February 10 in History
What happened on February 10 in history?
A chronological timetable of historical events that occurred on february 10 in history. Historical facts of the day in the areas of military, politics, science, music, sports, arts, entertainment and more. Discover what happened on february 10 in history.
?>1986
The largest Mafia trial in history, with 474 defendants, opens in Palermo, Italy.
1979
The Metropolitan Museum announces the first major theft in its 110-year history, $150,000 Greek marble head.
1966
Protester David Miller is convicted of burning his draft card.
1960
Adolph Coors, the beer brewer, is kidnapped in Golden, Colo.
1955
Bell Aircraft displays a fixed-wing vertical takeoff plane.
1945
B-29s hit the Tokyo area.
1942
The war halts civilian car production at Ford.
1941
London severs diplomatic relations with Romania.
1941
Iceland is attacked by German planes.
1939
Japanese occupy island of Hainan in French Indochina.
1915
President Wilson blasts the British for using the U.S. flag on merchant ships to deceive the Germans.
1904
Russia and Japan declare war on each other.
1863
P.T. Barnum’s star midgets, Tom Thumb and Lavinia Warren, are married.
1846
Led by religious leader Brigham Young, the first Mormons begin a long westward exodus from Nauvoo, Il., to Utah.
1840
Queen Victoria marries Prince Albert.
1814
Napoleon personally directs lightning strikes against enemy columns advancing toward Paris, beginning with a victory over the Russians at Champaubert.
1799
Napoleon Bonaparte leaves Cairo, Egypt, for Syria, at the head of 13,000 men.
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.
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.
1258
Hulagu, a Mongol leader, seizes Baghdad, bringing an end to the Abbasid caliphate.