February 10

Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened throughout history on February 10. From 1900 until now. February 10 is under the sign of Aquarius. Famous birthdays on this day include Natasha St Pier (1981), Emma Roberts (1991) and Chloë Moretz (1997). Several movies were released around February 10 over the years, such as Parting Glances in 1986 directed by Bill Sherwood and Chameli Ki Shaadi in 1986 directed by Basu Chatterjee.
But much more happened on February 10 over the years: find out below

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Holidays

Catholicism - Saint Scholastica; World Marriage Day.
Malta - St. Paul's Shipwreck day. Catholicism in Malta.
Saint Silvanus
Saint Charalampe
Saint Austreberta
Blessed Arnaud
Blessed Hugo (d. 1164)
Italy - National Memorial Day of the Exiles and Foibe to commemorate Italian Istrian and Dalmatian exiliee and Foibe massacres.
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Events

2019 President of the Southern Baptist Convention J. D. Greear condemns the sexual abuse committed by the clergy, laypersons, and volunteers and calls it "pure evil". (The Washington Post)
2018 The Israeli Army says that it shot down a Syrian UAV manufactured in Iran and, in response, it bombed the Tiyas Military Airbase in Homs Governorate, Syria, where it was launched from. (Reuters)
2017 French police arrest three men and a 16-year-old girl found with bomb-making materials in a Montpellier flat. The female suspect had been spotted online saying she wanted to either leave for the Syria-Iraq conflict or mount an attack in France, and recorded a video in which she pledged allegiance to ISIL. (BBC)
2016 Boko Haram insurgency: Two female suicide bombers kill more than 58 people at a camp for displaced people in Dikwa, Nigeria. (CNN) (Al Jazeera) (Reuters) (ABC News)At least six people are killed and more than 30 injured in a twin suicide attack in Cameroon near the border with Nigeria. (IB Times) (Newsweek)
2015 War in Donbass: Fighting kills fifteen people and leaves 60 injured as missiles hit Ukraine's military headquarters in the city of Kramatorsk. (Radio Free Europe)
2014 War in Afghanistan (2001–present):: A car bomb detonates in Kabul, Afghanistan, killing two contractors working with ISAF. (AP via CBS)
2013 Northern Mali conflict (2012–present):: Firefights between Islamists and the Malian Army break out in Gao, Mali. (BBC) (AFP via Google) (Voice of America)
2012 Arab Spring:
2011 2011 Egyptian protests:
2010 Charles Nesbitt Wilson, US Democratic congressman for Texas (1973-96), dies at age 76 of cardiopulmonary arrest in Texas; for 24 years Wilson supported sending weapons and money to Afghanistan in the 1980s versus the Soviet Union.
2009 The U.S. Senate passes its own US$838 billion version of a rescue plan to fight the deepening recession, voting 61 to 37.
2008 The wooden portion of Namdaemun Gate in Seoul, South Korea is destroyed in a suspicious fire. (BBC News)
2007 U.S. Senator Barack Obama of Illinois announces a presidential bid in Springfield, Illinois, USA.
2006 National Hockey League great Wayne Gretzky has denied placing any bets with an illegal sport gambling operation. (Reuters)
2005 Balance of trade: The U.S. Department of Commerce states imports exceeded exports by $670 billion for 2004, beating the previous record by nearly 25%. (BBC)
2004 Same-sex marriage in the United States: A majority of Americans (two to one margin) respond they do not want laws in their states that would legalize same-sex marriages. The poll is taken after the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruling.
2003 France 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.
2002 Iraqi club Al-Shorta win the 2001–02 Umm Al Ma’arak (mother of all battles) Cup by defeating Al-Talaba 1-0 in the final.
1998 Olympic figure skater Peggy Fleming undergoes breast cancer surgery
1997 13th Soap Opera Digest Awards
1996 IBM's chess computer "Deep Blue" defeats world chess champion Gary Kasparov in the first game of a regulation six-game match.
1995 Sun Cayun pole vaults female indoor world record (4.12m)
1993 Michael Jackson Talks To Oprah Winfrey airs on ABC-TV and draws an astounding 39.3 rating/56 share, 90 million people.
1992 Dangerous Women final episode on WWOR-TV
1991 Lithuania votes for independence from USSR
1990 6th Largest wrestling crowd (63,900 - Tokyo Dome)
1989 Minor League Football System opens organizational meeting, Saint Louis, Missouri.
1988 Three-judge panel of 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco, California strikes down Army's ban on homosexuals (later overturned by appeal).
1987 Philippine troops murder 17 civilians-Lupao Massacre.
1986 John Lennon: Live in NYC album is released
1985 Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 51-E mission
1983 Anglican synod vote 338-100 against unilateral United Kingdom nuclear disarmament.
1981 8 killed and 198 injured by fire at Las Vegas Hilton
1980 Jane Blalock wins LPGA Elizabeth Arden Golf Classic.
1979 February 11 ampndash The Iranian army mutinies and joins the Islamic Revolution.
1978 Frank C Carlucci succeeds John F Blake as deputy director of US Central Intelligence Agency.
1977 Party with Comden & Green opens at Morosco Theater NYC for 92 performances
1974 Gigi closes at Uris Theater NYC after 103 performances
1973 2nd time Rangers shut-out Islanders 6-0
1972 BBC bans Give Ireland Back to the Irish by Wings
1971 Bill White becomes 1st black baseball announcer (New York Yankees)
1970 26.4 cm precipitation falls on Mount Washington NH (state record)
1969 LSU Pete Maravich scores 66, despite losing to Tulane 101-94.
1968 Spooky by Classics IV hits #3
1967 25th Amendment to US Constitution (Presidential Disability and Succession) in effect.
1966 Harmel government in Belgium resigns.
1964 Australian destroyer Voyager sinks in collision, killing 82
1963 US female Figure Skating championship won by Lorraine Hanlon.
1962 USSR swaps spy Francis Gary Power to US for Rudolph Abel.
1961 Niagara Falls hydroelectric project begins producing power.
1960 Unsinkable Molly Brown closes at Winter Garden NYC after 532 performances
1959 Dutch Princess Wilhelmina publishes Lonely, but not alone
1957 Southern Christian Leadership Conference forms
1956 My Friend Flicka premieres on CBS (later NBC) TV
1955 Seventh Fleet of the United States Navy helps the Republic of China evacuate Chinese Nationalist army and residents from the Tachen Islands to Taiwan.
1954 Eisenhower warns against US intervention in Vietnam
1953 Ice Dance Championship at Davos won by Jean Westwood and Lawrence Demmy of Great Britain.
1951 John & Marsha by Stan Freberg peaks at #21
1949 Arthur Miller's play a Salesman opens at Morosco Theater, New York City.
1947 WW II peace treaties signed
1946 1st black pro-baseball player Jackie Robinson marries Rachel Isum
1945 WWII: The ''SS General von Steuben'' is sunk by the Soviet submarine S-13.
1944 Belgium resistance fighter / Author Kamiel van Baelen arrested
1943 Van der Veen Resistance starts fire in Amsterdam employment bureau.
1942 Glenn Miller awarded 1st ever gold disc for selling 1 million copies of Chattanooga Choo Choo
1941 Anti-Nazi Het Parool begins publishing in the Netherlands
1940 In The Mood by Glenn Miller hits #1
1939 Spanish Nationalists complete their offensive in Catalonia.
1938 King Carol II of Romania drives out dictator Goga.
1937 Ragnhild Hveger swims world free-style record 400 metre (5:14.2).
1936 Second Italo-Abyssinian War: Italian troops launched the Battle of Amba Aradam against Ethiopian defenders.
1935 1st US streamlined electric RR engine begins service
1934 Thomson / Gertrude Steins opera premieres in New York City
1933 Dutch seaplane bombs Dutch ship
1931 Richard Rodgers / Lorenz Harts premieres in New York City
1930 Grain Stabilization Corporation authorized by US Congress.
1927 US President Calvin Coolidge asks for second disarmament conference.
1926 Building of Olympian Stadium Amsterdam, begins
1925 First waterless gas storage tank put into service, Michigan City, Indiana.
1924 Bucky Harris, 27, becomes youngest baseball manager (Washington Senators).
1923 Ink paste manufactured for first time by Standard Ink Company.
1920 Baseball outlaws all pitches involving tampering with the ball.
1917 End of Punitive Expedition of General Pershing into Mexico.
1914 Release of the film ''Hearts Adrift'' the name of Mary Pickford, the star, is displayed above the title on movie marquees.
1913 Edward Sheldons "Romance" premieres in New York City, New York.
1908 Tommy Burns knocks out Jack Palmer in four for heavyweight boxing title.
1906 State of siege proclaimed in Zululand.
1904 Roger Casement publishes his account of Belgian atrocities in the Congo.
1900 Peter Ostlund skates world record 500 metre (45.2 seconds).
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