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February 10

A look at February 10 through the almanac — historic events, famous birthdays including Justin Gatlin and Vince Gilligan, and the day's notable deaths and observances.

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Events

10 notable moments
  1. 2016

    South Korea

    South Korea decides to stop the operation of the Kaesong joint industrial complex with North Korea in response to the launch of Kwangmyŏngsŏng-4.

    Country in East Asia
  2. 2003

    NATO

    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.

    Intergovernmental military alliance
  3. 1962

    Cold War

    Cold War: Captured American U2 spy-plane pilot Gary Powers is exchanged for captured Soviet spy Rudolf Abel.

    1947–1991 geopolitical rivalry between
  4. 1943

    World War II

    World War II: Attempting to completely lift the Siege of Leningrad, the Soviet Red Army engages German troops and Spanish volunteers in the Battle of Krasny Bor.

    1939–1945 global conflict
  5. 1939

    Spanish Civil War

    Spanish Civil War: The Nationalists conclude their conquest of Catalonia and seal the border with France.

    1936–1939 civil war in
  6. 1936

    Second Italo-Ethiopian War

    Second Italo-Abyssinian War: Italian troops launch the Battle of Amba Aradam against Ethiopian defenders.

    1935–1936 war between Italy
  7. 1930

    Việt Nam Quốc Dân Đảng

    The Việt Nam Quốc Dân Đảng launches the failed Yên Bái mutiny in hope of overthrowing French protectorate over Vietnam.

    Vietnamese nationalist and democratic
  8. 1920

    Denmark

    About 75% of the population in Zone I votes to join Denmark in the 1920 Schleswig plebiscites.

    Country in Northern Europe
  9. 1862

    American Civil War

    American Civil War: A Union naval flotilla destroys the bulk of the Confederate Mosquito Fleet in the Battle of Elizabeth City on the Pasquotank River in North Carolina.

    1861–1865 conflict in the
  10. 1502

    Vasco da Gama

    Vasco da Gama sets sail from Lisbon, Portugal, on his second voyage to India.

    Portuguese explorer (c. 1460s
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Famous birthday twins

Born on February 10

Justin Gatlin

b. 1982

American sprinter

Vince Gilligan

b. 1967

American director, producer, and screenwriter

Chloë Grace Moretz

b. 1997

American actress

Edith Clarke

b. 1883

American electrical engineer

Stella Adler

b. 1901

American actress and educator

Bertolt Brecht

b. 1898

German director, playwright, and poet

Boris Pasternak

b. 1890

Russian poet, novelist, and literary translator Nobel Prize laureate

Ira Remsen

b. 1846

American chemist and academic

Deaths

  • 1923Wilhelm Röntgen, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
  • 1918Ernesto Teodoro Moneta, Italian soldier and journalist, Nobel Prize laureate
  • 1837Alexander Pushkin, Russian poet and author
  • 1755Montesquieu, French lawyer and philosopher
  • 1307Temür Khan, Emperor Chengzong of Yuan
  • 1127William IX, Duke of Aquitaine, Duke of Aquitaine and Gascony and Count of Poitou

Holidays & observances

  • —Christian feast day: Austrebertha
  • —Christian feast day: Charalambos
  • —Christian feast day: Blessed Eusebia Palomino Yenes
  • —Christian feast day: José Sánchez del Río
  • —Christian feast day: Scholastica
  • —Christian feast day: February 10 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
  • —Feast of St. Paul's Shipwreck (Malta)
  • —Fenkil Day(commemoration of the Second Battle of Massawa) (Eritrea)

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