February 10

1258 – Under the command of Hulagu Khan, the Mongol Hoard takes Baghdad after a 13 day siege

1502 – Vasco da Gama sets sail from Lisbon, Portugal, on his second voyage to India.[3]

1763 – The Treaty of Paris officially ends the French and Indian War in North America.

1861 – Jefferson Davis is notified by telegraph that he has been chosen as provisional President of the Confederate States of America.

1923 – Texas Tech University is founded as Texas Technological College in Lubbock, Texas

1933 – In round 13 of a boxing match at New York City’s Madison Square Garden, Primo Carnera knocks out Ernie Schaaf, who dies 4 days later.

1962 – Captured American U2 spy plane pilot Gary Powers is exchanged for captured Soviet spy Rudolf Abel.

1967 – The 25th Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified.

1996 – The IBM supercomputer Deep Blue defeats Garry Kasparov in chess for the first time.

2021 – The traditional Carnival in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil is canceled for the first time because of the COVID-19 pandemic.