|
|
|
Sicily’s Mt. Etna erupted.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
In Switzerland this day “was so frightfully cold that all of the communion wine froze," said an entry by Brother Josef Dietrich, governor and "weatherman" of the Einsiedeln Monastery. The Einsiedeln abbots, princes within the Holy Roman Empire until 1798, were powerful leaders who ruled over large swaths of central Switzerland's mountainous terrain.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The 1st recorded lottery in England was drawn in St Paul's Cathedral.
|
|
|
|
Displaying results 204-206 (of 206) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
FEB, 10
- Current / Future Events
|
|
|
889 –
Abd-ar-Rahman III, Emir and Caliph of Cordoba (d. 961)
347 –
Emperor Theodosius I "The Great" of Rome (d. 395)
1993 –
Flora Cross, American actress
1989 –
Sammy Carlson, Professional Freeskier
1988 –
Daniel Dzufer, Australian rules footballer
1987 –
Scotty Cranmer, American professional BMX rider
1986 –
Rachel Riley, British television presenter
1985 –
Kazuki Nakajima, Japanese racing driver
1985 –
Newton Faulkner, British singer
1985 –
Rie fu, Japanese singer
See All
January, 11
- Births
|
|
2009,
David Vine, British sports broadcaster (b. 1936)
2008,
Carl Karcher, founded the Carl's Jr. hamburger chain (b. 1917)
2008,
Sir Edmund Hillary, New Zealand mountaineer, the 1st person to climb Mt Everest in 1953 (b. 1919)
2007,
Puchi Balseiro, Puerto Rican singer & songwriter (b. 1926)
2007,
Robert Anton Wilson, American author (b. 1932)
2007,
Solveig Dommartin, French-German actress (b. 1961)
2006,
Markus Löffel (Mark Spoon), German DJ (b. 1966)
2006,
Nixzmary Brown, American child abuse victim (b. 1998)
2005,
Miriam Hyde, Australian composer (b. 1913)
2005,
Spencer Dryden, American drummer (Jefferson Airplane) (b. 1938)
See All
January, 11
- Deaths
|
|
|
|