Birthdates Which Occur on February 10:
1609 John Suckling English Cavalier poet/dramatist/courtier
1637 Henri‰tte Catharina van Nassau Dutch daughter of Frederik Henry
1670 Norbert van Flowers [Cephalus], Flemish painter
and William Congreve England, writer (Old Bachelor, Way of the World)
1686 Johann F Gronovius Dutch physician/botany
1696 Johann Melchior Molter composer
1702 Jean-Pierre Guignon composer
1717 Pierre de La Garde composer
1728 Peter III Feodorovich German/Russian czar of Russia (1761-62)
1735 Johann Christoph Kuhnau composer
1741 Franz Adam Veichtner composer
1750 Stanislao Mattei composer
1775 Charles Lamb England, critic/poet/essayist
1788 Johann Peter Pixis composer
1795 Ary Scheffer Dutch painter/etcher/sculptor
1807 Abner Clark Harding Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1874
1818 Isham Green Harris Gov (Confederacy), died in 1897
1819 Richard Storrs Willis composer
1821 William Read Scurry (Confederate Army Brig general, died in 1864)
1824 Samuel Plimsoll English parliament leader
1827 Peter J Savelberg Dutch Limburgs monastery founder
1841 Walter Parratt composer
1866 Bror Beckman composer
and Rafael Altamira Crevea Spanish lawyer/historian
1868 William Allen White Emporia KS, editor (Pulitzer 1942)
1869 Vasily Pavovlich Kalafati composer
1870 Fritz Klimsch German sculptor/painter
1872 Anne Anema Dutch lawyer/journalist/politician (ARP)
1879 Franz Carl Bornschein composer
1880 Jesse G Vincent Arkansas, engineer designed 1st V-12 engine
1887 [Fran J] Vital Celen Flemish literary/author [or Feb 9]
1889 Howard Spring British author/novelist/writer/critic (O Absalom)
1890 Boris Pasternak Russia, novelist/poet (Dr Zhivago, Nobel 1958) [OS]
and Cor Ruys Dutch actor (Princess Stage)
1891 Harold RLG 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, Gov-gen of Canada (1945-52)
1892 Alan Hale [Rufus A Mackahan], Wash DC, actor (Little John-Robin Hood)
1893 Jimmy Durante NYC, long-nosed comedian (and goodnight Mrs Calabash)
and William [Bill] Tilden tennis player (US Open 1920-25, 29)
1894 Roy D'Arcy SF, actor (Warning Shadows, Revolt of Zombies)
and [Maurice] Harold MacMillan (C) British PM (1957-63)
1896 Olin Howlin Denver Colo, actor (Swifty-Circus Boy)
1897 John Franklin Enders Conn, microbiologist (polio-Nobel 1954)
1898 Bertolt Brecht Germany, playwright (Mother Courage)/composer
and Joseph Kessel French journalist/writer (Army of the Shadows)
and Judith Anderson Adelaide Aust, actress (Laura, Rebecca, Tycoon)
and Robert Keith Fowler IN, actor (Battle Circus, Branded, Wild One)
19-- Elaine [Kaufman] NYC, restauranteur (Elaine)
1900 Rebecca Negrin^
1902 Armand Bernier Belgian poet (Sorcier Triste)
and Stella Adler NY, actress (My Girl Tisa)
and Walter H Brattain Amoy China, US physicist (Nobel 1956-transistor)
1903 Matvey Isaakovich Blanter composer
1904 John Farrow Sydney Aust, director/actor (Botany Bay, Wake Island)
1905 John Dierkes OH, actor (Daughter of Dr Jekyll, Hanging Tree)
and Vilko Ukmar composer
and Walter Brown sports organizer (NBA)
1906 Erik Rhodes [Ernest Sharpe], actor (Top Hat, Night at the Ritz)
and John "Cat" Thompson basketball hall of famer (elected 1962)
and Lon Chaney Jr Okla City Okla, actor (Hawkeye, Pistols 'n' Petticoats)
and Walraven (Wally) van Hall Dutch banker/resisted Nazis
1908 Jean Coulthard composer
1910 Dominique Pire Belgium, educator, aided WW II refugees (Nobel 1958)
and Douglas Spencer actor (Thing, This Island Earth, River of No Return)
and Joyce Grenfell actress (Pickwick Papers, Americanization of Emily)
1913 Philippa Bevans actress (Notorious Landlady, World of Henry Orient)
1914 Larry Adler hamonica player (Harmonicats) (blacklisted performer)
1916 Edward R Roybal (Rep-D-CA, 1963- )
1920 Alexander Comfort English poet/writer (Wreath for the Living)
1921 Adrian Cruft composer
1922 Harold Hughes (Gov-D-NJ)
and Neva Patterson Iowa, actress (Governor & JJ, Doc Elliot, Nichols)
1923 Cesare Siepi Italy, basso (NY Metropolitan Opera)
1924 Randy Van Horne El Paso Tx, vocalist (Nat King Cole Show)
1927 Jakov Lind German/British author (Counting My Footsteps)
and Leontyne Mary Violet Price Laurel Miss, opera soprano (Porgy & Bess)
and Viscount Cowdray British financier/multi-millionaire
1928 Gene Taylor (Rep-D-St Louis, 1973- )
and Hans Nielsen Denmark, lightweight boxer (Olympic-gold-1924)
1929 Hallgeir Brenden Norway, 15K/18K cross country (Oly-gold-1952, 56)
and Henk Heidweiler Surinam ambassador in Netherlands
and Jerry Goldsmith pianist/composer (Twilight Zone)
and Jim Whittacker 1st American to climb Mt Everest
1930 John Gilpin English ballet dancer (tudes, Alice in Wonderland)
and Peter Phillips composer [or Jun 18]
and Robert Wagner Detroit Mich, actor (It Takes a Thief, Hart to Hart)
1931 Gerhard Rosenfeld composer
and Makoto Shinohara composer
1935 Conrad Klapheck German painter of typewriters
and Salvator Pueyo composer
and Theodore Antoniou composer
1937 Don Wilson rock guitarist (Ventures-Walk Don't Run, Batman Theme)
and Yuriy Poyarkov USSR, volleyball player (Oly-2 gold/1 silver-1964-72)
1939 Barbara Kolb Hartford Ct, composer (Trobar Jus)
and Boris Pickett vocalist (Monster Mash)
and Roberta Flack NC, vocalist (If Ever I Saw Your Face)
1940 Mary Rand-Bignal-Toomey England, long jumper (Olympic-gold-1964)
1941 Michael Apted researcher (Granada TV)
1942 Jimmy Merchant rock vocalist (Frankie Lymon & Teenagers-Why Do Fools)
1943 Ral Donner rocker
1944 Peter Allen Australia, vocalist/pianist (I Go to Rio, Legs Diamond)
1945 Klas Tuinstra Dutch 2nd Chamber member (CDA)
1946 Donovan [P Leech] Scotland, rocker (Mellow Yellow)
1948 Conrad Cummings composer
1950 Mark Andrew Spitz Modesto Calif, swimmer (Olympic-7 gold-72)
and Mike Rutherford rocker (Genesis-Against All Odds, Mike & Mechanics)
1951 Roxanne Pulitzer author (Prize Pulitzer)
and Zeudi Araya Asmara Ethiopia, Miss Ethiopia (1969)
1953 Carl Joseph Stone composer
and John Shirley US, sci-fi author (Eclipse Penumbra, Eclipse Corona)
1955 Greg Norman Australia, golfer (White Shark)
and Lusia Mae Harris Minter City Miss, basketball player (Oly-silver-76)
1958 Sharon Stone Meadville Pa, actress (Basic Instinct, Total Recall)
1959 Tonga [Uliuli Fifita], wrestler (WCW/WAR/WWF, Ming, Haku, Islanders)
1960 Lionel Cartwright Ohio, country vocalist (I Watched it on the Radio)
1961 George Stephanopoulos presidential adviser (Clinton)
1962 Cliff Burton rocker (Metallica)
1963 Harris Huizingh soccer player (FC Groningen)
and Lenny Dykstra centerfielder (NY Met, Phila Phillies)
1964 Francesca Neri Trento Italy, actress (Ages of Lulu)
and Roger Re˜ners soccer player (MVV)
and Sam Graddy Gaffney SC, 4x100m runner (Olympic-gold-1984)
1965 Marjolein Macrander Dutch actress (Drowned)
1966 Andrew Brimmer 1st Black on Federal Reserve Board [born 1966?]
1970 Brendan Eppert St Louis Mo, speed skater (Olympics-1994)
1972 Nancy Vee XXX actress (Gotham Gold Video)
1974 Lea Ghirardi Colombes France, tennis star
Deaths Which Occured February 10:
1134 Robert III/II Curthouse Duke of Normandy, dies
1162 Boudouin III son of King Fulco of Anjou/husband of Theodora, dies
1164 Hugo van Fosses/Pr‚montr‚ abbott of Pr‚montr‚, dies
1482 Luca della Robbia Italian sculptor (majolica reliefs), dies
1495 William Stanley Engl lord chamberlain, executed for conspiracy
1567 Darnley Mary Queen of Scots' husband, murdered
Lord Darnley Stuart wife of English queen Mary, murdered
1588 Joost Sybrantsz Buyck Amsterdams merchant/regent, dies at about 82
1598 Anna van Bull 1st wife of Polish/Swedish king Sigismund II, dies
1657 Sebastian Stosskopf Elzabethian painter, dies at 59
1678 Philip Vingboons Amsterdam's master builder, buried
1711 Lukas Fencer poet (Meleager & Atalante), dies at 22
1772 Jozef Wenceslas monarch of Liechtenstein/general, dies at 75
Louis Tocqu‚ French painter, dies at 75
1774 Florian Leopold Gassmann composer, dies at 44
1783 James Nares composer, dies at 67
1816 Johann Paul Aegidius Martini composer, dies at 74
1822 Albert-Kasimir duke of Saxon-Teschen/governor of Hungary, dies at 83
1825 Paul van Hemert theologist/philosopher (Side), dies at 68
1829 Leo XII [Annibale Sermattei], Italian Pope (1823-29), dies at 68
1832 Antonio Benedetto Maria Puccini composer, dies at 84
1876 Johan August Soderman composer, dies at 43
1879 Honor‚ V Daumier French painter/lithographer, dies at 70
Wolter R baron van Hoavell vicar/abolitionist, dies at 66
1880 Isa„c M "Isaac A" Cr‚mieux French minister of Justice, dies at 83
1887 Ellen Wood English author (Pomeroy Abbey), dies at 73
Pieter JBCR van de Aa geographer, dies at 54
1902 J N Krieger German Selenographer, dies
1905 Ignacy Krzyzanowski composer, dies at 78
1915 Albert J-BJ Th˜s Belgian Colonial pioneer (Congo), dies
1917 Emile Pessard composer, dies at 73
1918 Abdl-Hamid II 34th sultan of Turkey (lost Serbia/Egypt), dies at 65
1923 Wilhelm C R"ntgen physicist (radiation, Nobel 1901), dies at 77
1932 R H Edgar Wallace British writer/journalist (3 Just Men), dies
1939 Pius XI [Ambrogio D A Ratti], Italian Pope (1922-39), dies at 81
1943 Wa'er shot dead by Defiance
1945 Juan de Hernandez composer, dies at 64
1948 Sergei Eisenstein Russian director (Battleship Potemkin), dies at 50
1950 Armen Tigran Tigranyan composer, dies at 70
1951 Joseph Bovet composer, dies at 71
1957 Laura Ingalls Wilder US author (Little House on Praries), dies at 90
1958 Billy Vine actor (54th Street Revue), dies at 42
1962 Willem Paerels Neth/Belgian painter/graphic artist, dies at 83
1966 Billy Rose US theater producer (Diamond Horse Show), dies at 66
1968 Pitirim A Sorokin Russian/US sociologist, dies at 79
1977 Grace Mary Williams composer, dies at 70
1983 Eduard Franz actor (Zorro), dies at 80
1986 Brian Aherne actor (Juarez, My Sister Eileen, Rosie), dies at 83
1989 Dan Kelly NHL sportscaster, dies at 52, "He shoots, he scores!"
1992 Alex Haley US writer (Autobiography of Malcolm X, Roots), dies
Florence Tarlow dies of cancer at 70
Mau Kopuit editor-in-chief (New Israeli Weekly Newspaper), dies
Meade Roberts screenwriter, dies of congestive heart failure at 61
Thomas Graftd˜k writer (Dr Faustus), dies
Wim Ramaker director/writer (On Death Track), dies
1993 John Grossman Czech director (Process, Revisor), dies
Joy Garrett actress (Days of Our Live), dies of liver failure at 47
1995 Louis Sen A Kaw Suriname's great dam builder, dies at 75
S van der Linde church historian, dies at 89
Holidays Which Occur February 10:
Religious Observances on February 10:
Malta St Paul's Shipwreck
Methodist Race Relations Sunday (2nd Sunday in February)
547 RC Memorial of St Scholastica, virgin
Things to Remember for February 10:
Biorhythm Health Month-National Meat Month
Flowers-violet & primrose Gem-amethyst
National Cherry-American Heart-TV Sweeps & Black History Month
[Ancient Rome] Kalend‘ Februarius; Kalend Feb
[Plains Indians] Hunger Moon month
9 Days Astrological sign: Aquarius
Last Day Alpha Aurigid meteor shower, radiant near î Aurigae
4 Days Theta Centaurid meteor shower, radiant in Lupus near Centaurus
36 Days Delta Leonid meteor shower, radiant between ç & ë Leonis
[Ancient Rome] a d iv Id Feb
[Malta] St Paul's Shipwreck
Highlights in History Which Occur February 10:
60 St Paul thought to have been shipwrecked at Malta
1098 Crusaders slay Army Prince Redwan of Aleppo at Antioch
1535 12 nude anabaptists run through Amsterdam streets
1635 Acad‚mie Fran‡aise forms in Paris
1676 Attack on Wampanoag indians in Lancaster Mass
1720 Edmund Halley appointed 2nd Astronomer Royal of England
1749 10th (final) volume of Fielding's "Tom Jones" is published
1763 Treaty of Paris ends French-Indian War, surrenders Canada to England
1807 US Coast Survey authorized by Congress
1824 Bol¡var named dictator by Congress of Per£
1840 British queen Victoria marries her cousin Albert von Saksen-Coburg
1846 Beginning of Mormon march to west US
and British defeat Sikhs in battle of Sobraon, India
1859 Gen Horsford defeats Begum of Oude & Nana Sahib in Indian mutiny
1861 A De Gasparis discovers asteroid #63 Ausonia (son of Odysseus)
1862 Dutch 2nd govt of Thorbecke forms
1863 1st US fire extinguisher patent granted to Alanson Crane, Virginia
and PT Barnum stages wedding of Tom Thumb & Mercy Lavinia Warren
1866 French govt of De Putte forms
1868 Conservatives & military, seize Convention Hall in Florida
1870 City of Anaheim incorporates (1st time)
and YWCA (Young Women's Christian Association) founded (NYC)
1879 1st electric arc light used (California Theater)
1897 NY Times begins using slogan "All the News That's Fit to Print"
1899 -39øF (-39øC), Milligan, Ohio (state lowest record temperature)
1900 Peter Ostlund skates world record 500m (45.2 sec)
1906 Britain's 1st modern battleship "HMS Dreadnought" launched
1907 A Kopff discovers asteroid #624 Hektor
1913 J H Metcalf discovers asteroids #740 Cantabia & #741 Botolphia
1917 Johanna Westerdijk installed as Neth 1st female professor
1920 Baseball outlaws all pitches involving tampering with ball
1923 SDAP speaks out against allied occupation of Ruhrgebied
1925 1st waterless gas storage tank put into service, Michigan City, Ind
1926 Building of Olympian Stadium Amsterdam, begins
1927 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #933 Susi
and Pres Coolidge asks for 2nd disarmament conference
1930 Grain Stabilization Corporation authorized by Congress
1931 G Van Biesbroeck discovers asteroid #3211
1933 -54øF (-48øC), Seneca, Oregon (state record)
and Delivery of 1st singing telegram
and Dutch seaplane bombs Dutch ship
and Mutiny on "7 Provinces" ends (began Feb 4th), 23 killed
1934 Byrd souvenir sheet issued, NYC; 1st unperforated ungummed US stamp
and E Delporte discovers asteroid #1698 Christophe
and G Reiss discovers asteroid #1300 Marcelle
and Stalin ends 17th CPSU-congress
1935 1st US streamlined electric RR engine begins service
1937 Ragnhild Hveger swims world record 400m (5:14.2)
1938 King Carol II of Romania drives out dictator Goga
1940 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1528 Conrada
1941 1st highway post office makes 1st trip, Wash, DC-Harrisonburg, VA
and Anti-nazi "Het Parool" begins publishing in Netherlands
1943 "Manifesto of Algerian People" calls for equality & self-determination
and 8th Army sweeps through North Africa to Tunisia
and Van der Veen Resistance starts fire in Amsterdam employment bureau
1946 1st black pro-baseball player Jackie Robinson marries Rachel Isum
1947 Italy cedes most of Venezia Giulia to Yugoslavia
and Netherlands Radio Union forms
and Province of Petsamo returned to Soviet Union by Finland
1948 Greek Gen Markos' guerrilla army bombs Saloniki
1949 Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman" opens on Broadway
1951 Shah of Persia marries 19 year old Soraja Esfandiara Bakhtiari
1954 Eisenhower warns against US intervention in Vietnam
1956 "My Friend Flicka" premieres on CBS (later NBC) TV
1957 Southern Christian Leadership Conference forms
1959 Princess Wilhelmina publishes "Lonely, But Not Alone"
1961 AFL's LA Chargers move to San Diego
1962 Jim Beatty sets American indoor mile record (3:58.9) in LA
and USSR swaps spy Francis Gary Power to US for Rudolph Abel
1964 Australian destroyer "Voyager" sinks in collision, killing 82
and WBGU TV channel 27 in Bowling Green, OH (PBS) begins broadcasting
1966 Harmel govt in Belgium resigns
1967 25th Amendment (Presidential Disability & Succession) in effect
1970 26.4 cm precipitation falls on Mount Washington NH
and Dry powder avalanche moving at 120 mph smashes into youth hostel
killing 40 Belgian, French, & German youths (Val d'Isere, France)
1971 American Mensa, Ltd incorporates in NY
and Bill White becomes 1st black baseball announcer (NY Yankees)
1972 BBC bans "Give Ireland Back to the Irish" by Wings
and Ras al Khaima joins United Arab Emirates
1973 2nd time Rangers shut-out Islanders 6-0
and 83m wide gas tank on Staten Island explodes, 40 die
1974 Iran/Iraqi border fight breaks out
and Silver futures hit record $4.81« an ounce in London
1977 Bomb explosion in Moskouse metro
and Yehonathan Netanyou Lane in the Bronx named in honor of Bronx-born
Israeli soldier who died freeing hostages in Entebee Raid (1976)
1981 8 killed & 198 injured by fire at Las Vegas Hilton
1982 28 skiers perform backflips while holding hands, Bromont, Qu‚bec
1983 Anglican synod vote 338-100 against unilateral UK nuclear disarmament
1985 ... Sch"ne skates ladies world record 5 km (7:32.82)
and Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 51-E mission
1986 "John Lennon: Live in NYC" album is released
1987 Philippine troops murder 17 civilians-Lupao Massacre
1988 Rocky Malebane-Metsing coup in Bophuthatswana fails
1989 Miami Vice's 100th episode seen on TV
and Minor League Football System opens organizational meeting, St Louis
and Ron Brown (D) chosen 1st black chairman of a major US party
To gain deregulation WWF admits pro wrestling is an exhibition &
and not a sport, in a NJ court
1990 6th Largest wrestling crowd (63,900-Tokyo Dome)
and Buster Douglas KOs Mike Tyson to become heavyweight boxing champ
and Pierrer Water pulls product from shelf due to benzine in water
and S Afr Pres de Klerk announces Nelson Mandela will be free Feb 11th
1991 Johan Koss skates world record 10 km (13:43.54)
and Lithuania votes for independence from USSR
and NBA All Star Game at Charlotte NC
1992 "Dangerous Women" final episode on WWOR-TV
and Bonnie Blair wins 1992 Olympics 1st gold medal for USA
1964 Australian destroyer 'Voyager' sunk in collision with aircraft
carrier 'Melbourne' killing 82 of it's crew.
1970 Dry powder avalanche moving at 120 mph smashes into youth hostel
killing 40 Belgian, French, & German youths. (Val d'Isere, France)
1973 World's largest storage tank explodes during repair, crushing
40 of 43 inside. Staten Island, New York.
Your Special Reminders for February 10:
1899 -6øF lowest temperature for this date in NYC
and 1990 61øF highest temperature for this date in NYC
and 41st day of the year with 324 days left (Numerology = 3)
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