Summary of the Day ✨ 10 February (10/02)
A violent day unfolded with deadly shootings in Tumbler Ridge, Canada, claiming nine lives and injuring 27, while a catastrophic bus crash in Hong Kong killed 19 and injured 66, as Texas began experiencing its worst energy infrastructure failure in history. Meanwhile, the world reacted to global crises with Rio de Janeiro canceling its famous Carnival for the first time due to COVID-19, and South Korea shutting down the Kaesong industrial complex with North Korea following a satellite launch.
Historical Events 📜
- 2026: Shootings at a residence and a school in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, Canada, leave nine people dead and 27 injured.
- 2021: The traditional Carnival in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil is canceled for the first time because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
- 2021: Texas’ worst energy infrastructure failure, the 2021 Texas power crisis, starts.
- 2018: Nineteen people are killed and 66 injured when a Kowloon Motor Bus double decker on route 872 in Hong Kong overturns.
- 2016: 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: Thirty-six people are killed and 39 others are injured in a stampede in Allahabad, India, during the Kumbh Mela festival.
- 2009: The communications satellites Iridium 33 and Kosmos 2251 collide in orbit, destroying both.
- 2004: Forty-three people are killed and three are injured when a Fokker 50 crashes near Sharjah International Airport.
- 2003: 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.
- 1996: IBM supercomputer Deep Blue defeats Garry Kasparov in chess for the first time.
- 1989: Ron Brown is elected chairman of the Democratic National Committee, becoming the first African American to lead a major American political party.
- 1984: Kenyan soldiers kill an estimated 5,000 ethnic Somali Kenyans in the Wagalla massacre.
- 1972: Ras Al Khaimah joins the United Arab Emirates, now making up seven emirates.
- 1967: The 25th Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified.
- 1964: 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.
Famous Births 👶
- 2009: Antonio Arena, Italian footballer
- 2001: Sergio Camello, Spanish footballer
- 2000: María Carlé, Argentine tennis player
- 2000: Yara Shahidi, American actress and model
- 1999: Tiffany Espensen, American actress
- 1997: Josh Jackson, American basketball player
- 1997: Lilly King, American swimmer
- 1997: Chloë Grace Moretz, American actress
- 1997: Nadia Podoroska, Argentine tennis player
- 1997: Josh Rosen, American football player
- 1997: Adam Armstrong, English footballer
- 1996: Alexandar Georgiev, Bulgarian-Russian ice hockey player
- 1996: Emanuel Mammana, Argentine footballer
- 1995: Sterling Brown, American basketball player
- 1995: Bobby Portis, American basketball player
Notable Deaths 🕊️
- 2026: Jose de Venecia Jr., Filipino politician and journalist, 17th and 21st Speaker of the Philippine House of Representatives (born 1936)
- 2025: Peter Tuiasosopo, American football player and actor (born 1963)
- 2023: AKA, South African rapper (born 1988)
- 2022: Olsen Filipaina, New Zealand rugby league player (born 1957)
- 2021: Larry Flynt, American publisher (born 1942)
- 2019: Carmen Argenziano, American actor (born 1943)
- 2019: Jan-Michael Vincent, American actor (born 1944)
- 2017: Mike Ilitch, American businessman (born 1929)
- 2016: Fatima Surayya Bajia, Indian-Pakistani author and playwright (born 1930)
- 2015: Naseer Aruri, Palestinian scholar and activist (born 1934)
- 2015: Karl Josef Becker, German cardinal and theologian (born 1928)
- 2015: Deng Liqun, Chinese theorist and politician (born 1915)
- 2014: Stuart Hall, Jamaican-English sociologist and theorist (born 1932)
- 2014: Shirley Temple, American actress and diplomat (born 1928)
- 2013: W. Watts Biggers, American author, screenwriter, and animator (born 1927)
Holidays & Observances 🎉
- Christian feast day:
Austrebertha - Christian feast day:
Charalambos - Christian feast day:
Blessed Eusebia Palomino Yenes - Christian feast day:
José Sánchez del Río - Christian feast day:
Scholastica - Christian feast day:
February 10 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) - Feast of St. Paul’s Shipwreck (Malta)
- Fenkil Day(commemoration of the Second Battle of Massawa) (Eritrea)
- Kurdish Authors Union Day (Iraqi Kurdistan)
- National Memorial Day of the Exiles and Foibe (Italy)
- Arabian Leopard Day