 |
| February 10 |
1942: The first Gold record was presented to Glenn Miller for "Chattanooga Choo Choo".
1962: The Soviet Union exchanged captured American U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers for the Soviet spy Rudolf Abel.
1967: The 25th Amendment to the United States Constitution, clarifying the procedures for presidential succession, was ratified.
1996: IBM supercomputer Deep Blue defeated Garry Kasparov, the reigning world chess champion, in a game of chess for the first time.
2005: North Korea declared that it had nuclear weapons.
2013: A blizzard hit the Northeastern United States, leaving nearly 700,000 people without power.
2021: NASA's Mars rover Perseverance successfully landed on Mars, beginning its mission to search for signs of past microbial life and collect rock and soil samples for possible return to Earth.
These are just a few notable events that occurred on February 10 throughout history.
No comments:
Post a Comment