February 10

Thursday 10, 2005:

North Korea and weapons of mass destruction: North Korea suspends participation in multi-nation talks to discuss its arms program and officially admits to developing nuclear weapons.

Wednesday 10, 1999:

Avalanches in the French Alps near Geneva kill at least 10.

Tuesday 10, 1998:

Voters in Maine repeal a gay rights law passed in 1997 becoming the first U.S. state to abandon such a law.

Monday 10, 1997:

The United States Army suspends Sgt. Major Gene C. McKinney, its top-ranking enlisted soldier, after hearing allegations of sexual misconduct.

Saturday 10, 1996:

The World Trade Centre in London is partially destroyed by an IRA bomb.

Monday 10, 1992:

In Indianapolis, Indiana boxer Mike Tyson is convicted of raping a Miss Black America contestant named Desiree Washington.

Saturday 10, 1990:

South African President F.W. de Klerk announces that Nelson Mandela would be released the next day.

Friday 10, 1989:

Ron Brown is elected chairman of the Democratic National Committee becoming the first African American to lead a major American political party.

Wednesday 10, 1982:

Das Boot opens in United States theaters.

Tuesday 10, 1981:

A fire at the Las Vegas Hilton hotel-casino kills eight and injures 198.

Friday 10, 1967:

The 25th Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified.

Monday 10, 1964:

1964 - The aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne, collides with the Voyager off the south coast of NSW, Australia.

Saturday 10, 1962:

Captured American spy pilot Francis Gary Powers is exchanged for captured Soviet spy Rudolf Abel.

Wednesday 10, 1954:

President Dwight Eisenhower warns against United States intervention in Vietnam.

Thursday 10, 1949:

Death of a Salesman opens (Morocco Theatre in New York City).

Monday 10, 1947:

Italy cedes most of Venezia Giulia to Yugoslavia.

Friday 10, 1933:

In round 13 of a boxing match at New York City's Madison Square Garden, Primo Carnera knocks out Ernie Schaaf, killing him.

Tuesday 10, 1931:

New Delhi becomes the capital of India.

Tuesday 10, 1920:

Jozef Haller de Hallenburg performs symbolic engagement of Poland with the sea, celebrating restitution of Polish access to open sea.

Thursday 10, 1870:

The YWCA is founded (New York City).

Tuesday 10, 1863:

Alanson Crane patents the fire extinguisher.

Tuesday 10, 1846:

Many Mormons begin their migration west from Nauvoo, Illinois.

Monday 10, 1840:

Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom marries Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.

Thursday 10, 1814:

Battle of Champaubert occurs.

Thursday 10, 1763:

French and Indian War: The 1763 Treaty of Paris ends the war and France cedes Canada to Great Britain.

Saturday 10, 1635:

The Académie française in Paris is expanded to become a national academy for the artistic elite.

Sunday 10, 1258:

Mongols overrun Baghdad, burning it to the ground and killing large numbers of citizens (estimates range from 10,000 to 800,000)..

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