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Notable anniversaries in history for today: February 10
- 250th: 1774 - Andrew Becker demonstrates diving suit.
- 200th: 1824 - Birth of Samuel Plimsoll in Bristol, England; inventor (Plimsoll line for ships).
- 200th: 1824 - Simon Bolívar named dictator by the Congress of Perú.
- 100th: 1924 - Birth of Randy Van Horne in El Paso, Texas, USA; singer (Nat King Cole Show).
- 100th: 1924 - Bucky Harris, 27, becomes youngest baseball manager (Washington Senators).
- 90th: 1934 - First Jewish immigrant ship to break the English blockade in Palestine.
- 90th: 1934 - Byrd souvenir sheet issued, New York City; first unperforated ungummed US stamp.
- 90th: 1934 - Stalin ends 17th CPSU-congress, says "Life becomes merrier".
- 80th: 1944 - Birth of Peter Allen in Australia; singer/pianist ("I Go to Rio", "Legs Diamond").
- 80th: 1944 - German submarines U-666, U-545, and U-283 sink off Ireland.
- 70th: 1954 - US President Dwight Eisenhower warns against US intervention in Vietnam.
- 70th: 1954 - Ice Dance Championship at Oslo won by Jean Westwood/Lawrence Demmy (Great Britain).
- 70th: 1954 - Ice Pairs Championship at Oslo won by Frances Dafoe/Norris Bowden (Canada).
- 70th: 1954 - Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Oslo won by Gundi Busch (Germany).
- 70th: 1954 - Men's Figure Skating Championship in Oslo won by Hayes Alan Jenkins (USA).
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of Francesca Neri in Trento, Italy; actress (Ages of Lulu).
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of Mir Aimal Kansi in Quetta, Pakistan; murderer (FBI Most Wanted).
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of Roger Reijners; soccer player (MVV).
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of Sam Graddy in Gaffney, South Carolina, USA; 4x100 metre runner (Olympics-gold-1984).
- 60th: 1964 - Australian destroyer Voyager sinks off Australia after colliding with aircraft carrier Melbourne, killing 82.
- 50th: 1974 - Birth of Andrew English; Canadian Football League receiver (British Columbia Lions).
- 50th: 1974 - Birth of Lea Ghirardi-Rubbi in Colombes, France; tennis star (1994 Futures NC).
- 50th: 1974 - Birth of Ty Law; NFL cornerback (New England Patriots).
- 50th: 1974 - Gail Denenber wins LPGA Sears Women's Golf Classic.
- 50th: 1974 - Iran/Iraq border fight breaks out.
- 50th: 1974 - Judy Ikenberry wins first US women's marathon (2:55:17).
- 50th: 1974 - Silver futures hit record US$4.815 an ounce in London, England.
- 25th: 1999 - Avalanches in the French Alps near Geneva kill at least 10.
- 25th: 1999 - Death of Robert Clothier at age 77; actor (Relic - Beachcombers).
- 20th: 2004 - At least 50 people are killed in a car bomb attack on a police recruitment centre south of Baghdad.
- 20th: 2004 - The French National Assembly votes to pass a law banning religious items and clothing from schools.
- 15th: 2009 - U.S. Treasury chief Timothy Geithner unveils a bank rescue plan of US$2 trillion to buy up bad assets and restore credit.
- 15th: 2009 - General Motors Corp announces it will cut its global salaried work force by about 10,000, or 14 percent.
- 15th: 2009 - A general election is held in Israel. Tzipi Livni's Kadima party wins the most votes (28 seats of 120) but the Likud party's Benjamin Netanyahu (27 seats) will likely be called on to form a coalition government.
- 15th: 2009 - The U.S. Senate passes its own US$838 billion version of a rescue plan to fight the deepening recession, voting 61 to 37.
- 15th: 2009 - An American Iridium Satellite-operated communications satellite and the defunct Russian Cosmos-2251 military satellite collide at about 485 miles above the Russian Arctic, leaving a debris field of millions of pieces. This is the first publicly known satellite collision.
- 15th: 2009 - Swiss bank UBS posts the biggest annual corporate loss in Swiss history, 19.7 billion francs (US$17 billion).
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