On this day: 10 February

Selected events and births on 10 February, from Wikipedia’s “On this day”.

Events

• 1712 – The Huilliche in Chile's Chiloé Archipelago rose up against Spanish encomenderos in revenge for perceived injustices. Read more: Huilliche people Chiloé Archipelago Huilliche uprising of 1712
• 1840 – 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. Read more: Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Queen Victoria
• 1940 – Puss Gets the Boot, the first Tom and Jerry cartoon, was released to theaters. Read more: Puss Gets the Boot Tom and Jerry
• 1962 – The first solo exhibition by Roy Lichtenstein opened, including the painting Look Mickey, which featured his first use of Ben Day dots, speech balloons, and comic imagery sourcing. Read more: Roy Lichtenstein Look Mickey Ben Day process
• 1996 – 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. Read more: Deep Blue (chess computer) Garry Kasparov Chess

Born on this day

• 1939 – Adrienne Clarkson, Hong Kong-Canadian journalist and politician, 26th Governor General of Canada Read more: Adrienne Clarkson Governor General of Canada
• 1944 – Frank Keating, American lawyer and politician, 25th Governor of Oklahoma Read more: Frank Keating Governor of Oklahoma
• 1952 – Lee Hsien Loong, Singaporean general and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Singapore Read more: Lee Hsien Loong Prime Minister of Singapore
• 1956 – Enele Sopoaga, Tuvaluan politician, 12th Prime Minister of Tuvalu Read more: Enele Sopoaga Prime Minister of Tuvalu
• 1997 – Josh Jackson, American basketball player Read more: Josh Jackson (basketball)
• 1997 – Lilly King, American swimmer Read more: Lilly King
• 1999 – Tiffany Espensen, American actress Read more: Tiffany Espensen
• 2000 – María Carlé, Argentine tennis player Read more: María Lourdes Carlé
• 2000 – Yara Shahidi, American actress and model Read more: Yara Shahidi
• 2001 – Sergio Camello, Spanish footballer Read more: Sergio Camello
• 2006 – Megan Skiendiel, American singer, dancer and actress Read more: Megan Skiendiel
• 2009 – Antonio Arena, Italian footballer Read more: Antonio Arena

Text from Wikipedia: Selected anniversaries / February 10 and the linked articles, via the Wikimedia “On this day” feed, under CC BY-SA 4.0. We leave out entries about wars, violence and disasters to keep this page family-friendly.