What happened on February 10? There are more than 260 events that were made this day in history. Here are the important historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
Interesting Facts & Myths About February 10
February 10 is the 41st day of the year 2024. There are 325 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday. This day falls under the 6th week of the year 2024.
On this day in Galesburg, North Dakota 58035 sunrise occured at 07:41 AM and sunset occured at 05:46 PM (local time).
The zodiac sign of a person born on this day is Aquarius. The modern birthstone for this month is Amethyst while the mystical birthstone is Bloodstone.
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Historical Events For February 10
- 1258Baghdad falls to the Mongols, and the Abbasid Caliphate is destroyed.
- 1306In front of the high altar of Greyfriars Church in Dumfries, Robert the Bruce murders John Comyn, his leading political rival, sparking revolution in the Scottish Wars of Independence
- 1355The St. Scholastica’s Day riot breaks out in Oxford, England, leaving 63 scholars and perhaps 30 locals dead in two days.
- 1567An explosion destroys the Kirk o' Field house in Edinburgh, Scotland. The second husband of Mary, Queen of Scots, Lord Darnley is found strangled, in what many believe to be an assassination.
- 1763French and Indian War: The 1763 Treaty of Paris ends the war and France cedes Quebec to Great Britain.
- 1798Louis Alexandre Berthier invades Rome, proclaims a Roman Republic on February 15 and then on February 20 takes Pope Pius VI prisoner.
- 1814Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Champaubert
- 1840Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom marries Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.
- 1846First Anglo-Sikh War: Battle of Sobraon – British defeat Sikhs in final battle of the war
- 1863The fire extinguisher is patented.
- 1870The YWCA is founded in New York City.
- 1906HMS Dreadnought is launched.
- 1920Jozef Haller de Hallenburg performs symbolic wedding of Poland to the sea, celebrating restitution of Polish access to open sea.
- 1923Texas Tech University is founded as Texas Technological College in Lubbock, Texas.
- 1933In round 13 of a boxing match at New York City’s Madison Square Garden, Primo Carnera knocks out Ernie Schaaf, killing him.
- 1933The New York City-based Postal Telegraph Company introduces the first singing telegram.
- 1936Second Italo-Abyssinian War: Italian troops launched the Battle of Amba Aradam against Ethiopian defenders.
- 1942Japanese submarine bombards Midway Atoll.
- 1943World War II: Attempting to completely lift the Siege of Leningrad, the Soviet Red Army engages German troops and Spanish volunteers in the Battle of Krasny Bor.
- 1947Italy cedes most of Venezia Giulia to Yugoslavia.
- 1954President Dwight Eisenhower warns against United States intervention in Vietnam.
- 1962Captured American U2 spy-plane pilot Gary Powers is exchanged for captured Soviet spy Rudolf Abel.
- 1964Melbourne-Voyager collision: The aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne collides with the destroyer HMAS Voyager off the south coast of New South Wales, Australia.
- 1967The 25th Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified.
- 1981A fire at the Las Vegas Hilton hotel-casino kills eight and injures 198.
- 1989Ron Brown is elected chairman of the Democratic National Committee becoming the first African American to lead a major American political party.
- 1996The IBM supercomputer Deep Blue defeats Garry Kasparov for the first time.
- 1998Voters in Maine repeal a gay rights law passed in 1997 becoming the first U.S. state to abandon such a law.
- 2003France and Belgium break the NATO procedure of silent approval concerning the timing of protective measures for Turkey in case of a possible war with Iraq.
- 2005North Korea announces that it possesses nuclear weapons.
- 2009The communication satellites Iridium 33 and Kosmos-2251 collide in orbit, destroying both.
- 2013New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Water Snake in Chinese astrology.
Who Were Born On February 10?
- 1499Thomas Platter, Swiss humanist (d. 1582)
- 1524Albrecht Giese, German politician and diplomat (d. 1580)
- 1606Christine Marie of France, regent of Savoy (d. 1663)
- 1609John Suckling, English poet (d. 1642)
- 1685Aaron Hill, English writer (d. 1750)
- 1744William Cornwallis, Royal Navy admiral (d.1819)
- 1775Charles Lamb, English essayist (d. 1834)
- 1783Fyodor Petrovich Tolstoy, Russian painter (d. 1873)
- 1785Claude-Louis Navier, French physicist (d. 1836)
- 1795Ary Scheffer, French painter (d. 1858)
- 1824Samuel Plimsoll, British politician and social reformer
- 1846Charles Beresford, British admiral and politician (d. 1919)
- 1846Ira Remsen, American chemist (d. 1927)
- 1847Nabinchandra Sen, famous Bengali poet (d. 1909)
- 1859Alexandre Millerand, French politician (d. 1943)
- 1868Prince Waldemar of Prussia, son of Emperor Frederick III (d. 1879)
- 1884Frederick Hawksworth, British railroad mechanical engineer (d. 1976)
- 1890Boris Pasternak, Russian writer, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1960)
- 1890Fanny Kaplan, Russian political revolutionary and attempted assassin of Vladimir Lenin (d. 1918)
- 1892Alan Hale Sr., American actor (d. 1950)
- 1893Bill Tilden, American tennis player (d. 1953)
- 1893Jimmy Durante, American actor and comedian (d. 1980)
- 1894Harold Macmillan, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 1957-1963 (d. 1986)
- 1897Dame Judith Anderson, Australian actress (d. 1992)
- 1897John Franklin Enders, American scientist, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1985)
- 1898Bertolt Brecht, German author (d. 1956)
- 1898Joseph Kessel, French journalist and novelist (d. 1979)
- 1901Stella Adler, American actress (d. 1992)
- 1902Walter Houser Brattain, American physicist, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1987)
- 1903Matthias Sindelar, Austrian footballer (d. 1939)
- 1903Waldemar Hoven, German physician (d. 1948)
- 1904John Farrow, American film director (d. 1963)
- 1905Walter A. Brown, American professional sports team owner and executive (d. 1964)
- 1905William Henry “Chick” Webb, American drummer and swing band leader (d. 1939)
- 1906Erik Rhodes, American actor (d. 1990)
- 1906Lon Chaney Jr., American actor (d. 1973)
- 1910Dominique Pire, Belgian friar, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate (d. 1969)
- 1913Douglas Slocombe, British cinematographer
- 1914Larry Adler, American harmonica player (d. 2001)
- 1920Alex Comfort, British physician and writer (d. 2000)
- 1920José Manuel Castañón, Spanish writer (d. 2001)
- 1920Neva Patterson, American actress (d. 2010)
- 1924Bud Poile, Canadian hockey player and executive (d. 2005)
- 1926Danny Blanchflower, Northern Irish footballer (d. 1993)
- 1927Brian Priestman, British conductor
- 1927Leontyne Price, American soprano
- 1929Jerry Goldsmith, American composer (d. 2004)
- 1929Jim Whittaker, American mountaineer
- 1929Lou Whittaker, American mountaineer
- 1930E. L. Konigsburg, American author and illustrator of children’s and young adult fiction
- 1930Robert Wagner, American actor
- 1931Doug Young, American voice actor
- 1933Richard Schickel, American film critic
- 1934Fleur Adcock, New Zealand poet
- 1935John Alcorn, American designer and illustrator (d. 1992)
- 1935Theodore Antoniou, Greek composer
- 1937Roberta Flack, American singer
- 1939Adrienne Clarkson, Canadian politician
- 1939Peter Purves, British actor and television presenter
- 1940Mary Rand, British athlete, former world record holder in the long jump
- 1941Michael Apted, British director
- 1943Bill Laskey, American football player
- 1944Frances Moore Lappe, American writer and activist
- 1944Frank Keating, American politician and 25th Governor of Oklahoma
- 1944Peter Allen, Australian singer and actor (d. 1992)
- 1944Rufus Reid, American jazz bassist
- 1944Vernor Vinge, American novelist
- 1946Eliot Wald, American comedy writer
- 1947Butch Morris, American jazz cornetist and composer
- 1947Louise Arbour, Canadian jurist
- 1947Nicholas Owen, English journalist
- 1948Luis Donaldo Colosio, Mexican politician (d. 1994)
- 1949Harold Sylvester, American actor
- 1949Jim Corcoran, Canadian singer and songwriter
- 1949Maxime Le Forestier, French singer
- 1949Nigel Olsson, English drummer
- 1950Mark Spitz, American swimmer
- 1951Robert Iger, American entertainment executive
- 1952Lee Hsien Loong, Singaporean politician
- 1954Larry McWilliams, American baseball player
- 1955Christopher Adams, British wrestler and judoka (d. 2001)
- 1955Greg Norman, Australian golfer
- 1955Jim Cramer, American television personality
- 1956Enele Sopoaga, Tuvaluan politician and diplomat
- 1958Michael Weiss, American jazz pianist
- 1959Dennis Gentry, American football player
- 1959John Calipari, American basketball coach
- 1959Lisa McPherson, American Scientologist (d. 1995)
- 1960Robert Addie, British actor (d. 2003)
- 1961Alexander Payne, American film director
- 1961George Stephanopoulos, American political commentator
- 1962Bobby Czyz, American boxer
- 1962Cliff Burton, American bass player (Metallica) (d. 1986)
- 1962Piero Pelù, Italian singer and songwriter (Litfiba)
- 1963Lenny Dykstra, American baseball player
- 1963Philip Glenister, English actor
- 1964Arthur Lenk, Israeli diplomat
- 1964Francesca Neri, Italian actress
- 1964Glenn Beck, American author, radio and television host
- 1964Victor Davis, Canadian swimmer (d. 1989)
- 1965Mario Jean, Quebec comedian and television actor
- 1966Daryl Johnston, American football player
- 1966Ioannis Kalitzakis, Greek footballer
- 1967Armand Serrano, Filipino animator
- 1967Ivan Francescato, Italian rugby player (d. 1999)
- 1967Jacky Durand, French cyclist
- 1967Laura Dern, American actress
- 1968Atika Suri, Indonesian television newscaster
- 1968Garrett Reisman, American astronaut
- 1968Peter Popovic, Swedish ice hockey player
- 1969Joe Mangrum, American artist
- 1969Laurie Dhue, American television personality
- 1970Åsne Seierstad, Norwegian journalist
- 1970Alberto Castillo, Dominican baseball player
- 1970Melissa Doyle, Australian TV personality
- 1970Nobushige Kumakubo, Japanese racing driver
- 1970Noureddine Naybet, Moroccan footballer
- 1971Lisa Marie Varon, American wrestler
- 1971Louie Spicolli, American wrestler (d. 1998)
- 1974Elizabeth Banks, American actress
- 1974Ivri Lider, Israeli singer
- 1974Tanoai Reed, American stunt performer
- 1974Ty Law, American football player
- 1975Hiroki Kuroda, Japanese baseball player
- 1975Kool Savas, German rapper
- 1976Keeley Hawes, English actress
- 1976Lance Berkman, American baseball player
- 1976Vedran Runje, Croatian footballer
- 1977Salif Diao, Senegalese footballer
- 1978Don Omar, Puerto Rican singer
- 1978Lorna Bailey, English ceramic designer
- 1979Daryl Palumbo, American musician
- 1979Joey Hand, American race car driver
- 1979Jumaine Jones, American basketball player
- 1979Ross Powers, American snowboarder
- 1980Bruno Sundov, Croatian basketball player
- 1980César Izturis, Venezuelan baseball player
- 1980Enzo Maresca, Italian footballer
- 1980Mike Ribeiro, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1981Andrew Johnson, English footballer
- 1981Holly Willoughby, British TV presenter
- 1981Natasha St-Pier, Canadian singer
- 1982Iafeta Paleaaesina, New Zealand rugby league player
- 1982Justin Gatlin, American sprinter
- 1982Keith Dunne, Irish footballer
- 1983Bless, Canadian rapper
- 1983Daiane dos Santos, Brazilian gymnast
- 1983James Ryan, New Zealand rugby player
- 1984Alex Gordon, American baseball player
- 1984Kim Hyo-jin, South Korean actress
- 1986Jeff Adrien, American basketball player
- 1986Radamel Falcao, Colombian footballer
- 1986Roberto Jiménez Gago, Spanish footballer
- 1986Viktor Troicki, Serbian tennis player
- 1986Yui Ichikawa, Japanese actress and model
- 1987Choi Siwon, South Korean singer (Super Junior)
- 1987Erin Burger, South African netballer
- 1989Bunmi Mojekwu, British actress
- 1990Sooyoung (Choi Soo-young), South Korean singer (Girls’ Generation)
- 1991Emma Roberts, American actress
- 1994Makenzie Vega, American actress
- 1995Haruna Kawaguchi, Japanese model and actress
- 1997Chloë Moretz, American actress
Who Died On February 10?
- 1126William IX, Duke of Aquitaine (b. 1071)
- 1162King Baldwin III of Jerusalem (b. 1130)
- 1242Emperor Shijō of Japan (b. 1231)
- 1278Margaret II of Flanders (b. 1202)
- 1576Guilielmus Xylander, German classical scholar (b. 1532)
- 1645Dorothea Sophia, Princess-Abbess of Quedlinburg (b. 1587)
- 1686William Dugdale, English antiquarian (b. 1605)
- 1722Bartholomew Roberts, Welsh pirate (b. 1682)
- 1755Montesquieu, French writer (b. 1689)
- 1758Thomas Ripley, English architect (b. 1682)
- 1782Friedrich Christoph Oetinger, German theologian (b. 1702)
- 1829Pope Leo XII (b. 1760)
- 1837Alexander Pushkin, Russian poet and novelist (b. 1799)
- 1857David Thompson, Canadian explorer (b. 1770)
- 1865Heinrich Lenz, German physicist (b. 1804)
- 1891Sofia Kovalevskaya, Russian mathematician (b. 1850)
- 1904John A. Roche, American politician (b. 1844)
- 1906Ezra Butler Eddy, Canadian businessman and politician (b. 1827)
- 1912Joseph Lister, British surgeon (b. 1827)
- 1917John William Waterhouse, Italian-born artist (b. 1849)
- 1918Abdul Hamid II Ottoman Sultan (b. 1842)
- 1918Ernesto Teodoro Moneta, Italian pacifist, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1833)
- 1923Wilhelm Röntgen, German physicist, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1845)
- 1932Edgar Wallace, English novelist and screenwriter (b. 1875)
- 1939Pope Pius XI (b. 1857)
- 1944Eugène Michel Antoniadi, Greek astronomer (b. 1870)
- 1945Anacleto Diaz, Filipino jurist (b. 1878)
- 1950Marcel Mauss, French sociologist (b. 1872)
- 1952Henry Drysdale Dakin, British-American biochemist (b. 1880)
- 1957Laura Ingalls Wilder, American author (b. 1867)
- 1960Aloysius Stepinac, Croatian cardinal (b. 1898)
- 1964Eugen Sänger, Austrian aerospace engineer (b. 1905)
- 1966Billy Rose, American composer and band leader (b. 1899)
- 1975Nikos Kavvadias, Greek poet and writer (b. 1910)
- 1979Edvard Kardelj, Yugoslav communist leader (b. 1910)
- 1984David Von Erich, American professional wrestler (b. 1958)
- 1985Johnny Mokan, baseball player (b. 1895)
- 1987Syed Sadequain Ahmed Naqvi, Pakistani calligrapher and artist (b. 1930)
- 1990Bill Sherwood, American filmmaker/composer (b. 1952)
- 1992Alex Haley, American author (b. 1921)
- 1993Fred Hollows, New Zealand ophthalmologist (b. 1929)
- 1995Paul Monette, American author and gay rights activist (b. 1945)
- 1997Matthew Eappen of Newton Massachusetts (b. 1996)
- 2000Jim Varney, American actor (b. 1949)
- 2001Abraham Beame, American politician (b. 1906)
- 2001George Holmes “Buddy” Tate, American jazz saxophonist and clarinetist (b. 1913)
- 2002Dave Van Ronk, American folk singer/songwriter (b. 1936)
- 2002Traudl Junge, Adolf Hitler’s secretary (b. 1920)
- 2003Al Ruffo, American politician (b. 1908)
- 2003Clark MacGregor, American politician (b. 1922)
- 2003Curt Hennig, American professional wrestler (b. 1959)
- 2003Edgar de Evia, American photographer (b. 1910)
- 2003Ron Ziegler, American press secretary to Richard Nixon (b. 1939)
- 2004Guy Provost, Quebec actor (b. 1925)
- 2005Arthur Miller, American playwright (b. 1915)
- 2006Dick Harmon, American golf instructor (b. 1947)
- 2006J Dilla, American rapper/producer (b. 1974)
- 2007Jeong Da-bin, South Korean actress (b. 1980)
- 2007Ned Austin, American character actor (b. 1925)
- 2008Adeline Jay Geo-Karis, American politician (b. 1918)
- 2008Roy Scheider, American actor (b. 1932)
- 2008Steve Gerber, American comics writer (b. 1947)
- 2009Jeremy Lusk, American freestyle motocross racer (b. 1984)
- 2009Leila Hadley, American travel writer and socialite (b. 1926)
- 2010Charles Wilson, American politician (b. 1933)
- 2010Fred Schaus, American basketball coach and executive (b. 1925)
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