Historical Events and Current Affairs on February 10

1098 : Crusaders defeat Prince Redwan of Aleppo at Antioch
1535 : 12 nude anabaptists run through Amsterdam streets
1549 : Tom‚ de Sousa appointed gov-gen of Brazil
1635 : Acad‚mie Fran‡aise forms in Paris (by Cardinal Richelieu)
1676 : Wampanoag Indians under King Philip kill all men in Lancaster Mass
1713 : Neth & England sign accord concerning anti-French Barrier [OS=Jan 31]
1716 : Scottish pretender to the throne James III Edward returns to France
1720 : Edmund Halley appointed 2nd Astronomer Royal of England
1746 : English Pelham govt resigns
1749 : 10th (final) volume of Fielding's "Tom Jones" is published
1763 : Treaty of Paris ends French-Indian War, surrendering Canada to England
1774 : Andrew Becker demonstrates diving suit
1794 : Joseph Haydn's 99th Symphony in E, premieres
1807 : US Coast Survey authorized by Congress
1824 : Simon Bolivar named dictator by the Congress of Peru
1840 : British queen Victoria marries her cousin Albert von Saksen-Coburg
1846 : Beginning of Mormon march to west US
1846 : British defeat Sikhs in battle of Sobraon, India
1855 : granted US citizenship
1855 : US citizenship laws amended all children of US parents born abroad
1859 : Gen Horsford defeats Begum of Oude & Nana Sahib in Indian mutiny
1860 : John Brahms' 2nd Serenade in A, premieres
1862 : Dutch 2nd govt of Thorbecke forms
1863 : 1st US fire extinguisher patent granted to Alanson Crane, Virginia
1863 : PT Barnum stages wedding of Tom Thumb & Mercy Lavinia Warren (NYC)
1866 : Dutch govt Frans van der Putte forms
1868 : Conservatives & military, seize Convention Hall in Florida
1870 : City of Anaheim incorporates (1st time)
1870 : YWCA (Young Women's Christian Association) forms (NYC)
1878 : Peace of Zanj¢n
1878 : Peter Tsjaikovsky's 4th Symphony in F, premieres
1879 : 1st electric arc light used (California Theater)
1879 : Henry Morton Stanley departs to the Congo
1880 : Pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Arcanum about Christian marriage
1881 : Jacques Offenbach's opera "Les Contes d'Hoffman," premieres in Paris
1882 : Rimski-Korsakovs opera "Snyegurochka," premieres in St Petersburg
1883 : Fire at un-insured New Hall Hotel in Milwaukee Wisc, kills 71
1890 : Around 11M acres, ceded to US by Sioux Indians opens for settlement
1897 : NY Times begins using slogan "All the News That's Fit to Print"
1899 : -39øF (-39øC), Milligan, Ohio (state lowest record temperature)
1899 : US-Spain peace treaty signed by Pres McKinley. US gets PR & Guam
1900 : Peter Ostlund skates world record 500m (45.2 sec)
1904 : Japan & Russia declares war after Japan's surprise attack on
1904 : Russian fleet at Port Arthur disabled 7 Russian warships
1906 : Britain's 1st modern & largest battleship "HMS Dreadnought" launched
1906 : State of siege proclaimed in Zululand
1908 : Tommy Burns KOs Jack Palmer in 4 for heavyweight boxing title
1913 : Edward Sheldons "Romance," premieres in NYC
1913 : J H Metcalf discovers asteroids #740 Cantabia & #741 Botolphia
1916 : Conscription begins in Britain
1917 : Johanna Westerdijk installed as Neth 1st female professor
1920 : Baseball outlaws all pitches involving tampering with ball
1923 : Ink paste manufactured for 1st time by Standard Ink Company
1923 : Owen Davis' "Icebound," premieres in NYC
1923 : SDAP speaks out against allied occupation of Ruhrgebied
1924 : Bucky Harris, 27, becomes youngest baseball manager (Wash Senators)
1925 : 1st waterless gas storage tank put into service, Michigan City, Ind
1925 : AL decides to alternate leagues for game 1 of World Series each year
1926 : Building of Olympian Stadium Amsterdam, begins
1927 : Pres Coolidge asks for 2nd disarmament conference
1930 : Grain Stabilization Corporation authorized by Congress
1931 : New Delhi becomes capital of India
1931 : Richard Rodgers/Lorenz Harts premieres in NYC
1933 : -54øF (-48øC), Seneca, Oregon (state record)
1933 : Delivery of 1st singing telegram (Postal Telegram Co NYC)
1933 : Dutch seaplane bombs Dutch ship
1933 : Hitler proclaims end of Marxism
1933 : Mutiny on "7 Provinces" ends (began Feb 4th), 23 killed
1934 : 1st Jewish immigrant ship to break the English blockade in Palestine
1934 : Byrd souvenir sheet issued, NYC; 1st unperforated ungummed US stamp
1934 : Howard Hanson's "Merry Mount," premieres in NYC
1934 : Stalin ends 17th CPSU-congress, says "Life becomes merrier"
1934 : Thomson/Gertrude Steins opera premieres in NYC
1935 : 1st US streamlined electric RR engine begins service
1935 : Pennsylvania RR begins passenger service on new electric locomotive
1937 : Ragnhild Hveger swims world free style record 400m (5:14.2)
1938 : King Carol II of Romania drives out dictator Goga
1940 : "In The Mood" by Glenn Miller hits #1
1940 : Tom & Jerry created by Hanna & Barbera debut by MGM
1940 : US female Figure Skating championship won by Joan Tozzer
1940 : US male Figure Skating championship won by Eugene Turner
1941 : 1st highway post office makes 1st trip, Wash, DC-Harrisonburg, VA
1941 : Anti-nazi "Het Parool" begins publishing in Netherlands
1942 : Glenn Miller awarded 1st ever gold disc for selling 1 million copies
1942 : of "Chattanooga Choo Choo"
1943 : "Manifesto of Algerian People" calls for equality & self-determination
1943 : 8th Army sweeps through North Africa to Tunisia
1943 : Van der Veen Resistance starts fire in Amsterdam employment bureau
1944 : Belgium resistance fighter/author Kamiel van Baelen arrested
1944 : U-666/U-545/U-283 sink off Ireland
1945 : "Rum & Coca Cola" by Andrews Sisters hits #1
1946 : 1st black pro-baseball player Jackie Robinson marries Rachel Isum
1947 : Italy cedes most of Venezia Giulia to Yugoslavia
1947 : Netherlands Radio Union forms
1947 : Province of Petsamo returned to Soviet Union by Finland
1947 : WW II peace treaties signed
1948 : Greek Gen Markos' guerrilla army bombs Saloniki
1949 : Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman" opens at Morosco Theater, NYC
1951 : "John & Marsha" by Stan Freberg peaks at #21
1951 : Shah of Persia marries 19 year old Soraja Esfandiara Bakhtiari
1953 : Ice Dance Championship at Davos won by Westwood & Demmy GRB
1953 : Ice Pairs Championship at Davos won by Jennifer & John Nicks of GRB
1953 : Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Davos won by Tenley Albright USA
1953 : Men's Figure Skating Champion in Davos won by Hayes Alan Jenkins USA
1954 : Eisenhower warns against US intervention in Vietnam
1954 : Ice Dance Championship at Oslo won by Jean Westwood/Lawrence Demmy GRB
1954 : Ice Pairs Championship at Oslo won by Frances Dafoe/Norris Bowden CAN
1954 : Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Oslo won by Gundi Busch GER
1954 : Men's Figure Skating Championship in Oslo won by Hayes Alan Jenkins US
1956 : "My Friend Flicka" premieres on CBS (later NBC) TV
1956 : Elvis Presley records "Heartbreak Hotel" for RCA
1957 : Southern Christian Leadership Conference forms
1959 : Dutch Princess Wilhelmina publishes "Lonely, but not alone"
1959 : Tornado in St Louis kills 19 & injures 265
1960 : "Unsinkable Molly Brown" closes at Winter Garden NYC after 532 perfs
1960 : Charles Ives' "Lincoln, the Great Commoner," premieres
1961 : AFL's LA Chargers move to San Diego
1961 : Niagara Falls hydroelectric project begins producing power
1961 : Walter Piston's 7th Symphony, premieres
1962 : Jim Beatty sets American indoor mile record (3:58.9) in LA
1962 : USSR swaps spy Francis Gary Power to US for Rudolph Abel
1963 : US female Figure Skating championship won by Lorraine Hanlon
1963 : US male Figure Skating championship won by Thomas Litz
1964 : Australian destroyer "Voyager" sinks in collision, killing 82
1964 : carrier Melbourne
1964 : Destroyer Voyager sinks off Australia after colliding with aircraft
1964 : WBGU TV channel 27 in Bowling Green, OH (PBS) begins broadcasting
1966 : Harmel govt in Belgium resigns
1967 : 25th Amendment (Presidential Disability & Succession) in effect
1968 : "Spooky" by Classics IV hits #3
1968 : Peggy Fleming wins Olympic figure skating gold medal, Grenoble, France
1969 : LSU Pete Maravich scores 66, despite losing to Tulane 101-94
1970 : 26.4 cm precipitation falls on Mount Washington NH (state record)
1970 : Dry powder avalanche moving at 120 mph smashes into youth hostel
1970 : killing 40 Belgian, French, & German youths (Val d'Isere, France)
1971 : American Mensa, Ltd incorporates in NY
1971 : Bill White becomes 1st black baseball announcer (NY Yankees)
1971 : John Guares "House of Blue Leaves," premieres in NYC
1971 : Royal Albert Hall bans scheduled concert featuring Frank Zappa
1972 : BBC bans "Give Ireland Back to the Irish" by Wings
1972 : Ras al Khaima joins United Arab Emirates
1972 : USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1973 : 2nd time Rangers shut-out Islanders 6-0
1973 : 83m wide gas tank on Staten Island explodes, 40 die
1973 : Mushtaq Mohammad follows up 201 to take 5-49 v NZ Dunedin
1974 : "Gigi" closes at Uris Theater NYC after 103 performances
1974 : Iran/Iraqi border fight breaks out
1974 : Judy Ikenberry wins 1st Us women's marathon (2:55:17)
1974 : Silver futures hit record $4.81« an ounce in London
1975 : William "Judy" Johnson selected to baseball Hall of Fame
1977 : "Party with Comden & Green" opens at Morosco Theater NYC for 92 perfs
1977 : Bomb explosion in Moskouse metro
1977 : Israeli soldier who died freeing hostages in Entebee Raid (1976)
1977 : Yehonathan Netanyou Lane in the Bronx named in honor of Bronx-born
1978 : Frank C Carlucci succeeds John F Blake as deputy director of CIA
1979 : "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?" by Rod Stewart peaks at #1
1980 : Ianford Wilsons "Talley's Folly," premieres in NYC
1981 : 33rd NHL All-Star Game: Campbell beat Wales 4-1 at LA
1981 : 8 killed & 198 injured by fire at Las Vegas Hilton
1982 : 28 skiers perform backflips while holding hands, Bromont, Qu‚bec
1983 : Anglican synod vote 338-100 against unilateral UK nuclear disarmament
1985 : ... Sch"ne skates ladies world record 5 km (7:32.82)
1985 : 35th NBA All-Star Game: West beats East 140-129 at Indiana
1985 : Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 51-E mission
1985 : USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1986 : "John Lennon: Live in NYC" album is released
1987 : Philippine troops murder 17 civilians-Lupao Massacre
1988 : 3-judge panel of 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals in SF strikes down
1988 : Army's ban on homosexuals (later overturned by appeal)
1988 : Rocky Malebane-Metsing coup in Bophuthatswana fails
1989 : Celtic KC Jones & Cavalier Lenny Wilkens elected to NBA Hall of Fame
1989 : Miami Vice's 100th episode seen on TV
1989 : Minor League Football System opens organizational meeting, St Louis
1989 : not a sport, in a NJ court
1989 : Ron Brown chosen 1st black chairman of a major US party (Democrats)
1989 : To gain deregulation WWF admits pro wrestling is an exhibition &
1989 : Tony Robinson of Jamaica becomes Nottingham's 1st black sheriff
1989 : US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1990 : 6th Largest wrestling crowd (63,900-Tokyo Dome)
1990 : Buster Douglas KOs Mike Tyson in 10 for heavyweight boxing title
1990 : Pierrer Water pulls product from shelf due to benzine in water
1990 : S Afr Pres de Klerk announces Nelson Mandela will be free Feb 11th
1990 : US female Figure Skating championship won by Jill Trenary
1991 : "La Bete" opens at Eugene O'Neill Theater NYC for 24 performances
1991 : 41st NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 116-114 at Charlotte
1991 : Johann Koss skates world record 10 km (13:43.54)
1991 : Lithuania votes for independence from USSR
1991 : NBA All Star Game at Charlotte NC
1992 : "Dangerous Women" final episode on WWOR-TV
1992 : Mike Tyson convicted of raping Desiree Washington in Indiana
1993 : "Michael Jackson Talks To Oprah Winfrey" airs on ABC & drew an
1993 : astounding 39.3 rating/56 share, 90 million people
1993 : Jani Sievinen swims world record 200m backstroke (1:55.59)
1993 : US officially backs peace plan in Bosnia
1995 : Chelsi Smith, 21, (Texas), crowned 44th Miss USA
1995 : Sun Cayun pole vaults female indoor world record (4.12m)
1995 : US female Figure Skating championship won by Nicole Bobek
1996 : IBM's Deep Blue defeats chess champ Gary Kasparov
1997 : 13th Soap Opera Digest Awards
1997 : 5th annual ESPY Awards presented
1997 : Comet Shoemaker-Holt 2 Closest Approach to Earth (1.9245 AU)
1997 : Lemrick Nelson found guilty in the fatal stabbing on Hasidic Jew
1997 : O J Simpson jury reaches decision on $25M in punitive damages
1997 : Soyuz TM-25 launches to the MIR
1997 : Yankel Rosenbaum in Crown Heights Brooklyn in 1991
1998 : AOL raises monthly flat rate internet access from $19.95 to $21.95
1998 : Olympic figure skater Peggy Fleming undergoes breast cancer surgery

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