History for February 10

History for February 10 - On-This-Day.com:
Boris Pasternak 1890, Maurice Harold Macmillan 1894 - British Prime Minister from 1957-1963, Robert Wagner 1930 - Actor ("Hart to Hart")


Roberta Flack 1939 - Singer, Mark Spitz 1950 - Olympic gold-medal swimmer, Greg Norman 1955


1763 - The Treaty of Paris ended the French and Indian War. In the treaty France ceded Canada to England.


1846 - Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints began their exodus to the west from Illinois.


1863 - In New York City, two of the world’s most famous midgets, General Tom Thumb and Lavinia Warren were married.


1870 - The YWCA was founded in New York City.


1942 - The Normandie, the former French liner, capsized in New York Harbor. The day before the ship had caught fire while it was being fitted for the U.S. Navy.


1949 - "Death of a Salesman" opened at the Morocco Theatre in New York City.


1967 - The 25th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified. The amendment required the appointment of a vice-president when that office became vacant and instituted new measures in the event of presidential disability.


2005 - North Korea publicly announced for the first time that it had nuclear arms. The country also rejected attempts to restart disarmament talks in the near future saying that it needed the weapons as protection against an increasingly hostile United States.