Born on February 10
February 10 birthdays & history
If you were born on February 10, you share a birthday with Bertolt Brecht, Boris Pasternak and Harold Macmillan. February 10 babies are Aquarius, with amethyst as their birthstone and the violet as their birth flower. February 10 is the 41st day of the year in leap years.
Famous people born on February 10
- 1898Bertolt Brecht, German director, playwright, and poet
- 1890Boris Pasternak, Russian poet, novelist, and literary translator Nobel Prize laureate
- 1894Harold Macmillan, English captain and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
- 1902Walter Houser Brattain, Chinese-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1991Emma Roberts, American actress
- 1967Laura Dern, American actress, director, and producer
- 1997Chloë Grace Moretz, American actress
- 1974Elizabeth Banks, American actress
- 1950Mark Spitz, American swimmer
- 1986Radamel Falcao, Colombian footballer
What happened on February 10
- 1392Byzantine Emperor Manuel II Palaiologos marries Helena Dragaš, daughter of the Serbian Prince Constantine Dragaš. She is crowned as empress the following day.
- 1502Vasco da Gama sets sail from Lisbon, Portugal, on his second voyage to India.
- 1840Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Queen Victoria married at the Chapel Royal in St James's Palace, London, with Albert being granted the title prince consort.
- 1861Jefferson Davis is notified by telegraph that he has been chosen as provisional President of the Confederate States of America.
- 1920About 75% of the population in Zone I votes to join Denmark in the 1920 Schleswig plebiscites.
- 1923Texas Tech University is founded as Texas Technological College in Lubbock, Texas.
- 1940Puss Gets the Boot, the first Tom and Jerry cartoon, was released to theaters.
- 1962The first solo exhibition by Roy Lichtenstein opened, including the painting Look Mickey, which featured his first use of Ben Day dots, speech balloons, and comic imagery sourcing.
- 1967The 25th Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified.
- 1972Ras Al Khaimah joins the United Arab Emirates, now making up seven emirates.
- 1989Ron Brown is elected chairman of the Democratic National Committee, becoming the first African American to lead a major American political party.
- 2016South Korea decides to stop the operation of the Kaesong joint industrial complex with North Korea in response to the launch of Kwangmyŏngsŏng-4.
Also observed on February 10
- Kurdish Authors Union Day (Iraqi Kurdistan)
- Arabian Leopard Day
Questions, answered
What star sign is February 10?
People born on February 10 are Aquarius. Their birthstone is amethyst and their birth flower is the violet.
Which famous people were born on February 10?
Bertolt Brecht (1898), Boris Pasternak (1890), Harold Macmillan (1894), Walter Houser Brattain (1902), Emma Roberts (1991), Laura Dern (1967) were all born on February 10.
What happened on February 10 in history?
Among other things: in 1972, Ras Al Khaimah joins the United Arab Emirates, now making up seven emirates; in 1989, Ron Brown is elected chairman of the Democratic National Committee, becoming the first African American to lead a major American political party; in 2016, South Korea decides to stop the operation of the Kaesong joint industrial complex with North Korea in response to the launch of Kwangmyŏngsŏng-4.
Can I get a newspaper front page from February 10?
Yes. The Birthday Gazette makes a personalised vintage-style front page for any February 10 birth year, with their name in the headline, events, famous birthdays and typical US prices. The preview is free and the print files cost $9.
Events, birthdays and observances are adapted from Wikipedia contributors, “February 10”, English Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0 (shortened and filtered). Ranking uses Wikidata (CC0). Sources.