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Today, January 10, 2026

January 10: Peculiar People Day (Eccentrics Day, Eccentricity Day): -- Eccentricity (also called Quirkiness) is an unusual or odd behavior on the part of an individual. This behavior would typically be perceived as unusual or unnecessary, without being demonstrably maladaptive. Eccentricity is contrasted with normal behavior, the nearly universal means by which individuals in society solve given problems and pursue certain priorities in everyday life. People who consistently display benignly eccentric behavior are labeled as "eccentrics". English utilitarian thinker John Stuart Mill (1806-1873) wrote that "the amount of eccentricity in a society has generally been proportional to the amount of genius, mental vigour, and moral courage which it contained", and mourned a lack of eccentricity as "the chief danger of the time". Edith Sitwell (1887-1964) wrote that eccentricity is "often a kind of innocent pride", also saying that geniuses and aristocrats are called eccentrics because "they are entirely unafraid of and uninfluenced by the opinions and vagaries of the crowd". Eccentricity is also associated with great wealth - what would be considered signs of insanity in a poor person, some may accept as eccentricity in wealthy people. Eccentricity is often associated with genius, intellectual giftedness, or creativity. People may perceive the individual's eccentric behavior as the outward expression of their unique intelligence or creative impulse. In this vein, the eccentric's habits are incomprehensible not because they are illogical or the result of madness, but because they stem from a mind so original that it cannot be conformed to societal norms. January 10 is your opportunity to recognize and celebrate those who refuse to conform to the world's idea of normal. It is always the people who are termed 'peculiar', 'different', 'strange', or 'abnormal' that set the world in motion because they live "out of the box". They refuse to accept and live by the status quo and have the courage to do and be different. Whenever the world has seen innovation, it has always been the idea and effort of someone who just didn't accept things as they are. So, let's honor those uniquely different people on this day. The world thinks that there is a proper way to do everything, and most people act by the common norms in society. Others like to break away from what the world terms 'normal' and do things their way. Everyone has their peculiar habits, whether you simply dress in your style, or have a better and more daring way of doing things that others won't do. The concept of what is right and normal differs for everyone, and artists and inventors throughout history proved this. The origin and inventor of Peculiar People Day are unknown. The term 'peculiar people' is derived from the phrase 'chosen people' from the Bible book Deuteronomy. It means "set apart" or "treasured people", which is a wonderful way of looking at ourselves and other people. If we see ourselves as valuable, we make valuable differences to the world around us. Society calls the people who do things differently than others 'peculiar' people. Instead of it being a negative tag, it is a badge of honor, because being different takes a courageous, adventurous, and inquisitive nature. Swimming upstream brings about change, and peculiar people are particular about not accepting harsh, unfair, or unjust systems. Part of the resilience and strength of people who make a difference has been their stance to stay true to themselves and not conform. They took the punch to be real and developed their belief in themselves by staying that way. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/the-mysterious-mr-tesla-dvd-nikola-tesla-documentary.html

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Today, January 10, 2026

January 10: League Of Nations Day: January 10, 1920: The Aftermath Of World War I: The Paris Peace Conference (1919-1920) (The Versailles Peace Conference [1919-1920]): The Treaty Of Versailles: International Organizations (Intergovernmental Organizations, International Institutions): The League Of Nations (LN, LON, LoN, (French: Societe Des Nations, "Society Of Nations", SDN, SdN): The Covenant Of The League Of Nations: -- With the entering ratification of the Treaty Of Versailles by Germany which brought the treaty into effect, The Covenant Of The League Of Nations, the charter of the League Of Nations, automatically enters into force, bringing the League Of Nations into existence with the goal of resolving international disputes, reducing armaments, and preventing future wars. The covenant was signed on June 28, 1919 as Part I of the Treaty Of Versailles. The first meeting of the Council Of The League took place on January 16, 1920, and the first meeting of Assembly Of The League took place in Geneva, Switzerland on November 15, 1920 with 41 nations represented. More than 20 nations later joined. In 1919 U.S. president Woodrow Wilson won the Nobel Peace Prize for his role as the leading architect of the League; however, the U.S. did not join due to a lack of support for the League in Congress. The League Of Nations (French: Societe Des Nations was the first worldwide intergovernmental organisation whose principal mission was to maintain world peace. It was founded on January 10, 1920 by the Paris Peace Conference that ended the First World War. The main organization ceased operations on April 20, 1946 but many of its components were relocated into the new United Nations. The League's primary goals were stated in its Covenant. They included preventing wars through collective security and disarmament and settling international disputes through negotiation and arbitration. Its other concerns included labour conditions, just treatment of native inhabitants, human and drug trafficking, the arms trade, global health, prisoners of war, and protection of minorities in Europe. The diplomatic philosophy behind the League represented a fundamental shift from the preceding hundred years. The League lacked its own armed force and depended on the victorious First World War Allies (Britain, France, Italy and Japan were the permanent members of the Executive Council) to enforce its resolutions, keep to its economic sanctions, or provide an army when needed. The Great Powers were often reluctant to do so. Sanctions could hurt League members, so they were reluctant to comply with them. During the Second Italo-Ethiopian War, when the League accused Italian soldiers of targeting International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement medical tents, Benito Mussolini responded that "the League is very well when sparrows shout, but no good at all when eagles fall out." At its greatest extent from September 28, 1934 to February 23, 1935, it had 58 members. After some notable successes and some early failures in the 1920s, the League ultimately proved incapable of preventing aggression by the Axis powers in the 1930s. The credibility of the organization was weakened by the fact that the United States never joined, and Japan, Italy, Germany and Spain quit. The Soviet Union joined late and was expelled after invading Finland. The onset of the Second World War in 1939 showed that the League had failed its primary purpose; it was inactive until its abolition. The League lasted for 26 years; the United Nations (UN) replaced it in 1946 and inherited several agencies and organisations founded by the League. Current scholarly consensus views that, even though the League failed to achieve its main goal of world peace, it did manage to build new roads towards expanding the rule of law across the globe; strengthened the concept of collective security, giving a voice to smaller nations; helped to raise awareness to problems like epidemics, slavery, child labour, colonial tyranny, refugee crises and general working conditions through its numerous commissions and committees; and paved the way for new forms of statehood, as the mandate system put the colonial powers under international observation. Professor David Kennedy portrays the League as a unique moment when international affairs were "institutionalised", as opposed to the pre-First World War methods of law and politics. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/between-the-wars-dvd-set-all-16-tv-shows-4-discs164.html

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Today, January 10, 2026

January 10, 1769: #BOTD: Michel Ney, German-French general (d. December 7, 1815) is #born in the town of Sarrelouis, in the French province of the Three Bishoprics, along the French-German border. Marshal of the Empire Michel Ney, 1st Duke of Elchingen, 1st Prince of Moscow (January 10. 1769 - December 7, 1815), popularly known as Marshal Ney, was a French cavalry soldier and military commander during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. He was one of the original 18 Marshals of the Empire created by Napoleon. He was known as Le Rougeaud ("red faced" or "ruddy") by his men and nicknamed le Brave des Braves ("the bravest of the brave") by Napoleon. When Napoleon was defeated for the second and final time in the summer of 1815, Ney was arrested on 3 August 1815. On 6 December 1815, he was condemned, and on 7 December 1815 he was executed by firing squad in Paris near the Luxembourg Garden. He refused to wear a blindfold and was allowed the right to give the order to fire, reportedly saying: "Soldiers, when I give the command to fire, fire straight at my heart. Wait for the order. It will be my last to you. I protest against my condemnation. I have fought a hundred battles for France, and not one against her ... Soldiers, fire!". Ney's execution deeply divided the French public. It was an example intended for Napoleon's other marshals and generals, many of whom were eventually exonerated by the Bourbon monarchy. Ney is buried in Paris at Pere Lachaise Cemetery. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/the-french-revolution-dvd-3-part-tv-documentary-serie3.html

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January 10, 1776: First Publications: -- Common Sense, a fifty page pamphlet by Thomas Paine advocating independence from Great Britain to people in the Thirteen Colonies, is first published by Philadelphia publisher Robert Bell. It sold over 500,000 copies in America and Europe, influencing, among others, the authors of the Declaration Of Independence. Writing in clear and persuasive prose, Paine collected various moral and political arguments to encourage common people in the Colonies to fight for egalitarian government. It was published anonymously at the beginning of the American Revolution and became an immediate sensation. It was distributed widely and read aloud at taverns and meeting places. In proportion to the population of the colonies at that time (2.5 million), it had the largest sale and circulation of any book published in American history. As of 2006, it remains the all-time best-selling American title and is still in print today. Common Sense made public a persuasive and impassioned case for independence, which had not yet been given serious intellectual consideration. Paine connected independence with common dissenting Protestant beliefs as a means to present a distinctly American political identity, and he structured Common Sense as if it were a sermon. Historian Gordon S. Wood described Common Sense as "the most incendiary and popular pamphlet of the entire revolutionary era." The text was translated into French by Antoine Gilbert Griffet de Labaume in 1790. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/the-american-adventure-series-us-1st-century-4-dv14.html

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Today, January 10, 2026

January 10, 1870: Oil (Petroleum): The Oil Industry (The Petroleum Industry): Incorporations: Standard Oil Company, Inc. (Standard Oil): -- John D. Rockefeller incorporates Standard Oil. The company was founded in 1863 by Rockefeller and Henry Flagler. Standard Oil Company, Inc., was an American oil production, transportation, refining, and marketing company that at its height was the largest petroleum company in the world, and its success made its co-founder and chairman, John D. Rockefeller, among the wealthiest Americans of all time and among the richest people in modern history. Its history as one of the world's first and largest multinational corporations ended in 1911, when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that it was an illegal monopoly. Standard Oil dominated the oil products market initially through horizontal integration in the refining sector, then, in later years vertical integration; the company was an innovator in the development of the business trust. The Standard Oil trust streamlined production and logistics, lowered costs, and undercut competitors. "Trust-busting" critics accused it of using aggressive pricing to destroy competitors and form a monopoly that threatened other businesses. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/america-the-second-century-us-2nd-100-years-history-621006.html

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Today, January 10, 2026

January 10, 1901: Oil (Petroleum): The Oil Industry (The Petroleum Industry): The Texas Oil Boom (The Gusher Age): Oil Wells: Oil Gushers (Cushers, Blowouts, Wild Wells): Spindletop (Spindletop Oil Field): The Lucas Gusher (The Lucas Oil Gusher, The Lucas Geyser): -- The Lucas Oil Gusher, the first great Texas oil well blowout, is discovered at Spindletop in Beaumont, Texas. Spindletop is a salt dome oil field located in the southern portion of Beaumont, Texas in the United States. The Spindletop dome was derived from the Louann Salt evaporite layer of the Jurassic geologic period. On January 10, 1901, a well at Spindletop struck oil ("came in"). The Spindletop gusher blew for nine days at a rate estimated at 100,000 barrels (16,000 m3) of oil per day. Gulf Oil and Texaco, now part of Chevron Corporation, were formed to develop production at Spindletop. It was the Spindletop discovery that lead the United States into the oil age. Prior to Spindletop, oil was primarily used for lighting and as a lubricant. Because of the quantity of oil discovered, it suddenly became economically feasible to burn petroleum as a fuel for mass consumption. The frenzy of oil exploration and the economic development it generated in the state became known as the Texas Oil Boom. The United States soon became the world's leading oil producer. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/wildcatter-a-story-of-texas-oil-dvd.html

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Today, January 10, 2026

January 10, 1917: #BOTD: #HBD! Jerry Wexler, American music journalist turned music producer, a major influence on American popular music from the 1950s through the 1980s, credited with coining the term "rhythm and blues" (d. August 15, 2008) is #born Gerald Wexler in The Bronx, New York City, the son of a German Jewish father and a Polish Jewish mother. He grew up in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Upper Manhattan. Despite graduating from George Washington High School at age 15, he dropped out of the City College of New York after two semesters. In 1935, Wexler enrolled at what is now Kansas State University, where he studied intermittently for several years. Following his service in the Army, Wexler became a serious student, and he graduated from Kansas State with a B.A. in journalism in 1946. Jerry Wexler was integral in signing and/or producing many of the biggest acts of the time, including Ray Charles, the Allman Brothers, Chris Connor, Aretha Franklin, Led Zeppelin, Wilson Pickett, Dire Straits, Dusty Springfield and Bob Dylan. Wexler was inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987 and in 2017 to the National Rhythm & Blues Hall of Fame. Jerry Wexler died at his home in Sarasota, Florida, aged 91, from congestive heart failure. He is buried at Sarasota Memorial Park in Sarasota, Sarasota County, Florida. Asked by a documentary filmmaker several years before his death what he wanted on his tombstone, Wexler replied "Two words: 'More bass'." On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/rock-amp-roll-an-unruly-history-10-part-tv-series-mp4-video-download-104.html

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Today, January 10, 2026

January 10, 1920: The Aftermath Of World War I: The Paris Peace Conference (1919-1920) (The Versailles Peace Conference [1919-1920]): The Treaty Of Versailles: -- The Treaty Of Versailles takes effect, officially ending World War I. It was the most important of the peace treaties that brought World War I to an end. The Treaty ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers. It was signed on June 28, 1919 in Versailles, exactly five years after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. The other Central Powers on the German side of World War I signed separate treaties. Although the armistice, signed on November 11, 1918 ended the actual fighting, it took six months of Allied negotiations at the Paris Peace Conference to conclude the peace treaty. The treaty was registered by the Secretariat of the League Of Nations on October 21, 1919. The Treaty Of Versailles (French: Traite De Versailles; German: Versailler Vertrag) was a peace treaty signed on 28 June 1919. One of the most important treaties of World War I, it ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers. Of the many provisions in the treaty, one of the most important and controversial was: "The Allied and Associated Governments affirm and Germany accepts the responsibility of Germany and her allies for causing all the loss and damage to which the Allied and Associated Governments and their nationals have been subjected as a consequence of the war imposed upon them by the aggression of Germany and her allies." The other members of the Central Powers signed treaties containing similar articles. This article, Article 231, became known as the War Guilt clause. The treaty required Germany to disarm, make ample territorial concessions, and pay reparations to certain countries that had formed the Entente powers. In 1921 the total cost of these reparations was assessed at 132B gold marks (then 31.4B USD or 6.6 Pounds Sterling, roughly equivalent to 442B USD or UK 284B Pounds Sterling in 2023). Because of the way the deal was structured, the Allied Powers intended Germany would only ever pay a value of 50 billion marks. Prominent economists such as John Maynard Keynes declared the treaty too harsh, calling it a "Carthaginian peace", and said the reparations were excessive and counter-productive. On the other hand, prominent Allied figures such as French Marshal Ferdinand Foch, criticized the treaty for treating Germany too leniently. This is still the subject of ongoing debate by historians and economists. The result of these competing and sometimes conflicting goals among the victors was a compromise that left no one satisfied. In particular, Germany was neither pacified nor conciliated, nor was it permanently weakened. The problems that arose from the treaty would lead to the Locarno Treaties, which improved relations between Germany and the other European powers, and the re-negotiation of the reparation system resulting in the Dawes Plan, the Young Plan, and the indefinite postponement of reparations at the Lausanne Conference of 1932. The treaty has sometimes been cited as a cause of World War II: although its actual impact was not as severe as feared, its terms led to great resentment in Germany which powered the rise of the Nazi Party. Although it is often referred to as the "Versailles Conference", only the actual signing of the treaty took place at the historic palace. Most of the negotiations were in Paris, with the "Big Four" meetings taking place generally at the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the Quai d'Orsay. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/war-the-great-european-civil-war-and-its-legacy-dvd-mp4-usb-driv4.html

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January 10, 1924: #BOTD: #HBD! Max Roach, African American jazz drummer and composer (d. August 16, 2007) is #born Maxwell Lemuel Roach in Newland, Pasquotank County, North Carolina. A pioneer of bebop, Roach went on to work in many other styles of music, and is generally considered alongside the most important drummers in history. He worked with many famous jazz musicians, including Coleman Hawkins, Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, Thelonious Monk, Abbey Lincoln, Dinah Washington, Charles Mingus, Billy Eckstine, Stan Getz, Sonny Rollins, Eric Dolphy, and Booker Little. He was inducted into the Down Beat Hall of Fame in 1980 and the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame in 1992. Roach also led his own groups, notably a pioneering quintet co-led with trumpeter Clifford Brown and the percussion ensemble M'Boom, and made numerous musical statements relating to the Civil Rights Movement. Max Roach died of complications related to Alzheimer's and dementia in Manhattan, New York City in the early morning, aged 83. More than 1,900 people attended his funeral at Riverside Church on August 24, 2007. He is interred at the Woodlawn Cemetery in The Bronx. #MaxRoach #BeBop #HardBop #Jazz #Music #AmericanMusic #Drummers #Composers #MP4 #VideoDownload #DVD On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/langston-hughes-dvd-biography-poetry-art-literature.html

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January 10, 1948: #BOTD: #HBD! Donald Fagen, American singer, songwriter, keyboardist, melodica player and saxophonist, best known as the co-founder, lead singer, co-songwriter, and keyboardist of the band Steely Dan, is #born Donald Jay Fagen in Passaic, New Jersey into a Jewish family. Fagen formed Steely Dan in the early 1970s with musical partner Walter Becker. In addition to his work with Steely Dan, Fagen has released four solo albums. He began his solo career in 1982 with the album The Nightfly, which was nominated for seven Grammy Awards. In 2001, Fagen was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Steely Dan. Following Becker's death in 2017, Fagen has continued to tour as the only official member of Steely Dan. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/fm-19781978.html

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Today, January 10, 2026

January 10, 1949: #BOTD: #HBD! George Foreman, African American boxer, actor, and businessman is #born George Edward Foreman in Marshall, Texas. Foreman competed as a professional boxer from 1969 to 1977, and from 1987 to 1997. Nicknamed "Big George", he is a two-time world heavyweight champion and an Olympic gold medalist. Outside the sport he is an ordained minister, author, and entrepreneur. After a troubled childhood Foreman took up amateur boxing and won a gold medal in the heavyweight division at the 1968 Summer Olympics. Having turned professional the next year, he won the world heavyweight title with a second-round knockout of then-undefeated Joe Frazier in 1973. Two successful title defenses were made before Foreman's first professional loss to Muhammad Ali in "The Rumble in the Jungle" in 1974. Unable to secure another title opportunity, Foreman retired after a loss to Jimmy Young in 1977. Following what he referred to as a religious epiphany, Foreman became an ordained Christian minister. Ten years later he announced a comeback and, in 1994 at age 45, he regained a portion of the heavyweight championship by knocking out 27-year-old Michael Moorer to win the unified WBA, IBF, and lineal titles. Foreman remains the oldest world heavyweight champion in history, and the second oldest in any weight class after Bernard Hopkins (at light heavyweight). He retired in 1997 at the age of 48, with a final record of 76 wins (68 knockouts) and 5 losses. Foreman has been inducted into the World Boxing Hall of Fame and International Boxing Hall of Fame. The International Boxing Research Organization rates Foreman as the eighth greatest heavyweight of all time. In 2002, he was named one of the 25 greatest fighters of the past 80 years by The Ring magazine. The Ring ranked him as the ninth greatest puncher of all time. He was a ringside analyst for HBO's boxing coverage for twelve years until 2004. Outside boxing, he is a successful entrepreneur and known for his promotion of the George Foreman Grill, which has sold over 100 million units worldwide. In 1999, he sold the naming rights to the grill for 138M USD. George Foreman died in a Houston hospital at age 76. His memorial service was held on April 14 at the Wortham Theater Center. His burial details are not publicly disclosed. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/muhammad-ali--dvd-2-discs-documentaries-and-entire-fight2.html

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Today, January 10, 2026

January 10, 1954: The History Of Aviation: The History Of Civil Aviation: Aviation Incidents And Accidents: BOAC Flight 781 (BA781/BOA781):-- A de Havilland DH.106 Comet 1 explodes in flight and falls into the Tyrrhenian Sea, a part of the Mediterranean Sea off the western coast of Italy, killing 35 people. The Comet was the first commercial jetliner, and the aircraft involved in the explosion was the third Comet built. A post-wreck investigation produced findings that changed the standards involved in large jet aircraft manufacture. The accident also resulted in the ascendancy of the American aircraft manufacturer Boeing, who quickly took the lead in the jet airliner market, a lead they largely maintained ever since. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/wings-over-the-world-7-dvd-set-entire-aviation-tv-serie7.html

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Today, January 10, 2026

January 10, 1957: The American Civil Rights Movement: The American Civil Rights Movement: Civil Rights Organizations: African American Civil Rights Organizations: Foundings: The Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC): -- The Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), an African American civil rights organization based in Atlanta, Georgia who had a large and leading role in the American civil rights movement, closely associated with its first president, Martin Luther King Jr., is founded in the aftermath of victory of The Montgomery Bus Boycott against segregation in public transportation in Montgomery, Alabama. In consultations with Bayard Rustin, Ella Baker, and others, Martin Luther King Jr. invited about 60 black ministers and leaders to Ebenezer Church in Atlanta in order to form an organization to coordinate and support nonviolent direct action as a method of desegregating bus systems across the South. In addition to King, Rustin, Baker, and Steele, Fred Shuttlesworth of Birmingham, Joseph Lowery of Mobile, and Ralph Abernathy of Montgomery, all played key roles in this meeting. Prior to this, Rustin, in New York City, conceived the idea of initiating such an effort, and first sought preacher and a civil rights activist Charles Kenzie Steele (C. K. Steele) to make the call to create such an organization and to take the lead role in it. Steele declined, but told Rustin he would be glad to work right beside him if he sought King in Montgomery for this role. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/king-a-filmed-record--montgomery-to-memphis-dvd.html

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January 10, 1971: #DOTD: Coco Chanel, French cabaret chanteuse, fashion designer, businesswoman, founder of The Chanel Company, Nazi agent and French collaborator (b. August 19, 1883) #dies. Chanel was 87 years old, tired, and ailing. She carried out her usual routine of preparing the spring catalogue. She had gone for a long drive on the afternoon of Saturday, 9 January. Soon after, feeling ill, she went to bed early. She announced her final words to her maid which were: "You see, this is how you die." She died at the Hotel Ritz in Paris, France, where she had resided for more than 30 years. Her funeral was held at the Eglise de la Madeleine; her fashion models occupied the first seats during the ceremony and her coffin was covered with white flowers-camellias, gardenias, orchids, azaleas and a few red roses. Salvador Dali, Serge Lifar, Jacques Chazot, Yves Saint Laurent and Marie-Helene de Rothschild attended her funeral in the Church of the Madeleine. Her grave is in the Bois-de-Vaux Cemetery, Lausanne, Switzerland. Most of her estate was inherited by her nephew Andre Palasse, who lived in Switzerland, and his two daughters, who lived in Paris. Although Chanel was viewed as a prominent figure of luxury fashion during her life, Chanel's influence has been examined further after her death in 1971. When Chanel died, the first lady of France, Mme Pompidou, organized a hero's tribute. Soon, damaging documents from French intelligence agencies were released that outlined Chanel's wartime involvements, quickly ending her monumental funeral plans. Coco Chanel was born Gabrielle Bonheur Chanel in the charity hospital run by the Sisters Of Providence (a poorhouse) in Saumur, Maine-et-Loire, Western France. She acquired the name "Coco" when she spent her nights singing in the cabaret as a chanteuse, often the song, "Who Has Seen Coco?" As the founder and namesake of the Chanel brand, she was credited in the post-World War I era with popularizing a sporty, casual chic as the feminine standard of style. This replaced the "corseted silhouette" that was dominant beforehand with a style that was simpler, far less time consuming to put on and remove, more comfortable, and less expensive, all without sacrificing elegance. She is the only fashion designer listed on Time magazine's list of the 100 most influential people of the 20th century. A prolific fashion creator, Chanel extended her influence beyond couture clothing, realizing her aesthetic design in jewellery, handbags, and fragrance. Her signature scent, Chanel No. 5, has become an iconic product, and Chanel herself designed her famed interlocked-CC monogram, which has been in use since the 1920s. Her couture house closed in 1939, with the outbreak of World War II. Chanel stayed in France and was criticized during the war for collaborating with the German occupiers and the Vichy puppet regime to boost her professional career. One of Chanel's liaisons was with a German diplomat, Baron (Freiherr) Hans Gunther von Dincklage. After the war, Chanel was interrogated about her relationship with Dincklage, but she was not charged as a collaborator due to intervention by British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. When the war ended, Chanel moved to Switzerland, returning to Paris in 1954 to revive her fashion house. In 2011, Hal Vaughan published a book about Chanel based on newly declassified documents, revealing that she had collaborated directly with the Nazi intelligence service, the Sicherheitsdienst. One plan in late 1943 was for her to carry an SS peace overture to Churchill to end the war. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/clive-james39-fame-in-the-20th-century-tv-series-dvd-set-mp4-usb-39204.html

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Today, January 10, 2026
January 10: National Bittersweet Chocolate Day: -- Did you know that in ancient times, bittersweet chocolate was used as a medicine to treat a wide variety of diseases? Bittersweet chocolates are popular all over the world for their unique and intense flavor. It is used in all sorts of chocolate confections and desserts, and some think it's even better when eaten as is! If you belong to the small part of the population for whom the rich, sweet flavor of milk chocolate isn't just enough to satisfy your chocolate craving, Happy National Bittersweet Chocolate Day! Bittersweet chocolate is a type of chocolate that does not contain any milk. It is a blend of at least 35% cocoa liquor, cocoa butter, and a minimal amount of sugar. It's the ratio of cacao to sugar that determines whether the chocolate is bittersweet, semi-sweet, or sweetened. Bittersweet, or dark, chocolate is at least 70% cacao. The history and origin of the National Bittersweet Chocolate Day are unknown, but the history of chocolates is extensive. According to research, chocolate was first discovered by the Aztec, who used grounded cocoa beans for cooking a bitter beverage. They often cooked it with corn and pepper and gave it a name: 'xocolatl'. This is the origin of the modern name 'chocolate'. When Europeans were taking great voyages across the ocean, a few centuries back, they found the Aztec civilization and were introduced to 'xocolatl'. However, they did not particularly like the bitter Aztec beverage. They took the cocoa seeds back to Europe and added sugar to the ground cocoa seeds. This gave birth to the chocolate we eat today. After that, chocolate took many forms, shapes, flavors, and colors, and today we have hundreds of chocolate brands available to satisfy our cravings. So, do we need a special day to celebrate and indulge in chocolates, as we were already doing it daily? Well, bittersweet chocolate just gives us another reason to treat our taste buds. https://store.earthstation1.com/wwi-a-history-in-pictures-world-war-i-photo-cd.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: The Little Shop Of Horrors Roger Corman Jack Nicholson DVD MP4 USB
Today, January 10, 2026
January 10: Houseplant Appreciation Day: -- By mid-January, most of our various holiday decorations and Christmas trees have made their way out of our homes. Today reminds us that we don't have to lose the freshness and vibrancy that plants bring to our homes just because the holidays have drawn to a close. If you have the post-holiday blues, this is the perfect chance for you to brighten up your house with a lovely plant that you can enjoy all year long. But houseplants do more than just bring a splash of green into our homes, and National Houseplant Appreciation Day is all about raising awareness of the numerous benefits of tending an indoor plant. Houseplants convert carbon dioxide into oxygen for us to breathe, improving the air quality in your home. Plants also release moisture into the air, conditioning it with refreshing humidity that can actually make your house feel cooler! What's more, many houseplants are easy to care for and have an array of household uses that help you save money. Whether your green thumb has driven you to amass an impressive indoor garden or you're just kicking around the idea of a low-maintenance cactus for your desk, it's time to roll up your sleeves and join us in bringing the outdoors inside on National Houseplant Appreciation Day. https://store.earthstation1.com/the-little-shop-of-horrors-roger-corman-jack-nicholson-dvd-mp4-us4.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: Let George Do It Radio Crime Series DVD, MP3 Download, USB Flash Drive
Today, January 10, 2026
January 10: National Save The Eagles Day: -- A day to raise awareness about eagles and to give thanks for the conservation efforts to prevent their extinction. Did you know that there are more than 60 different species of eagles in the world? The bald eagle and the golden eagle are the only two species of eagles found in the U.S. As poaching, pesticides, human intervention, and other dangers continue to threaten eagle populations across the world, we need to come together to save and protect these majestic creatures, the symbol of American freedom. Eagles are among the strongest and most magnificent birds of prey. Bald eagles are so special that they are celebrated as the symbol of strength, independence, and beauty in the U.S. The history of the National Save the Eagles Day is an inspiring story. It started in the village of Ridgefield Park, New Jersey. It was mid-winter, the perfect nesting season for bald eagles, and a pair of eagles, fondly named Alice and Al, had nested along Overpeck Creek since 2011. In 2014, Skymark Development Corporation of Paramus highlighted a study stating that a landfill near an eagles' nest posed community health risks. As a part of the solution to mitigate the local health risks, they argued to remove the tree the eagles nested in. When this announcement was made public, the local community and the Bergen County Audubon Society organized Save The Eagles Day on January 10, 2015. Soon, an agreement was reached between both sides to preserve the part of the land as eagle park. Alice and Al continued to nest in the same location and lived there for several years, and today there is a new pair that made their home in the same nest. Today there are many laws such as the Endangered Species Act that protect the welfare of eagles. Due to the continued effort of conservationists and the government, many species of eagles that were on the verge of extinction are now increasing in numbers. So let's celebrate, save and support the welfare of eagles on this inspiring day. https://store.earthstation1.com/let-george-do-it-radio-mp3-dvd-complete-broadcast3.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: The Capitalist Cartoons Of John Sutherland MP4 Video Download DVD
Today, January 10, 2026
January 10: National Shareholders Day: -- An American holiday that honors the shareholder, usually referred to as a 'stockholder' in the United States, an individual or legal entity registered by the corporation as a legal owner of shares of a public or private corporation. Shareholders may also be regarded as members of a corporation. Persons or legal entities become shareholders of a corporation after personally identifiable information about them has been officially entered into the corporation's register of shareholders or members. The corporation is not required or permitted, except expressly by law, to inquire about the beneficial ownership of the shares. A corporation generally cannot own its own shares. In 12th-century France, the "courtiers de change" were responsible for the management and regulation of the debts of agricultural communities on behalf of the banks. As a result of the fact that these men also traded with debts, they could be regarded as the first brokers. The Italian historian Lodovico Guicciardini described how commodity traders gathered outdoors at a market square where an inn owned by the Van der Beurze family in late 13th-century Bruges stood. In 1409 they became known as the 'Brugse Beurse,' thereby institutionalizing what had only been an informal meeting prior to that. This idea then spread to neighboring countries and soon, 'Beurzen' opened in Ghent and Rotterdam. International traders, particularly Italian bankers who had been in Bruges since the early 13th century, returned to their countries with this new idea and began to define the place for stock market exchange. First came the Italians (Borsa), and then the French (Bourse), followed by the Germans (borse), Russians (birza), Czechs (burza), Swedes (bors), Danes and Norwegians (bors). The word, in most languages, coincides with that for 'money bag,' dating back to the Latin word 'bursa,' from which obviously also derives the name of the Van der Beurse family. Venetian bankers then began to trade in government securities in the middle of the 13th century. By 1351, the Venetian government outlawed the act of spreading rumors aimed at lowering the price of government funds. Bankers in Pisa, Verona, Genoa and Florence also began trading in government securities during the 14th century. This was made possible only because these independent city-states were not ruled by a duke, but by a council of citizens. https://store.earthstation1.com/capitalist-cartoons-us-probusiness-propaganda-animation-dvd.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: The Birth Of Europe: Ice Age To 20th Century DVD, Video Download, USB
Today, January 10, 2026
January 10: National Cut Your Energy Costs Day: -- Pays attention to an important, yet often overlooked subject, and is key for a host of reasons. Wasting energy is one of the nastiest things we can do in life, to the planet, to our wallets, and even, fundamentally, to each other. Perhaps most crucially for National Cut Your Energy Costs Day, this is one of those things where just a little bit of effort can pay huge dividends, for example in many cases, the savings you can make can be sufficient to pay for an entire vacation. We are highly dependent on electricity and use a lot of energy to keep our homes warm during the winter and cool during the summer. Heating and cooling costs are some of the most expensive bills that we pay throughout the year and there has been an issue that people have complained about. Homes account for 22% of the energy usage in the United States, according to Energy.gov. Our lights, chargers, laptops, and televisions are always plugged in. We have numerous options when it comes to saving money and conserving energy in our homes. Simple tasks such as taking shorter showers, keeping thermostats turned down, and unplugging unused appliances can all make a difference. The less energy we use, the better it is for the environment. National Cut Your Energy Costs Day was first established by the Canadian Energy Efficiency Alliance. It's relevance to wider society means that it is observed in numerous places throughout the world, including the U.S and the UK, where the media often choose this day to publish energy-saving tips for their readers. https://store.earthstation1.com/the-birth-of-europe-european-history-from-the-ice-age-to-20th-centu20.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: Frontiers Of Flight Aviation History TV Series DVD, MP4, USB Drive
Today, January 10, 2026
January 10, 1874: #DOTD: #RIP: Gustave Whitehead, German-American aviation pioneer, pilot and engineer who is reputed to have piloted a powered aircraft before the Wright Brothers (b. January 1, 1874) #dies of a heart attack at his Bridgeport, Connecticut home aged 53 after attempting to lift an engine out of a car he was repairing. He stumbled onto his front porch, then collapsed dead in his house. He is buried in Lakeview Cemetery in Bridgeport; he was originally buried in a pauper's grave, with only number "42" attached, but was given a large headstone in 1964 with a fitting description concerning his flight claims and recognition as "CT's Father of Aviation". Gustave Albin Whitehead, born Gustav Albin Weisskopf in Leutershausen, Kingdom of Bavaria, emigrated from Germany to the United States where he designed and built gliders, flying machines and engines between 1897 and 1915. On August 14, 1901, predating the first flights by the Wright Brothers in 1903, he claimed the first powered flight, in his Number 21 aircraft. Controversy surrounds published accounts and Whitehead's own claims that he flew a powered machine successfully several times in 1901 and 1902. Much of Whitehead's reputation rests on a newspaper article which was written as an eyewitness report and described a powered and sustained flight by Whitehead in Connecticut on 14 August 1901. Over a hundred newspapers in the U.S. and around the world soon repeated information from the article. Several local newspapers also reported on this and other flight experiments that Whitehead purportedly made in 1901 and subsequent years. Whitehead's aircraft designs and experiments were described or mentioned in contemporary Scientific American magazine articles and a 1904 book about industrial progress. His public profile faded after about 1915 and he died in relative obscurity in 1927. In the 1930s a magazine article and book asserted that Whitehead had made powered flights in 1901-1902. The book included statements from people who said they had seen various Whitehead flights decades earlier. The book and article triggered debate among scholars, researchers, aviation enthusiasts and Orville Wright whether Whitehead was first in powered flight. Mainstream historians dismissed the Whitehead flight claims. Further independent research, including books in 1966, 1978 and 2015, supported the claims. No photograph showing Whitehead making a powered controlled flight is known to exist, although reports in the early 1900s said such photos were publicly displayed. Researchers have studied and attempted to copy Whitehead's aircraft. Since the 1980s, enthusiasts in the U.S. and Germany have built and flown versions of Whitehead's "Number 21" machine using modern engines and propellers. https://store.earthstation1.com/frontiers-of-flight-aviation-history-tv-series-dvd-mp4-download-us4.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: The Assassination Of Abraham Lincoln MP4 Video Download DVD
Today, January 10, 2026
January 10, 1883: #DOTD: Samuel Mudd, American physician, a man whose name was mud after his dealings with the assassin of Abraham Lincoln John Wilkes Booth, a man who was imprisoned for conspiring with him in the assassination (b. December 20, 1833) #dies of pneumonia in Waldorf, Maryland, aged 49. He is buried in the cemetery at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Bryantown, the same church where he had once met Booth. Samuel Mudd was born Samuel Alexander Mudd in Charles County, Maryland, a day since commemorated as "Mudd Day". Samuel Alexander Mudd Sr. worked as a doctor and tobacco farmer in Southern Maryland. The Civil War seriously damaged his business, especially when Maryland abolished slavery in 1864. That year, he first met Booth, who was planning to kidnap Lincoln, and Mudd was seen in company with three of the conspirators. However, his part in the plot, if any, remains unclear. Booth fatally shot Lincoln on April 14, 1865, but was injured during his escape from the scene. He subsequently rode with conspirator David Herold to Mudd's home in the early hours of April 15 for surgery on his fractured leg before he crossed into Virginia. Mudd performed surgery on Booth's fractured leg and allowed both men to stay the night. At some point, Mudd must have learned of the assassination. However, he did not report Booth's visit to the authorities for another 24 hours. This delay appeared to link him to the crime, as did his various changes of the story under interrogation. On April 26th, authorities arrested Mudd. A military commission found him guilty of aiding and conspiring in a murder and sentenced Mudd to life imprisonment. He escaped the death penalty by a single vote. President Andrew Johnson pardoned Mudd, and he was released from prison in 1869. Despite repeated attempts by family members and others, Mudd's conviction has never been overturned, nor has his record been expunged. Mudd Day is an annual sympathetic recognition of his birthday. Dr. Mudd's name has been dragged through the mud since his sentencing giving the term "your name is mud" a whole new meaning. However, the phrase existed long before Samuel Mudd and the events of 1865. And it meant exactly what it means today, too. Roger Mudd (1928-2021), an Emmy Award-winning journalist, television host, former CBS, NBC and PBS news anchor, and host of numerous History Channel documentaries, was related to Samuel Mudd, but he was not a descendant, as has mistakenly been reported. https://store.earthstation1.com/the-assassination-of-abraham-lincoln-mp4-video-download-dvd.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: War Props: The Heinkel He 111 Fast Medium Bomber DVD, MP4, USB Drive
Today, January 10, 2026
January 10, 1936: The History Of Aviation: The History Of Military Aviation: Maiden Flights: -- The He 111 A-1, the prototype of the first production model of the Heinkel He-111, first flies. The maiden flight on the test model was made February 24, 1935 by Heinkel's chief test pilot Gerhard Nitschke, who was ordered not to land at the company's factory airfield at Rostock-Marienehe (today's Rostock-Schmarl neighbourhood), as this was considered too short, but at the central Erprobungstelle Rechlin test facility. He ignored these orders and landed back at Marienehe. He said that the He 111 performed slow manoeuvres well and that there was no danger of overshooting the runway. Nitschke also praised its high speed "for the period" and "very good-natured flight and landing characteristics", stable during cruising, gradual descent and single-engined flight and having no nose-drop when the undercarriage was operated. During the second test flight Nitschke revealed there was insufficient longitudinal stability during climb and flight at full power and the aileron controls required an unsatisfactory amount of force. The first prototype of the production model He 111 A-1 occured on January 10, 1936 and received recognition as the "fastest passenger aircraft in the world", as its speed exceeded 402 km/h (250 mph). The Heinkel He 111 is a German airliner and bomber designed by Siegfried and Walter Gunter at Heinkel Flugzeugwerke in 1934. Through development, it was described as a "wolf in sheep's clothing". Due to restrictions placed on Germany after the First World War prohibiting bombers, it was presented solely as a civil airliner, although from conception the design was intended to provide the nascent Luftwaffe with a heavy bomber. Perhaps the best-recognised German bomber of World War II due to the distinctive, extensively glazed "greenhouse" nose of the later versions, the Heinkel He 111 was the most numerous Luftwaffe bomber during the early stages of the war. It fared well until it met serious fighter opposition during the Battle of Britain, when its defensive armament was found to be inadequate. As the war progressed, the He 111 was used in a wide variety of roles on every front in the European theatre. It was used as a strategic bomber during the Battle of Britain, a torpedo bomber in the Atlantic and Arctic, and a medium bomber and a transport aircraft on the Western, Eastern, Mediterranean, Middle Eastern, and North African Front theatres. The He 111 was constantly upgraded and modified, but had nonetheless become obsolete by the latter part of the war. The failure of the German Bomber B project forced the Luftwaffe to continue operating the He 111 in combat roles until the end of the war. Manufacture of the He 111 ceased in September 1944, at which point piston-engine bomber production was largely halted in favour of fighter aircraft. With the German bomber force virtually defunct, the He 111 was used for logistics. Production of the Heinkel continued after the war as the Spanish-built CASA 2.111. Spain received a batch of He 111H-16s in 1943 along with an agreement to licence-build Spanish versions. Its airframe was produced in Spain under licence by Construcciones Aeronauticas SA. The design differed significantly only in the powerplant used, eventually being equipped with Rolls-Royce Merlin engines. These remained in service until 1973. https://store.earthstation1.com/war-props-the-heinkel-he-111-dvd-mp4-usb-flash-d1114.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: The Hindenburg Airship Luftschiff Zeppelin #129 MP4 Video Download DVD
Today, January 10, 2026
January 10, 1989: #DOTD: #RIP: Herbert Morrison, American radio journalist who recorded for broadcast his dramatic report of the Hindenburg disaster, the catastrophic fire that destroyed the LZ 129 Hindenburg zeppelin on May 6, 1937, killing 36 people (b. May 14, 1905) #dies on a Tuesday at Sundale Nursing Home in Morgantown, West Virginia after a a long-term undisclosed illness. He is buried in Scottdale Cemetery in Scottdale, Pennsylvania. Herbert Morrison was born Herbert Oglevee Morrison in Connellsville, Pennsylvania to Walter Lindsay Morrison and Bertha Frances Oglevee Morrison. Morrison's father left the family early and Morrison moved with his mother and older brother to Scottdale, Pennsylvania when he was a young boy. The home he grew up in belonged to his grandmother, who supported the family by taking in boarders. Morrison and engineer Charlie Nehlsen had been assigned by station WLS in Chicago to cover the arrival of the Hindenburg in New Jersey for delayed broadcast. At the time, radio network policy forbade the use of any recorded material other than that used for sound effects, and Morrison and Nehlsen had no facilities for live broadcast. Even so, the results still became the prototype for news broadcasting in the years that followed. The event had no effect on this policy, and recordings were not regularly used until after the end of World War II. The 16-inch green lacquer disk recordings were rushed back to Chicago by airplane and broadcast in full later that night. Portions were rebroadcast nationally by the NBC Radio network the next day. It was the first time that recordings of a news event were ever broadcast, and also the first coast-to-coast radio broadcast. Morrison's quick professional response and accurate description combined with his own emotional reaction have made the recordings a classic of audio history. Several people believe that this classic recording is not an accurate reflection of Morrison's speech. These people theorize that Nehlsen's Presto 6D recorder ran about 3% slow, causing Morrison's voice to sound different from how it actually was, and that Morrison's normal speaking and radio announcer voice was actually quite deep as evidenced by other recordings of his voice from the same era. Morrison's description has been dubbed onto the newsreel film of the crash, giving the impression of a modern television-style broadcast. However, at the time, newsreels were separately narrated in a studio, and Morrison's words were not heard in theaters. The availability of newsreel films, photographs and Morrison's description was a result of heavy promotion of the arrival by the Zeppelin Company, making the crash a media event and raising its importance far beyond other disasters, less well-reported and documented. Morrison's usual broadcast work was as an announcer on live musical programs, but his earlier successful reporting of Midwestern floods from an airplane led to his assignment at Lakehurst that day. Morrison later served in the Army Air Forces during World War II and was the first news director at WTAE-TV, the ABC television affiliate in Pittsburgh. He also ran for Congress three times as a Pennsylvania Republican. Prior to retirement he served as a technical adviser for the 1975 film The Hindenburg and developed a radio and television section at West Virginia University. https://store.earthstation1.com/hiailuze1mp4.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: Outer Space Films 3 Project Apollo Reaching For The Moon DVD, MP4, USB
Today, January 10, 2026
January 10, 1962: The History Of Spaceflight: The Aftermath Of World War II: The Cold War: The Space Age: Space Programs Of The United States: Human Spaceflight Programs: Project Apollo: The Saturn Rocket Family: -- The Saturn C-5 (The Saturn V): -- NASA announces plans to build the C-5 rocket launch vehicle and named it the Saturn V, the rocket which launched every Apollo Moon mission. The Saturn C-3 was the third rocket in the Saturn C series studied from 1959 to 1962. The design was for a three-stage launch vehicle that could launch 45,000 kilograms (99,000 lbs.) to low Earth orbit and send 18,000 kilograms (40,000 lbs.) to the Moon via trans-lunar injection. U.S. President Kennedy's proposal on May 25, 1961, of an explicit crewed lunar landing goal spurred NASA to solidify its launch vehicle requirements for a lunar landing. A week earlier, William Fleming (Office of Space Flight Programs, NASA Headquarters) chaired an ad hoc committee to conduct a six-week study of the requirements for a lunar landing. Judging the direct ascent approach to be the most feasible, they concentrated their attention accordingly, and proposed circumlunar flights in late 1965 using the Saturn C-3 launch vehicle. In early June 1961, Bruce Lundin, deputy director of the Lewis Research Center, led a week-long study of six different rendezvous possibilities. The alternatives included Earth-orbital rendezvous (EOR), lunar-orbital rendezvous (LOR), Earth and lunar rendezvous, and rendezvous on the lunar surface, employing Saturn C-1s, C-3s, and Nova designs. Lundin's committee concluded that rendezvous enjoyed distinct advantages over direct ascent and recommended an Earth-orbital rendezvous using two or three Saturn C-3s. NASA announced on September 7, 1961, that the government-owned Michoud Ordnance Plant near New Orleans, Louisiana, would be the site for fabrication and assembly of the Saturn C-3 first stage as well as larger vehicles in the Saturn program. Finalists were two government-owned plants in St. Louis and New Orleans. The height of the factory roof at Michoud meant that a launch vehicle with eight F-1 engines (Nova class, Saturn C-8) could not be built; four or five engines (first stage) would have to be the maximum (Saturn C-5). This decision ended consideration of a Nova class launch vehicle for a direct ascent to the Moon or as a heavy-lift companion with the Saturn C-3 for Earth orbit rendezvous. https://store.earthstation1.com/outer-space-films-3-project-apollo-reaching-for-the-moon-dv3.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: To The Moon: The Story In Sound Set CD, MP3 Download, USB Flash Drive
Today, January 10, 2026
January 10, 1969: The History Of Rocketry: The History Of Spaceflight: The Aftermath Of World War II: The Cold War: The Space Age: The Space Race: The Discovery And Exploration Of The Solar System: Space Probes: Interplanetary Space Probes: The Soviet Space Program: Spacecraft Missions To Venus: The Venera Program: Venera 6 (Russian: Venus 6) [2V (V-69) No.331]: -- Soviet space probe Venera 6 is launched atop a Molniya-M launch vehicle into an Earth parking orbit at 05:51:52 UT from the Baikonur Cosmodrome's Gagarin's Start (Baikonur Site 1, Site 1/5) launch site, then launched vehicle by its upper stage Tyazheliy Sputnik (69-002C) launch platform on a mission to land on the Planet Venus. After a mid-course maneuver on March 16, the Venera 6 probe was released on May 17, 1969, 25,000 kilometers (16,000 mi) from the planet, and it descended into the atmosphere of Venus, sending back atmospheric data before, as predicted, it was crushed by the planet's high atmospheric pressure. Venera 6 was very similar to Venera 4 although it was of a stronger design. When the atmosphere of Venus was approached, a capsule with a mass of 405 kilograms (893 lb) was jettisoned from the main spacecraft. This capsule contained scientific instruments. During descent towards the surface of Venus, a parachute opened to slow the rate of descent. For 51 minutes on May 17, 1969, while the capsule was suspended from the parachute, data from the Venusian atmosphere were returned. It landed at 5dg S 23dg E. The spacecraft also carried a medallion bearing the State Coat of Arms of the Soviet Union and a bas-relief of Lenin to the night side of Venus. Given the results from Venera 4, the Venera 5 and Venera 6 landers contained new chemical analysis experiments tuned to provide more precise measurements of the atmosphere's components. Knowing the atmosphere was extremely dense, the parachutes were also made smaller so the capsule would reach its full crush depth before running out of power (as Venera-4 had done). https://store.earthstation1.com/to-the-moon-the-story-in-sound-complete-6-album-set-mp3-63.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: Lincoln And The War Within: Election To Ft. Sumter DVD, MP4, USB Drive
Today, January 10, 2026
January 10, 1861: The American Civil War (The Civil War, The War Between The States): The Secession Of The Southern States Of America: The Secession Of Florida From The United States Of America: -- In reaction to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President, Florida becomes the second state to secede from the United States. By 1856, the South had lost control of Congress, and was no longer able to silence calls for an end to slavery, which came mostly from the more populated, free states of the North. The Republican Party, founded in 1854, pledged to stop the spread of slavery beyond those states where it already existed. After Abraham Lincoln was elected the first Republican president in 1860, seven cotton states - South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana and Texas respectively - declared their secession and formed the Confederate States of America before Lincoln was inaugurated. The United States government, both outgoing and incoming, refused to recognize the Confederacy, and when the new Confederate President Jefferson Davis ordered his troops to open fire on Fort Sumter in April 1861, there was an overwhelming demand, North and South, for war. Only the state of Kentucky attempted to remain neutral, but it could only do so briefly until it chose to remain in the Union. When Lincoln called for troops to suppress what he referred to as "combinations too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary" judicial or martial means, four more states - Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee and North Carolina - decided to secede and join the Confederacy, which then moved its capital to Richmond, Virginia. Residents of the western counties of Virginia did not wish to secede along with the rest of the state. This section of Virginia was admitted into the Union as the state of West Virginia on June 20, 1863. Four slave states decided to stay in the Union: Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, and Missouri. Although divided in their loyalties, a combination of political maneuvering and Union military pressure kept these states from seceding. https://store.earthstation1.com/lincoln-and-the-war-within-election-to-sumter-dvd-mp4-us4.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: The Road To War: Years Between WWI & WWII TV Series DVD, Download, USB
Today, January 10, 2026
January 10, 1941: The European Civil War: World War II: The Second European War (The European Theater Of World War II): Lend-Lease (The Lend-Lease Act, An Act To Promote The Defense Of The United States): -- The Lend-Lease act is introduced in the U.S. House Of Representatives as H.R. 1776 by John W. McCormack (D-MA), an act to allow Britain to receive American weapons, machines, raw materials, training and repair services. It passed the House on February 8, 1941 (260-135), passed the Senate on March 8, 1941 (60-31), and was enacted by President Roosevelt's signature on March 11, 1941. As soon as it was enacted, ships, planes, guns and shells, along with food, clothing and metals went to the embattled British while American warships began patrolling the North Atlantic and U.S troops were stationed in Greenland and Iceland. "We must be the great arsenal of democracy," President Roosevelt stated concerning the fight against Hitler's Germany. The initial appropriation was 7B USD, but by 1946 the figure reached 50B USD in aid from the U.S. to its Allies. Ultimately, Lend-Lease was a policy under which the United States supplied the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union, France, Republic Of China, and other Allied nations of the Second World War with food, oil, and materiel between 1941 and 1945. The aid was given free of charge on the basis that such help was essential for the defense of the United States. The Lend-Lease Act ended on September 20, 1945. A total of 50.1B USD (equivalent to 773B in 2022) worth of supplies was shipped, or 17% of the total war expenditures of the U.S. In all, 31.4B went to the United Kingdom, 11.3B to the Soviet Union, 3.2B to France, 1.6Bn to China, and the remaining 2.6B to other Allies. Roosevelt's top foreign policy advisor Harry Hopkins had effective control over Lend-Lease, making sure it was in alignment with Roosevelt's foreign policy goals. Materiel delivered under the act was supplied at no cost, to be used until returned or destroyed. In practice, most equipment was destroyed, although some hardware (such as ships) was returned after the war. Supplies that arrived after the termination date were sold to the United Kingdom at a large discount for 1.075B PS, using long-term loans from the United States, which were finally repaid in 2006. Similarly, the Soviet Union repaid 722M USD in 1971, with the remainder of the debt written off. Reverse Lend-Lease to the United States totalled 7.8B. Of this, 6.8B came from the British and the Commonwealth. Canada also aided the United Kingdom and other Allies with aid totalling 3.4B in supplies and services (equivalent to 61B in 2020). Lend-Lease effectively ended the United States' semblance of neutrality which had been enshrined in the Neutrality Acts of the 1930s. It was a decisive step away from non-interventionist policy and toward open support for the Allies. Lend-Lease's precise significance to Allied victory in World War II is debated. Khrushchev claimed that Stalin told him that Lend-Lease enabled the Soviet Union to defeat Germany. https://store.earthstation1.com/the-road-to-war-dvd-set-all-8-tv-shows-4-dis84.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: Buffalo Bill's Wild West Shows & Annie Oakley MP4 Video Download DVD
Today, January 10, 2026
January 10, 1917: #DOTD: #RIP: Buffalo Bill, American soldier, scout, showman, hunter and Freemason (b. February 26, 1846) #dies in Denver, Colorado, aged 70. He was baptized in the Catholic Church the day before his death by Father Christopher Walsh of the Denver Cathedral. He received a full Masonic funeral. Upon the news of Cody's death, tributes were made by King George V, Kaiser Wilhelm II, and President Woodrow Wilson. His funeral service was held at the Elks Lodge Hall in Denver. The governor of Wyoming, John B. Kendrick, a friend of Cody, led the funeral procession to the cemetery. At the time of his death, Cody's once-great fortune had dwindled to less than 100K USD (approximately 2.115M USD in January 2023). He left his burial arrangements with his wife. She said that he had always said he wanted to be buried on Lookout Mountain, which was corroborated by their daughter Irma, Cody's sisters, and family friends. But other family members joined the people of Cody in saying that he should be buried in the town he founded. On June 3, 1917, Cody was buried on Lookout Mountain, in Golden, Colorado, west of Denver, on the edge of the Rocky Mountains, overlooking the Great Plains (not Lookout Mountain, Georgia). His burial site was selected by his sister Mary Decker. In 1948 the Cody chapter of the American Legion offered a 10K USD reward to anyone who could steal Cody's body and deliver it to Cody, Wyoming. In response, the Denver chapter of the American Legion mounted a guard over the grave. There are still rumors about the true burial place of Buffalo Bill Cody, although Lookout Mountain has a gravesite behind a fence and under concrete, Cody, Wyoming also claims that a great body swap was carried out before he was buried in Colorado and instead he is laid to rest on top of Cedar Mountain in Cody. Buffalo Bill was born William Frederick Cody in Le Claire, Iowa Territory (now the U.S. state of Iowa). He lived for several years in his father's hometown in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, before the family returned to the Midwest and settled in the Kansas Territory. Buffalo Bill started working at the age of eleven, after his father's death, and became a rider for the Pony Express at age 14. During the American Civil War, he served the Union from 1863 to the end of the war in 1865. Later he served as a civilian scout for the US Army during the Indian Wars, receiving the Medal Of Honor in 1872. One of the most colorful figures of the American Old West, Buffalo Bill's legend began to spread when he was only twenty-three. Shortly thereafter he started performing in shows that displayed cowboy themes and episodes from the frontier and Indian Wars. He founded Buffalo Bill's Wild West in 1883, taking his large company on tours in the United States and, beginning in 1887, in Great Britain and continental Europe. https://store.earthstation1.com/buffalo-bill-amp-the-american-wild-west-shows-mp4-video-download-dv4.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: Sinclair Lewis: The Man From Main Street + Bonus Titles DVD, MP4, USB
Today, January 10, 2026
January 10, 1951: #DOTD: #RIP: Sinclair Lewis, American author, social critic, novelist and playwright (b. February 7, 1885) #dies of a heart attack in Rome, Italy aged 65. He is buried at Greenwood Cemetery in Sauk Centre, Minnesota, the town where he had been born Harry Sinclair Lewis. His works include Main Street, Babbit, and It Can't Happen Here. In 1930, he became the first writer from the United States (and the first from the Americas) to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature, which was awarded "for his vigorous and graphic art of description and his ability to create, with wit and humor, new types of characters." His works are known for their critical views of American capitalism and materialism between the wars. He is also respected for his strong characterizations of modern working women. H. L. Mencken wrote of him, "[If] there was ever a novelist among us with an authentic call to the trade ... it is this red-haired tornado from the Minnesota wilds." He has been honored by the U.S. Postal Service with a postage stamp in the Great Americans series. https://store.earthstation1.com/sinclair-lewis-the-man-from-main-street-dvd-literature-biography.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: The Old Time Radio Crime & Detective MP3 MegaSet DVD, Download, USB
Today, January 10, 2026
January 10, 1961: #DOTD: #RIP: Dashiell Hammett, American detective novelist, short stories writer, screenwriter and political activist (b. May 27, 1894) #dies in Lenox Hill Hospital in Manhattan, New York City of lung cancer, diagnosed just two months before. In his obituary in The New York Times, he was described as "the dean of the... 'hard-boiled' school of detective fiction." A veteran of both world wars, Hammett is buried at Arlington National Cemetery. Dashiell Hammett was born Samuel Dashiell Hammett near Great Mills on the "Hopewell and Aim" farm in Saint Mary's County, Maryland, to Richard Thomas Hammett and his wife Anne Bond Dashiell. His mother belonged to an old Maryland family, whose name in French was De Chiel. Among the enduring characters Dashiell Hammett created are Sam Spade (The Maltese Falcon), Nick and Nora Charles (The Thin Man), the Continental Op (Red Harvest and The Dain Curse) and the comic strip character Secret Agent X-9. Hammett "is now widely regarded as one of the finest mystery writers of all time". Time included Hammett's 1929 novel Red Harvest on its list of the 100 best English-language novels published between 1923 and 2005. In 1990, the Crime Writers' Association picked three of his five novels for their list of The Top 100 Crime Novels of All Time. Five years later, four out of five of his novels made The Top 100 Mystery Novels of All Time as selected by the Mystery Writers of America. His novels and stories also had a significant influence on films, including the genres of private eye/detective fiction, mystery thrillers, and film noir. https://store.earthstation1.com/old-time-radio-crime-and-detective-megaset-3-dual-layer-mp3-dv33.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: Accounts Of A Forgotten Army: The Remagen POW Camp DVD, Download, USB
Today, January 10, 2026
January 10, 1936: #BOTD: #HBD! Stephen E. Ambrose, American historian and author (d. October 13, 2002) is #born Stephen Edward Ambrose in Lovington, Illinois. He was a biographer of U.S. Presidents Dwight D. Eisenhower and Richard Nixon, and a famed historian of the Second World War. He was a longtime professor of history at the University of New Orleans and the author of many bestselling volumes of American popular history, and appeared frequently in television documentaries. There have been numerous well documented allegations of plagiarism, inaccuracies, and sloppiness in Ambrose's writings in addition to claims that he has made about his works. However, in a review of To America: Personal Reflections of an Historian for The New York Times, high school teacher William Everdell credited the historian with reaching "an important lay audience without endorsing its every prejudice." Stephen Ambrose died of lung cancer in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, at the age of 66. He is buried at the Gardens Of Memory Memorial Park cemetary at Bay Saint Louis. https://store.earthstation1.com/accounts-of-a-forgotten-army-dvd-remagen-pow-camp.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: Aelita: Queen Of Mars 1924 Landmark USSR Sci-Fi DVD, MP4, USB Drive
Today, January 10, 2026
January 10, 1883 [O.S. December 29, 1882]: #BOTD: #HBD! Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy (Russian: Alexey Nikolaevich Tolstoy), nicknamed the Comrade Count or The Red Count, Russian and Soviet Nazi war crimes researcher, journalist, author, novelist and poet who wrote in many genres but specialized in science fiction and historical novels (d. February 23, 1945) is #born in Pugachyov, Samara Governorate (then Nikolaevsk), Russian Empire, the son of Count Nikolay Alexandrovich Tolstoy (1849-1900) and Alexandra Leontievna Turgeneva (1854-1906). His mother was a grand-niece of Nikolay Turgenev, an early Russian Imperial economist and political theoretician who gained renown for his Essay on the Theory of Taxation (1818) and Russia and the Russians (1847), who co-founded several reformist societies, notably the Northern Society of the Decembrists, responsible for the Decembrist Revolt of December 26 , 1825 [O.S. December 14, 1825) over the accession of Power by Nicholas I of Russia after the death of Alexander I of Russia. Aleksey Nikolayevich, his mother and Nikolay Turgenev were all relatives of the renowned Russian writer Ivan Turgenev, and Aleksey's father belonged to the Tolstoy family of Russian nobles and was a remote relative of Leo Tolstoy. During World War II Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy served on the Extraordinary State Commission (CHGK) of 1942-1947 which "ascertained without reasonable doubt" the mass extermination of people in gas vans by the German occupiers. During the Nuremberg Trials of Nazi war criminals, Soviet prosecutors recognized his work in the investigation of atrocities committed in the Stavropol region. Tolstoy is credited with having produced some of the earliest works of science fiction in the Russian language. His novels Aelita (1923) about a journey to Mars and The Hyperboloid of Engineer Garin (1927) have gained immense public popularity. The former spawned a pioneering sci-fi movie in 1924. His supernatural short story, Count Cagliostro, reportedly inspired the 1984 film Formula of Love. He penned several books for children, starting with Nikita's Childhood, a memorable account of his early years (the book is sometimes mistakenly believed to be about his son, Nikita; in truth, however, he only used the name because it was his favorite - and he would later give it to his eldest son). In 1936, he created an adaptation of the famous Italian fairy tale about Pinocchio entitled the Adventures of Buratino or The Golden Key, whose main character, Buratino, quickly became hugely popular among the Soviet populace. Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy died of cancer in Moscow, aged 62, and was buried at Novodevichy Cemetery in Moscow. In 1974, a minor planet was discovered by Soviet astronomer Lyudmila Zhuravlyova and named after him, 3771 Alexejtolstoj. https://store.earthstation1.com/aelita-queen-of-mars-dvd-1924-soviet-scifi-1924.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: TV Music & Dance Shows #12 Shindig Stones Supremes DVD MP4 Flash Drive
Today, January 10, 2026
January 10, 1976: #DOTD: #RIP: Howlin' Wolf, African American songwriter, guitarist, harmonica player and Freemason, Chicago blues singer originally from Mississippi (b. June 10, 1910) #dies at the age of 65 of complications from kidney surgery performed at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Hines, Illinois. He is buried in Oakridge Cemetery, outside Chicago, in a plot in Section 18, on the east side of the road. His gravestone has an image of a guitar and harmonica etched into it. He was born Chester Arthur Burnett in White Station, Mississippi to Gertrude Jones and Leon "Dock" Burnett. He would later say that his father was "Ethiopian", while Jones had Choctaw ancestry on her father's side. He was named for Chester A. Arthur, the 21st President of the United States. His physique garnered him the nicknames "Big Foot Chester" and "Bull Cow" as a young man; he was 6 feet 3 inches tall and often weighed close to 300 pounds. With a booming voice and imposing physical presence, he is one of the best-known Chicago blues artists. The musician and critic Cub Koda noted, "no one could match Howlin' Wolf for the singular ability to rock the house down to the foundation while simultaneously scaring its patrons out of its wits." Producer Sam Phillips recalled, "When I heard Howlin' Wolf, I said, 'This is for me. This is where the soul of man never dies.'". Several of his songs, including "Smokestack Lightnin'", "Killing Floor" and "Spoonful", have become blues and blues rock standards. In 2011, Rolling Stone magazine ranked him number 54 on its list of the "100 Greatest Artists of All Time". "Smokestack Lightnin'" is widely considered to be the greatest blues song recording. https://store.earthstation1.com/classic-tv-music-amp-dance-shows-12-shindig-stones-supremes-d12.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: The Golden Age Of Rock 'N' Roll DVD, MP4 Video Download, Flash Drive
Today, January 10, 2026
January 10, 2025: #DOTD: #RIP: Sam Moore, African American soul singer and songwriter who was a member of the soul and R & B group Sam & Dave from 1961 to 1981 (b. October 12, 1935) dies following surgery at a hospital in Coral Gables, Florida, on January 10, 2025, at the age of 89. He was survived by his wife Joyce MacRae, whom he married in 1982, and according to The Times Register obituary of January 13, 2025, by his "14 or 15 children by different women". He is buried at Lakeside Memorial Park in Doral, Miami-Dade County, Florida. Sam Moore was born Samuel David Moore in Miami, Florida. He is a member of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, the Grammy Hall of Fame (for "Soul Man"), and the Vocal Group Hall of Fame. Sam Moore and Dave Prater were both experienced gospel music singers, having performed individually with groups the Sensational Hummingbirds and the Melionaires. They met in The King of Hearts Club in Miami in 1961, where they were discovered by regional producer Henry Stone, who signed them to Roulette Records. After modest success at Roulette, they were signed by Jerry Wexler to Atlantic Records in 1964, then being "loaned" out to Stax Records to produce, record and release their records. The duo's November 1965 single, "You Don't Know Like I Know", started a series of ten straight top twenty Billboard R & B hits that included "Hold On! I'm Comin'" (1966), "You Got Me Hummin' (1966), "When Something Is Wrong with My Baby" (1967), "Soul Man" (1967), and "I Thank You" (1968). Most of their hits were penned by Isaac Hayes and David Porter. In most recordings, they were also backed by Hayes on piano with Booker T and the MGs and The Memphis Horns. The ending of their association with the Stax record label and their frequently volatile relationship contributed to their first break-up in 1970. Sam & Dave performed throughout most of the 1970s until 1981, and enjoyed a brief resurgence in popularity due to the Blues Brothers's 1979 recording of "Soul Man". Their last performance together was on December 31, 1981, at the Old Waldorf in San Francisco. On April 9, 1988, Prater died in a car crash in Sycamore, Georgia. https://store.earthstation1.com/the-golden-age-of-rock-39n39-roll-dvd-complete-tv-series-5-39395.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: The Golden Age Of Rock 'N' Roll DVD, MP4 Video Download, Flash Drive
Today, January 10, 2026
January 10, 2023: #DOTD: #RIP: Jeff Beck, English guitarist and songwriter, who rose to prominence as a member of the rock band the Yardbirds, and afterwards founded and fronted the Jeff Beck Group and Beck, Bogert & Appice (b. June 24, 1944) #dies of a bacterial meningitis infection at a hospital near Riverhall at the age of 78. Within minutes of his death announcement, musicians and friends began paying tribute; Jimmy Page wrote that "The six stringed Warrior is no longer here for us to admire the spell he could weave around our mortal emotions. Jeff could channel music from the ethereal. His technique unique. His imaginations apparently limitless. Jeff I will miss you along with your millions of fans". Mick Jagger expressed his condolences, writing "With the death of Jeff Beck we have lost a wonderful man and one of the greatest guitar players in the world. We will all miss him so much." Ronnie Wood, a former bandmate of Beck's, stated "Now Jeff has gone, I feel like one of my band of brothers has left this world, and I'm going to dearly miss him." Beck's funeral took place at St Mary's Church in Beddington on February 3. He is buried at St. Mary's Church Cemetery in Shotley, Suffolk, England. Jeff Beck was born Geoffrey Arnold Beck at 206 Demesne Road, Wallington, Surrey (now in Greater London), England. In 1975, he switched to an instrumental style with focus on an innovative sound, and his releases spanned genres and styles ranging from blues rock, hard rock, jazz fusion and a blend of guitar-rock and electronica. Beck was ranked in the top five of Rolling Stone and other magazines' lists rankings of the greatest guitarists. He was often called a "guitarist's guitarist". Rolling Stone described him as "one of the most influential lead guitarists in rock". Although he recorded two successful albums (in 1975 and 1976) as a solo act, Beck did not establish or maintain commercial success like that of his contemporaries and bandmates. He recorded with many artists. Beck earned wide critical praise and received the Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance six times and Best Pop Instrumental Performance once. In 2014, he received the British Academy's Ivor Novello Award for Outstanding Contribution to British Music. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twice: first as a member of the Yardbirds (1992) and secondly as a solo artist (2009). https://store.earthstation1.com/the-golden-age-of-rock-39n39-roll-dvd-complete-tv-series-5-39395.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: TV Music & Dance Shows #11 Shindig UK, Happening DVD, MP4, Flash Drive
Today, January 10, 2026
January 10, 1945: #BOTD: #HBD! Rod Stewart, British rock and pop singer and songwriter, is #born Roderick David Stewart at 507 Archway Road, Highgate, North London, England to a Scottish father and an English mother. With his distinctive raspy singing voice, Stewart is among the best-selling music artists of all time, having sold over 250 million records worldwide. He has had 10 number-one albums and 31 top ten singles in the UK, six of which reached number one. Stewart has had 16 top ten singles in the US, with four reaching number one on the Billboard Hot 100. He was knighted in the 2016 Birthday Honours for services to music and charity. Stewart's music career began in 1962 when he took up busking with a harmonica. In 1963, he joined The Dimensions as a harmonica player and vocalist. In 1964, Stewart joined Long John Baldry and the All Stars before moving to the Jeff Beck Group in 1967. Joining Faces in 1969, he also maintained a solo career releasing his debut album that year. Stewart's early albums were a fusion of rock, folk music, soul music, and R & B. His third album, 1971's Every Picture Tells a Story, was his breakthrough, topping the charts in the UK, US, Canada and Australia, as did its ballad "Maggie May". His 1972 follow-up album, Never a Dull Moment, also reached number one in the UK and Australia, while going top three in the US and Canada. Its single, "You Wear It Well", topped the chart in the UK and was a moderate hit elsewhere. After Stewart had a handful more UK top ten hits, the Faces broke up in 1975. Stewart's next few hit singles were ballads with "Sailing", off the 1975 UK and Australian number-one album, Atlantic Crossing, becoming a hit in the UK and the Netherlands (number one), Germany (number four) and other countries, but barely charting in North America. A Night on the Town (1976), his fifth straight chart-topper in the UK, began a three-album run of going number one or top three in the US, Canada, the UK and Australia with each release. That album's "Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright)" spent almost two months at number one in the US and Canada, and made the top five in other countries. Foot Loose & Fancy Free (1977) contained the hit "You're in My Heart (The Final Acclaim)" as well as the rocker "Hot Legs". Blondes Have More Fun (1978) and its disco-tinged "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy" both went to number one in Canada, Australia and the US, with "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy" also hitting number one in the UK and the top ten in other countries. Stewart's albums regularly hit the upper rungs of the charts in the Netherlands throughout the 70s and in Sweden from 1975 onward. After a disco and new wave period in the late 1970s and early 1980s, Stewart's music turned to a soft rock/middle-of-the-road style, with most of his albums reaching the top ten in the UK, Germany and Sweden, but faring less well in the US. The single "Rhythm of My Heart" was a top five hit in the UK, US and other countries, with its source album, 1991's Vagabond Heart, becoming, at number ten in the US and number two in the UK, his highest-charting album in a decade. In 1993, he collaborated with Bryan Adams and Sting on the power ballad "All for Love", which went to number one in many countries. In the early 2000s, he released a series of successful albums interpreting the Great American Songbook. In 2008, Billboard magazine ranked him the 17th most successful artist on the "Billboard Hot 100 All-Time Top Artists". A Grammy and Brit Award recipient, he was voted at No. 33 in Q Magazine's list of the Top 100 Greatest Singers of all time. As a solo artist, Stewart was inducted into the US Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994, the UK Music Hall of Fame in 2006, and he was inducted a second time into the US Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2012 as a member of Faces. https://store.earthstation1.com/classic-tv-music-amp-dance-shows-11-shindig-uk-amp-happening-d11.html

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Today, January 10, 2026
January 10, 2016: #DOTD: #RIP: David Bowie, English singer, songwriter, producer, and actor (b. January 8, 1947) #dies of liver cancer in his New York City apartment at age 69, two days after the release of his final album, Blackstar (2016). He had been diagnosed 18 months earlier, but he had not made his condition public. Following his death, fans gathered at impromptu street shrines. At the mural of Bowie in his birthplace of Brixton, South London, which shows him in his Aladdin Sane character, fans laid flowers and sang his songs. Other memorial sites included Berlin, Los Angeles, and outside his apartment in New York. After news of his death, sales of his albums and singles soared. According to his death certificate he was cremated in New Jersey on January 12; where in New Jersey is not publicly disclosed. He had chosen a direct cremation (one where no one is present) and requested that his ashes be scattered on the Indonesian island of Bali "in accordance with the Buddhist rituals"; according to his will he had wanted to be cremated there but that if this was "not practical" then he wanted his remains cremated and his ashes scattered there according to Buddhist rites. David Robert Jones, known professionally as David Bowie, was a leading figure in popular music for over five decades, acclaimed by critics and other musicians for his innovative work. His career was marked by reinvention and visual presentation, his music and stagecraft significantly influencing popular music. During his lifetime, his record sales, estimated at 140 million albums worldwide, made him one of the world's best-selling music artists. In the UK, he was awarded nine platinum album certifications, eleven gold and eight silver, releasing eleven number-one albums. In the US, he received five platinum and nine gold certifications. He was inducted into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame in 1996. Born in Brixton, South London, Bowie developed an interest in music as a child, eventually studying art, music and design before embarking on a professional career as a musician in 1963. "Space Oddity" became his first top-five entry on the UK Singles Chart after its release in July 1969. After a period of experimentation, he re-emerged in 1972 during the glam rock era with his flamboyant and androgynous alter ego Ziggy Stardust. The character was spearheaded by the success of his single "Starman" and album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, which won him widespread popularity. In 1975, Bowie's style shifted radically towards a sound he characterised as "plastic soul", initially alienating many of his UK devotees but garnering him his first major US crossover success with the number-one single "Fame" and the album Young Americans. In 1976, Bowie starred in the cult film The Man Who Fell to Earth, directed by Nicolas Roeg, and released Station to Station. The following year, he further confounded musical expectations with the electronic-inflected album Low (1977), the first of three collaborations with Brian Eno that would come to be known as the "Berlin Trilogy". "Heroes" (1977) and Lodger (1979) followed; each album reached the UK top five and received lasting critical praise. After uneven commercial success in the late 1970s, Bowie had UK number ones with the 1980 single "Ashes to Ashes", its parent album Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps), and "Under Pressure", a 1981 collaboration with Queen. He then reached his commercial peak in 1983 with Let's Dance, with its title track topping both UK and US charts. Throughout the 1990s and 2000s, Bowie continued to experiment with musical styles, including industrial and jungle. He also continued acting; his roles included Major Celliers in Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983), the Goblin King Jareth in Labyrinth (1986), Pontius Pilate in The Last Temptation of Christ (1988), and Nikola Tesla in The Prestige (2006), among other film and television appearances and cameos. He stopped concert touring after 2004 and his last live performance was at a charity event in 2006. In 2013, Bowie returned from a decade-long recording hiatus with the release of The Next Day. He remained musically active until his death. https://store.earthstation1.com/i-want-my-music-tv-dvd-late-1980s-vi1980.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: WABC Radio Airchecks MP3 Collection 1960s-1980s DVD, MP3 Download, USB
Today, January 10, 2026
(#JCKaelin here: Jim Croce was the babysitter and protege of my long-time friend and colleague of The Iva Toguri Trust, the beautiful Barbara Trembley (Barbara Trembley-Gross), when she was married to power music producer Barry Gross. She's been a hidden hand in many of the Golden Age Of Rock & Roll songs you know, is the subject of at least one (likely more, she's modest) love song you're likely familiar with from that era, and among many other things, of particular import to me, she was in the recording studio when much of The Who's rock opera "Tommy" was recorded, while she was was the girlfriend of the producer and manager of The Who, Kit Lambert :) ) ========= January 10, 1943: #BOTD: #HBD! Jim Croce, American folk and rock singer, songwriter and guitarist (d. September 20, 1973) is #born James Joseph Croce in South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to James Albert Croce and Flora Mary (Babusci) Croce, both Italian Americans from Trasacco and Balsorano in Abruzzo and Palermo in Sicily. Croce released five studio albums and numerous singles. His first two albums were commercially unsuccessful, failing to chart or produce any hit singles. During this period, Croce took a series of odd jobs to pay bills while he continued to write, record, and perform concerts. After forming a partnership with songwriter and guitarist Maury Muehleisen his fortunes turned in the early 1970s. His breakthrough came in 1972; his third album You Don't Mess Around with Jim produced three charting singles, including "Time in a Bottle", which reached No. 1 after his death. The follow-up album, Life and Times, contained the song "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown", which was the only No. 1 hit he had during his lifetime. Croce's music continued to chart throughout the 1970s following his death. His wife, Ingrid Croce, was his early songwriting partner and she continued to write and record after his death, and his son A. J. Croce himself became a singer-songwriter in the 1990s. Croce, at the height of his popularity, died along with his songwriter and guitarist partner Maury Muehleisen and all five others on their chartered Beechcraft E18S light aircraft crashed into a tree when it crashes on takeoff at Natchitoches Regional Airport in Louisiana. That Thursday crash occurred during Croce's Life and Times tour and the day before his ABC single "I Got a Name" was released. Others killed in the crash were pilot Robert N. Elliott, Maury Muehleisen, comedian George Stevens, manager and booking agent Kenneth D. Cortese and road manager Dennis Rast. An hour before the crash, Croce had completed a concert at Northwestern State University's Prather Coliseum in Natchitoches; he was flying to Sherman, Texas, for a concert at Austin College. An investigation by the NTSB named the probable cause as the pilot's failure to see the obstruction due to physical impairment and because fog reduced his vision. The 57-year-old Elliott suffered from severe coronary artery disease and had run three miles to the airport from a motel. He had an ATP certificate, 14,290 hours total flight time and 2,190 hours in the Beech 18 type airplane. A later investigation placed the sole blame on pilot error due to his downwind takeoff into a "black hole" of severe darkness, limiting his use of visual references. Jim Croce is buried at Haym Salomon Memorial Park in Frazer, Pennsylvania. https://store.earthstation1.com/wabc-musicradio-shows-mp3-dvd-60s80s-am-360807775.html

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Today, January 10, 2026
January 10, 1939: #BOTD: David Horowitz, former far-left activist turned far-right and Islamophobic activist, founder and president of the right-wing David Horowitz Freedom Center (DHFC); cofounder of Students For Academic Freedom, a counter-jihad movement designated as a hate group by The Southern Poverty Law Venter; eventual editor of the DHFC's website frontpage magazine and director of Discover The Networks, a website that tracks individuals and groups on the political left (d. April 29, 2025) is #born David Joel Horowitz in the Forest Hills neighborhood of Queens, a borough of New York City, Horowitz was the son of Jewish high school teachers Phil and Blanche Horowitz. His father taught English and his mother taught stenography. His mother's family emigrated from Imperial Russia in the mid-19th century, and his father's family left Russia in 1905 during a time of anti-Jewish pogroms. Horowitz's paternal grandfather lived in Mozir, a city in modern Belarus, prior to leaving for the U.S. In 1940, the family moved to the Long Island City section of Queens. During years of labor organizing and the Great Depression, Phil and Blanche Horowitz were long-standing members of the Communist Party of the United States of America and strong supporters of Joseph Stalin. They left the party after Nikita Khrushchev published his report in 1956 about Stalin's crimes and his terrorism against the Soviet population. Horowitz received a Bachelor of Arts from Columbia University in 1959, majoring in English, and a master's degree in English literature at University of California, Berkeley in 1961. Horowitz wrote several books with author Peter Collier, including four on prominent 20th-century American families. He and Collier collaborated on books about cultural criticism. Horowitz worked as a columnist for Salon. From 1956 to 1975, Horowitz was an outspoken adherent of the New Left. He later rejected progressive ideas and became a defender of neoconservatism. Horowitz recounted his ideological journey in a series of retrospective books, culminating with his 1996 memoir Radical Son: A Generational Odyssey. Horowitz died from cancer at his home in Parker, Colorado, on April 29, 2025, at the age of 86. His burial details are not publicly disclosed. https://store.earthstation1.com/the-second-red-scare-19471957-documentaries-mp4-video-dow194719574.html

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Today, January 10, 2026
January 10, 1878: Feminism: The Feminist Movement (The Women's Movement): Women's Suffrage In The United States: The Constitution Of The United States: The The Nineteenth Amendment To The United States Constitution (Amendment XIX): -- An Amendment granting women the right to vote was introduced in Congress by Senator Aaron A. Sargent of California (September 28, 1827 - August 14, 1887): "The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex." Sargent requested that his colleagues take the unusual step of allowing suffragists to personally address members of the Senate. The Senate agreed, and the following day suffragists testified before members of the Senate Committee on Privileges and Elections. Over the next forty-two years, several attempts to pass the resolution failed until the House of Representatives passed it on May 21, 1919, followed by the Senate on June 4, 1919. It was then submitted to the states for ratification. On August 18, 1920, Tennessee was the last of the necessary 36 ratifying states to its secure its adoption, and it was certified on August 26, 1920 as the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which prohibits the states and the federal government from denying the right to vote to citizens of the United States on the basis of sex. It effectively overruled Minor v. Happersett (1875), in which a unanimous US Supreme Court ruled that the Fourteenth Amendment did not give women the right to vote. https://store.earthstation1.com/women39s-suffrage-amp-the-women39s-movement-dvd-mp4-usb-39394.html