Daily Calendar for Tuesday, February 10, 2026
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Tuesday, February 10, 2026
Born
- Boris Pasternak (poet) –
- Alan Hale (actor) –
- Jimmy Durante (comedian) –
- Bill Tilden, Jr. (tennis player) –
- John F. Enders (scientist, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1954) –
- Bertolt Brecht (dramatist) –
- Lon Chaney, Jr. (actor) –
- Leontyne Price (opera singer) –
- Robert Wagner, Jr. (actor) –
- Roberta Flack (singer) –
- Adrienne Clarkson (Canadian Governor General) –
- Mark Spitz (9-time Olympic gold medal swimmer; was born in Modesto, California) –
- Greg Norman (golfer) –
- George Stephanopoulos (political consultant & commentator) –
- Victor Davis (Olympic swimmer) –
- Laura Dern (actress) –
- Emma Roberts (actress) –
- Makenzie Vega (actress) –
Died
- Laura Ingalls Wilder (author) –
- Billy Rose (composer & bandleader) –
- Alex Haley (author) –
- Jim Varney (actor) –
- Retired Lt. Gen. Vernon Walters (ambassador to the UN and Germany) –
- Arthur Miller (playwright) –
- Roy Scheider (actor) –
- Shirley Temple Black (actress) –
Events
- Edmond Halley became second Astronomer Royal of England –
- France ceded Canada to England at the Treaty of Paris, ending the French and Indian War –
- Treaty of Paris is signed, formally ending the French and Indian War –
- Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom married Prince Albert of Saxe Coburg-Gotha –
- Act of Union merged Upper and Lower Canada –
- Showman P. T. Barnum staged the wedding of General Tom Thumb and Mercy Lavinia Warren (both little people) in New York. They had to stand on a piano to greet their guests. –
- Alanson Crane patented a fire extinguisher system –
- Ontario’s first free public library opened, in Guelph –
- German government informed the U.S. that after March 1, 1916, armed merchantmen would be treated as warships and attacked without warning (WW I) –
- New Delhi became the capital of India –
- The New York City-based Postal Telegraph Company introduced the first singing telegram –
- The first gold record was awarded for sales of over one million copies. It was Glenn Miller’s Chattanooga Choo Choo” on RCA” –
- Arthur Miller’s play Death of a Salesman premiered in NY –
- Soviets released U.S. U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers in Berlin in exchange for convicted Soviet agent Rudolf Abel –
- The 25th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified, providing a contingency plan for presidential succession –
- Peggy Fleming won an Olympic Gold medal in figure skating –
- Arab terrorists killed 1 Israeli and wounded 11 others in an attack at the Munich, West Germany, airport –
- 28 skiers performed backflips while holding hands, Bromont Québec –
- Bonnie Blair became the first U.S. medal winner at the Winter Olympics in Albertville in the women’s 500-meter speed skating. Also the first woman in Olympic history to win consecutive Winter Olympic gold medals –
- Garry Kasparov began chess match against computer Deep Blue”“ –
- Brett Hull scored his 700th NHL goal –
- Ray Allen of the Boston Celtics sank his 2,561st 3-pointer, breaking the NBA record set by Reggie Miller –
Weather
- Early morning tornado at Albany, Georgia, caused over $3 million loss –
- Thundersnow (heavy snow accompanied by thunder and lightning) in northern New Hampshire –
- A rare February tornado in southern Oklahoma killed at least 9 people –