Today is Saturday, Feb. 10, the 41st day of 2024 with 325 to follow.
The moon is waxing. Morning stars are Mars, Mercury, Uranus and Venus. Evening stars are Jupiter, Saturn and Uranus.
Those born on this date are under the sign of Aquarius. They include French mathematician Pierre Bouguer in 1698; essayist Charles Lamb in 1775; Russian author Boris Pasternak in 1890; entertainer Jimmy Durante in 1893; German dramatist Bertolt Brecht in 1898; actor Lon Chaney Jr. in 1906; Nobel Peace Prize laureate Georges Pire in 1910; operatic soprano Leontyne Price in 1927 (age 97); actor Robert Wagner in 1930 (age 94); singer Roberta Flack in 1937 (age 87); Olympic gold medal-winning swimmer Mark Spitz in 1950 (age 74); golfer Greg Norman in 1955 (age 69); television commentator/host George Stephanopoulos in 1961 (age 63); political commentator Glenn Beck in 1964 (age 60); actor Laura Dern in 1967 (age 57); actor Elizabeth Banks in 1974 (age 50); actor Stephanie Beatriz in 1981 (age 43); actor Uzo Aduba in 1981 (age 43); actor Trevante Rhodes in 1990 (age 34); actor Emma Roberts in 1991 (age 33); actor Chloe Grace Moretz in 1997 (age 27); actor Tiffany Espensen in 1999 (age 25); actor Yara Shahidi in 2000 (age 24).
On this date in history:
In 1763, the Treaty of Paris ended the Seven Years’ War between Britain and Spain and also the French and Indian War, with France ceding Quebec to Great Britain. Many such truces have held the title “Treaty of Paris” as the city has hosted numerous negotiations over the centuries, as outlined in this 1969 UPI article.
In 1897, the slogan “All The News That’s Fit To Print” first appeared on Page One of The New York Times.
In 1931, New Delhi was made the capital of India.
In 1962, captured U-2 spy plane pilot Francis Gary Powers was returned to the United States by Russia in exchange for Soviet spy Rudolf Abel.
In 1964, 82 Australian sailors died when an aircraft carrier and a destroyer collided off New South Wales, Australia.
In 1971, four photojournalists — Kent Potter of United Press International, Henry Huet of the Associated Press, Larry Burrows of Life magazine and Keisaburo Shimamoto of Newsweek — died after the South Vietnamese air force helicopter they were in was shot down over Laos during the Vietnam War.
In 1992, an Indianapolis jury convicted former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson in the rape of a beauty pageant contestant. Tyson was sentenced to six years in prison and released after three.
In 1996, a computer — IBM’s Deep Blue — won a game against world champion chess player Garry Kasparov. But Kasparov won three games and drew two others in winning the overall match with Deep Blue.
In 2007, U.S. Army Lt. Gen. David Petraeus assumed control of the U.S. forces in Iraq at a ceremony in Baghdad. He described his new job as “hard but not hopeless.”
In 2011, a 14-year-old suicide bomber in a school uniform attacked an army parade ground in Pakistan, killing at least 27 soldiers and injuring more than 40 others.
In 2013, the northeastern United States was digging out from a monster snowstorm that killed nine people and left at least 400,000 households without power.
In 2021, scientists in France announced that an 18,000-year-old conch shell is believed to be the world’s oldest known wind instrument. It was discovered in the Marsoulas Cave in the Pyrenees mountain range in 1931.
A thought for the day: “Art is the only thing you cannot punch a button for. You must do it the old-fashioned way. Stay up and really burn the midnight oil. There are no compromises.” — American singer Leontyne Price
