Famous Deaths In February - 10

1902  On February - 10 j N Krieger, German Selenographer, dies  

1904  On this day in history death of john A. Roche, Mayor of Chicago (b. 1844)  

1905  Ignacy Krzyzanowski, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.  

1906  Death of Ezra Butler Eddy, Canadian businessman (E.B. Eddy Company) and politician (b. 1827) on February - 10.  

1912  On February - 10 joseph Lister, 1st Baron Lister, surgeon (pioneer of antiseptic), dies  

1915  Albert J-BJ Thijs, Belgian Colonial pioneer (Congo), dies at 65 on February - 10.  

1917  Emile Pessard, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.  

1918  Death of Abdul Hamid II Ottoman Sultan (b. 1842) on February - 10.  

1923  On this day in history wilhelm Konrad von Rontgen, physicist (Nobel 1901), dies at 77  

1932  R H Edgar Wallace, British writer/journalist (3 Just Men), dies at 76 on this day in history.  

1939  Pius XI, [Ambrogio D A Ratti], Italian Pope (1922-39), dies at 81 on February - 10.  

1943  On this day in history death of wa'er, shot dead by Defiance  

1944  On this day in history death of eugène Michel Antoniadi, Greek astronomer, a crater on Mars and the Antoniadi crater on the Moon were named in his honor (b. 1870)  

1945  Juan de Hernandez, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.  

1948  Ewart Astill, cricket all-rounder (9 Tests for England 1927-30), dies on this day in history.  

1950  Armen Tigran Tigranyan, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.  

1951  On February - 10 joseph Bovet, composer, dies at 71  

1952  Death of Henry Drysdale Dakin, British-American biochemist, known for the Dakin-West reaction (b. 1880) on this day in history.  

1957  On February - 10 laura Ingalls Wilder, US author (Little House on Praries), dies at 90  

1958  Billy Vine, actor (54th Street Revue), dies at 42 on this day in history.  

1960  On this day in history death of aloysius Stepinac, Croatian cardinal (b. 1898)  

1962  On this day in history willem Paerels, Neth/Belgian painter/graphic artist, dies at 83  

1964  Death of Eugen Sänger, Austrian aerospace engineer (b. 1905) on February - 10.  

1966  On this day in history billy Rose, US theater producer (Diamond Horse Show), dies at 66  

1968  On February - 10 pitirim A Sorokin, Russian/US sociologist, dies at 79  

1975  On February - 10 death of nikos Kavvadias, Greek poet and writer (b. 1910)  

1977  Grace Mary Williams, composer, dies at 70 on February - 10.  

1982  On this day in history k R Meher-Homji, cricket wk (Test as Indian, catch no stumped), dies  

1983  On February - 10 eduard Franz, actor (Zorro), dies at 80  

1984  Death of David Von Erich, professional wrestler (b. 1958) on February - 10.  

1985  Death of Johnny Mokan, baseball player (b. 1895) on this day in history.  

1986  Brian Aherne, actor (Juarez, My Sister Eileen, Rosie), dies at 83 on February - 10.  

1987  On this day in history death of syed Sadequain Ahmed Naqvi, Pakistani painter, calligrapher and artist (b. 1930)  

1989  Dan Kelly, NHL sportscaster, dies at 52, "He shoots, he scores!" on this day in history.  

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | Next Page »

1499  On February - 10 birth of thomas Platter, Swiss humanist (d. 1582)  

1524  Albrecht Giese, German politician and diplomat (d. 1580) was born on this day in history.  

1606  Christine Marie of France, regent of Savoy (d. 1663) was born on February - 10.  

1609  John Suckling, English Cavalier poet/dramatist/courtier was born on this day in history.  

1637  On February - 10 birth of henriette Catharina van Nassau, Dutch daughter of Frederik Henry  

1670  Norbert van Flowers, [Cephalus], Flemish painter was born on February - 10.  

1670  William Congreve, England, writer (Old Bachelor, Way of the World) was born on this day in history.  

1685  Aaron Hill, English playwright/poet (Tragedy of Zara) was born on February - 10.