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Birthday February 10, 1775 Charles Lamb, English critic & poet & essayist |
Birthday February 10, 1868 William Allen White, editor |
Birthday February 10, 1890 Boris Pasternak, Russian novelist & poet (Dr. Zhivago) (Nobel 1958) |
Birthday February 10, 1893 Jimmy Durante, comedian |
Birthday February 10, 1893 William (Bill) Tilden, tennis player |
Birthday February 10, 1894 Harold Macmillan, (C) British Prime Minister (1957-63) |
Birthday February 10, 1898 Bertolt Brecht, German playwright (Mother Courage) |
Birthday February 10, 1898 Dame Judith Anderson, Actress |
Birthday February 10, 1910 Dominique Pire, Belgian educator & aided WW II refugees (Nobel 1958) |
Birthday February 10, 1914 Larry Adler, Actor |
Birthday February 10, 1922 Harold Hughes, ex-Governor of New Jersey |
Birthday February 10, 1922 Neva Patterson |
Birthday February 10, 1923 Cesare Siepi, Italian basso |
Birthday February 10, 1927 Leontyne Price, operatic soprano |
Birthday February 10, 1930 Robert Wagner, Actor (Hart to Hart) |
Birthday February 10, 1939 Singer Roberta Flack, in North Carolina |
Birthday February 10, 1944 Peter Allen, singer |
Birthday February 10, 1950 Mark Spitz, U.S. Olympic swimmer |
History February 10, 1720 Edmund Halley is appointed 2nd Astronomer Royal of England |
History February 10, 1763 The French and Indian War ends |
History February 10, 1763 Treaty of Paris ends French & Indian War |
History February 10, 1779 The Battle of Carr's Fort |
History February 10, 1840 Queen Victoria marries Prince Albert |
History February 10, 1846 Mormons begin exodus to Utah |
History February 10, 1861 Davis learns he is president |
History February 10, 1870 City of Anaheim incorporated (1st time) |
History February 10, 1879 1st electric arc light used (in California Theater) |
History February 10, 1899 Herbert Hoover marries Lou Henry |
History February 10, 1916 U.S. secretary of war resigns |
History February 10, 1942 Japanese sub bombards Midway |
History February 10, 1942 Glenn Miller's Chattanooga Choo Choo goes gold |
History February 10, 1957 Laura Ingalls Wilder, chronicler of American frontier life, dies |
History February 10, 1962 Spies swapped |
History February 10, 1962 Soviets exchange American for captured Russian spy |
History February 10, 1965 Viet Cong blow up U.S. barracks |
History February 10, 1966 Auto safety crusader Ralph Nader testifies before Congress |
History February 10, 1967 25th Amendment (Presidential Disability & Succession) in effect |
History February 10, 1970 Avalanche buries skiers in France |
History February 10, 1971 Journalists killed in helicopter crash |
History February 10, 1972 Ziggy Stardust makes his earthly debut |
History February 10, 1973 2nd time Rangers shut-out Islanders 6-0 |
History February 10, 1989 Brown elected chairman of the Democratic Party |
History February 10, 1992 Boxing legend convicted of raping beauty queen |
History February 10, 1996 Deep Blue beats Kasparov at chess |
History February 10, 2006 Final episode of Arrested Development airs on Fox |
History February 10, 2014 Iconic child star Shirley Temple dies at 85 |