October 10

Selim I

Selim I (Ottoman Turkish: سليم أول, romanized: Selim-i evvel; Turkish: I. Selim; 10 October 1470 – 22 September 1520), also known as Selim the Grim or Selim the Resolute (Turkish: Yavuz Sultan Selim), was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1512 to 1520.

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Jean-Antoine Watteau

Jean-Antoine Watteau (UK:, US:, French:;Picard:; baptised 10 October 1684 – died 18 July 1721) was a French painter and draughtsman whose brief career spurred the revival of interest in colour and movement, as seen in the tradition of Correggio and Rubens.

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Henry Cavendish

Henry Cavendish ( KAV-ən-dish; 10 October 1731 – 24 February 1810) was an English experimental and theoretical chemist and physicist. He is noted for his discovery of hydrogen, which he termed "inflammable air".

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Paul Kruger

Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger (Afrikaans pronunciation:; 10 October 1825 – 14 July 1904) was a South African politician. He was one of the dominant political and military figures in 19th-century South Africa, and State President of the South African Republic (or Transvaal) from 1883 to 1900.

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Isabella II of Spain

Isabella II (Spanish: Isabel II, María Isabel Luisa de Borbón y Borbón-Dos Sicilias; 10 October 1830 – 9 April 1904) was Queen of Spain from 1833 until her deposition in 1868. She is the only queen regnant in the history of unified Spain.

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Aleksis Kivi

Aleksis Kivi (Finnish pronunciation:; born Alexis Stenvall; 10 October 1834 – 31 December 1872) was a Finnish writer who wrote the first significant novel in the Finnish language, Seitsemän veljestä (Seven Brothers), published in 1870. He is also known for his 1864 play, Nummisuutarit (Heath Cobblers).

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Fridtjof Nansen

Fridtjof Wedel-Jarlsberg Nansen (Norwegian:; 10 October 1861 – 13 May 1930) was a Norwegian polymath and Nobel Peace Prize laureate. He gained prominence at various points in his life as an explorer, a scientist, a diplomat, a humanitarian, and the co-founder of the Fatherland League.

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Alexander Alekhine

Alexander Alexandrovich Alekhine (31 October 1892 – March 24, 1946) was a Russian and French chess player and the fourth World Chess Champion, a title he held for two reigns. By the age of 22, Alekhine was already among the strongest chess players in the world.

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Helen Hayes

Helen Hayes MacArthur (née Brown; October 10, 1900 – March 17, 1993) was an American actress. Often referred to as the "First Lady of American Theatre", she was the second person and first woman to win the EGOT (an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony Award), and the first person to win the Triple Crown of Acting.

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Alberto Giacometti

Alberto Giacometti (US also, Italian:; 10 October 1901 – 11 January 1966) was a Swiss sculptor, painter, draftsman and printmaker, who was one of the most important sculptors of the 20th century. His work was particularly influenced by artistic styles such as Cubism and Surrealism.

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Ilya Frank

Ilya Mikhailovich Frank (Russian: Илья Михайлович Франк; 23 October 1908 – 22 June 1990) was a Soviet physicist who received the 1958 Nobel Prize in Physics, jointly with Pavel Cherenkov and Igor Tamm, also of the Soviet Union. He received the award for his work in explaining the phenomenon of Cherenkov radiation.

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Mercè Rodoreda

Mercè Rodoreda i Gurguí (Catalan pronunciation:; 10 October 1908 – 13 April 1983) was a Catalan novelist, who wrote in the Catalan language.

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Husayn ibn Ali

Husayn ibn Ali (Arabic: حسين ابن علي, romanized: Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī; 11 January 626 – 10 October 680 CE) was an Alid political and religious leader.

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Charles Fourier

François Marie Charles Fourier (French:; 7 April 1772 – 10 October 1837) was a French philosopher, an influential early socialist thinker, and one of the founders of utopian socialism. Some of his views, held to be radical in his lifetime, have become mainstream in modern society.

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William H. Seward

William Henry Seward (May 16, 1801 – October 10, 1872) was an American politician who served as United States Secretary of State from 1861 to 1869 and earlier served as governor of New York and as a United States senator.

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Katsura Tarō

Prince Katsura Tarō (桂 太郎; 4 January 1848 – 10 October 1913) was a Japanese statesman and general who served as prime minister of Japan from 1901 to 1906, from 1908 to 1911, and from 1912 to 1913.

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Carol I of Romania

Carol I or Charles I of Romania (Romanian: Carol I; Romanian:, born Karl Eitel Friedrich Zephyrinus Ludwig von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen; 20 April 1839 – 10 October 1914), nicknamed the King of Independence (Romanian: Regele Independenței; Romanian: ); was the monarch of Romania from 1866 to his death in 1914, ruling…

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Édith Piaf

Édith Giovanna Gassion (19 December 1915 – 10 October 1963), known as Édith Piaf (French:), was a French singer and lyricist. She is regarded as France's greatest popular singer and one of the most celebrated performers in the world.

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Édouard Daladier

Édouard Daladier (French:; 18 June 1884 – 10 October 1970) was a French Radical-Socialist (centre-left) politician, who was the Prime Minister of France in 1933, 1934 and again from 1938 to 1940. Daladier was born in Carpentras and began his political career before World War I.

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Ludwig von Mises

Ludwig Heinrich von Mises (German:; September 29, 1881 – October 10, 1973) was an Austrian and American political economist and philosopher of the Austrian school. Mises wrote and lectured extensively on the social contributions of classical liberalism and the central role of consumers in a market economy.

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Lyudmila Pavlichenko

Lyudmila Mikhailovna Pavlichenko (née Belova; 12 July 1916 – 10 October 1974) was a Soviet sniper in the Red Army during World War II. She is the deadliest female sniper, and one of the deadliest snipers in history, with 309 confirmed kills.

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Ralph Richardson

Sir Ralph David Richardson (19 December 1902 – 10 October 1983) was an English actor. Along with his contemporaries John Gielgud, Michael Redgrave, Laurence Olivier, he made up a quartet of male actors who dominated the British stage of the mid-20th century.

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Orson Welles

George Orson Welles (May 6, 1915 – October 10, 1985) was an American actor and filmmaker. Remembered for his innovative work in film, radio, and theatre, he is considered among the greatest and most influential filmmakers of all time.

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Yul Brynner

Yuliy Borisovich Briner (Russian: Юлий Борисович Бринер; July 11, 1920 – October 10, 1985), known professionally as Yul Brynner (Russian: Юл Бриннер), was a Russian and American actor.

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