February, 10th in History

[Spiritus Temporis]

Events

Thursday 10, 2005:
North Korea and weapons of mass destruction: North Korea suspends participation in multi-nation talks to discuss its arms program and officially admits to developing nuclear weapons.

Wednesday 10, 1999:
Avalanches in the French Alps near Geneva kill at least 10.

Tuesday 10, 1998:
Voters in Maine repeal a gay rights law passed in 1997 becoming the first U.S. state to abandon such a law.

Monday 10, 1997:
The United States Army suspends Sgt. Major Gene C. McKinney, its top-ranking enlisted soldier, after hearing allegations of sexual misconduct.

Saturday 10, 1996:
The World Trade Centre in London is partially destroyed by an IRA bomb.

Monday 10, 1992:
In Indianapolis, Indiana boxer Mike Tyson is convicted of raping a Miss Black America contestant named Desiree Washington.

Saturday 10, 1990:
South African President F.W. de Klerk announces that Nelson Mandela would be released the next day.

Friday 10, 1989:
Ron Brown is elected chairman of the Democratic National Committee becoming the first African American to lead a major American political party.

Wednesday 10, 1982:
Das Boot opens in United States theaters.

Tuesday 10, 1981:
A fire at the Las Vegas Hilton hotel-casino kills eight and injures 198.

Friday 10, 1967:
The 25th Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified.

Monday 10, 1964:
1964 - The aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne, collides with the Voyager off the south coast of NSW, Australia.

Saturday 10, 1962:
Captured American spy pilot Francis Gary Powers is exchanged for captured Soviet spy Rudolf Abel.

Wednesday 10, 1954:
President Dwight Eisenhower warns against United States intervention in Vietnam.

Thursday 10, 1949:
Death of a Salesman opens (Morocco Theatre in New York City).

Monday 10, 1947:
Italy cedes most of Venezia Giulia to Yugoslavia.

Friday 10, 1933:
In round 13 of a boxing match at New York City's Madison Square Garden, Primo Carnera knocks out Ernie Schaaf, killing him.

Tuesday 10, 1931:
New Delhi becomes the capital of India.

Tuesday 10, 1920:
Jozef Haller de Hallenburg performs symbolic engagement of Poland with the sea, celebrating restitution of Polish access to open sea.

Thursday 10, 1870:
The YWCA is founded (New York City).

Tuesday 10, 1863:
Alanson Crane patents the fire extinguisher.

Tuesday 10, 1846:
Many Mormons begin their migration west from Nauvoo, Illinois.

Monday 10, 1840:
Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom marries Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.

Thursday 10, 1814:
Battle of Champaubert occurs.

Thursday 10, 1763:
French and Indian War: The 1763 Treaty of Paris ends the war and France cedes Canada to Great Britain.

Saturday 10, 1635:
The Académie française in Paris is expanded to become a national academy for the artistic elite.

Sunday 10, 1258:
Mongols overrun Baghdad, burning it to the ground and killing large numbers of citizens (estimates range from 10,000 to 800,000)..

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/10-february/on-this-day.html


People born on February 10

1994:
Makenzie Vega, American actress (b: February 10, 1994) (Biography of Makenzie Vega)

1991:
Emma Roberts, American actress (b: February 10, 1991) (Biography of Emma Roberts)

1985:
Anette Sagen, Norwegian ski jumper (b: February 10, 1985) (Biography of Anette Sagen)

1980:
César Izturis, baseball player (b: February 10, 1980) (Biography of César Izturis)

1979:
Ross Powers, American snowboarder (b: February 10, 1979) (Biography of Ross Powers)

1977:
Tony Hernando, country music singer (b: February 10, 1977) (Biography of Tony Hernando)

1976:
Lance Berkman, baseball player (b: February 10, 1976) (Biography of Lance Berkman)

1971:
Lisa Marie Varon, American professional wrestler (b: February 10, 1971) (Biography of Lisa Marie Varon)

1969:
Tim Clark, baseball player (b: February 10, 1969) (Biography of Tim Clark)
Joe Mangrum, American artist (b: February 10, 1969) (Biography of Joe Mangrum)

1968:
Atika Suri, Indonesian television newscaster (b: February 10, 1968) (Biography of Atika Suri)

1967:
Laura Dern, American actress (b: February 10, 1967) (Biography of Laura Dern)

1963:
Lenny Dykstra, baseball player (b: February 10, 1963) (Biography of Lenny Dykstra)

1962:
Cliff Burton, American musician (b: February 10, 1962 ; d: September 27, 1986) (Biography of Cliff Burton)
Bobby Czyz, American boxer (b: February 10, 1962) (Biography of Bobby Czyz)

1961:
George Stephanopoulos, American political consultant and commentator (b: February 10, 1961) (Biography of George Stephanopoulos)
Alexander Payne, American film director (b: February 10, 1961) (Biography of Alexander Payne)

1960:
Robert Addie, British actor (b: February 10, 1960 ; d: November 20, 2003) (Biography of Robert Addie)

1955:
Greg Norman, Australian golfer (b: February 10, 1955) (Biography of Greg Norman)

1951:
Roxanne Pulitzer, American model (b: February 10, 1951) (Biography of Roxanne Pulitzer)

1950:
Mark Spitz, American swimmer (b: February 10, 1950) (Biography of Mark Spitz)

1949:
Harold Sylvester, American actor (b: February 10, 1949) (Biography of Harold Sylvester)

1948:
Luis Donaldo Colosio, Mexican politician (b: February 10, 1948 ; d: March 23, 1994) (Biography of Luis Donaldo Colosio)

1947:
Louise Arbour, Canadian judge (b: February 10, 1947) (Biography of Louise Arbour)

1944:
Vernor Vinge, American novelist (b: February 10, 1944) (Biography of Vernor Vinge)
Peter Allen, Australian singer and actor (b: February 10, 1944) (Biography of Peter Allen)
Frank Keating, American politician (b: February 10, 1944) (Biography of Frank Keating)

1941:
Michael Apted, British director (b: February 10, 1941) (Biography of Michael Apted)

1939:
Roberta Flack, American singer (b: February 10, 1939) (Biography of Roberta Flack)

1934:
Fleur Adcock, New Zealand poet (b: February 10, 1934) (Biography of Fleur Adcock)

1932:
Branko Lustig, Croatian film producer (b: February 10, 1932) (Biography of Branko Lustig)

1931:
Thomas Bernhard, Austrian author (b: February 10, 1931) (Biography of Thomas Bernhard)

1930:
Robert Wagner, American actor (b: February 10, 1930) (Biography of Robert Wagner)

1929:
Jerry Goldsmith, American composer (b: February 10, 1929 ; d: July 21, 2004) (Biography of Jerry Goldsmith)

1927:
Leontyne Price, American soprano (b: February 10, 1927) (Biography of Leontyne Price)

1920:
Alex Comfort, physician and writer (b: February 10, 1920 ; d: March 26, 2000) (Biography of Alex Comfort)

1914:
Larry Adler, American musician (b: February 10, 1914) (Biography of Larry Adler)

1910:
Georges Pire, Belgian monk, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b: February 10, 1910 ; d: January 30, 1969) (Biography of Georges Pire)

1906:
Lon Chaney Jr., American actor (b: February 10, 1906) (Biography of Lon Chaney Jr.)
Erik Rhodes, American actor (b: February 10, 1906 ; d: February 17, 1990) (Biography of Erik Rhodes)

1904:
John Farrow, American film director (b: February 10, 1904) (Biography of John Farrow)

1902:
Walter Houser Brattain, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b: February 10, 1902) (Biography of Walter Houser Brattain)

1901:
Stella Adler, American actress (b: February 10, 1901) (Biography of Stella Adler)

1898:
Bertolt Brecht, German author (b: February 10, 1898 ; d: August 14, 1956) (Biography of Bertolt Brecht)

1897:
Dame Judith Anderson, Australian actress (b: February 10, 1897 ; d: January 3, 1992) (Biography of Judith Anderson)
John F. Enders, American scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b: February 10, 1897) (Biography of John F. Enders)

1894:
Harold Macmillan, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b: February 10, 1894 ; d: December 29, 1986) (Biography of Harold Macmillan)

1893:
Jimmy Durante, American actor, singer, and comedian (b: February 10, 1893 ; d: January 29, 1980) (Biography of Jimmy Durante)
Bill Tilden, American tennis player (b: February 10, 1893) (Biography of Bill Tilden)

1892:
Alan Hale Sr., American actor (b: February 10, 1892) (Biography of Alan Hale Sr.)

1890:
Boris Pasternak, Russian writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b: February 10, 1890 ; d: May 30, 1960) (Biography of Boris Pasternak)

1846:
Charles Beresford, British admiral and politician (b: February 10, 1846) (Biography of Charles Beresford)

1685:
Aaron Hill, English writer (b: February 10, 1685 ; d: February 8, 1750) (Biography of Aaron Hill)

1609:
Sir John Suckling, English poet (b: February 10, 1609) (Biography of John Suckling (poet))

1524:
Albrecht Giese IV, German politician and diplomat (b: February 10, 1524 ; d: August 1, 1580) (Biography of Albrecht Giese IV)

1499:
Thomas Platter, Swiss humanist (b: February 10, 1499) (Biography of Thomas Platter)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/10-february/births.html

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People who died on February 10

2003:
Edgar de Evia, American photographer (b: July 30, 1910 ; d: February 10, 2003) (Biography of Edgar de Evia)
Curt Hennig, American professional wrestler (b: March 28, 1958 ; d: February 10, 2003) (Biography of Curt Hennig)
Clark MacGregor (d: February 10, 2003) (Biography of Clark MacGregor)
Al Ruffo (d: February 10, 2003) (Biography of Al Ruffo)
Ron Ziegler, White House Press Secretary (b: May 12, 1939 ; d: February 10, 2003) (Biography of Ron Ziegler)

2002:
Harold Furth (d: February 10, 2002) (Biography of Harold Furth)

2001:
Abraham Beame, Mayor of New York City (b: March 20, 1906 ; d: February 10, 2001) (Biography of Abraham Beame)

2000:
Jim Varney (d: February 10, 2000) (Biography of Jim Varney)

1993:
Fred Hollows (d: February 10, 1993) (Biography of Fred Hollows)

1992:
Alex Haley, American historian and novelist (b: August 11, 1921 ; d: February 10, 1992) (Biography of Alex Haley)

1985:
Johnny Mokan, baseball player (b: September 23, 1895 ; d: February 10, 1985) (Biography of Johnny Mokan)

1966:
Billy Rose, American composer (b: September 6, 1899 ; d: February 10, 1966) (Biography of Billy Rose)

1964:
Eugen Sänger (d: February 10, 1964) (Biography of Eugen Sänger)

1960:
Aloysius Stepinac (d: February 10, 1960) (Biography of Aloysius Stepinac)

1957:
Laura Ingalls Wilder, American author (b: February 7, 1867 ; d: February 10, 1957) (Biography of Laura Ingalls Wilder)

1950:
Marcel Mauss, French sociologist (b: May 10, 1872 ; d: February 10, 1950) (Biography of Marcel Mauss)

1939:
Pope Pius XI (b: May 31, 1857 ; d: February 10, 1939) (Biography of Pope Pius XI)

1932:
Edgar Wallace, English writer (b: April 1, 1875 ; d: February 10, 1932) (Biography of Edgar Wallace)

1923:
Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b: March 27, 1845 ; d: February 10, 1923) (Biography of Wilhelm Röntgen)

1918:
Abdul Hamid II (d: February 10, 1918) (Biography of Abdul Hamid II)

1917:
John William Waterhouse (d: February 10, 1917) (Biography of John William Waterhouse)

1912:
Joseph Lister English surgeon (b: April 5, 1827 ; d: February 10, 1912) (Biography of Joseph Lister)

1904:
John A. Roche (d: February 10, 1904) (Biography of John A. Roche)

1865:
Heinrich Lenz, German physicist (b: February 12, 1804 ; d: February 10, 1865) (Biography of Heinrich Lenz)

1837:
Aleksandr Pushkin, Russian author (b: May 26, 1799 ; d: February 10, 1837) (Biography of Aleksandr Pushkin)

1829:
Pope Leo XII (b: August 22, 1760 ; d: February 10, 1829) (Biography of Pope Leo XII)

1782:
Friedrich Christoph Oetinger, German theologian (b: May 2, 1702 ; d: February 10, 1782) (Biography of Friedrich Christoph Oetinger)

1758:
Thomas Ripley (architect) (d: February 10, 1758) (Biography of Thomas Ripley (architect))

1755:
Montesquieu, French writer (b: January 18, 1689 ; d: February 10, 1755) (Biography of Charles de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu)

1722:
Bartholomew Roberts (d: February 10, 1722) (Biography of Bartholomew Roberts)

1686:
William Dugdale, English antiquarian (b: September 12, 1605 ; d: February 10, 1686) (Biography of William Dugdale)

1576:
Guilielmus Xylander, German classical scholar (b: December 26, 1532 ; d: February 10, 1576) (Biography of Guilielmus Xylander)

1278:
Margaret II of Flanders (d: February 10, 1278) (Biography of Margaret II of Flanders)

1126:
William IX, Duke of Aquitaine and poet (b: October 22, 1071 ; d: February 10, 1126) (Biography of William IX of Aquitaine)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/10-february/deaths.html