This Day in History
10 Feb 1098
Crusaders defeat Prince Redwan of Aleppo at Antioch
10 Feb 1355
The St. Scholasticas Day riot breaks out in Oxford England leaving 62 scholars and perhaps 30 locals dead in two days.
10 Feb 1535
12 nude anabaptists run through Amsterdam streets
10 Feb 1549
Tom de Sousa appointed governor general of Brazil
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Laura Ingalls Wilder, chronicler of American frontier life, dies
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The French and Indian War ends
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Spies swapped
On February 10 1962 American spy pilot Francis Gary Powers is released by the Soviets in exchange for Soviet Colonel Rudolf Abel a senior KGB spy who was cau...
Brown elected chairman of the Democratic Party
Ronald H. Brown a former Supreme Court lawyer and leader of the National Urban League is elected chairman of the Democratic Party National Committee. He was t...
Kasparov loses chess game to computer
On this day in 1996 after three hours world chess champion Garry Kasparov loses the first game of a six-game match against Deep Blue an IBM computer capable ...
Viet Cong blow up U.S. barracks
Viet Cong guerrillas blow up the U.S. barracks at Qui Nhon 75 miles east of Pleiku on the central coast with a 100-pound explosive charge under the building. ...
Journalists killed in helicopter crash
Four journalists including photographer Larry Burrows of Life magazine Kent Potter of United Press International Nenri Huett of the Associated Press and Kei...
Deep Blue beats Kasparov at chess
In the first game of a six-game match an IBM computer dubbed Deep Blue becomes the first machine to beat a reigning world chess champion Garry K...
Herbert Hoover marries Lou Henry
On this day in 1899 future President Herbert Hoover marries his fellow Stanford University geology student and sweetheart Lou Henry in Monterey California.Af...
Mormons begin exodus to Utah
Their leader assassinated and their homes under attack the Mormons of Nauvoo Illinois begin a long westward migration that eventually brings them to the vall...
Ziggy Stardust makes his earthly debut
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Final episode of Arrested Development airs on Fox
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Avalanche buries skiers in France
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Boxing legend convicted of raping beauty queen
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Davis learns he is president
On this day in 1861 Jefferson Davis a former U.S. senator from Mississippi who served as U.S. secretary of war in the 1850sreceives word he has been selected...
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