February 10

People born on this day are Aquarius.

On this day in history01

1967
The 25th Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified.
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1972
Ras Al Khaimah joins the United Arab Emirates, now making up seven emirates.
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1984
Kenyan soldiers kill an estimated 5,000 ethnic Somali Kenyans in the Wagalla massacre.
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1989
Ron Brown is elected chairman of the Democratic National Committee, becoming the first African American to lead a major American political party.
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1996
IBM supercomputer Deep Blue defeats Garry Kasparov in chess for the first time.
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2003
France 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.
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2004
Forty-three people are killed and three are injured when a Fokker 50 crashes near Sharjah International Airport.
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2009
The communications satellites Iridium 33 and Kosmos 2251 collide in orbit, destroying both.
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2016
South Korea decides to stop the operation of the Kaesong joint industrial complex with North Korea in response to the launch of Kwangmyŏngsŏng-4.
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2018
Nineteen people are killed and 66 injured when a Kowloon Motor Bus double decker on route 872 in Hong Kong overturns.
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2021
The traditional Carnival in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil is canceled for the first time because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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2021
Texas' worst energy infrastructure failure, the 2021 Texas power crisis, starts.
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