Updated February 9, 2012, 1:28 pm
On Feb. 10, 1962, the Soviet Union exchanged captured American U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers for Rudolph Ivanovich Abel, a Soviet spy held by the United States.
On Feb. 10, 1890, Boris Pasternak, the Russian Nobel Prize-winning novelist and poet, was born. Following his death on May 30, 1960, his obituary appeared in The Times.
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1763 France ceded Canada to England under the Treaty of Paris, which ended the French and Indian War. 1840 Britain’s Queen Victoria married Prince Albert of Saxe Coburg-Gotha. 1846 Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints – the Mormons – began an exodus west from Illinois. 1962 The Soviet Union exchanged captured American U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers for a Soviet spy held by the United States. 1964 Bob Dylan’s album “The Times They Are A-Changin”‘ was released. 1967 The 25th Amendment to the Constitution, dealing with presidential disability and succession, went into effect. 1989 Ron Brown was elected chairman of the Democratic National Committee, becoming the first African-American to head a major U.S. political party. 1992 Boxer Mike Tyson was convicted in Indianapolis of raping a Miss Black America contestant. 2004 Rapper-producer Kanye West’s debut CD, “The College Dropout,” was released. 2005 North Korea boasted publicly for the first time that it possessed nuclear weapons. 2007 Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., kicked off his presidential campaign with a speech at the state house in Springfield, Ill. 2007 Gen. David Petraeus took charge of U.S. forces in Iraq. 2011 Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak refused to step down or leave the country and instead handed his powers to his vice president. Current Birthdays
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Actress Elizabeth Banks turns 38 years old today.
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Actress Laura Dern turns 45 years old today.
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1930 Robert Wagner, Actor (“Hart to Hart”), turns 82 1939 Roberta Flack, Singer, turns 73 1940 Jimmy Merchant, Singer (Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers), turns 72 1950 Mark Spitz, Olympic gold-medal swimmer, turns 62 1951 Robert Iger, Walt Disney Co. president and CEO, turns 61 1961 Alexander Payne, Director (“The Descendants,” “Sideways”), turns 51 1961 George Stephanopoulos, Broadcast journalist (“This Week”), turns 51 1991 Emma Roberts, Actress, turns 21 1997 Chloe Grace Moretz, Actress (“Hugo”), turns 15
Historic Birthdays
Boris Pasternak 2/10/1890 – 5/30/1960 Russian Nobel Prize-winning novelist/poet.Go to obituary »
64 Aaron Hill 2/10/1685 – 2/8/1750
English poet/dramatist/essayist72 Andre-Ernest Gretry 2/10/1741 – 9/24/1813
French operatic composer59 Charles Lamb 2/10/1775 – 12/27/1834
English essayist/critic80 Harrison Gray Otis 2/10/1837 – 7/30/1917
American newspaper publisher-Los Angeles Times75 William Allen White 2/10/1868 – 1/29/1944
American journalist/writer86 Jimmy Durante 2/10/1893 – 1/29/1980
American comedian/entertainer92 Harold Macmillan 2/10/1894 – 12/29/1986
English politician/prime minister93 Dame Judith Anderson 2/10/1898 – 1/3/1992
Australian-bn. American stage and film actress58 Bertolt Brecht 2/10/1898 – 8/14/1956
German poet/playwright91 Stella Adler 2/10/1901 – 12/21/1992
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