Today in History for February 1910

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 10 of 10

1st - 1st British labour exchange opens
1st - Dragoumis government forms in Greece
7th - Edmond Rostand's "Chantecler," premieres in Paris
8th - The Boy Scouts of America is incorporated by William D. Boyce.
15th - The Boy Scouts of America is founded.
19th - English premiere of Richard Strauss' "Elektra"
21st - John Galsworthy's "Justice," premieres in London
23rd - 1st radio contest held (Philadelphia)
23rd - George Bernard Shaw's "Misalliance," premieres in London
25th - Dali Lama flees Tibet from Chinese troop to British-Indies

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 45 of 45

1st - H Stanley Cayzer
1st - Jahangir Khan, cricketer (father of Majid, Indian player 1932-36)
1st - Michael Kanin, Rochester NY, director/writer/actor (Woman of the Year)
2nd - Charlotte Auerbach, computer Pioneer/Mathematician
2nd - Hendrik H K Beernink, Dutch politician (CHU)
3rd - Blas Galindo Dimas, San Gabriel Mexico, composer (A la Patria)
3rd - Nelson Case, Long Beach California, TV host (Trash or Treasure)
4th - Alfred Mendelsohn, composer
4th - Uys Krige, South African playwright/novelist (Orphan of the Desert)
5th - Martha van Och-Scholl, German/Dutch resistance fighter (WW II)
5th - Francisco Varallo, Argentine footballer
5th - Charles Leblond, Canadian Cell Biologist (d. 2007)
6th - George H Poyser, English soccer player/manager (Brentford)
6th - Irmgard Keun, German author (d. 1982)
6th - Carlos Marcello, Tunisian-born gangster (d. 1993)
7th - Buster Crabbe, 400m US swimmer (Olympics-gold-1932)
9th - Jacques Monod, French biochemist
10th - Dominique Pire, Belgium, educator, aided WW II refugees (Nobel 1958)
10th - Douglas Spencer, actor (Thing, This Island Earth, River of No Return)
10th - Joyce Grenfell, actress (Pickwick Papers, Americanization of Emily)
10th - Paul Whitelaw, cricketer (NZ opening batsman v England 1933)
12th - Forsyth Hardy, documentary film pioneer
12th - Lee Byung Chull, Korean industrialist/founder (Samsung Business)
13th - William B Shockley, London, US physicist (Nobel 1956), racist
15th - 9th earl of Jersey, English large landowner/art collector
16th - Michael Milne-Watson, CEO (BUPA)
16th - Miguel Bernal Jiminez, composer
17th - Ai Qing, poet
17th - Marc Lawrence, NYC, actor (Man With Golden Gun)
20th - Julian Trevelyan, English Surrealist painter/collage maker
20th - Millicent Fenwick, (Rep-R-NJ 1975-82)
21st - Douglas R S Bader, British pilot (WW II)
21st - Carmine Galante, Italian-born gangster (d. 1979)
21st - Eddie Waring, British sports commentator (d. 1986)
22nd - Al Sears, jazz performer
22nd - Muriel Monkhouse, Red Cross worker
22nd - Nicholas Monsarrat, Liverpool England, novelist
24th - Lord Hazlerigg
25th - Millicent Fenwick, NYC, (Rep-R-NJ 1975-82) (Doonesbury)
27th - Joan Bennett, Palasades NJ, actress (Little Women, Disraeli)
27th - Peter De Vries, Chicago, author (Reuben Reuben, Prick of Noon)
27th - Ted Horn, American race car driver (d. 1948)
27th - Clarence "Kelly" Johnson, American aircraft engineer (Lockheed Skunk Works; d. 1990)
28th - Roman Maciejewski, composer
28th - Vincente Minnelli, Chicago IL, director (American in Paris, Gigi)

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 6 of 6

1st - Otto Julius Bierbaum, German writer (Irrgarten Der Liebe), dies at 44
6th - Alfonso Maria Fusco. Beatified Italian Roman Catholic priest and founder (b.1839)
8th - Hans Jæger, Norwegian writer and political activist (b. 1854)
15th - Albert Fuchs, composer, dies at 51
16th - Albert Heinrich Zabel, composer, dies at 75
20th - Boetros Ghali, Egyptian premier, murdered