Today in HistoryTODAY is Tuesday, January 10, the 10th day of 2006. There are 355 days left in the year.

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In 1776, Thomas Paine published his influential pamphlet, “Common Sense”.

In 1863, London’s Metropolitan, the world’s first underground passenger railway, opened to the public.

In 1920, the League of Nations was established as the Treaty of Versailles went into effect.

In 1946, the first General Assembly of the United Nations convened in London.

THOUGHT FOR TODAY

“History must speak for itself. A historian is content if he has been able to shed more light.” — William L. Shirer, American author (1904-1993).