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February 10, 2014 / 10 Adar I 5774
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===Events
- 660 BC – Traditional date for the foundation of Japan by Emperor Jimmu.
- 55 – Tiberius Claudius Caesar Britannicus, heir to the Roman emperorship, dies under mysterious circumstances in Rome. This clears the way for Nero to become Emperor.
- 244 – Emperor Gordian III is murdered by mutinous soldiers in Zaitha (Mesopotamia). A mound is raised at Carchemish in his memory.
- 1531 – Henry VIII of England is recognized as supreme head of the Church of England.
- 1626 – Emperor Susenyos I of Ethiopia and Patriarch Afonso Mendes declare the primacy of the Roman See over the Ethiopian Church, andRoman Catholicism the state religion of Ethiopia.
- 1752 – Pennsylvania Hospital, the first hospital in the United States, is opened by Benjamin Franklin.
- 1790 – The Religious Society of Friends, also known as Quakers, petitions U.S. Congress for abolition of slavery.
- 1808 – Jesse Fell burns anthracite on an open grate as an experiment in heating homes with coal.
- 1812 – Massachusetts governor Elbridge Gerry "gerrymanders" for the first time.
- 1826 – University College London is founded under the name University of London.
- 1826 – Swaminarayan writes the Shikshapatri, an important text within Swaminarayan Hinduism.
- 1843 – Giuseppe Verdi's opera I Lombardi alla prima crociata receives its first performance in Milan, Italy.
- 1856 – The Kingdom of Awadh is annexed by the British East India Company and Wajid Ali Shah, the king of Awadh, is imprisoned and later exiled to Calcutta.
- 1916 – Emma Goldman is arrested for lecturing on birth control.
- 1937 – A sit-down strike ends when General Motors recognizes the United Auto Workers.
- 1938 – BBC Television produces the world's first ever science fiction television program, an adaptation of a section of the Karel Čapek play R.U.R., that coined the term "robot".
- 1943 – World War II: General Dwight D. Eisenhower is selected to command the allied armies in Europe.
- 1953 – U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower refuses a clemency appeal for Julius and Ethel Rosenberg.
- 1953 – The Soviet Union breaks off diplomatic relations with Israel.
- 1978 – Censorship: China lifts a ban on works by Aristotle, William Shakespeare and Charles Dickens.
- 1990 – Nelson Mandela is released from Victor Verster Prison outside Cape Town, South Africa after 27 years as a political prisoner.
- 2008 – Rebel East Timorese soldiers seriously wound President José Ramos-Horta. Rebel leader Alfredo Reinado is killed in the attack.
- 2011 – The first wave of the Egyptian revolution culminates in the resignation of Hosni Mubarak and the transfer of power to the Supreme Military Council after 18 days of protests.
Births
- 1380 – Gian Francesco Poggio Bracciolini, Italian scholar (d. 1459)
- 1568 – Honoré d'Urfé, French author (d. 1625)
- 1637 – Friedrich Nicolaus Bruhns, German composer and director (d. 1718)
- 1657 – Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle, French author (d. 1757)
- 1800 – Henry Fox Talbot, English photographer, invented the calotype (d. 1877)
- 1802 – Lydia Maria Child, American journalist, author, and activist (d. 1880)
- 1813 – Otto Ludwig, German author, playwright, and critic (d. 1865)
- 1847 – Thomas Edison, American businessman, invented the light bulb and phonograph (d. 1931)
- 1869 – Helene Kröller-Müller, German-Dutch art collector and philanthropist, founded the Kröller-Müller Museum (d. 1939)
- 1902 – Arne Jacobsen, Danish architect, designed Aarhus City Hall and Radisson Blu Royal Hotel (d. 1971)
- 1917 – Sidney Sheldon, American author (d. 2007)
- 1919 – Eva Gabor, Hungarian-American actress (d. 1995)
- 1926 – Paul Bocuse, French chef
- 1934 – Tina Louise, American actress and singer
- 1936 – Burt Reynolds, American actor and director
- 1937 – Bill Lawry, Australian cricketer
- 1938 – Bobby Pickett, American singer-songwriter (d. 2007)
- 1939 – Gerry Goffin, American songwriter
- 1953 – Jeb Bush, American politician, 43rd Governor of Florida
- 1964 – Sarah Palin, American politician, 9th Governor of Alaska
- 1971 – Damian Lewis, English actor and producer
- 1981 – Kelly Rowland, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress (Destiny's Child)
- 1982 – Natalie Dormer, English actress
- 1992 – Taylor Lautner, American actor and martial artist
- 2005 – Recapturetheglory, American race horse
Deaths
- 55 – Britannicus, Roman son of Claudius (b. 41)
- 244 – Gordian III, Roman emperor (b. 225)
- 641 – Heraclius, Byzantine emperor (b. 575)
- 1626 – Pietro Cataldi, Italian mathematician (b. 1552)
- 1650 – René Descartes, French philosopher and mathematician (b. 1596)
- 1868 – Léon Foucault, French physicist (b. 1819)
- 1931 – Charles Algernon Parsons, English-Irish engineer, invented the steam turbine (b. 1854)
- 1963 – Sylvia Plath, American author and poet (b. 1932)
- 1986 – Frank Herbert, American author (b. 1920)
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