2026 Tumbler Ridge shooting
Shootings at a residence and a school in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, Canada, leave nine people dead and 27 injured.
What happened on February 10
40 events · 20 births · 20 deaths · 8 observances. From 1220 to 2026.
Standout on February 10
2021
Rio Carnival
The traditional Carnival in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil is canceled for the first time because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
About February 10
February 10 is the 41st day of the year. These facts are computed from the calendar, not copied from anywhere.
- Day of the year
- Day 41 of 365 (41 in leap years)324 days left in the year (325 in leap years)
- Falls on
- Tuesday in 2026, Wednesday in 2027, Thursday in 2028, Saturday in 2029, Sunday in 2030
- Week
- ISO week 7 of 2026 · Q1
- Zodiac sign
- ♒ Aquarius (January 20 – February 18)
- Season
- Winter in the north · Summer in the south
- February birthstone
- Amethystcalm, clarity and courage
- February birth flower
- Violet / Primrosefaithfulness and young love
- Next occurrence
- In 106 days
- Roman numerals
- X.IIday.month — see the Roman numeral date tool
Anniversaries in 2026
- 90thSecond Italo-Ethiopian War1936
- 30thAlexandar Georgiev1996
- 30thDeep Blue (chess computer)1996
- 30thEmanuel Mammana1996
- 30thIBM1996
- 25thSergio Camello2001
- 20thMegan Skiendiel2006
- 10thFatima Surayya Bajia2016
February 10 through the years
- 10 years ago2016
- South Korea · Fatima Surayya Bajia
- 25 years ago2001
- Sergio Camello
- 50 years ago1976
- Nothing recorded
- 100 years ago1926
- Nothing recorded
- 200 years ago1826
- Nothing recorded
Born on February 10 — ages this year
- 2009Antonio Arenaturns 17
- 2006Megan Skiendielturns 20
- 2001Sergio Camelloturns 25
- 2000Yara Shahiditurns 26
- 2000María Lourdes Carléturns 26
- 1999Tiffany Espensenturns 27
Historical events 40
A dated happening — a battle, treaty, launch, discovery, disaster or decision — recorded on this calendar day.
2021 Texas power crisis
Texas' worst energy infrastructure failure, the 2021 Texas power crisis, starts.
Rio Carnival
The traditional Carnival in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil is canceled for the first time because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Kowloon Motor Bus
Nineteen people are killed and 66 injured when a Kowloon Motor Bus double decker on route 872 in Hong Kong overturns.
South Korea
South Korea decides to stop the operation of the Kaesong joint industrial complex with North Korea in response to the launch of Kwangmyŏngsŏng-4.
2013 Prayag Kumbh Mela stampede
Thirty-six people are killed and 39 others are injured in a stampede in Allahabad, India, during the Kumbh Mela festival.
Iridium 33
The satellites Iridium 33 and Kosmos 2251 destroyed each other in the first accidental hypervelocity collision between two intact satellites in low Earth orbit.
Communications satellite
The communications satellites Iridium 33 and Kosmos 2251 collide in orbit, destroying both.
Namdaemun
The Namdaemun gate in Seoul, the first of South Korea's National Treasures, was severely damaged by arson (damage pictured).
Fokker 50
Forty-three people are killed and three are injured when a Fokker 50 crashes near Sharjah International Airport.
NATO
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.
IBM
IBM supercomputer Deep Blue defeats Garry Kasparov in chess for the first time.
Deep Blue (chess computer)
Deep Blue defeated Garry Kasparov in a game of chess, the first ever game won by a chess-playing computer against a World Chess Champion under chess tournament conditions.
Ron Brown
Ron Brown is elected chairman of the Democratic National Committee, becoming the first African American to lead a major American political party.
Kenya Army
Kenyan soldiers kill an estimated 5,000 ethnic Somali Kenyans in the Wagalla massacre.
Ras Al Khaimah
Ras Al Khaimah joins the United Arab Emirates, now making up seven emirates.
Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution
The 25th Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified.
Melbourne–Voyager collision
Melbourne–Voyager collision: The aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne collides with and sinks the destroyer HMAS Voyager off the south coast of New South Wales, Australia, killing 82.
Rudolf Abel
Rudolf Abel, a Soviet spy arrested by the FBI, was exchanged for Francis Gary Powers, the pilot of the CIA spy plane that had been shot down over Soviet airspace two years earlier.
Cold War
Cold War: Captured American U2 spy-plane pilot Gary Powers is exchanged for captured Soviet spy Rudolf Abel.
Roy Lichtenstein
The first solo exhibition by Roy Lichtenstein (pictured) opened, including the painting Look Mickey, which featured his first use of Ben Day dots, speech balloons, and comic imagery sourcing.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower warns against United States intervention in Vietnam.
Paris Peace Treaties, 1947
The Paris Peace Treaties are signed by Italy, Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria, Finland and the Allies of World War II.
World War II
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.
Operation Colossus
In the first airborne operation undertaken by the British military, a small force of paratroopers landed near Calitri, Italy, to destroy an aqueduct.
Puss Gets the Boot
Puss Gets the Boot, the first Tom and Jerry cartoon, was released to theaters.
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union begins mass deportations of Polish citizens from occupied eastern Poland to Siberia.
Spanish Civil War
Spanish Civil War: The Nationalists concluded their conquest of Catalonia and sealed the border with France.
Second Italo-Ethiopian War
Second Italo-Ethiopian War: The Battle of Amba Aradam began, ending nine days later in a decisive tactical victory for Italy and the neutralisation of almost the entire Ethiopian army as a fighting force.
Việt Nam Quốc Dân Đảng
The Việt Nam Quốc Dân Đảng launched the failed Yên Bái mutiny in the hope of ending French colonial rule in Vietnam.
Inter-Allied Women's Conference
The Inter-Allied Women's Conference (delegates pictured) opened as a counterpart to the Paris Peace Conference, marking the first time that women were allowed formal participation in an international treaty negotiation.
Royal Navy
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.
American Civil War
American Civil War: A Union naval flotilla destroyed the bulk of the Confederate Mosquito Fleet in the Battle of Elizabeth City on the Pasquotank River in North Carolina.
Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Queen Victoria married at the Chapel Royal in St James's Palace, London, with Albert being granted the title prince consort.
War of the Sixth Coalition
War of the Sixth Coalition: A French army led by Napoleon effectively destroyed a small Russian corps commanded by Zakhar Dmitrievich Olsufiev.
Seven Years' War
To end the Seven Years' War, Britain, France and Spain signed the Treaty of Paris, which significantly reduced the size of the French colonial empire and marked the beginning of an extensive period of British dominance outside of Europe.
Huilliche people
The Huilliche in Chile's Chiloé Archipelago rose up against Spanish encomenderos in revenge for perceived injustices.
University of Oxford
A tavern dispute between students of the University of Oxford and townspeople in Oxford became a riot that left about 90 people dead.
Abbasid Caliphate
The last Abbasid caliph surrendered Baghdad to the besieging Mongol army of Hulegu Khan, who later sacked the city, killing hundreds of thousands of people.
Mongol invasion of the Khwarazmian Empire
Mongol invasion of the Khwarazmian Empire: the city of Bukhara was captured and looted by the Mongol army of Genghis Khan.
Births 20
A notable person born on this day. Each links to a person page with their dates and story.
Deaths 20
A notable person who died on this day.
Jose de Venecia Jr.
Jose de Venecia Jr., Filipino politician and journalist, 17th and 21st Speaker of the Philippine House of Representatives (born 1936)
Fatima Surayya Bajia
Fatima Surayya Bajia, Indian-Pakistani author and playwright (born 1930)
Stuart Hall (cultural theorist)
Stuart Hall, Jamaican-English sociologist and theorist (born 1932)
David Hartman (rabbi)
David Hartman, American-Israeli rabbi and philosopher, founded the Shalom Hartman Institute (born 1931)
W. Watts Biggers
W. Watts Biggers, American author, screenwriter, and animator (born 1927)
Lloyd Morrison
Lloyd Morrison, New Zealand banker and businessman, founded H. R. L. Morrison & Co (born 1957)
Holidays & observances 8
A holiday, feast day, awareness day or national day observed every year on this date.
Public holidays in Malta
Feast of St. Paul's Shipwreck (Malta)
Charalambos
Christian feast day: Charalambos
Austrebertha
Christian feast day: Austrebertha
Scholastica
Christian feast day: Scholastica
Public holidays in Eritrea
Fenkil Day(commemoration of the Second Battle of Massawa) (Eritrea)
Beatification
Christian feast day: Blessed Eusebia Palomino Yenes
February 10 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Christian feast day: February 10 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
José Sánchez del Río
Christian feast day: José Sánchez del Río
Spread across the centuries
- 13th century2
- 14th century1
- 18th century2
- 19th century3
- 20th century38
- 21st century34
Earliest: Mongol invasion of the Khwarazmian Empire (1220). Most recent: 2026 Tumbler Ridge shooting (2026).
What the categories mean, and how the standout is chosen
- Historical events
- A dated happening — a battle, treaty, launch, discovery, disaster or decision — recorded on this calendar day.
- Births
- A notable person born on this day. Each links to a person page with their dates and story.
- Deaths
- A notable person who died on this day.
- Milestones
- A first, a founding or a turning point our editors flagged as a landmark moment.
- Holidays & observances
- A holiday, feast day, awareness day or national day observed every year on this date.
- Standout / notable
- Editor-written entries come first, then entries covered by the most Wikipedia language editions. For the standout tile we prefer an entry that has a picture.
Nearby and related
Questions about February 10
What day of the year is February 10?
February 10 is the 41st day of the year, with 324 days left after it.
What star sign is February 10?
February 10 falls under Aquarius (January 20 – February 18), a air sign ruled by Uranus (traditionally Saturn). The birthstone for the month is Amethyst.
How many things happened on February 10?
We record 88 entries for February 10: 40 events · 20 births · 20 deaths · 8 observances. From 1220 to 2026.
Who was born on February 10?
Antonio Arena (2009) is among the notable births on February 10. The births section lists the rest.
How often is the February 10 page updated?
The day is filled the first time anyone opens it and then re-checked for new entries about every 90 days. Computed facts such as the weekday and the anniversaries update every year.
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