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What Happened On February 10

Q: What happened on February 10?

1962: The first solo exhibition by Roy Lichtenstein (pictured) opened, including the painting Look Mickey, which featured his first use of Ben Day dots, speech balloons, and comic imagery sourcing. 1355: A tavern dispute between students of the University of Oxford and townspeople in Oxford became a riot that left about 90 people dead. 1258: The last Abbasid caliph surrendered Baghdad to the besieging Mongol army of Hulegu Khan, who later sacked the city, killing hundreds of thousands of people. 1846: First Anglo-Sikh War: Battle of Sobraon: British defeat Sikhs in the final battle of the war. 1567: Lord Darnley, second husband of Mary, Queen of Scots, is found strangled following an explosion at the Kirk o' Field house in Edinburgh, Scotland, a suspected assassination. 1355: The St Scholastica Day riot breaks out in Oxford, England, leaving 63 scholars and perhaps 30 locals dead in two days. 1258: The Siege of Baghdad ends with the surrender of the last Abbasid caliph to Hulegu Khan, a prince of the Mongol Empire. 2009: The satellites Iridium 33 and Kosmos 2251 destroyed each other in the first accidental hypervelocity collision between two intact satellites in low Earth orbit. 2008: The Namdaemun gate in Seoul, the first of South Korea's National Treasures, was severely damaged by arson (damage pictured). 1996: Deep Blue defeated Garry Kasparov in a game of chess, the first ever game won by a chess-playing computer against a World Chess Champion under chess tournament conditions.

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1962 First ever
The first solo exhibition by Roy Lichtenstein (pictured) opened, including the painting Look Mickey, which featured his first use of Ben Day dots, speech balloons, and comic imagery sourcing.
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1355 Oddly true
A tavern dispute between students of the University of Oxford and townspeople in Oxford became a riot that left about 90 people dead.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
1258 Oddly true
The last Abbasid caliph surrendered Baghdad to the besieging Mongol army of Hulegu Khan, who later sacked the city, killing hundreds of thousands of people.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
1846 First ever
First Anglo-Sikh War: Battle of Sobraon: British defeat Sikhs in the final battle of the war.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
1567 Oddly true
Lord Darnley, second husband of Mary, Queen of Scots, is found strangled following an explosion at the Kirk o' Field house in Edinburgh, Scotland, a suspected assassination.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
1355 Oddly true
The St Scholastica Day riot breaks out in Oxford, England, leaving 63 scholars and perhaps 30 locals dead in two days.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
1258 Oddly true
The Siege of Baghdad ends with the surrender of the last Abbasid caliph to Hulegu Khan, a prince of the Mongol Empire.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
2009 First ever
The satellites Iridium 33 and Kosmos 2251 destroyed each other in the first accidental hypervelocity collision between two intact satellites in low Earth orbit.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
2008 First ever
The Namdaemun gate in Seoul, the first of South Korea's National Treasures, was severely damaged by arson (damage pictured).
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
1996 First ever
Deep Blue defeated Garry Kasparov in a game of chess, the first ever game won by a chess-playing computer against a World Chess Champion under chess tournament conditions.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

Observed today

2026Shootings at a residence and a school in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, Canada, leave nine people dead and 27 injured. Wikipedia →
2021The traditional Carnival in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil is canceled for the first time because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Wikipedia →
2021Texas' worst energy infrastructure failure, the 2021 Texas power crisis, starts. Wikipedia →
2018Nineteen people are killed and 66 injured when a Kowloon Motor Bus double decker on route 872 in Hong Kong overturns. Wikipedia →
2016South Korea decides to stop the operation of the Kaesong joint industrial complex with North Korea in response to the launch of Kwangmyŏngsŏng-4. Wikipedia →
2013Thirty-six people are killed and 39 others are injured in a stampede in Allahabad, India, during the Kumbh Mela festival. Wikipedia →
2009The communications satellites Iridium 33 and Kosmos 2251 collide in orbit, destroying both. Wikipedia →
2004Forty-three people are killed and three are injured when a Fokker 50 crashes near Sharjah International Airport. Wikipedia →
2003France and Belgium break the NATO procedure of silent approval concerning the timing of protective measures for Turkey in case of a possible war with Iraq. Wikipedia →
1996IBM supercomputer Deep Blue defeats Garry Kasparov in chess for the first time. Wikipedia →
1989Ron Brown is elected chairman of the Democratic National Committee, becoming the first African American to lead a major American political party. Wikipedia →
1984Kenyan soldiers kill an estimated 5,000 ethnic Somali Kenyans in the Wagalla massacre. Wikipedia →
1972Ras Al Khaimah joins the United Arab Emirates, now making up seven emirates. Wikipedia →
1967The 25th Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified. Wikipedia →
1964Melbourne–Voyager collision: The aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne collides with and sinks the destroyer HMAS Voyager off the south coast of New South Wales, Australia, killing 82. Wikipedia →
1962Cold War: Captured American U2 spy-plane pilot Gary Powers is exchanged for captured Soviet spy Rudolf Abel. Wikipedia →
1954U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower warns against United States intervention in Vietnam. Wikipedia →
1947The Paris Peace Treaties are signed by Italy, Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria, Finland and the Allies of World War II. Wikipedia →
1943World War II: Attempting to completely lift the Siege of Leningrad, the Soviet Red Army engages German troops and Spanish volunteers in the Battle of Krasny Bor. Wikipedia →
1940The Soviet Union begins mass deportations of Polish citizens from occupied eastern Poland to Siberia. Wikipedia →
1939Spanish Civil War: The Nationalists conclude their conquest of Catalonia and seal the border with France. Wikipedia →
1936Second Italo-Abyssinian War: Italian troops launch the Battle of Amba Aradam against Ethiopian defenders. Wikipedia →
1933In round 13 of a boxing match at New York City's Madison Square Garden, Primo Carnera knocks out Ernie Schaaf. Schaaf dies four days later. Wikipedia →
1930The Việt Nam Quốc Dân Đảng launches the failed Yên Bái mutiny in hope of overthrowing French protectorate over Vietnam. Wikipedia →
1923Texas Tech University is founded as Texas Technological College in Lubbock, Texas. Wikipedia →
1920Józef Haller de Hallenburg performs the symbolic wedding of Poland to the sea, celebrating restitution of Polish access to open sea. Wikipedia →
1920About 75% of the population in Zone I votes to join Denmark in the 1920 Schleswig plebiscites. Wikipedia →
1906HMS Dreadnought, the first of a revolutionary new breed of battleships, is christened. Wikipedia →
1862American Civil War: A Union naval flotilla destroys the bulk of the Confederate Mosquito Fleet in the Battle of Elizabeth City on the Pasquotank River in North Carolina. Wikipedia →
1861Jefferson Davis is notified by telegraph that he has been chosen as provisional President of the Confederate States of America. Wikipedia →
1846First Anglo-Sikh War: Battle of Sobraon: British defeat Sikhs in the final battle of the war. Wikipedia →
1840Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom marries Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Wikipedia →
1814Napoleonic Wars: The Battle of Champaubert ends in French victory over the Russians and the Prussians. Wikipedia →
1763French and Indian War: The Treaty of Paris ends the war and France cedes Quebec to Great Britain. Wikipedia →
1712Huilliches in Chiloé rebel against Spanish encomenderos. Wikipedia →
1567Lord Darnley, second husband of Mary, Queen of Scots, is found strangled following an explosion at the Kirk o' Field house in Edinburgh, Scotland, a suspected assassination. Wikipedia →
1502Vasco da Gama sets sail from Lisbon, Portugal, on his second voyage to India. Wikipedia →
1392Byzantine Emperor Manuel II Palaiologos marries Helena Dragaš, daughter of the Serbian Prince Constantine Dragaš. She is crowned as empress the following day. Wikipedia →
1355The St Scholastica Day riot breaks out in Oxford, England, leaving 63 scholars and perhaps 30 locals dead in two days. Wikipedia →
1306In front of the high altar of Greyfriars Church in Dumfries, Robert the Bruce murders John Comyn, sparking the revolution in the Wars of Scottish Independence. Wikipedia →
1258The Siege of Baghdad ends with the surrender of the last Abbasid caliph to Hulegu Khan, a prince of the Mongol Empire. Wikipedia →

From The Guardian Archives — On This Day

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2018The Guardian
Joyce affair should prompt reflection on sexist double standards, Plibersek says
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1991The New York Times
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