Jan. 10 (UPI) — On this date in history:
In 1789, the first nationwide U.S. presidential election was conducted. Electors chosen by the voters unanimously picked George Washington as president and John Adams as vice president.
In 1861, Florida seceded from the United States.
In 1878, a constitutional amendment that would give women the right to vote was introduced into the U.S. Senate. It wasn’t until 42 years later that the amendment was enacted.
More than 25,000 women take to New York City’s Fifth Avenue on October 23, 1915, advocating for women’s voting rights. File Photo by Library of Congress/UPI
On January 10, 2017, a jury sentenced self-avowed White supremacist Dylann Roof to death for shooting to death nine people at a Black church in Charleston, S.C. File Photo courtesy of the Lexington County Sheriff’s Department
In 1901, oil was discovered at the Spindletop claim near Beaumont, Texas, launching the Southwest oil boom.
In 1920, the League of Nations came into being as the Treaty of Versailles went into effect.
British Prime Minister Clement Attlee addresses the first session of the United Nations General Assembly on January 10, 1946, at Central Hall in London. File Photo courtesy United Nations
In 1946, the first meeting of the U.N. General Assembly convened in London.
In 1957, Six dynamite blasts heavily damaged four Black churches in Montgomery, Ala., and the homes of two ministers. No one was injured.
On January 10, 1920, the League of Nations came into being as the Treaty of Versailles went into effect. File Photo courtesy United Nations
In 1984, the United States established full diplomatic relations with the Vatican for the first time in 116 years.
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On January 10, 2003, North Korea announced it was withdrawing from the 1979 nuclear non-proliferation treaty. File Photo courtesy KCNA/EPA
In 2003, North Korea announced it was withdrawing from the 1979 nuclear non-proliferation treaty.
In 2013, President Barack Obama signed legislation designating Pinnacles National Monument in California a national park. The legislation was introduced by Rep. Sam Farr, D-Calif.
A statue of former President George Washington is covered in snow outside of Federal Hall in New York City on January 4. On January 10, 1789, the first nationwide U.S. presidential election was conducted. Electors chosen by the voters unanimously picked Washington as president and John Adams as vice president. Photo by John Angelillo/UPI
In 2017, a federal jury sentenced self-avowed White supremacist Dylann Roof to death for shooting to death nine people at a historic Black church in Charleston, S.C.
In 2022, the U.S. Mint announced it began shipping a new quarter featuring poet Maya Angelou, the first U.S. coin to feature a Black woman.
On January 10, 1901, oil was discovered at the Spindletop claim near Beaumont, Texas, launching the Southwest oil boom. File Photo courtesy Library of Congress
In 2025, climate scientists announced the average global surface temperature for 2024 exceeded the 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels threshold set by the Paris Agreement for the first time and was the warmest year on record.
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