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Births for February 10

• 1609 John Suckling, English Cavalier poet/dramatist/courtier

• 1670 William Congreve, England, writer (Old Bachelor, Way of the World)

• 1775 Charles Lamb, England, critic/poet/essayist

• 1807 Abner Clark Harding, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1874

• 1818 Isham Green Harris, Gov (Confederacy), died in 1897

• 1821 William Read Scurry, (Confederate Army Brig general, died in 1864)

• 1824 Samuel Plimsoll, English parliament leader

• 1868 William Allen White, editor (Pulitzer 1942)

• 1880 Jesse G Vincent, Arkansas, engineer designed 1st V-12 engine

• 1889 Howard Jump, British author/novelist/writer/critic

• 1890 Boris Pasternak, Russia, novelist/poet (Dr Zhivago, Nobel 1958)

• 1890 Cor Ruys, actor (Princess Stage)

• 1892 Alan Hale, (Rufus A Mackahan), Wash DC, actor (Little John-Robin Hood

• 1893 Bill (William) Tilden, US, tennis star

• 1893 Jimmy Durante, NYC, long-nosed comedian (and goodnight Mrs Calabash)

• 1893 William (Bill) Tilden, tennis player (US Open 1920-25, 29)

• 1894 (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)

• 1898 Dame Judith Anderson, Adelaide Aust, actress (Laura, Rebecca, Tycoon)

• 1900 Rebecca Negrin

• 1902 Armand Bernier, Belgian poet (Sorcier Triste)

• 1902 Walter H Brattain, Amoy China, US physicist (Nobel 1956-transistor)

• 1905 Walter Brown, an organizer of NBA

• 1906 John "Cat" Thompson, basketball hall of famer (elected 1962)

• 1906 Lon Chaney Jr, Okla City Okla, actor (Hawkeye, Pistols 'n' Petticoats

• 1906 Walraven (Wally) van Hall, banker/poet/resisted Nazis

• 1910 Dominique Pire, Belgium, educator, aided WW II refugees (Nobel 1958)

• 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)

• 1922 Harold Hughes, (Gov-D-NJ)

• 1922 Neva Patterson, Iowa, actress (Governor & JJ, Doc Elliot, Nichols)

• 1923 Cesare Siepi, Italy, basso (NY Metropolitan Opera)

• 1924 Randy Van Horne, El Paso Tx, singer (Nat King Cole Show)

• 1927 Leontyne Mary Violet Price, Laurel Miss, opera soprano (Porgy & Bess)

• 1928 Gene Taylor, (Rep-D-St Louis, 1973- )

• 1928 Hans Nielsen, Denmark, lightweight boxer (Olympic-gold-1924)

• 1929 Hallgeir Brenden, Norway, 15K/18K cross country (Oly-gold-1952, 56)

• 1929 Henk Heidweiler, Dutch ambassador to Suriname

• 1929 Jim Whittacker, 1st American to climb Mt Everest

• 1930 John Gilpin, English ballet dancer (tudes, Alice in Wonderland)

• 1930 Robert Wagner, Detroit Mich, actor (It Takes a Thief, Hart to Hart)

• 1937 Don Wilson, rock guitarist (Ventures-Walk Don't Run, Batman Theme)

• 1937 Yuriy Poyarkov, USSR, volleyball player (Oly-2 gold/1 silver-1964-72)

• 1939 Barbara Kolb, Hartford Ct, composer (Trobar Jus)

• 1939 Boris Pickett, singer (Monster Mash)

• 1939 Roberta Flack, NC, vocalist (If Ever I Saw Your Face)

• 1940 Mary Rand, England, long jumper (Olympic-gold-1964)

• 1942 Jimmy Merchant, rock vocalist (Frankie Lymon & Teenagers-Why Do Fools

• 1944 Peter Allen, Australia, singer/pianist (I Go to Rio, Legs Diamond)

• 1945 Klas Tuinstra, Dutch 2nd Chamber member (CDA)

• 1946 Donovan (P Leech), Scotland, rocker (Mellow Yellow)

• 1950 Mark Andrew Spitz, Modesto Calif, swimmer (Olympic-7 gold-72)

• 1951 Roxanne Pulitzer, author (Prize Pulitzer)

• 1951 Zeudi Araya, Asmara Ethiopia, Miss Ethiopia (1969)

• 1953 John Shirley, US, sci-fi author (Eclipse Penumbra, Eclipse Corona)

• 1955 Greg Norman, Australia, golfer "White Shark"

• 1955 Lusia Mae Harris, Minter City Miss, basketball player (Oly-silver-76)

• 1958 Sharon Stone, Meadville Pa, actress (Basic Instinct, Total Recall)

• 1963 Lenny Dykstra, centerfielder (NY Met, Phila Phillies)

• 1964 Sam Graddy, Gaffney SC, 4x100m runner (Olympic-gold-1984)

• 1965 Marjolein Macrander, actress (Drowned)

• 1966 Andrew Brimmer, 1st Black on Federal Reserve Board (born 1966?)

• 1967 Laura E Dern, LA Calif, actress (Blue Velvet, Mask, Smooth Talk)

Passings for February 10

• 1134 Robert III/II Curthouse, Duke of Normandy, dies

• 1162 Boudewijn 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

• 1772 Louis Tocqu‚, French painter, dies at 75

• 1829 Leo XII, (Annibale Sermattei), Italian Pope (1823-29), dies at 68

• 1879 Honor‚ V Daumier, French painter/lithographer, dies at 70

• 1887 Ellen Wood, English author (Pomeroy Abbey), dies at 73

• 1902 J N Krieger, German Selenographer, dies

• 1915 Albert J-BJ Th˜s, Belgian Colonial pioneer (Congo), dies

• 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

• 1948 Sergei Eisenstein, Russian director (Battleship Potemkin), dies at 50

• 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

• 1983 Eduard Franz, actor (Zorro), dies at 80

• 1989 Dan Kelly, NHL sportscaster, dies at 52, "He shoots, he scores!"

• 1992 Alex Haley, US writer (Autobiography of Malcolm X, Roots), dies

• 1992 Mau Kopuit, editor-in-chief (New Israeli Weekly Newspaper), dies

• 1992 Thomas Graftd˜k, writer (Dr Faustus), dies

• 1992 Wim Ramaker, director/writer (On Death Track), dies

• 1993 John Grossman, Czech director (Process, Revisor), dies

Special events for February 10

• 60 St Paul thought to have been shipwrecked at Malta

• 1098 Crusaders slay Army Prince Redwan of Aleppo at Antioch

• 1635 Acad‚mie Fran‡aise is founded 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

• 1846 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

• 1861 Asteroid 63, Ausonia, discovered (named after Auson, son of Odysseus)

• 1863 1st US fire extinguisher patent granted to Alanson Crane, Virginia

• 1863 PT Barnum stages wedding of Tom Thumb & Mercy Lavinia Warren

• 1868 Conservatives & military, seize Convention Hall in Florida

• 1870 City of Anaheim incorporates (1st time)

• 1870 YWCA (Young Women's Christian Association) founded (NYC)

• 1879 1st electric arc light used (California Theater)

• 1881 Opera "Contes D'Hoffmann" is produced (Paris)

• 1897 NY Times begins using slogan "All the News That's Fit to Print"

• 1899 -39ø F (-39ø C), Milligan, Ohio (state lowest temperature record)

• 1906 Britains 1st modern battleship "HMS Dreadnought" launched

• 1907 A Kopff discovers asteroid #624 Hektor

• 1913 J H Metcalf discovers asteroids #740 Cantabia & #741 Botolphia

• 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

• 1927 Pres Coolidge asks for 2nd disarmament conference

• 1930 Grain Stabilization Corporation authorized by Congress

• 1931 G Van Biesbroeck discovers asteroid #3211

• 1933 -54ø F (-48ø C), Seneca, Oregon (state record)

• 1933 Delivery of 1st singing telegram

• 1933 Dutch seaplane bombs Dutch ship

• 1933 Mutiny on "7 Provinces" ends (began Feb 4th), 23 killed

• 1934 Byrd souvenir sheet issued, NYC; 1st unperforated ungummed US stamp

• 1934 E Delporte discovers asteroid #1698 Christophe

• 1934 G Reiss discovers asteroid #1300 Marcelle

• 1934 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 "Illegale Het Parool" (Slogan) begins publishing in Netherlands

• 1941 1st highway post office makes 1st trip, Wash, DC-Harrisonburg, VA

• 1942 Glenn Miller's "Chattanooga Choo Choo" goes gold

• 1943 "Manifesto of Algerian People" calls for equality & self-determinatio

• 1943 8th Army sweeps through North Africa to Tunisia

• 1943 Van der Veen begins fire in Amsterdam works bureau

• 1946 1st black pro-baseball player Jackie Robinson marries Rachel Isum

• 1947 Italy cedes most of Venezia Giulia to Yugoslavia

• 1947 Netherlands Radio Union forms

• 1947 Province of Petsamo returned to Soviet Union by Finland

• 1948 Greek Gen Markos' guerilla 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" premiers on CBS (later NBC) TV

• 1957 Southern Christian Leadership Conference forms

• 1961 AFL's LA Chargers move to San Diego

• 1962 Jim Beatty sets American indoor mile record (3:58.9) in LA

• 1962 USSR swaps spy Francis Gary Power to US for Rudolph Abel

• 1964 Australian destroyer "Voyager" sinks in collision, killing 82

• 1964 WBGU TV channel 27 in Bowling Green, OH (PBS) begins broadcasting

• 1967 25th Amendment (Presidential Disability & Succession) in effect

• 1970 26.4 cm percipitation falls on Mount Washington NH

• 1971 American Mensa, Ltd incorporates in NY

• 1971 Bill White becomes 1st black baseball announcer (NY Yankees)

• 1972 BBC bans "Give Ireland Back to the Irish" by Wings

• 1972 Ras al Khaima joins United Arab Emirates

• 1973 2nd time Rangers shut-out Islanders 6-0

• 1973 83m wide gas tank on Staten Island explodes, 40 die

• 1973 World's largest storage tank explodes (Staten Island NY), crushing 40

• 1974 Silver futures hit record $4.81« an ounce in London

• 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 -61ø F (-52ø C), Maybell, Colorado (state record)

• 1985 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

• 1989 Miami Vice's 100th episode seen on TV

• 1989 Minor League Football System opens organizational meeting, St Louis

• 1989 Ron Brown (D) chosen 1st black chairman of a major US party

• 1990 Buster Douglas KOs Mike Tyson to become heavyweight boxing champ

• 1990 Pierrer Water pulls product from shelf due to benzine in water

• 1990 S Afr Pres de Klerk announces Nelson Mandela will be free Feb 11th

• 1991 Lithuania votes for independence from USSR

• 1991 NBA All Star Game at Charlotte NC

• 1992 "Dangerous Women" final episode on WWOR-TV

• 1992 Bonnie Blair wins 1992 Olympics 1st gold medal for USA

• 1992 Mike Tyson found guilty of rape in Indiana

Songs for date February 10

• 02/10/44 --- Holiday For Strings (Rose, David)

• 02/10/44 --- Mairzy Doats (Trace, Al)

• 02/10/50 --- Rag Mop (Flanagan, Ralph)

• 02/10/50 --- Third Man Theme, The (Karas, Anton)

• 02/10/62 --- Hey! Baby (Channel, Bruce)

• 02/10/62 --- Chip Chip (McDaniels, Gene)

• 02/10/62 --- Let Me In (Sensations)

• 02/10/68 --- Everything That Touches You (Association)

• 02/10/68 --- Simon Says (Nineteen-Ten Fruitgum Co.)

• 02/10/68 --- Dock Of The Bay, (Sittin' On) The (Redding, Otis)

• 02/10/73 --- Danny's Song (Murray, Anne)

• 02/10/79 --- Tragedy (Bee Gees)

• 02/10/79 --- What A Fool Believes (Doobie Brothers)

• 02/10/90 --- Just A Friend (Biz Markie)

• 02/10/90 --- Here And Now (Vandross, Luther)