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 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 325 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is January 28, 2024 – a Saturday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 28,458,720 minutes 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.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,068 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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February 10 Historical Events
- 1258 –Baghdad falls to the Mongols, and the Abbasid Caliphate is destroyed.
- 1814 –Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Champaubert
- 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
- 1863 –The fire extinguisher is patented.
- 1870 –The YWCA is founded in New York City.
- 1910 –New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Metal Dog in Chinese astrology.
- 1933 –In round 13 of a boxing match at New York City’s Madison Square Garden, Primo Carnera knocks out Ernie Schaaf, killing him.
- 1947 –Italy cedes most of Venezia Giulia to Yugoslavia.
- 1954 –President Dwight Eisenhower warns against United States intervention in Vietnam.
Who were born on February 10?
- 1939 –Peter Purves, British actor and television presenter
- 1949 –Nigel Olsson, English drummer
- 1959 –Dennis Gentry, American football player
- 1959 –John Calipari, American basketball coach
- 1959 –Lisa McPherson, American Scientologist (d. 1995)
- 1968 –Garrett Reisman, American astronaut
- 1975 –Kool Savas, German rapper
- 1984 –Alex Gordon, American baseball player
- 1986 –Roberto Jiménez Gago, Spanish footballer
- 1989 –Bunmi Mojekwu, British actress
Who died on February 10?
- 1906 –Ezra Butler Eddy, Canadian businessman and politician (b. 1827)
- 1939 –Pope Pius XI (b. 1857)
- 1945 –Anacleto Diaz, Filipino jurist (b. 1878)
- 1960 –Aloysius Stepinac, Croatian cardinal (b. 1898)
- 1985 –Johnny Mokan, baseball player (b. 1895)
- 1995 –Paul Monette, American author and gay rights activist (b. 1945)
- 2000 –Jim Varney, American actor (b. 1949)
- 2002 –Dave Van Ronk, American folk singer/songwriter (b. 1936)
- 2002 –Traudl Junge, Adolf Hitler’s secretary (b. 1920)
- 2004 –Guy Provost, Quebec actor (b. 1925)
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