October 10th, 1056

Born on October 10th, 1056

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 353,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 567 days, exactly on December 29th, 2025, people who were born on October 10th, 1056 will be 354,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on October 10th?

October 10th, 2004

Eight-year-old Huang Na was abducted and murdered; her body was found three weeks later after a search across Singapore and Malaysia.

October 10th, 1992

After 20 years of construction, Vidyasagar Setu, the longest cable-stayed bridge in India, was opened, joining Kolkata and Howrah.

October 10th, 1973

U.S. vice president Spiro Agnew (pictured) resigned after being charged with tax evasion.

October 10th, 1963

The Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, which prohibits all test detonations of nuclear weapons except for those conducted underground, came into effect.

October 10th, 1943

World War II: The Kempeitai, the military police arm of the Imperial Japanese Army, arrested and tortured fifty-seven civilians and civilian internees on suspicion of their involvement in a raid on Singapore Harbour.

October 10th, 1933

In the first proven act of sabotage in the history of commercial aviation, a Boeing 247 operated by United Airlines exploded in mid-air near Chesterton, Indiana, killing all seven people aboard.

October 10th, 1911

The Xinhai Revolution began with the Wuchang Uprising, marking the beginning of the collapse of the Qing dynasty and the establishment of the Republic of China.

October 10th, 1903

Emmeline Pankhurst (pictured) founded the Women's Social and Political Union, a militant organisation campaigning for women's suffrage in the United Kingdom.

October 10th, 1846

English astronomer William Lassell discovered Triton, the largest moon of Neptune.

October 10th, 1831

Angry at the defeat of the Second Reform Bill a crowd burnt down Nottingham Castle, England, home of the Duke of Newcastle, who had opposed the bill in parliament.

October 10th, 1760

In a treaty with Dutch colonial authorities, the Ndyuka people of Suriname gained territorial autonomy.

October 10th, 0680

Husayn ibn Ali, a grandson of Muhammad, was killed at the Battle of Karbala by the forces of Yazid I, whom Husayn had refused to recognize as caliph.

October 10th, 2022

Ben S. Bernanke, Douglas W. Diamond and Philip H. Dybvig are jointly awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.

October 10th, 2018

Hurricane Michael makes landfall in the Florida Panhandle as a catastrophic Category 5 hurricane. It kills 57 people in the United States, 45 in Florida, and causes an estimated $25.1 billion in damage.

October 10th, 2015

Twin bomb blasts in the Turkish capital Ankara kill 109 and injure 500+.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on October 10th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on October 10th?

42

Gavin Shuker

British politician (born 1981)

*October 10th, 1981, Luton

92

Helen Hayes

American actress (1900–1993)

*October 10th, 1900, Washington, D.C. †March 17th, 1993, Nyack

46

Joanne Nicholas

Badminton player

*October 10th, 1977, Southport

58

Rebecca Pidgeon

British actor and singer-songwriter

*October 10th, 1965, Cambridge

64

Julia Sweeney

American actress, author, comedian

*October 10th, 1959, Spokane

68

Fridtjof Nansen

Norwegian polar explorer and diplomat; Nobel Peace Prize laureate (1861-1930)

*October 10th, 1861, Vestre Aker †May 13th, 1930, Polhøgda

77

Naoto Kan

94th Prime Minister of Japan

*October 10th, 1946, Ube

62

Jodi Benson

American actress and singer

*October 10th, 1961, Rockford

59

Sarah Lancashire

English actress

*October 10th, 1964, Oldham

51

Joelle Carter

American actress

*October 10th, 1972, Thomasville

78

Henry Cavendish

British natural philosopher, scientist, and an important experimental and theoretical chemist and physicist

*October 10th, 1731, Nice †February 24th, 1810, London

78

Harold Pinter

British playwright (1930–2008)

*October 10th, 1930, London †December 24th, 2008, London

91

Claude Simon

French writer

*October 10th, 1913, Antananarivo †July 6th, 2005, Paris

53

Dean Kiely

Irish association football player (born 1970)

*October 10th, 1970, Salford

49

Wolfram von Richthofen

German military officer and aviator

*October 10th, 1895, Bartoszówek †July 12th, 1945, Bad Ischl

59

Maxi Gnauck

East German gymnast

*October 10th, 1964, Berlin

65

Vernon Duke

American composer (1903-1969)

*October 10th, 1903, Parafjanava †January 16th, 1969, Santa Monica

89

Kläre Vorreiter

German politician (CDU)

*October 10th, 1934, Schönkirchen

45

Caroline Evers-Swindell

New Zealand rower

*October 10th, 1978, Hastings

101

Gail Halvorsen

United States Air Force pilot

*October 10th, 1920, Utah †February 16th, 2022, Provo

57

Carolyn Bertozzi

American chemist (born 1966)

*October 10th, 1966, Boston

35

Rudy Gestede

Beninese and French association football player

*October 10th, 1988, Essey-lès-Nancy

32

Xherdan Shaqiri

Swiss association football player

*October 10th, 1991, Gjilan

80

Janis Carter

American actress, singer & television personality (1913-1994)

*October 10th, 1913, Cleveland †July 30th, 1994, Durham

56

Gavin Newsom

40th governor of California

*October 10th, 1967, San Francisco

69

Javier Hernández Bonett

Colombian journalist

*October 10th, 1954, Manizales

64

Thelonious Monk

American jazz pianist and composer (1917–1982)

*October 10th, 1917, Rocky Mount †February 17th, 1982, Weehawken

53

Matthew Pinsent

English rower and broadcaster

*October 10th, 1970, Holt

29

Bae Suzy

South Korean singer and actress (born 1994)

*October 10th, 1994, Gwangju

49

Selim I

9th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1512 to 1520

*October 10th, 1470, Amasya †September 22nd, 1520, Çorlu

66

Rumiko Takahashi

Japanese manga artist

*October 10th, 1957, Niigata

48

Marco Wanderwitz

German politician

*October 10th, 1975, Karl-Marx-Stadt

70

Gary Beach

American actor (1947-2018)

*October 10th, 1947, Alexandria †July 17th, 2018, Palm Springs

39

Pavel Durov

Russian entrepreneur

*October 10th, 1984, Saint Petersburg

51

Menno Wigman

Dutch poet and translator (1966-2018)

*October 10th, 1966, Beverwijk †February 1st, 2018, Amsterdam

56

Michael Giacchino

American music composer

*October 10th, 1967, Riverside Township

37

Pierre Rolland

French road bicycle racer

*October 10th, 1986, Gien

58

Richard de Fournival

Trouvere and philosopher

*October 10th, 1201, Amiens †January 1st, 1260, Amiens

77

Charles Dance

English actor, screenwriter and director

*October 10th, 1946, Redditch

69

Ariane Ascaride

French actress

*October 10th, 1954, Marseille

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Leap year

Yes: 1056 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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