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On this day: February 10th

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Events On this day: February 10th

1258: Battle of Baghdad.
1763: End of the French and Indian War.
1863: The fire extinguisher is invented by Alanson Crane.
1931: New Delhi becomes the capital of India.
1942: The first Medal of Honor during World War II was awarded to 2nd Lt. Alexander Nininger (posthumously) for heroism during the Battle of Bataan.
1962: Francis Gary Powers, a U.S. spy captured by the Soviet Union, is released. Powers was exchanged for captured Soviet spy Rudolf Ivanovich Abel.
1964: An aircraft carrier collides with a destroyer in Australia, killing 82. Destroyer HMAS Voyager sailed under aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourn’s bow, was cut in half, and sank.
1964: Bob Dylan’s album “The Times They Are A-Changin’” is released. The title track is one of Dylan’s best-known songs.
1967: The 25th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified, clarifying the procedures for presidential succession in the event of the disability of a sitting president.
1996: Computer wins chess match over Garry Kasparov.
2009: Two satellites collide in space. Both the U.S. satellite “Iridium 33” and the Russian “Kosmos 2251” were destroyed in the accident.

1744: William Cornwallis (English Admiral)
1775: Charles Lamb (Author)
1890: Boris Pasternak (Russian author, poet, Nobel Prize laureate)
1893: Bill Tilden (Tennis Player)
1894: Harold Macmillan (English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom)
1898: Bertolt Brecht (German author)
1929: Jerry Goldsmith (American composer, conductor)
1930: Robert Wagner (Actor)
1950: Mark Spitz (Olympic Swimmer)
1955: Greg Norman (Golfer)
1967: Laura Dern (Actress)
1997: Chloe Moretz (Actress)

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