October 10 birthdays, facts & history
Everything about being born on October 10, from your sign and birth stone to who shares your birthday.
Zodiac sign
♎︎ Libra
Sep 23 – Oct 22
Birth stone
Opal
Birth flower
Marigold
How common
#43 of 366
by US birth counts
Famous October 10 birthdays
Isabella II · Queen of Spain from 1833 to 18681830
Fridtjof Nansen · Norwegian polar explorer and diplomat1861
Helen Hayes · American actress1900
Claude Simon · French writer1913
Thelonious Monk · American jazz pianist and composer1917
James Clavell · American novelist1921
Ed Wood · American screenwriter1924
Harold Pinter · British playwright1930
Gerhard Ertl · German physicist1936
Naoto Kan · 94th Prime Minister of Japan1946
Nora Roberts · American romance writer1950
David Lee Roth · American singer1954
Jodi Benson · American actress1961
Chris Penn · American actor1965
Carolyn Bertozzi · American chemist1966
Bai Ling · Chinese-American actress1966
Michael Giacchino · American music composer1967
Mya · American singer1979
Pavel Durov · Technology entrepreneur1984
Xherdan Shaqiri · Swiss association football player1991
On this day in history
1957U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower apologizes to Ghanaian finance minister Komla Agbeli Gbedemah after he is refused service in a Delaware restaurant.
1973U.S. vice president Spiro Agnew resigned after being charged with tax evasion.
1992After 20 years of construction, Vidyasagar Setu, the longest cable-stayed bridge in India, opened, joining Kolkata and Howrah.
2002Iraq War: The United States Congress approves the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002.
1845In Annapolis, Maryland, the Naval School (later the United States Naval Academy) opens with 50 students.
1846English astronomer William Lassell discovered Triton, the largest moon of Neptune.
1903Emmeline Pankhurst founded the Women's Social and Political Union, a militant organisation campaigning for women's suffrage in the United Kingdom.
1911The Xinhai Revolution began with the Wuchang Uprising, marking the beginning of the collapse of the Qing dynasty and the establishment of the Republic of China.
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