This Day in USA History
February 10

What happened in history on this day: February 10? On February 10 in ... 1855 - US citizenship laws amended all children of US parents born abroad granted US citizenship. 1858 - United States and France sign extradition convention to surrender persons charged with forgery or passing counterfeit coins. 1899 - -39 degrees F (-39 degrees C), Milligan Ohio (state lowest temperature record). 1899 - US-Spain peace treaty signed by President McKinley; US gets Puerto Rico and Guam. 1917 - End of Punitive Expedition of US General Pershing into Mexico. 1923 - Ink paste manufactured for first time by Standard Ink Company. 1925 - First waterless gas storage tank put into service, Michigan City, Indiana. 1927 - US President Calvin Coolidge asks for second disarmament conference. 1930 - Grain Stabilization Corporation authorized by US Congress. 1933 - -54 degrees F (-48 degrees C), Seneca, Oregon (state record low). 1933 - Delivery of first singing telegram (Postal Telegram Company, New York City). 1934 - Byrd souvenir sheet issued, New York City; first unperforated ungummed US stamp. 1935 - Pennsylvania railroad begins passenger service on new streamlined electric locomotive. 1940 - MGM debuts animated cat and mouse characters "Tom and Jerry", created by Hanna and Barbera. 1941 - First highway post office makes first trip, Washington DC-Harrisonburg, Virginia. 1949 - Arthur Miller's play Death of a Salesman opens at Morosco Theater, New York City. 1954 - US President Dwight Eisenhower warns against US intervention in Vietnam. 1959 - Tornado in Saint Louis kills 19 and injures 265. 1961 - Niagara Falls hydroelectric project begins producing power. 1962 - USSR swaps spy Francis Gary Power to US for Rudolph Abel. 1967 - 25th Amendment to US Constitution (Presidential Disability and Succession) in effect. 1971 - American Mensa, Ltd incorporates in New York. 1971 - US Secretary of the Treasury David M. Kennedy resigns. 1973 - 83-metre-wide gas tank on Staten Island, New York, explodes, crushing 40. 1977 - Yehonathan Netanyou Lane in the Bronx, New York, named in honor of Bronx-born Israeli soldier who died freeing hostages in Entebbe Raid (1976). 1978 - Frank C Carlucci succeeds John F Blake as deputy director of US Central Intelligence Agency. 1981 - A fire at the Las Vegas Hilton hotel-casino kills eight and injures 198. 1985 - -61 degrees F (-52 degrees C), Maybell Colorado (state record). 1988 - Three-judge panel of 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco, California strikes down Army's ban on homosexuals (later overturned by appeal). 1989 - Ron Brown is elected chairman of the Democratic National Committee, becoming the first African American to lead a major United States political party. 1989 - To gain deregulation, WWF admits pro wrestling is an exhibition and not a sport, in a New Jersey court. 1989 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site. 1993 - Michael Jackson Talks To Oprah Winfrey airs on ABC-TV and draws an astounding 39.3 rating/56 share, 90 million people. 1993 - US officially backs peace plan in Bosnia. 1995 - Chelsi Smith, 21, Miss Texas, crowned 44th Miss USA. 1996 - IBM's chess computer "Deep Blue" defeats world chess champion Gary Kasparov in the first game of a regulation six-game match. 1997 - Lemrick Nelson found guilty in the fatal stabbing on Hasidic Jew Yankel Rosenbaum in Crown Heights Brooklyn in 1991. 1997 - O J Simpson jury reaches decision on $25 million in punitive damages. 1998 - AOL raises monthly flat rate Internet access from $19.95 to $21.95. 1998 - Voters in Maine repeal a gay rights law passed in 1997, becoming the first U.S. state to abandon such a law. 2007 - U.S. Senator Barack Obama of Illinois announces a presidential bid in Springfield, Illinois, USA. 2009 - U.S. Treasury chief Timothy Geithner unveils a bank rescue plan of US$2 trillion to buy up bad assets and restore credit. 2009 - General Motors Corp announces it will cut its global salaried work force by about 10,000, or 14 percent. 2009 - The U.S. Senate passes its own US$838 billion version of a rescue plan to fight the deepening recession, voting 61 to 37. 2009 - An American Iridium Satellite-operated communications satellite and the defunct Russian Cosmos-2251 military satellite collide at about 485 miles above the Russian Arctic, leaving a debris field of millions of pieces. This is the first publicly known satellite collision. Births on February 10 1902 - Birth of Stella Adler in New York, USA; actress (My Girl Tisa). 1905 - Birth of John Dierkes in Ohio, USA; actor (Daughter of Dr Jekyll, Hanging Tree). 1906 - Birth of Lon Chaney in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA; actor (Dracula vs. Frankenstein, The Phantom, Hawkeye, Pistols 'n' Petticoats). 1914 - Birth of Larry Adler in Baltimore, Maryland, USA; harmonica player (Harmonicats) (blacklisted performer). 1916 - Birth of Edward Ross Roybal AKA Ed Roybal in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA; American politician (Representative-Democrat-California, 1963-1993). 1922 - Birth of Neva Patterson in Nevada, Iowa, USA; actress (Governor and JJ, Doc Elliot, Nichols). 1924 - Birth of Randy Van Horne in El Paso, Texas, USA; singer (Nat King Cole Show). 1927 - Birth of Leontyne Mary Violet Price in Laurel, Mississippi, USA; opera soprano (Porgy and Bess). 1930 - Birth of Robert Wagner in Detroit, Michigan, USA; actor (It Takes a Thief, Hart to Hart). 1939 - Birth of Barbara Kolb in Hartford, Connecticut, USA; composer (Trobar Jus). 1939 - Birth of Roberta Flack in Black Mountain (Asheville), North Carolina, USA; vocalist ("The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face"). 1943 - Birth of Ral Donner [Ralph Stuart] in Black Mountain, North Carolina, USA; singer (Starfires). 1950 - Birth of Mark Spitz in Modesto, California, USA; swimmer (Olympics - 9 gold/silver/bronze - 1968, 1972). 1951 - Birth of Roxanne Pulitzer in Glendale, California, USA; author (The Prize Pulitzer). 1955 - Birth of Lusia Mae Harris in Minter City, Mississippi, USA; basketball player (Olympics-silver-1976). 1960 - Birth of Lionel Cartwright in Ohio, USA; country vocalist ("I Watched it on the Radio"). 1964 - Birth of Sam Graddy in Gaffney, South Carolina, USA; 4x100 metre runner (Olympics-gold-1984). 1965 - Birth of Lenny Webster in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA; catcher (Montreal Expos). 1967 - Birth of Laura Dern in Los Angeles, California, USA; actress (Blue Velvet, Mask, Small Talk). 1968 - Birth of Ryan Bowen, US baseball pitcher (Florida Marlins). 1969 - Birth of Jayhawk Owens in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA; catcher (Colorado Rockies). 1969 - Birth of Tim Clark; US baseball outfielder (Florida Marlins). 1970 - Birth of Alberto Castillo; Dominican/US baseball catcher (New York Mets). 1970 - Birth of Bobby Jones in Fresno, California, USA; pitcher (New York Mets). 1970 - Birth of Brendan Eppert in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA; speed skater (Olympics-1994). 1971 - Birth of Kevin Sefcik in Oaklawn, Illinois, USA; infielder (Philadelphia Phillies). 1971 - Birth of Marty Nothstein in Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA; sprint cyclist Olympics-silver-1996). 1972 - Birth of Nancy Christian; Scottsdale, Arizona, USA; WPVA volleyball player (US Open-17th-1995). 1972 - Birth of Sara Simmons in Belmont, Massachusetts, USA; rower (Olympics-1996). 1977 - Birth of Stephanie Ann Foisy in Concord, New Hampshire; Miss New Hampshire-America (1995). 1981 - Birth of The Reverend Tholomew Plague; American drummer (Avenged Sevenfold). 1991 - Birth of Emma Roberts, American actress. 1997 - Birth of Chloe Moretz, American actress. Deaths on February 10 1957 - Laura Ingalls Wilder, US author (Little House on Prarie), dies at age 90. 1968 - Pitirim A Sorokin, Russian/US sociologist, dies at age 79. 1984 - Death of David Von Erich, American professional wrestler (born 1958). 1992 - Alex Haley, American author (Autobiography of Malcolm X, Roots), dies at age 70 (born 1921). 1994 - Birth of Makenzie Vega, American actress. 1998 - Buddy the Wonder Dog (star of Air Bud), dies of cancer at age 9. 2000 - Death of Jim Varney, American actor noted for his character, Ernest P. Worrell (born 1949). 2001 - Death of Abraham Beame, mayor of New York City from 1974 to 1977 (born 1906). 2003 - Death of Edgar de Evia, American photographer (born 1910). 2003 - Death of Ron Ziegler, Richard Nixon's White House Press Secretary (born 1939). 2005 - Death of Arthur Miller, American playwright (born 1915). 2006 - Death of J Dilla, American music producer (born 1974). 2008 - Death of Roy Scheider, American actor (born 1932). 2010 - Charles Nesbitt Wilson, US Democratic congressman for Texas (1973-96), dies at age 76 of cardiopulmonary arrest in Texas; for 24 years Wilson supported sending weapons and money to Afghanistan in the 1980s versus the Soviet Union.         Your Ad Here You can pick a particular day to view that day's events in history. Bookmark this URL:   http://thisdayinhistoryinfo.info/usa/   and revisit each day. (this URL will automatically re-direct to the file containing the current day's events) Or, visit my Timelines of History page. 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