What are the important events that happened on February 10? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
February 10: Facts & Myths About This Day
February 10 is the 41st day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 324 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is January 28, 2025 – a Monday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 483,096 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘tetracontahenagon’ day.
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Aquarius is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Amethyst is the modern birthstone for this month. Bloodstone is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 372 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,434 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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February 10 Historical Events
- 1763 –French and Indian War: The 1763 Treaty of Paris ends the war and France cedes Quebec to Great Britain.
- 1840 –Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom marries Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.
- 1846 –First Anglo-Sikh War: Battle of Sobraon – British defeat Sikhs in final battle of the war
- 1906 –HMS Dreadnought is launched.
- 1923 –Texas Tech University is founded as Texas Technological College in Lubbock, Texas.
- 1962 –Captured American U2 spy-plane pilot Gary Powers is exchanged for captured Soviet spy Rudolf Abel.
- 1967 –The 25th Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified.
- 1994 –New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Wood Dog in Chinese astrology.
- 1996 –The IBM supercomputer Deep Blue defeats Garry Kasparov for the first time.
- 2005 –North Korea announces that it possesses nuclear weapons.
Who were born on February 10?
- 1847 –Nabinchandra Sen, famous Bengali poet (d. 1909)
- 1934 –Fleur Adcock, New Zealand poet
- 1948 –Luis Donaldo Colosio, Mexican politician (d. 1994)
- 1950 –Mark Spitz, American swimmer
- 1965 –Mario Jean, Quebec comedian and television actor
- 1971 –Louie Spicolli, American wrestler (d. 1998)
- 1979 –Joey Hand, American race car driver
- 1979 –Jumaine Jones, American basketball player
- 1981 –Andrew Johnson, English footballer
- 1995 –Haruna Kawaguchi, Japanese model and actress
Who died on February 10?
- 1278 –Margaret II of Flanders (b. 1202)
- 1645 –Dorothea Sophia, Princess-Abbess of Quedlinburg (b. 1587)
- 1918 –Abdul Hamid II Ottoman Sultan (b. 1842)
- 1957 –Laura Ingalls Wilder, American author (b. 1867)
- 1966 –Billy Rose, American composer and band leader (b. 1899)
- 1975 –Nikos Kavvadias, Greek poet and writer (b. 1910)
- 1979 –Edvard Kardelj, Yugoslav communist leader (b. 1910)
- 1987 –Syed Sadequain Ahmed Naqvi, Pakistani calligrapher and artist (b. 1930)
- 1990 –Bill Sherwood, American filmmaker/composer (b. 1952)
- 2002 –Dave Van Ronk, American folk singer/songwriter (b. 1936)
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