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
- 1355 –The St. Scholastica’s Day riot breaks out in Oxford, England, leaving 63 scholars and perhaps 30 locals dead in two days.
- 1840 –Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom marries Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.
- 1863 –The fire extinguisher is patented.
- 1906 –HMS Dreadnought is launched.
- 1923 –Texas Tech University is founded as Texas Technological College in Lubbock, Texas.
- 1929 –New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Snake in Chinese astrology.
- 1933 –The New York City-based Postal Telegraph Company introduces the first singing telegram.
- 1936 –Second Italo-Abyssinian War: Italian troops launched the Battle of Amba Aradam against Ethiopian defenders.
- 1981 –A fire at the Las Vegas Hilton hotel-casino kills eight and injures 198.
- 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.
Who were born on February 10?
- 1499 –Thomas Platter, Swiss humanist (d. 1582)
- 1905 –Walter A. Brown, American professional sports team owner and executive (d. 1964)
- 1935 –John Alcorn, American designer and illustrator (d. 1992)
- 1941 –Michael Apted, British director
- 1947 –Butch Morris, American jazz cornetist and composer
- 1948 –Luis Donaldo Colosio, Mexican politician (d. 1994)
- 1956 –Enele Sopoaga, Tuvaluan politician and diplomat
- 1968 –Peter Popovic, Swedish ice hockey player
- 1975 –Hiroki Kuroda, Japanese baseball player
- 1982 –Iafeta Paleaaesina, New Zealand rugby league player
Who died on February 10?
- 1126 –William IX, Duke of Aquitaine (b. 1071)
- 1857 –David Thompson, Canadian explorer (b. 1770)
- 1939 –Pope Pius XI (b. 1857)
- 1944 –Eugène Michel Antoniadi, Greek astronomer (b. 1870)
- 1992 –Alex Haley, American author (b. 1921)
- 2000 –Jim Varney, American actor (b. 1949)
- 2001 –Abraham Beame, American politician (b. 1906)
- 2005 –Arthur Miller, American playwright (b. 1915)
- 2010 –Charles Wilson, American politician (b. 1933)
- 2010 –Fred Schaus, American basketball coach and executive (b. 1925)
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