Today In History. What Happened This Day In History
A Timeline Of Events That Occurred On This Day In History
A chronological timetable of historical events that occurred on this day in history. Historical facts of the day in the areas of military, politics, science, music, sports, arts, entertainment and more. Discover what happened today in history.
February 10
| 1258 | Huegu, a Mongol leader, seizes Baghdad, bringing and end to the Abbasid caliphate. | |
| 1620 | Supporters of Marie de Medici, the queen mother, who has been exiled to Blois, are defeated by the king's troops at Ponts de Ce, France. | |
| 1763 | The Treaty of Paris ends the French-Indian War. France gives up all her territories in the New World except New Orleans and a few scattered islands. | |
| 1799 | Napoleon Bonaparte leaves Cairo, Egypt, for Syria, at the head of 13,000 men. | |
| 1814 | Napoleon personally directs lightning strikes against enemy columns advancing toward Paris, beginning with a victory over the Russians at Champaubert. | |
| 1840 | Queen Victoria marries Prince Albert. | |
| 1846 | Led by religious leader Brigham Young, the first Mormons begin a long westward exodus from Nauvoo, Il., to Utah. | |
| 1863 | P.T. Barnum's star midgets, Tom Thumb and Lavinia Warren, are married. | |
| 1904 | Russia and Japan declare war on each other. | |
| 1915 | President Wilson blasts the British for using the U.S. flag on merchant ships to deceive the Germans. | |
| 1939 | Japanese occupy island of Hainan in French Indochina. | |
| 1941 | London severs diplomatic relations with Romania. | |
| 1941 | Iceland is attacked by German planes. | |
| 1942 | The war halts civilian car production at Ford. | |
| 1945 | B-29s hit the Tokyo area. | |
| 1955 | Bell Aircraft displays a fixed-wing vertical takeoff plane. | |
| 1960 | Adolph Coors, the beer brewer, is kidnapped in Golden, Colo. | |
| 1966 | Protester David Miller is convicted of burning his draft card. | |
| 1979 | The Metropolitan Museum announces the first major theft in 110-year history, $150,000 Greek marble head. | |
| 1986 | The largest Mafia trial in history, with 474 defendants, opens in Palermo, Italy. | |
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Born on February 10 |
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| 1890 | Boris Pasternak, Russian novelist and poet (Dr. Zhivago). | |
| 1893 | Jimmy Durante, American comedian and film actor. | |
| 1894 | Harold MacMillan, British prime minister (1957-1963). | |
| 1897 | John F. Enders, virologist. | |
| 1898 | Bertolt Brecht, German poet and dramatist (The Threepenny Opera). | |
| 1901 | Stella Adler, actress and teacher. | |
| 1902 | Walter Brattain, physicist, one of the inventors of the transistor. | |
| 1910 | Dominique Georges Pire, Belgian cleric and educator. | |
| 1914 | Larry Adler, harmonica virtuoso. | |
| 1920 | Alex Comfort, English physician and author (Joy of Sex). | |
| 1927 | (Mary Violet) Leontyne Price, opera singer. | |
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