February 10
February 10 is the 41st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 324 days remaining until the end of the year (325 in leap years).
Births
- 1890 - Boris Pasternak, Russian writer (d. 1960)
- 1894 – Harold Macmillan, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1986)
- 1898 – Bertolt Brecht, German author (d. 1956)
- 1923 - Cesare Siepi, Italian operatic tenor (d. 2010)
- 1934 – Barrie Ingham, English actor
- 1937 - Roberta Flack, American singer
- 1939 – Adrienne Clarkson, former Governor-General of Canada
- 1939 - Peter Purves, British television presenter
- 1952 – Lee Hsien Loong, Prime Minister of Singapore
- 1961 - George Stephanopoulos, American television journalist
- 1963 - Philip Glenister, English actor
- 1964 - Glenn Beck, American broadcaster
- 1964 - Francesca Neri, Italian actress
- 1967 – Laura Dern, American actress
- 1976 - Keeley Hawes, English actress
- 1981 - Andrew Johnson, English footballer
- 1981 - Holly Willoughby, English television presenter
- 1982 - Justin Gatlin, American athlete
- 1991 - Emma Roberts, American actress
Deaths
- 1837 - Alexander Pushkin, Russian writer (b. 1799)
- 1912 - Joseph Lister, British surgeon
- 1917 – John William Waterhouse, Italian-born artist (b. 1849)
- 1923 - Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen, German scientist
- 1939 – Pope Pius XI (b. 1857)
- 1957 – Laura Ingalls Wilder, American author (b. 1867)
- 1992 – Alex Haley, American author (b. 1921)
- 2005 – Arthur Miller, American playwright (b. 1915)
- 2008 – Roy Scheider, American actor (b. 1932)
- 2010 - Charles Wilson, American politician (b. 1933)
Events
- 2006 – XX Olympic Winter Games opened in Turin, Italy.