February 10
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February 10 is the 41st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 324 days remaining, 325 in leap years.
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Events
- 1258 - Mongols overrun Baghdad, burning it to the ground and killing 10,000 citizens.
- 1635 - The [[Acad�mie Fran�aise]] in Paris is expanded to become a national academy for the artistic elite.
- 1763 - French and Indian War: The 1763 Treaty of Paris ends the war and France cedes Canada to Great Britain.
- 1814 - Battle of Champaubert occurs.
- 1840 - Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom marries Prince Albert of Saxe Coburg-Gotha.
- 1846 - Many Mormons begin their migration west from Nauvoo, Illinois.
- 1863 - The world-famous dwarfs General Tom Thumb and Lavinia Warren get married in New York City.
- 1863 - Alanson Crane patents the fire extinguisher.
- 1870 - Anaheim, California is incorporated.
- 1870 - The YWCA is founded (New York City).
- 1931 - New Delhi becomes the capital of India.
- 1933 - The New York City-based Postal Telegraph Company introduces the first singing telegram.
- 1933 - In round 13 of a boxing match at New York City's Madison Square Garden, Primo Carnera knocks out Ernie Schaaf, killing him.
- 1947 - Italy cedes most of Venezia Giulia to Yugoslavia.
- 1949 - Death of a Salesman opens (Morocco Theatre in New York City).
- 1954 - President Dwight Eisenhower warns against United States intervention in Vietnam.
- 1962 - Captured American spy pilot Francis Gary Powers is exchanged for captured Soviet spy Rudolf Abel.
- 1967 - The 25th Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified.
- 1981 - A fire at the Las Vegas Hilton hotel-casino kills eight and injures 198.
- 1989 - Ron Brown is elected chairman of the Democratic National Committee becoming the first African American to lead a major American political party.
- 1990 - South African President F.W. de Klerk announces that Nelson Mandela would be released the next day.
- 1992 - In Indianapolis, Indiana boxer Mike Tyson is convicted of raping a Miss Black American contestant named Desiree Washington.
- 1996 - Deep Blue defeats Garry Kasparov for the first time.
- 1997 - The United States Army suspends Sgt. Major Gene McKinney, its top-ranking enlisted soldier, after hearing allegations of sexual misconduct.
- 1998 - A college dropout becomes the first person to be convicted of a hate crime committed in cyberspace.
- 1998 - Voters in Maine repeal a gay rights law passed in 1997 becoming the first U.S. state to abandon such a law.
- 1999 - Avalanches in the French Alps near Geneva kill at least 10.
Births
- 1890 - Boris Pasternak, poet, winner of the Nobel Prize in literature in 1958 (+ 1960)
- 1893 - Jimmy Durante, actor, singer, comedian, vaudevillean (+ 1980)
- 1894 - Harold Macmillan, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (+ 1986)
- 1897 - John F. Enders, scientist, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1954 (+ 1985)
- 1897 - Dame Judith Anderson, actress (+ 1992)
- 1898 - Bertolt Brecht, author (+ 1956)
- 1901 - Stella Adler, acting teacher (+ 1992)
- 1902 - Walter Houser Brattain, scientist, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1956
- 1906 - Lon Chaney Jr., actor (+ 1973)
- 1927 - Leontyne Price, lyric soprano
- 1930 - Robert Wagner, actor
- 1931 - Thomas Bernhard, author (+ 1989)
- 1939 - Roberta Flack, singer
- 1941 - Michael Apted, director
- 1943 - Frank-Patrick Steckel, theater director
- 1944 - Vernor Vinge, novelist
- 1947 - Louise Arbour, Jurist
- 1950 - Mark Spitz, Olympic Games swimming gold medalist
- 1955 - Greg Norman, golfer
- 1961 - George Stephanopoulos, political consultant, commentator
- 1962 - Bobby Czyz, boxer
- 1967 - Laura Dern, actress
Deaths
- 1923 - [[Wilhelm R�ntgen]], discover of X-Rays
- 1939 - Pope Pius XI
- 1957 - Laura Ingalls Wilder, author
- 1966 - Billy Rose, composer, band leader (+ 1966)
- 1992 - Alex Haley, author
Holidays and observances
- Catholicism - World Marriage Day.
See Also:
February 9 - February 11 - January 10 - March 10 -- listing of all days
January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December [[fr:10 f�vrier]]
References
- Adapted from the Wikipedia article, "February 10" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_10 December 27, 2003
