February 10 in History
1763
February 10, 1763:France and Great Britain sign the Treaty of Paris to put an end to conflicts about territories in the Seven Years’ War between the two countries.
1837
February 10, 1837:Aleksandr Pushkin, the Russian author, dies while defending his wife’s honor in a duel.
1846
February 10, 1846:The Sikhs are defeated by the British in the First Sikh War’s Battle of Sobraon.
1939
February 10, 1939:“Stagecoach”, an American film, is premiered around the world.
1942
February 10, 1942:RCA Victor, Glenn Miller’s record label, honors him with the first-ever gold “trophy” for selling more than a million copies of his single, “Chattanooga Choo Choo”.
1989
February 10, 1989:The World Wrestling Federation claims in a New Jersey court that wrestling is not a sport but an exhibition in order to avoid being regulated.
1990
February 10, 1990:While making its way to Jupiter, Galileo, a spacecraft flies past Venus.
1993
February 10, 1993:ABC’s showing of the interview, “Michael Jackson Talks To Oprah Winfrey” reportedly draws 90 million viewers.
1996
February 10, 1996:Gary Kasparov, a world chess champion faces off against IBM’s chess-playing computer named Deep Blue in a six-round match and wins.
2006
February 10, 2006:Fox airs the final episode of the television series, “Arrested Development” for its original run.