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Gravdigr · 02-10-2017, 11:33 AM

February 10

1258 – Baghdad falls to the Mongols, and the Abbasid Caliphate is destroyed.

1306 – In front of the high altar of Greyfriar's Church in Dumfries, Robert the Bruce murders John Comyn sparking revolution in the Wars of Scottish Independence.

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.

1763 – French and Indian War: The Treaty of Paris ends the war and France cedes Quebec to Great Britain.

1840 – Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom marries Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.

1861 – Jefferson Davis is notified by telegraph that he has been chosen as provisional President of the Confederate States of America.

1870 – The YWCA is founded in New York City.

1906 – The Royal Navy battleship HMS Dreadnought was launched, representing such a marked advance in naval technology that her name came to be associated with an entire generation of battleships.

1933 – In 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.

1942 – The first gold record is presented to Glenn Miller for "Chattanooga Choo Choo".

1943 – World 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.

1954 – United States President Dwight Eisenhower warns against United States intervention in Vietnam.

1962 – Captured American U2 spy-plane pilot Gary Powers is exchanged for captured Soviet spy Rudolf Abel.

1962 – Roy Lichtenstein's first solo exhibition opened, and it included Look Mickey, which featured his first employment of Ben-Day dots, speech balloons and comic imagery sourcing, all of which he is now known for.

1996 – IBM supercomputer Deep Blue defeats Garry Kasparov in chess for the first time.

2009 – The first accidental hypervelocity collision between two intact satellites in low Earth orbit took place when Iridium 33 and Kosmos-2251 collided and destroyed each other.

Births

1775 – Charles Lamb; 1846 – Lord Charles Beresford; 1890 – Boris Pasternak; 1892 – Alan Hale, Sr.; 1893 – Jimmy Durante; 1898 – Bertolt Brecht; 1901 – Stella Adler; 1905 – Chick Webb; 1906 – Lon Chaney, Jr. (he was seen walking with the Queen, doin the werewolves of London); 1927 – Leontyne Price; 1929 – Jerry Goldsmith; 1930 – Robert Wagner; 1939 – Roberta Flack; 1944 – Peter Allen; 1950 – Mark Spitz; 1955 – Jim Cramer; 1955 – Greg Norman; 1959 – John Calipari; 1961 – George Stephanopoulos; 1962 – Cliff Burton

(Metallica); 1964 – Glenn Beck

; 1967 – Laura Dern; 1967 – Vince Gilligan; 1974 – Elizabeth Banks; 1982 – Justin Gatlin

; 1991 – Emma Roberts; 1997 – Chloë Grace Moretz

Deaths

1837 – Alexander Pushkin; 1923 – Wilhelm Röntgen; 1957 – Laura Ingalls Wilder; 1966 – Billy Rose; 1992 – Alex Haley; 2000 – Jim Varney; 2005 – Arthur Miller; 2008 – Roy Scheider; 2010 – Charles Wilson; 2014 – Shirley Temple; 2015 - Slick W. Cat

02-10-2017, 11:33 AM	#550
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	February 10 1258 – Baghdad falls to the Mongols, and the Abbasid Caliphate is destroyed. 1306 – In front of the high altar of Greyfriar's Church in Dumfries, Robert the Bruce murders John Comyn sparking revolution in the Wars of Scottish Independence. 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. 1763 – French and Indian War: The Treaty of Paris ends the war and France cedes Quebec to Great Britain. 1840 – Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom marries Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. 1861 – Jefferson Davis is notified by telegraph that he has been chosen as provisional President of the Confederate States of America. 1870 – The YWCA is founded in New York City. 1906 – The Royal Navy battleship HMS Dreadnought was launched, representing such a marked advance in naval technology that her name came to be associated with an entire generation of battleships. 1933 – In 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. 1942 – The first gold record is presented to Glenn Miller for "Chattanooga Choo Choo". 1943 – World 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. 1954 – United States President Dwight Eisenhower warns against United States intervention in Vietnam. 1962 – Captured American U2 spy-plane pilot Gary Powers is exchanged for captured Soviet spy Rudolf Abel. 1962 – Roy Lichtenstein's first solo exhibition opened, and it included Look Mickey, which featured his first employment of Ben-Day dots, speech balloons and comic imagery sourcing, all of which he is now known for. 1996 – IBM supercomputer Deep Blue defeats Garry Kasparov in chess for the first time. 2009 – The first accidental hypervelocity collision between two intact satellites in low Earth orbit took place when Iridium 33 and Kosmos-2251 collided and destroyed each other. Births 1775 – Charles Lamb; 1846 – Lord Charles Beresford; 1890 – Boris Pasternak; 1892 – Alan Hale, Sr.; 1893 – Jimmy Durante; 1898 – Bertolt Brecht; 1901 – Stella Adler; 1905 – Chick Webb; 1906 – Lon Chaney, Jr. (he was seen walking with the Queen, doin the werewolves of London); 1927 – Leontyne Price; 1929 – Jerry Goldsmith; 1930 – Robert Wagner; 1939 – Roberta Flack; 1944 – Peter Allen; 1950 – Mark Spitz; 1955 – Jim Cramer; 1955 – Greg Norman; 1959 – John Calipari; 1961 – George Stephanopoulos; 1962 – Cliff Burton(Metallica); 1964 – Glenn Beck; 1967 – Laura Dern; 1967 – Vince Gilligan; 1974 – Elizabeth Banks; 1982 – Justin Gatlin; 1991 – Emma Roberts; 1997 – Chloë Grace Moretz Deaths 1837 – Alexander Pushkin; 1923 – Wilhelm Röntgen; 1957 – Laura Ingalls Wilder; 1966 – Billy Rose; 1992 – Alex Haley; 2000 – Jim Varney; 2005 – Arthur Miller; 2008 – Roy Scheider; 2010 – Charles Wilson; 2014 – Shirley Temple; 2015 - Slick W. Cat __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.