Other Notable Events, February 10
Published in History & Quotes
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.
In 1870, the Young Women's Christian Association was founded in New York.
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 1967, Minnesota and Nevada ratified the 25th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The amendment deals with presidential succession.
In 1987, U.S. Surgeon General C. Everett Koop endorsed television advertising for condoms to help curb the spread of AIDS.
In 1991, ANC gunmen ambushed an Inkatha Freedom Party motorcade outside Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, killing 17 and wounding 29.
In 1992, an Indianapolis jury convicted former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson in the rape of a beauty pageant contestant.
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