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
- 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.
- 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.
- 1863 –The fire extinguisher is patented.
- 1910 –New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Metal Dog in Chinese astrology.
- 1920 –Jozef Haller de Hallenburg performs symbolic wedding of Poland to the sea, celebrating restitution of Polish access to open sea.
- 1942 –Japanese submarine bombards Midway Atoll.
- 1947 –Italy cedes most of Venezia Giulia to Yugoslavia.
- 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.
- 2009 –The communication satellites Iridium 33 and Kosmos-2251 collide in orbit, destroying both.
Who were born on February 10?
- 1744 –William Cornwallis, Royal Navy admiral (d.1819)
- 1846 –Charles Beresford, British admiral and politician (d. 1919)
- 1914 –Larry Adler, American harmonica player (d. 2001)
- 1940 –Mary Rand, British athlete, former world record holder in the long jump
- 1962 –Cliff Burton, American bass player (Metallica) (d. 1986)
- 1974 –Ivri Lider, Israeli singer
- 1977 –Salif Diao, Senegalese footballer
- 1979 –Daryl Palumbo, American musician
- 1979 –Joey Hand, American race car driver
- 1979 –Jumaine Jones, American basketball player
Who died on February 10?
- 1576 –Guilielmus Xylander, German classical scholar (b. 1532)
- 1686 –William Dugdale, English antiquarian (b. 1605)
- 1865 –Heinrich Lenz, German physicist (b. 1804)
- 1917 –John William Waterhouse, Italian-born artist (b. 1849)
- 1918 –Abdul Hamid II Ottoman Sultan (b. 1842)
- 1939 –Pope Pius XI (b. 1857)
- 1987 –Syed Sadequain Ahmed Naqvi, Pakistani calligrapher and artist (b. 1930)
- 1997 –Matthew Eappen of Newton Massachusetts (b. 1996)
- 2000 –Jim Varney, American actor (b. 1949)
- 2009 –Leila Hadley, American travel writer and socialite (b. 1926)
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