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 41^st 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, 1,739,145,600 seconds 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.

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.

February 10 Historical Events

• 1567 –
  An 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.
• 1846 –
  First Anglo-Sikh War: Battle of Sobraon – British defeat Sikhs in final battle of the war
• 1870 –
  The YWCA is founded in New York City.
• 1933 –
  In round 13 of a boxing match at New York City’s Madison Square Garden, Primo Carnera knocks out Ernie Schaaf, killing him.
• 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.
• 1962 –
  Captured American U2 spy-plane pilot Gary Powers is exchanged for captured Soviet spy Rudolf Abel.
• 1964 –
  Melbourne-Voyager collision: The aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne collides with the destroyer HMAS Voyager off the south coast of New South Wales, Australia.
• 2005 –
  North Korea announces that it possesses nuclear weapons.
• 2043 –
  New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Water Pig in Chinese astrology.

Who were born on February 10?

• 1901 –
  Stella Adler, American actress (d. 1992)
• 1920 –
  José Manuel Castañón, Spanish writer (d. 2001)
• 1930 –
  E. L. Konigsburg, American author and illustrator of children’s and young adult fiction
• 1935 –
  John Alcorn, American designer and illustrator (d. 1992)
• 1949 –
  Jim Corcoran, Canadian singer and songwriter
• 1955 –
  Christopher Adams, British wrestler and judoka (d. 2001)
• 1959 –
  John Calipari, American basketball coach
• 1970 –
  Noureddine Naybet, Moroccan footballer
• 1971 –
  Louie Spicolli, American wrestler (d. 1998)
• 1982 –
  Justin Gatlin, American sprinter

Who died on February 10?

• 1126 –
  William IX, Duke of Aquitaine (b. 1071)
• 1755 –
  Montesquieu, French writer (b. 1689)
• 1829 –
  Pope Leo XII (b. 1760)
• 1865 –
  Heinrich Lenz, German physicist (b. 1804)
• 1912 –
  Joseph Lister, British surgeon (b. 1827)
• 1932 –
  Edgar Wallace, English novelist and screenwriter (b. 1875)
• 1964 –
  Eugen Sänger, Austrian aerospace engineer (b. 1905)
• 1987 –
  Syed Sadequain Ahmed Naqvi, Pakistani calligrapher and artist (b. 1930)
• 2001 –
  George Holmes “Buddy” Tate, American jazz saxophonist and clarinetist (b. 1913)
• 2002 –
  Traudl Junge, Adolf Hitler’s secretary (b. 1920)