February 10th in History
February 10th in History
- 1635: Academie Francaise is founded in Paris by Cardinal Richelieu
- 1763: The Peace of Paris ceedes Canada to Britain
- 1897: New York Times begins using slogan "All the News That's Fit to Print."
- 1931: New Delhi becomes the capital city of India
- 1942: The first ever record 'Gold Disc' is presented to Glenn Miller
- 1954: Eisenhower warns against US intervention in Vietnam, saying it has potential to turn into a quagmire.
- 1986: Largest ever Mafia trial, in Palermo, Sicily
- 1986: Jean Claude Duvalier of Haiti flees the country to France
February 10th birthdays
- 1870: Fritz Klimsch, German sculptor.
- 1890: Boris Pasternak, Russian author.
- 1898: Bertolt Brecht, German poet and dramatist
- 1906: Lon Chaney Jr., American actor.
- 1930: Robert Wagner, American actor
