February 10

Today in History
• 1763 - Treaty of Paris ends French-Indian War, surrendering Canada to Britain
• 1824 - Simón Bolívar named dictator by the Congress of Peru
• 1863 - The first fire extinguisher patent was issued to Alanson Crane
• 1870 - The YWCA was founded in New York City
• 1879 - The electric arc light was used for the first time
• 1897 - "The New York Times" began printing
• 1923 - Ink paste was manufactured for the first time
• 1935 - The Pennsylvania Railroad began passenger service with its electric locomotive


Holidays - Traditional and Obscure
• All the News That's Fit to Print Day
• Children's Hospice Day
• National Cream Cheese Brownie Day
• National Flannel Day
• National Umbrella Day
• Scout Sabbath
• Valentismas
• World Pulses Day

Birthdays
• 1606 - Christine Marie of France, regent of Savoy
• 1728 - Peter III Feodorovich, German/Russian czar of Russia
• 1824 - Samuel Plimsoll, Bristol England, inventor, Plimsoll line for ships
• 1880 - Jesse G Vincent, Arkansas, engineer designed 1st V-12 engine
• 1890 - Fanny Kaplan, failed assassin of Vladimir Lenin
• 1891 - Harold RLG, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, Governor-General of Canada
• 1897 - John Franklin Enders, Conn, microbiologist, polio-Nobel 1954
• 1894 - Harold Macmillan, British Conservative politician and Prime Minister