Born on October 10
October 10 birthdays & history
If you were born on October 10, you share a birthday with Giuseppe Verdi, Harold Pinter and Fridtjof Nansen. October 10 babies are Libra, with opal as their birthstone and the marigold as their birth flower. October 10 is the 284th day of the year in leap years (283rd in other years).
Famous people born on October 10
- 1813Giuseppe Verdi, Italian composer and philanthropist
- 1930Harold Pinter, English playwright, screenwriter, director Nobel Prize laureate
- 1861Fridtjof Nansen, Norwegian explorer, scientist, and humanitarian, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1946Naoto Kan, Japanese lawyer and politician, 61st Prime Minister of Japan
- 1913Claude Simon, Malagasy-French novelist and critic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1731Henry Cavendish, French-English chemist, physicist, and philosopher
- 1900Helen Hayes, American actress
- 1991Xherdan Shaqiri, Swiss footballer
- 1684Jean-Antoine Watteau, French painter
- 1936Gerhard Ertl, German physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
What happened on October 10
- 1760In a treaty with Dutch colonial authorities, the Ndyuka people of Suriname gained territorial autonomy.
- 1846English astronomer William Lassell discovered Triton, the largest moon of Neptune.
- 1920The Carinthian plebiscite determines that the larger part of the Duchy of Carinthia should remain part of Austria.
- 1928Chiang Kai-shek becomes Chairman of the Republic of China.
- 1964The Tokyo Summer Olympics opening ceremony is the first to be relayed live by satellites.
- 1967The Outer Space Treaty comes into force.
- 1970Fiji becomes independent.
- 1975Papua New Guinea joins the United Nations.
- 1980The Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front is founded in El Salvador.
- 1992After 20 years of construction, Vidyasagar Setu, the longest cable-stayed bridge in India, opened, joining Kolkata and Howrah.
- 2007Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor becomes the first Malaysian in space on board Soyuz TMA-11.
- 2009Armenia and Turkey sign the Zurich Protocols, intended to normalize relations. However, they are never ratified by either side.
Also observed on October 10
- Aleksis Kivi Day, also known as the Finnish Literature Day (Finland)
- Arbor Day (Poland)
- Capital Liberation Day (Vietnam)
- Constitution Day (Sint Maarten)
- Curaçao Day, anniversary of autonomy
- Fiji Day (Fiji)
Questions, answered
What star sign is October 10?
People born on October 10 are Libra. Their birthstone is opal and their birth flower is the marigold.
Which famous people were born on October 10?
Giuseppe Verdi (1813), Harold Pinter (1930), Fridtjof Nansen (1861), Naoto Kan (1946), Claude Simon (1913), Henry Cavendish (1731) were all born on October 10.
What happened on October 10 in history?
Among other things: in 1992, After 20 years of construction, Vidyasagar Setu, the longest cable-stayed bridge in India, opened, joining Kolkata and Howrah; in 2007, Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor becomes the first Malaysian in space on board Soyuz TMA-11; in 2009, Armenia and Turkey sign the Zurich Protocols, intended to normalize relations. However, they are never ratified by either side.
Can I get a newspaper front page from October 10?
Yes. The Birthday Gazette makes a personalised vintage-style front page for any October 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, “October 10”, English Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0 (shortened and filtered). Ranking uses Wikidata (CC0). Sources.