| 1840 | Queen Victoria marries Prince Albert. | |
| 1863 | P.T. Barnum’s star midgets, Tom Thumb and Lavinia Warren, are married. | |
| Victoria and Albert: How a royal love changed culture http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20150623-victoria-albert-cultural-impact?ocid=ww.social.link.twitter via @BBC_Culture | ||
| Born on February 10 | ||
| 1890 | Boris Pasternak, Russian novelist and poet (Dr. Zhivago). http://www.pen.org/nonfiction/boris-pasternak%E2%80%99s-doctor-zhivago |
|
| 1893 | Jimmy Durante, American comedian and film actor. | |
| 1894 | Harold MacMillan, British prime minister (1957-1963). | |
| 1897 | John F. Enders, virologist. | |
| 1898 | Bertolt Brecht, German poet and dramatist (The Threepenny Opera). Bertolt Brecht Sings ‘Mack the Knife’ From The Threepenny Opera, 1929 http://www.openculture.com/2013/02/bertolt_brecht_sings_mack_the_knife_from_ithe_threepenny_operai_1929.html via @openculture |
|
| 1901 | Stella Adler, actress and teacher. | |
| 1902 | Walter Brattain, physicist, one of the inventors of the transistor. | |
| 1910 | Dominique Georges Pire, Belgian cleric and educator. | |
| 1914 | Larry Adler, harmonica virtuoso. | |
| 1920 | Alex Comfort, English physician and author (Joy of Sex). | |
| 1927 | (Mary Violet) Leontyne Price, opera singer. http://www.thefeministwire.com/2011/02/foreign-policies/ www.imdb.com/name/nm0697005/ | |
Wednesday, 10 February 2016
Feb 10
February 10
