10th January anniversaries

• Birth
  • 1908
  • Austria
  • "Birth of Paul Henreid, Austrian actor ."
• event
  • 1840
  • Great Britain
  • Postal service (penny post) begins in Britain
  • 1863
  • Great Britain
  • "First section of the London Underground Railway opens, between Paddington and Farringdon Street"
  • 1929
  • Belgium
  • "Comic book character Tintin first appeared in Le XXme Siecle newspaper, Brussels, Belgium"
  • 1957
  • Great Britain
  • "Harold Macmillan succeeded Anthony Eden, who had resigned through ill health, as Conservative Prime Minister."
  • 1984
  • The USA and the Vatican established full diplomatic relations after a break of more than 100 years
• Death