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1953 73 years ago Notable Births October 10

Midge Ure, Scottish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

On October 10, in the year 1953, Midge Ure, Scottish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer. This event is recorded as a Notable Births event in the history of October 10, one of 483 recorded events on this date across all of history.

1 notable person is associated with this event, including Midge Ure. Learn more below.

James Ure is a Scottish singer-songwriter and record producer. His stage name, Midge, is a phonetic reversal of Jim. Ure enjoyed particular success in the 1970s and 1980s in bands including Slik, Thin Lizzy, Rich Kids, Visage, and as the second bandleader of Ultravox after John Foxx had left, carrying the band into high chart positions for the six following years before disbanding it. In 1984, he co-wrote and produced the charity single "Do They Know It's Christmas?" for the supergroup Band Aid, which he organised with Bob Geldof. He acts as a trustee for the charity. The single sold 3.7 million copies in the UK at first release, has become a staple of Christmas song compilations ever since, and is the second-highest-selling single in UK chart history. He also organised the events Live Aid and Live 8 with Geldof, and serves as an ambassador for Save the Children.

Key Facts

  • This event took place on October 10, 1953 (AD era).
  • It is categorised as a Notable Births event in recorded history.
  • Referenced in 1 Wikipedia article.
  • 1 notable person is recorded as involved in or associated with this event.
  • Wikipedia source last updated on 23 September 2026.

On This Date in History 483

Type Year Date Event
Notable Deaths 2025 Oct 10 John Lodge, English singer-songwriter and bassist (born 1943)
Notable Deaths 2024 Oct 10 Fleur Adcock, New Zealand poet (born 1934)
Notable Deaths 2024 Oct 10 Ethel Kennedy, American philanthropist (born 1928)
Historical Events 2022 Oct 10 Ben S. Bernanke, Douglas W. Diamond and Philip H. Dybvig are jointly awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic…
Notable Deaths 2022 Oct 10 Mulayam Singh Yadav, Indian politician, 15th Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh (born 1939)
Notable Deaths 2021 Oct 10 Abdul Qadeer Khan, Pakistani nuclear physicist and metallurgical scientist (born 1936)
Historical Events 2018 Oct 10 Hurricane Michael makes landfall in the Florida Panhandle as a catastrophic Category 5 hurricane. It kills 57 people…
Historical Events 2018 Oct 10 The National Fire and Rescue Administration is founded, replacing the China Fire Services [zh] and the People's Armed…
Notable Deaths 2016 Oct 10 Donn Fendler, American author and speaker (born 1926)
Historical Events 2015 Oct 10 Twin bomb blasts in the Turkish capital Ankara kill 109 and injure 500+.
Notable Deaths 2015 Oct 10 Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, Nigerian politician, Governor of Bayelsa State (born 1952)
Notable Deaths 2015 Oct 10 Hilla Becher, German photographer and educator (born 1934)
Notable Deaths 2015 Oct 10 Manorama, Indian (Tamil) actress (born 1937)
Notable Deaths 2015 Oct 10 Steve Mackay, American saxophonist and composer (born 1949)
Notable Deaths 2015 Oct 10 Sybil Stockdale, American activist, co-founded the National League of Families (born 1924)
Notable Deaths 2014 Oct 10 Olav Dale, Norwegian saxophonist and composer (born 1958)
Notable Deaths 2014 Oct 10 Damiana Eugenio, Filipino author and academic (born 1921)
Notable Deaths 2014 Oct 10 Valeri Karpov, Russian ice hockey player (born 1971)
Notable Deaths 2014 Oct 10 Lari Ketner, American football and basketball player (born 1977)
Notable Deaths 2014 Oct 10 Pavel Landovský, Czech actor, director, and playwright (born 1936)
Notable Deaths 2014 Oct 10 Ed Nimmervoll, Austrian-Australian journalist, historian, and author (born 1947)
Notable Deaths 2013 Oct 10 Scott Carpenter, American commander, pilot, and astronaut (born 1925)
Notable Deaths 2013 Oct 10 Jay Conrad Levinson, American author and educator (born 1933)
Notable Deaths 2013 Oct 10 Sohei Miyashita, Japanese politician, Japanese Minister of Defense (born 1927)
Notable Deaths 2013 Oct 10 Cal Smith, American singer and guitarist (born 1932)
Notable Deaths 2012 Oct 10 Sam Gibbons, American captain and politician (born 1920)
Notable Deaths 2012 Oct 10 Alex Karras, American football player, wrestler, and actor (born 1935)
Notable Deaths 2012 Oct 10 Piotr Lenartowicz, Polish philosopher and educator (born 1934)
Notable Deaths 2012 Oct 10 Basil L. Plumley, American sergeant (born 1920)
Notable Deaths 2012 Oct 10 Mark Poster, American philosopher and educator (born 1941)
Notable Deaths 2012 Oct 10 Kyaw Zaw, Burmese commander and politician (born 1919)
Notable Deaths 2011 Oct 10 Jagjit Singh, Indian singer-songwriter (born 1941)
Historical Events 2010 Oct 10 The Netherlands Antilles are dissolved as a country.
Notable Deaths 2010 Oct 10 Solomon Burke, American singer-songwriter and preacher (born 1940)
Notable Deaths 2010 Oct 10 Joan Sutherland, Australian-Swiss soprano and actress (born 1926)
Historical Events 2009 Oct 10 Armenia and Turkey sign the Zurich Protocols, intended to normalize relations. However, they are never ratified by…
Notable Deaths 2009 Oct 10 Stephen Gately, Irish singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor (born 1976)
Notable Deaths 2008 Oct 10 Kazuyoshi Miura, Japanese businessman (born 1947)
Historical Events 2007 Oct 10 Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor becomes the first Malaysian in space on board Soyuz TMA-11.
Notable Deaths 2006 Oct 10 Michael John Rogers, English ornithologist and academic (born 1932)
Notable Deaths 2006 Oct 10 Ian Scott, Canadian lawyer and politician (born 1934)
Notable Deaths 2005 Oct 10 Wayne C. Booth, American educator and critic (born 1921)
Notable Deaths 2005 Oct 10 Milton Obote, Ugandan politician, 2nd President of Uganda (born 1925)
Notable Deaths 2004 Oct 10 Ken Caminiti, American baseball player (born 1963)
Notable Deaths 2004 Oct 10 Christopher Reeve, American actor, producer, and activist (born 1952)
Notable Deaths 2004 Oct 10 Arthur H. Robinson, American geographer and cartographer (born 1915)
Notable Deaths 2004 Oct 10 Maurice Shadbolt, New Zealand author and playwright (born 1932)
Selected Events 2004 Oct 10 Eight-year-old Huang Na was abducted and murdered; her body was found three weeks later after a search across…
Notable Deaths 2003 Oct 10 Eila Hiltunen, Finnish sculptor (born 1922)
Notable Deaths 2003 Oct 10 Eugene Istomin, American pianist (born 1925)

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Midge Ure

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