February 10
February 10 is the 41st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 324 days remaining, 325 in leap years.
Events
Births
- 1846 - Charles Beresford, British Admiral and Member of Parliament (d. 1919)
- 1890 - Boris Pasternak, poet, winner of the Nobel Prize in literature in 1958, (d. 1960)
- 1893 - Jimmy Durante, actor, singer, comedian, vaudevillean, (d. 1980)
- 1894 - Harold Macmillan, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, (d. 1986)
- 1897 - John F. Enders, scientist, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1954, (d. 1985)
- 1897 - Dame Judith Anderson, actress, (d. 1992)
- 1898 - Bertolt Brecht, author, (d. 1956)
- 1901 - Stella Adler, acting teacher, (d. 1992)
- 1902 - Walter Houser Brattain, scientist, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1956, (d. 1987)
- 1906 - Lon Chaney Jr., actor, (d. 1973)
- 1927 - Leontyne Price, lyric soprano
- 1930 - Robert Wagner, actor
- 1931 - Thomas Bernhard, author, (d. 1989)
- 1939 - Roberta Flack, singer
- 1941 - Michael Apted, director
- 1943 - Frank-Patrick Steckel, theater director
- 1944 - Vernor Vinge, novelist
- 1947 - Louise Arbour, Jurist
- 1950 - Mark Spitz, Olympic Games swimming gold medalist
- 1955 - Greg Norman, golfer
- 1961 - George Stephanopoulos, political consultant, commentator
- 1962 - Bobby Czyz, boxer
- 1967 - Laura Dern, actress
- 1979 - Ross Powers, American Olympic Games gold medalist for snowboarding
Deaths
- 1923 - Wilhelm Röntgen, discover of X-Rays, (b. 1845)
- 1939 - Pope Pius XI, (b. 1857)
- 1957 - Laura Ingalls Wilder, author, (b. 1867)
- 1966 - Billy Rose, composer, band leader, (b. 1899)
- 1992 - Alex Haley, author, (b. 1921)
Holidays and observances
See Also:
February 9 - February 11 - January 10 - March 10 -- listing of all days
January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
Referenced By
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