Title: February 10 Content: ==Events== === Up to 1900 === * 1258 – Baghdad falls to the Mongols. * 1306 – In Dumfries, Robert the Bruce kills John Comyn, Lord of Badenoch. * 1355 – St. Scholastica's Day riot: Two days of rioting in Oxford leaves 63 scholars and probably 30 locals dead. * 1567 – An Explosion destroys the Kirk o' Field building in Edinburgh and Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley is found dead, most probably in an assassination. * 1763 - In the Treaty of Paris, France has to give Quebec to Great Britain. * 1814 - Napoleonic Wars: The Battle of Champaubert ends in French victory over the Russians and Prussians. * 1840 – Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom and Albert, Prince Consort, marry. * 1861 - Jefferson Davis is informed by telegraph of his election as provisional President of the Confederate States of America. * 1863 – The fire extinguisher is patented. * 1870 – The YWCA (Young Woman's Christian Association) is founded in New York City. * 1881 - French opera Les contes d'Hoffmann is first performed in Paris. === 1901 2000 === * 1904 - Russo-Japanese War: Japan declares war on Russia. * 1906 – The battleship HMS Dreadnought is launched in Portsmouth. * 1910 - Off Minorca, French passenger ship General Chanzy is tossed against a reef in a storm, causing it to sink. Only 1 of the 156 people on board survives. * 1920 – North Schleswig votes to become part of Denmark. * 1933 – Round 13 of Boxing Match in New York City's Madison Square Garden: Primo Carnera knocks down Ernie Schaaf, who dies four days later as a result of his injuries. * 1939 - Spanish Civil War: Nationalists finish their conquest of Catalonia and seal Spain's border with France. * 1940 – The Soviet Union begins mass deportations of Polish citizens from occupied Eastern Poland to Siberia. * 1942 – A Japanese submarine bombs Midway Atoll. * 1945 - German passenger ship Steuben with 4,000 refugees on board off the Pomeranian Baltic Sea coast, is torpedoed by a Soviet U-boat and sinks, killing 3,500. * 1947 - Italy cedes most of Venezia-Giulia to Yugoslavia. * 1949 – The play Death of a Salesman is performed for the first time in Broadway. Its writer, Arthur Miller, dies on the same date 56 years later. * 1952 – Jawaharlal Nehru wins India's first election. * 1954 – Dwight D. Eisenhower warns against intervention in Vietnam. * 1957 – In Sudan, football's Africa Cup of Nations is held for the first time. * 1962 – Captured American pilot Gary Powers is exchanged for captured Soviet spy Rudolf Abel. * 1964 - Aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne collides with destroyer HMAS Voyager off the coast of New South Wales, Australia. * 1967 – The 25th Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified. * 1972 - The remote North Atlantic rock of Rockall is fully integrated as part of Scotland. * 1981 - A fire at the Las Vegas hotel-casino kills 8 people. * 1990 - Mikhail Gorbachev and Helmut Kohl meet for talks. * 1996 – The computer Deep Blue first defeats Garry Kasparov in a game of chess. * 1998 – Voters in Maine repeal a Gay rights law. === From 2001 === * 2003 – France and Belgium break the NATO procedure of silent approval, concerning protective measures for Turkey in the event of a war in Iraq. * 2005 – North Korea announces that it is developing nuclear weapons. * 2005 – A dam break in Shadi Kor, Pakistan, kills between 140 and 500 people. * 2005 – It is announced that Charles, Prince of Wales will marry Camilla Parker- Bowles. * 2006 – XX Olympic Winter Games opened in Turin, Italy. * 2007 – Barack Obama announces his intention to run for President of the United States. * 2009 – Communication satellites Iridium 33 and Kosmos 2251 collide in orbit. * 2013 - The Nigeria national football team wins the Africa Cup of Nations, defeating the Burkina Faso national football team 1-0 in the final. * 2013 - A stampede at the Kumbh Mela festival in Allahabad, India, kills 36 people. * 2015 - It is announced that Australia will make a one-off appearance at the 60th Eurovision Song Contest. They are later invited to take part in 2016, 2017 and 2018 as well. ==Births== === Up to 1900 === * 1499 – Thomas Platter, Swiss humanist (d. 1582) * 1524 - Albrecht Giese, German politician and diplomat (d. 1580) * 1606 – Christine Marie of France, regent of Savoy (d. 1663) * 1609 - John Suckling, English poet (d. 1642) * 1685 – Aaron Hill, English writer (d. 1750) * 1686 – Hans Egede, Norwegian pastor and missionary in Greenland (d. 1758) * 1720 - Charles De Geer, Swedish industrialist and scientist (d. 1778) * 1744 - William Cornwallis, English Royal Navy admiral (d. 1819) * 1783 – Fyodor Petrovich Tolstoy, Russian painter (d. 1873) * 1785 - Claude-Louis Navier, French physicist (d. 1836) * 1788 - Robert P. Letcher, American politician, 15th Governor of Kentucky (d. 1861) * 1795 - Ary Scheffer, French painter (d. 1858) * 1806 - Orville Hickman Browning, 9th United States Secretary of the Interior (d. 1881) * 1815 - Constantin Bosianu, Prime Minister of Romania (d. 1882) * 1818 - Isham G. Harris, American politician, 18th Governor of Tennessee (d. 1897) * 1824 – Samuel Plimsoll, British politician and social reformer (d. 1898) * 1842 - Agnes Mary Clerke, Irish astronomer (d. 1907) * 1846 - Ira Remsen, American chemist (d. 1927) * 1847 - Nabinchandra Sen, Bengali poet (d. 1909) * 1859 – Alexandre Millerand, President of France (d. 1943) * 1878 – Zdenek Nejedly, Czech intellectual and politician (d. 1962) * 1881 - Pauline Brunius, Swedish stage and movie actress, and director (d. 1954) * 1881 - Ken McArthur, South African marathon runner (d. 1960) * 1884 - Frederick Hawksworth, English engineer (d. 1976) * 1888 - Harry Beaumont, American movie director (d. 1966) * 1888 - Alexander Cudmore, American soccer player (d. 1944) * 1888 - Alfredo Pacini, Italian cardinal (d. 1967) * 1888 - Giuseppe Ungaretti, Egyptian-Italian soldier, journalist and writer (d. 1970) * 1890 – Fanny Kaplan, Russian revolutionary, believed to be the attempted assassin of Vladimir Lenin (d. 1918) * 1890 – Boris Pasternak, Russian writer (d. 1960) * 1892 – Alan Hale Sr., American actor (d. 1950) * 1893 – Bill Tilden, American tennis player (d. 1953) * 1893 - Jimmy Durante, American actor and comedian (d. 1980) * 1894 – Harold Macmillan, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1986) * 1897 – Judith Anderson, Australian actress (d. 1992) * 1897 – John Franklin Enders, American scientist (d. 1985) * 1898 – Bertolt Brecht, German writer and playwright (d. 1956) * 1898 - Joseph Kessel, French journalist and novelist (d. 1979) * 1899 - Cevdet Sunay, 5th President of Turkey (d. 1982) === 1901 1950 === * 1901 – Stella Adler, American actress (d. 1992) * 1902 – Walter Houser Brattain, American physicist (d. 1987) * 1903 - Matthias Sindelar, Austrian footballer (d. 1939) * 1903 - Waldemar Hoven, German Nazi physician (d. 1948) * 1904 - John Farrow, Australian-American director, father of Mia Farrow (d. 1963) * 1905 - Walter A. Brown, American businessman (d. 1964) * 1906 – Lon Chaney, Jr., American actor (d. 1973) * 1910 – Dominique Pire, Belgian friar (d. 1969) * 1910 - Sofia Vembo, Greek singer and actress (d. 1978) * 1913 - Douglas Slocombe, English cinematographer (d. 2016) * 1914 – Larry Adler, American musician (d. 2001) * 1915 - Vladimir Zeldin, Russian actor (d. 2016) * 1922 – Arpad Goncz, former President of Hungary (d. 2015) * 1922 - Harold Hughes, American politician, Governor of Iowa (d. 1996) * 1923 – Ahti Karjalainen, Prime Minister of Finland (d. 1990) * 1923 – Cesare Siepi, Italian operatic tenor (d. 2010) * 1925 - Pierre Mondy, French actor and director (d. 2012) * 1926 – Danny Blanchflower, Northern Irish footballer (d. 1993) * 1927 - Alma Adamkiene, former First Lady of Lithuania * 1927 – Leontyne Price, American singer * 1927 - Brian Priestman, British conductor (d. 2014) * 1929 - Hallgeir Brenden, Norwegian skier (d. 2007) * 1929 - Jerry Goldsmith, American composer and conductor (d. 2004) * 1929 - Jim Whittaker, American mountaineer * 1929 - Lou Whittaker, American mountaineer * 1930 – Robert Wagner, American actor * 1931 - Doug Young, American voice actor * 1932 – Barrie Ingham, English actor (d. 2015) * 1934 - Kirk Fordice, American politician, Governor of Mississippi (d. 2004) * 1937 - Yuriy Poyarkov, Ukrainian volleyball player (d. 2017) * 1939 – Roberta Flack, American singer * 1939 – Adrienne Clarkson, former Governor General of Canada * 1939 – Peter Purves, British actor and television presenter * 1940 - Mary Rand, British sprinter and long jumper * 1940 - Kathryn Mullen, American puppeteer, actress and voice actress * 1941 – Michael Apted, British movie director * 1942 - Lawrence Weiner, American conceptual artist * 1944 – Frank Keating, 25th Governor of Oklahoma * 1944 - Peter Allen, American singer and actor * 1946 - Muntaka Connmassie, Nigerian jurist (d. 2017) * 1947 - Louise Arbour, Canadian diplomat, former United Nations Commissioner for Human rights * 1947 - Nicholas Owen, English journalist * 1948 - Luis Donaldo Colosio, Mexican politician (d. 1994) * 1949 - Harold Sylvester, American actor, director, producer and screenwriter * 1950 – Mark Spitz, American swimmer === 1951 1975 === * 1951 - Robert Iger, American entertainment executive * 1952 – Lee Hsien Loong, Prime Minister of Singapore * 1953 - John Shirley, American science fiction author * 1954 - Peter Ramsauer, German politician * 1955 – Greg Norman, Australian golfer * 1955 - Jim Cramer, American television personality * 1956 - Enele Sopoaga, 12th Prime Minister of Tuvalu * 1959 - John Calipari, American basketball player * 1961 - Alexander Payne, American movie director * 1961 – George Stephanopoulos, American television journalist * 1962 – Cliff Burton, American musician (Metallica) (d. 1986) * 1963 – Philip Glenister, English actor * 1964 – Glenn Beck, American broadcaster * 1964 - Arthur Lenk, Israeli diplomat * 1964 – Francesca Neri, Italian actress * 1964 - Sam Graddy, American athlete * 1964 – Victor Davis, Canadian swimmer (d. 1989) * 1966 - Ji Suk-jin, South Korean comedian, actor and singer * 1966 - Natalie Bennett, Australian-English journalist and politician, former leader of the Green Party of England and Wales * 1967 – Laura Dern, American actress * 1967 - Vince Gilligan, American writer and executive producer * 1968 – Matthias Hamann, German footballer * 1968 - Peter Popovic, Swedish ice hockey player * 1968 - Garrett Reisman, American engineer and astronaut * 1970 – Asne Seierstad, Norwegian writer and journalist * 1970 - Noureddine Naybet, Moroccan footballer and manager * 1973 - Ajdar, Turkish singer-songwriter and engineer * 1973 - Martha Lane Fox, Baroness Lane-Fox of Soho, English businesswoman and philanthropist * 1974 – Elizabeth Banks, American actress * 1975 – Kool Savas, German rapper * 1975 - Hiroki Kuroda, Japanese baseball player === From 1976 === * 1976 – Keeley Hawes, English actress * 1976 – Carlos Jimenez Sanchez, Spanish basketball player * 1980 – Riki Flutey, New Zealand-born English rugby player * 1980 – Enzo Maresca, Italian footballer * 1980 - Mike Ribeiro, Canadian ice hockey player * 1980 - Bruno Sundov, Croatian basketball player * 1981 – Andrew Johnson, English footballer * 1981 – Holly Willoughby, English television presenter * 1981 - Ozo Aduba, American actress and singer * 1982 – Justin Gatlin, American athlete * 1983 - Ricardo Clark, American soccer player * 1984 - Jemma Simpson, British athlete * 1985 - Anette Sagen, Norwegian skier * 1986 – Radamel Falcao, Colombian footballer * 1986 – Viktor Troicki, Serbian tennis player * 1986 - Josh Akognon, Nigerian-American basketball player * 1986 - Yui Ichikawa, Japanese actress and model * 1987 - Choi Siwon, South Korean singer * 1987 - Facundo Roncaglia, Argentine footballer * 1988 - Jade Ramsey, English actress * 1989 - Neelofa, Malaysian actress, television host and model * 1990 – Sooyoung, South Korean singer (Girls' Generation) * 1991 – Emma Roberts, American actress * 1992 - Misha B, American rapper and singer * 1992 - Haruka Nakagawa, Japanese singer * 1992 - Reinhold Yabo, German footballer * 1993 - Max Kepler, German baseball player * 1994 - Son Na-eun, South Korean singer and actress * 1994 - Kang Seul-gi, South Korean singer * 1994 - Mackenzie Vega, American actress * 1995 - Haruna Kawaguchi, Japanese model and actress * 1996 - Christina Parie, Australian singer-songwriter * 1997 - Chloe Moretz, American actress * 1998 - Candy Hsu, Taiwanese singer-songwriter, actress and record producer * 2000 - Yara Shahidi, Iranian-American actress ==Deaths== === Up to 1900 === * 547 - Scholastica, Christian nun * 1126 – William IX, Duke of Aquitaine (b. 1071) * 1162 – King Baldwin III of Jerusalem (b. 1130) * 1242 – Emperor Shijo of Japan (b. 1231) * 1278 - Margaret II of Flanders (b. 1202) * 1306 – John Comyn, Lord of Badenoch, Scottish nobleman * 1307 – Temur Khan, Emperor Chengzong of Yuan, Emperor of China (b. 1265) * 1543 - Johannes Eck, German theologian (b. 1486) * 1567 – Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley (b. 1546) * 1755 – Montesquieu, French writer (b. 1689) * 1758 - Thomas Ripley, English architect (b. 1682) * 1782 - Christian Christoph Oetinger, German theologian (b. 1702) * 1829 – Pope Leo XII (b. 1760) * 1837 – Alexander Pushkin, Russian writer (b. 1799) * 1854 - Jose Joaquin de Herrera, President of Mexico (b. 1792) * 1857 – David Thompson, Canadian explorer (b. 1770) * 1865 - Heinrich Lenz, German physicist (b. 1804) * 1891 – Sofia Kovalevskaya, Russian mathematician (b. 1850) === 1901 2000 === * 1904 - John A. Roche, American politician (b. 1844) * 1912 – Joseph Lister, British surgeon (b. 1827) * 1913 – Konstantinos Tsiklitiras, Greek athlete and Olympic champion (b. 1888) * 1917 – John William Waterhouse, Italian-born artist (b. 1849) * 1918 - Abdul Hamid II, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1842) * 1918 – Ernesto Teodoro Moneta, Italian pacifist (b. 1833) * 1923 – Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen, German scientist (b. 1845) * 1932 – Edgar Wallace, English novelist and screenwriter (b. 1875) * 1939 – Pope Pius XI (b. 1857) * 1944 - E. M. Antoniadi, Greek- French astronomer and chess player (b. 1870) * 1956 - Emmanouil Tsouderos, 132nd Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1882) * 1957 – Laura Ingalls Wilder, American writer (b. 1867) * 1958 - Aleksander Klumberg, Estonian athlete (b. 1899) * 1960 - Aloysius Stepinac, Croatian cardinal (b. 1898) * 1964 – Eugen Saenger, Austrian aerospace engineer (b. 1905) * 1966 - Billy Rose, American composer (b. 1898) * 1975 - Nikos Kavvadias, Greek poet and writer (b. 1910) * 1979 - Edvard Kardelj, Yugoslav Communist leader (b. 1910) * 1985 - Johnny Mokan, American baseball player (b. 1895) * 1990 - Bill Sherwood, American producer and composer (b. 1952) * 1992 – Alex Haley, American writer (b. 1921) * 2000 – Jim Varney, American actor (b. 1949) === From 2001 === * 2001 – Abraham D. Beame, American politician and Mayor of New York City (b. 1906) * 2002 - Dave Van Ronk, American musician (b. 1936) * 2002 – Traudl Junge, Adolf Hitler's press secretary (b. 1920) * 2005 – Arthur Miller, American playwright (b. 1915) * 2008 – Roy Scheider, American actor (b. 1932) * 2009 - Jeremy Lusk, American motocross racer (b. 1984) * 2010 – Charles Wilson, American politician (b. 1933) * 2014 - Stuart Hall, Jamaican-British sociologist and cultural theorist (b. 1932) * 2014 - Doug Jarrett, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1944) * 2014 - Ronnie Masterson, Irish actress (b. 1926) * 2014 - Shirley Temple, American actress and diplomat (b. 1928) * 2015 - Deng Liqun, Chinese politician (b. 1915) * 2015 - Naseer Aruri, Palestinian scholar and activist (b. 1934) * 2015 - Karl Josef Becker, German theologian and cardinal (b. 1928) * 2016 - Phil Gartside, English businessman (b. 1952) * 2016 - Leo Ehlen, Dutch footballer (b. 1953) * 2016 - Andrew L. Lewis, Jr., American business executive and politician (b. 1931) * 2016 - Eliseo Prado, Argentine footballer (b. 1929) * 2016 - Günter Schröter, German footballer (b. 1927) * 2016 - Claude Jeancolas, French writer, artist and journalist (b. 1949) * 2017 - Edward Bryant, American writer (b. 1945) * 2017 - Mike Ilitch, American businessman and sports owner (b. 1929) * 2017 - Piet Keizer, Dutch footballer (b. 1943) * 2017 - Yuriy Poyarkov, Ukrainian volleyball player (b. 1937) * 2017 - Hal Moore, American general and author (b. 1922) * 2017 - Tsuyoshi Yamanaka, Japanese swimmer (b. 1939) * 2018 - Jeff Bell, American politician (b. 1943) * 2018 - Bevan Congdon, New Zealand cricketer (b. 1938) == Observances == * Feast of Saint Paul's Shipwreck (Malta) * Fenkil Day (Eritrea) Category:Days of the year