October 10 is the 283rd day of the year (284th in Leap years). There are 82 days remaining.
Events:
Births:
- 1684 - Antoine Watteau, French painter (+ 1721)
- 1780 - John Abercrombie, Scottish physician and philosopher
- 1813 - Giuseppe Verdi, Italian composer (+ 1901)
- 1861 - Fridtjof Nansen, Nobel Peace Prize recipient, Arctic explorer (+ 1930)
- 1900 - Helen Hayes, actress (+ 1993)
- 1901 - Alberto Giacometti, Italian sculptor (+ 1966)
- 1917 - Thelonious Monk, jazz pianist (+ 1982)
- 1919 - Jean Vander Pyl[?], cartoon voice-over actress
- 1924 - Ed Wood, American filmmaker (+ 1978)
- 1924 - James Clavell, author (+ 1994)
- 1926 - Richard Jaeckel[?], actor (+ 1997)
- 1930 - Harold Pinter, British playwright
- 1937 - Bobby Charlton, English football player
- 1942 - Peter Coyote[?], actor
- 1946 - John Prine[?], singer
- 1946 - Ben Vereen, actor, dancer
- 1953 - Midge Ure[?], musician
- 1955 - David Lee Roth[?], singer
- 1956 - Martina Navratilova, tennis champion
- 1958 - Tanya Tucker[?], country music singer
- 1963 - Daniel Pearl, journalist
- 1963 - Rebecca Pidgeon[?], actress
- 1966 - Tony Adams, English football player
- 1969 - Brett Favre, American football player
- 1973 - Mario Lopez[?], actor
- 1974 - Dale Earnhardt Jr., NASCAR racer
Deaths:
- 1459 - Gianfrancesco Poggio Bracciolini, Italian humanist, classicist
- 1827 - Ugo Foscolo, Italian writer
- 1914 - Charles I of Romania
- 1940 - Berton Churchill, pioneer Hollywood actor
- 1964 - Eddie Cantor, singer, vaudeville performer
- 1971 - John Cawte Beaglehole, New Zealand historian
- 1978 - Ralph Metcalfe[?], track and field athlete
- 1979 - Christopher Evans, British psychologist and computer scientist
- 1983 - Ralph Richardson, actor
- 1985 - Yul Brynner, actor
- 1985 - Orson Welles, American director, actor
- 1998 - Clark Clifford, United States Secretary of Defense
Holidays:
See Also: January,
February,
March,
April,
May,
June,
July,
August,
September,
October,
November,
December
October 9 - October 11 - September 10 - November 10 - more historical anniversaries