October 10

October 10 is the 283rd day of the year (284th in Leap years). There are 82 days remaining.

Births:

• 1813: Giuseppe Verdi (composer)
• 1901: Alberto Giacometti (sculptor)
• 1917: Thelonius Monk (jazz pianist)
• 1930: Harold Pinter (playwright]]
• 1955: David Lee Roth (singer)
• 1963: Rebecca Pidgeon (actress)
• 1969: Brett Favre (Green Bay Packers starting quarterback)

Deaths:

• 1459: Gianfrancesco Poggio Bracciolini (humanist)
• 1985: Yul Brynner (actor)
• 1985: Orson Welles (director, actor)

Events:

• 1911: The birthday of the Republic of China (see also Taiwan, Nationalist Chinese government. Compare to Peoples Republic of China.)

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See Also: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December

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