What happened this day in history February 10

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, 28,985,760 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.

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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

  • 1814
    Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Champaubert
  • 1863
    The fire extinguisher is patented.
  • 1906
    HMS Dreadnought is launched.
  • 1936
    Second Italo-Abyssinian War: Italian troops launched the Battle of Amba Aradam against Ethiopian defenders.
  • 1954
    President Dwight Eisenhower warns against United States intervention in Vietnam.
  • 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.
  • 1996
    The IBM supercomputer Deep Blue defeats Garry Kasparov for the first time.
  • 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?

  • 1744
    William Cornwallis, Royal Navy admiral (d.1819)
  • 1903
    Matthias Sindelar, Austrian footballer (d. 1939)
  • 1929
    Jim Whittaker, American mountaineer
  • 1934
    Fleur Adcock, New Zealand poet
  • 1952
    Lee Hsien Loong, Singaporean politician
  • 1955
    Greg Norman, Australian golfer
  • 1964
    Arthur Lenk, Israeli diplomat
  • 1970
    Melissa Doyle, Australian TV personality
  • 1978
    Don Omar, Puerto Rican singer
  • 1987
    Choi Siwon, South Korean singer (Super Junior)

Who died on February 10?

  • 1686
    William Dugdale, English antiquarian (b. 1605)
  • 1904
    John A. Roche, American politician (b. 1844)
  • 1917
    John William Waterhouse, Italian-born artist (b. 1849)
  • 1923
    Wilhelm Röntgen, German physicist, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1845)
  • 1932
    Edgar Wallace, English novelist and screenwriter (b. 1875)
  • 1960
    Aloysius Stepinac, Croatian cardinal (b. 1898)
  • 1966
    Billy Rose, American composer and band leader (b. 1899)
  • 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)

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