10th February 2026
- Births
- 1912 Former TV presenter, Ian Orr-Ewing.
- 1926 Former footballer and TV presenter, Danny Blanchflower.
- 1939 TV presenter, Peter Purves.
- 1947 TV news/radio presenter, Nicholas Owen.
- 1972 TV/radio weather presenter, Helen Willetts.
- 1981 TV presenter, Holly Willoughby.
More anniversaries
There are more On This Day anniversaries on our other sub-sites:
- REWIND: programmes, channels, branding, teletext, test card/in-vision teletext music, people.
- STUDIO A: broadcast buildings, studios, outside broadcast facilities.
- TX: transmitters.
- WEBFAX: teletext.
Acknowledgements
Research for On This Day is by Paul R. Jackson.
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