- 1870] Not celebrated in song: The YWCA is founded in New York City. I always thought there should've been an answer hit to the Village People's "YMCA" by a group called the Village Girls, titled "YWCA"...
- 1897] The Gray Lady: The New York Times begins printing the slogan, "All the News That's Fit to Print", upper-left, front page. 112-years later it's still there...
- 1933] Hmmmmmm: The singing telegram is introduced by the Postal Telegram Company of New York City. Roughly 53 trillion butcherings of "Happy Birthday" follow...
- 1942] That sinking feeling: The Normandie, the former French liner capsizes in New York Harbor after catching fire while being fitted for the U.S. Navy the day before...
- 1968] Ice queens: Peggy Fleming wins a gold medal in women's figure skating at the Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France...1992] Bonnie Blair wins gold in 500-meter speed skating at Albertville, France becoming the first woman to win gold medals in consecutive Winter Olympics...
- 1981] Death in the casino: Fire breaks out at the Las Vegas Hilton hotel-casino, killing 8 and injuring 198...
- 1992] "Happy Trails": "Roots" author Alex Haley dies of a heart attack at 70...2005] Playwright Arthur Miller succumbs to heart failure at 89...2008] Veteran actor Roy ("Jaws") Scheider dies at 75 from a staph infection after being treated for multiple myeloma...
- 1992] Guilty as charged: Mike Tyson is convicted in Indianapolis of raping a Miss Black America contestant...
- 2005] The arms race: North Korea publicly announces for the first time that it has nuclear arms...
- 2007] Vote for me: Senator Barack Obama (D-Ill) announces his bid for president...For more on February 10th: C L I C K:
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