Editing February 10 (section)

===1901–present===
*[[1906]] &ndash; {{HMS|Dreadnought|1906|6}}, the first of a revolutionary [[Dreadnought|new breed of battleships]], is christened.<ref>{{cite web |title=BBC - History : British History Timeline |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/timeline/worldwars_timeline_noflash.shtml |website=www.bbc.co.uk |access-date=8 October 2020}}</ref>
*[[1920]] &ndash; [[Józef Haller de Hallenburg]] performs the [[Poland's Wedding to the Sea|symbolic wedding of Poland to the sea]], celebrating restitution of Polish access to open sea.
*[[1920]] &ndash; About 75% of the population in Zone I votes to join [[Denmark]] in the [[1920 Schleswig plebiscites]].
*[[1923]] &ndash; [[Texas Tech University]] is founded as Texas Technological College in [[Lubbock, Texas]].
*[[1930]] &ndash; The [[Việt Nam Quốc Dân Đảng]] launches the failed [[Yên Bái mutiny]] in hope of overthrowing [[Annam (French protectorate)|French protectorate over Vietnam]].
*[[1933]] &ndash; In round 13 of a [[boxing]] match at New York City's [[Madison Square Garden (1925)|Madison Square Garden]], [[Primo Carnera]] knocks out [[Ernie Schaaf]]. Schaaf dies four days later.
*[[1936]] &ndash; [[Second Italo-Abyssinian War]]: [[Kingdom of Italy|Italian]] troops launch the [[Battle of Amba Aradam]] against [[Ethiopian Empire|Ethiopian]] defenders.
*[[1939]] &ndash; [[Spanish Civil War]]: The [[Francoist Spain|Nationalists]] conclude their [[Catalonia Offensive|conquest of Catalonia]] and seal the border with France.
*[[1940]] &ndash; The [[Soviet Union]] begins mass deportations of Polish citizens from [[Territories of Poland annexed by the Soviet Union|occupied eastern Poland]] to Siberia.
*[[1943]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: Attempting to completely lift the [[Siege of Leningrad]], the [[Red Army|Soviet Red Army]] engages [[Nazi Germany|German]] troops and [[Francoist Spain|Spanish]] volunteers in the [[Battle of Krasny Bor]].
*[[1947]] &ndash; The [[Paris Peace Treaties, 1947|Paris Peace Treaties]] are signed by Italy, Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria, Finland and the [[Allies of World War II]].
*[[1954]] &ndash; U.S. President [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] warns against United States intervention in [[Vietnam]].
*[[1962]] &ndash; [[Cold War]]: Captured American [[Lockheed U-2|U2 spy-plane]] pilot [[Gary Powers]] is exchanged for captured [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] spy [[Rudolf Abel]].
*[[1964]] &ndash; [[Melbourne–Voyager collision]]: The aircraft carrier {{HMAS|Melbourne|R21|6}} collides with and sinks the destroyer {{HMAS|Voyager|D04|6}} off the south coast of [[New South Wales]], Australia, killing 82.
*[[1967]] &ndash; The [[Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution|25th Amendment to the United States Constitution]] is ratified.
*[[1972]] &ndash; [[Ras al-Khaimah|Ras Al Khaimah]] joins the [[United Arab Emirates]], now making up seven emirates.
*[[1984]] &ndash; [[Kenya Army|Kenyan soldiers]] kill an estimated 5,000 ethnic Somali Kenyans in the [[Wagalla massacre]].
*[[1989]] &ndash; [[Ron Brown]] is elected chairman of the [[Democratic National Committee]], becoming the first [[African Americans|African American]] to lead a major American [[political party]].
*[[1996]] &ndash; [[IBM]] supercomputer [[Deep Blue (chess computer)|Deep Blue]] defeats [[Garry Kasparov]] in chess for the first time.
*[[2003]] &ndash; 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]].
*[[2004]] &ndash; Forty-three people are killed and three are injured when a [[Fokker 50]] [[Kish Air Flight 7170|crashes]] near [[Sharjah International Airport]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|title=ASN Aircraft accident Fokker 50 EP-LCA Sharjah Airport (SHJ)|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20040210-0|access-date=2022-02-09|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]}}</ref>
*[[2009]] &ndash; The [[communications satellite]]s [[Iridium 33]] and [[Kosmos 2251]] [[2009 satellite collision|collide in orbit]], destroying both.
*[[2013]] &ndash; Thirty-six people are killed and 39 others are injured in a [[2013 Kumbh Mela stampede|stampede]] in [[Allahabad]], India, during the [[Kumbh Mela]] festival.
*[[2016]] &ndash; [[South Korea]] decides to stop the [[Kaesong Industrial Region|operation of the Kaesong joint industrial complex]] with [[North Korea]] in response to the launch of [[Kwangmyŏngsŏng-4]].
*[[2018]] &ndash; Nineteen people are killed and 66 injured when a [[Kowloon Motor Bus]] [[double-decker bus|double decker]] on route 872 in [[Hong Kong]] [[2018 Hong Kong bus accident|overturns]].
*[[2021]] &ndash; The traditional [[Rio Carnival|Carnival in Rio de Janeiro]], Brazil is canceled for the first time because of the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil|COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Cancelan tradicional carnaval en Río de Janeiro debido a la pandemia |url=https://www.jornada.com.mx/notas/2021/02/10/mundo/cancelan-tradicional-carnaval-en-rio-de-janeiro-de/ |access-date=March 11, 2021 |work=jornada.com.mx |publisher=La Jornada |date=February 10, 2021 |language=es}}</ref>
*[[2021]] &ndash; Texas' worst energy infrastructure failure, the [[2021 Texas power crisis]], starts.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Vera |first=Eric Levenson,Travis Caldwell,Amir |date=2021-02-18 |title=Texas governor says he is responsible for the status of ERCOT, vows reforms |url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/18/weather/texas-winter-storm-thursday/index.html |access-date=2024-08-05 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref>