koeckemann, German Catholic prelate (d. 1892)

1843 - Frank James, American outlaw (d. 1915)

1849 - Francisco Ferrer Guardia, Spanish free-thinker (d. 1909)

1836 - Charles Ingalls, father of Laura Ingalls Wilder (d. 1902)

1858 - Heinrich Zille, German illustrator and photographer (d. 1929)

1865 - Mary Ingalls, elder sister of Laura Ingalls Wilder (d. 1928)

1869 - Grigori Rasputin, Russian monk (d. 1916)

1873 - George Orton, Canadian athlete (d. 1958)

1883 - Francis X. Bushman, American actor (d. 1966)

1883 - Aleksei Nikolaevich Tolstoi, Russian writer (d. 1945)

1887 - Robinson Jeffers, American poet (d. 1962)

1890 - Grigory Landsberg, Russian physicist (d. 1957)

1903 - Barbara Hepworth, British sculptor (d. 1975)

1904 - Ray Bolger, American actor, singer, dancer (d. 1987)

1908 - Paul Henreid, Austrian actor (d. 1993)

1908 - Bernard Lee, British actor (d. 1981)

1913 - Gustáv Husák, President of Czechoslovakia (d. 1991)

1913 - Mehmet Shehu, Albanian politician (d. 1981)

1916 - Sune Bergström, Swedish biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 2004)

1917 - Jerry Wexler, American record producer

1918 - Arthur Chung, President of Guyana

1920 - Max Patkin, American baseball player (d. 1999)

1921 - Rodger Ward, American race car driver (d. 2004)

1925 - Max Roach, American drummer and composer

1927 - Gisele MacKenzie, Canadian singer (d. 2003)

1927 - Johnnie Ray, American singer (d. 1990)

1927 - Otto Stich, Swiss politician

1930 - Roy Edward Disney, American film executive

1931 - Peter Barnes, English writer (d. 2004)

1934 - Leonid Kravchuk, Ukrainian politician

1935 - Ronnie Hawkins, American musician

1935 - Sherrill Milnes, American baritone

1936 - Stephen Ambrose, American historian (d. 2002)

1936 - Robert Wilson, American physicist and radio astronomer, Nobel Prize laureate

1937 - Thomas Penfield Jackson, American judge

1938 - Donald Knuth, American mathematician and computer scientist

1938 - Willie McCovey, American baseball player

1939 - William Levy, Dutch writer

1939 - Sal Mineo, American actor (d. 1976)

1939 - Bill Toomey, American athlete

1943 - Jim Croce, American singer (d. 1973)

1944 - Frank Sinatra, Jr., American singer

1945 - Rod Stewart, English singer

1946 - Aynsley Dunbar, British drummer

1948 - Donald Fagen, American keyboardist

1948 - Teresa Graves, American actress and singer (d. 2002)

1948 - Mischa Maisky, Latvian cellist

1948 - William Sanderson, American actor

1949 - George Foreman, American boxer

1949 - James Lapine, American stage director

1949 - Linda Lovelace, American actress (d. 2002)

1952 - Scott Thurston, American musician, songwriter

1953 - Pat Benatar, American singer

1953 - Bobby Rahal, American race car driver

1955 - Michael Schenker, German guitarist (UFO)

1956 - Shawn Colvin, American singer

1956 - Antonio Muñoz Molina, Spanish writer

1959 - Simon Sunatori, Canadian inventor

1961 - Evan Handler, American actor

1961 - Janet Jones, American actress; wife of Wayne Gretzky

1964 - Brad Roberts, Canadian singer (Crash Test Dummies)

1972 - Thomas Alsgaard, Norwegian cross-country skier

1973 - Ryan Drummond, American voice actor

1974 - Steve Marlet, French footballer

1975 - Jake Delhomme, American football player

1978 - Gavin McCann, English footballer

1980 - Janelle Pierzina, American television personality

1982 - Max Starks, American football player