Today In History [10th February, 2015]

 
A chronological timetable of historical events that occurred on this day in history. Historical facts of the day in the areas of military, politics, science, music, sports, arts, entertainment and more. Discover what happened today in history.

February 10

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

Born on February 10
1890           Boris Pasternak, Russian novelist and poet (Dr. Zhivago).
1893           Jimmy Durante, American comedian and film actor.
1894           Harold MacMillan, British prime minister (1957-1963).
1897           John F. Enders, virologist.
1898           Bertolt Brecht, German poet and dramatist (The Threepenny Opera).
1901           Stella Adler, actress and teacher.
1902           Walter Brattain, physicist, one of the inventors of the transistor.
1910           Dominique Georges Pire, Belgian cleric and educator.
1914           Larry Adler, harmonica virtuoso.
1920           Alex Comfort, English physician and author (Joy of Sex).
1927           (Mary Violet) Leontyne Price, opera singer.