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| February 10th |
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| About February 10th is the 41st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 324 days remaining until the end of the calendar year (325 in leap years). Births 1893 - Jimmy Durante, singer, comedian, actor (Inka Dinka Doo) 1901 - Stella Adler, actress, teacher (founded Stella Adler Conservatory) 1950 - Mark Spitz, Olympic gold medalist swimmer 1955 - Greg Norman, professional golfer 1955 - Jim Cramer, television show host, author (Mad Money) 1961 - George Stephanopoulos, journalist, political advisor 1964 - Glenn Beck, political host 1991 - Emma Roberts, actress, singer (Twelve, Grimm) Deaths 2008 - Roy Scheider, actor (Jaws) 2009 - Leila Hadley, travel author (Give Me the World) Events 1870 - The city of Anaheim, California is incorporated. 1870 - The YWCA is founded in New York City. 1923 - Texas Tech University is founded in Lubbock, Texas as Texas Technological College. 1942 - Glenn Miller receives the first-ever gold record for selling 1.2 million copies of "Chattanooga Choo Choo". 1967 - The Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified. 1992 - Mike Tyson is convicted of raping Desiree Washington, a Miss Black American contestant. 1996 - IBM supercomputer Deep Blue defeated world champion Garry Kasparov for the first time at chess. 1998 - Voters in Maine repeal a gay rights law passed in 1997 becoming the first U.S. state to abandon that law. |
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