What happened today, and who was born/died

BIRTHS
01/10/1738
  Ethan Allen, Revolutionary War fighter (led the Green Mtn Boys)
01/10/1877
  Frederick Gardner Cottrell, invented the electrostatic
01/10/1877
  precipitator, used for pollution control and air ionizers.
01/10/1904
  Ray Bolger, dancer, actor (Once in Love with Amy, Wizard of Oz)
01/10/1910
  Galina Ulanova, Russian ballerina
EVENTS
01/10/1776
  'Common Sense' by Thomas Paine is published.
01/10/1840
  The Penny Post mail system is started.
01/10/1863
  1st underground railway opens in London.
01/10/1945
  Los Angeles Railway (with 5 streetcar lines) forced to close.
01/10/1946
  UN General Assembly meets for first time
01/10/1946
  US Army establishes first radar contact with moon. It's there.
01/10/1949
  first Jewish family show - The Goldberg's begin
01/10/1951
  first jet passenger trip made
01/10/1969
  USSR's Venera 6 launched for parachute landing on Venus
01/10/1978
  Soyuz 27 is launched

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