February 10 - This day in History

February 10: General Interest
1996: Kasparov loses chess game to computer

On this day in 1996, after three hours, world chess champion Gary Kasparov loses the first game of a six-game match against Deep Blue, an IBM computer capable of evaluating 200 million moves per second... read more


American Revolution
1779 : The Battle of Carr's Fort
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-battle-of-carrs-fort


Automotive
1966 : Auto safety crusader Ralph Nader testifies before Congress
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/auto-safety-crusader-ralph-nader-testifies-before-congress


Civil War
1861 : Davis learns he is Confederate president
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/davis-learns-he-is-president


Cold War
1962 : Soviets exchange American for captured Russian spy
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/soviets-exchange-american-for-captured-russian-spy


Crime
1992 : Boxing legend convicted of raping beauty queen
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/boxing-legend-convicted-of-raping-beauty-queen


Disaster
1970 : Avalanche buries skiers in France
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/avalanche-buries-skiers-in-france


General Interest
1763 : The French and Indian War ends
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-french-and-indian-war-ends

1962 : Spies swapped
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/spies-swapped

1989 : Brown elected chairman of the Democratic Party
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/brown-elected-chairman-of-the-democratic-party


Hollywood
2006 : Final episode of Arrested Development airs on Fox
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/final-episode-of-arrested-development-airs-on-fox

2014 : Iconic child star Shirley Temple dies at 85
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/iconic-child-star-shirley-temple-dies-at-85


Literary
1957 : Laura Ingalls Wilder, chronicler of American frontier life, dies
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/laura-ingalls-wilder-chronicler-of-american-frontier-life-dies


Music
1972 : Ziggy Stardust makes his earthly debut
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/ziggy-stardust-makes-his-earthly-debut


Old West
1846 : Mormons begin exodus to Utah
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/mormons-begin-exodus-to-utah


Presidential
1899 : Herbert Hoover marries Lou Henry
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/herbert-hoover-marries-lou-henry


Sports
1996 : Deep Blue beats Kasparov at chess
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/deep-blue-beats-kasparov-at-chess


Vietnam War
1965 : Viet Cong blow up U.S. barracks
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/viet-cong-blow-up-us-barracks

1971 : Journalists killed in helicopter crash
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/journalists-killed-in-helicopter-crash


World War I
1916 : U.S. secretary of war resigns
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/us-secretary-of-war-resigns


World War II
1942 : Japanese sub bombards Midway
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/japanese-sub-bombards-midway