February 10

  • French and Indian War

    The French and Indian War ends.
  • Civil War

    Jefferson Davis learns he is president
  • Presidential

    Herbert Hoover marries Lou Henry
  • World War I

    U.S. Secretary of War, Lindley M. Garrison, resigns.
  • World War II

    Japanese submarine bombards Midway
  • Literary

    Laura Ingalls Wilder, chronicler of Merican frontier life, dies.
  • Vietnam War

    Viet Cong blows up U.S. barracks
  • Music

    Ziggy Stardust makes his debut
  • Chess

    Garry Kasparov loses a chess game to the computer, Deep Blue.
  • Hollywood

    Shirley Temple dies at age 85