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The10t o Februaris the 41t day o the year in the Gregorian Calendar, wi 324 days ti come (325 in lowp years).
Events
1840:Queen VictoriaanAlbert, Prince Consort
2006:Winter Olympic GemmesOpenin Ceremony inTurin
- 1258-Baghdadfaws tae theMongols.
- 1306-Robert the BrucekillsJohn III Comyn, Laird o BadenochinDumfries.
- 1567- Murther oHenry Stuart, Laird Darnley,husband oMary, Queen o Scots.
- 1763- TheTreatyoParisends the Seven Years' War.
- 1840- Weddin oQueen VictoriaanAlbert, Prince Consort.
- 1910- French passengership"General Chanzy" is tossed against a reef in astorm.It sinks, killin 155 fowk.
- 1920- NorthSchleswigchooses tae become pairt oDenmarkin a referendum.
- 1939-Spaingie Ceevil War:Naitionalists finish their conquest oCatalonie.
- 1954-Dwight D. Eisenhowerwarns against US intervention inVietnam.
- 1990-Mikhail GorbachevanHelmut Kohlmeet for talks.
- 1996- Supercomputer Deep Blue beatsGarry Kasparovat chess.
- 2005- A dam break at Shadi Kor,Pakistan,kills atween 140 an 500 fowk.
- 2005-Charles, Prince o WalesanCamilla Parker-Bowlespropale their intention tae get mairit.
- 2006- Stairt o the2006 Winter OlympicsinTurin.
- 2007-Barack Obamapropales his intention tae run forPreses o the Unitit States.
- 2008- The Namdaemun laundmairk inSeoul,Sooth Korea,is heavily damaged bifire.
- 2013- A stampede at theKumbh Melafestival inAllahabad,Indie,kills 36 fowk.
- 2013-Association fitbaa:Nigeriewins its 3rd Africa Cup o Naitions teetle, defeatinBurkina Faso1-0.
- 2015-Australieis invitit tae join the Eurovision Sang Contest.
- 2020-Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauerpropales her demission as leader oGermany'sChristian Democratic Union.
- 2021-COVID-19 pandemic:The nummer o fowk inScotlandgien a dose o theCOVID-19vaccine gets tae 1 million.
Births
Harold Macmillan
Laura Dern
- 1859-Alexandre Millerand,PresesoFraunce(d.1943)
- 1890-Boris Pasternak,Roushie writer (d.1960)
- 1894-Harold Macmillan,Prime Meenister o the Unitit Kinrick(d.1986)
- 1898-Bertolt Brecht,German writer (d.1956)
- 1899-Cevdet Sunay,5tPresesoTurkey(d.1982)
- 1902-Walter Houser Brattain,American theoretical pheesicist (d.1987)
- 1903-Matthias Sindelar,Austrick fitbawer (d.1939)
- 1910-Dominique Pire,Belgian friar (d.1969)
- 1927-Leontyne Price,American soprano
- 1930-Robert Wagner,American actor
- 1932-Barrie Ingham,Inglis actor (d.2015)
- 1950-Mark Spitz,American swimmer
- 1952-Lee Hsien Loong,Prime meenisteroSingapore
- 1962-Cliff Burton,American muisicker (d.1986)
- 1963-Philip Glenister,Inglis actor
- 1966-Natalie Bennett,Australian-Inglis politeecian
- 1967-Laura Dern,American actress
- 1974-Elizabeth Banks,American actress
- 1976-Keeley Hawes,Inglis actress
- 1981-Holly Willoughby,Inglis telly presenter
- 1982-Justin Gatlin,American sprinter
- 1986-Radamel Falcao,Colombie fitbawer
- 1986-Viktor Troicki,Serbie tennis player
- 1991-Emma Roberts,American actress
- 1997-Chloë Grace Moretz,American actress
Daiths
- 1306-John III Comyn, Laird o Badenoch,Scots nobleman
- 1567-Henry Stuart, Laird Darnley,husband oMary, Queen o Scots(b.1545)
- 1752-Henriette o Fraunce(b.1727)
- 1755-Montesqieu,French writer (b.1689)
- 1829-Pape Leo XII(b.1760)
- 1837-Alexander Pushkin,Roushie writer (b.1799)
- 1879-Honoré Daumier,French penter (b.1808)
- 1918-Abdul Hamid II,Ottoman Sultan (b.1842)
- 1918-Ernesto Teodoro Moneta,Italian politeecian (b.1833)
- 1923-Wilhelm Röntgen,German pheesicist (b.1845)
- 1939-Pape Pius XI(b.1857)
- 1957-Laura Ingalls Wilder,American writer (b.1867)
- 2000-Jim Varney,American actor (b.1949)
- 2005-Arthur Miller,American playwricht (b.1915)
- 2008-Roy Scheider,American actor (b.1932)
- 2014-Shirley Temple,American actress an diplomat (b.1928)
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