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Today in History: January 10, Thomas Paine publishes ‘Common Sense’

Also on this day, the League of Nations was established as the Treaty of Versailles went into effect.

In this Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2013 photo, an early edition of Thomas Paine’s “Common Sense” is displayed at Iona College in New Rochelle, N.Y. A once-endangered collection of about 300 Paine-related pieces is the cornerstone of a new Institute for Thomas Paine Studies at Iona. (AP Photo/Jim Fitzgerald)
In this Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2013 photo, an early edition of Thomas Paine’s “Common Sense” is displayed at Iona College in New Rochelle, N.Y. A once-endangered collection of about 300 Paine-related pieces is the cornerstone of a new Institute for Thomas Paine Studies at Iona. (AP Photo/Jim Fitzgerald)
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Thomas Paine anonymously published his influential pamphlet, “Common Sense,” which argued for American independence from British rule.

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