Today in History: February 10

Here’s a chronological timetable of events that occurred on this day in history. Find out what happened today in history.

1258                      Mongol leader, Hulagu seizes Baghdad bringing an end to the Abbasid caliphate.

1763                      Treaty of Paris ends French-Indian War.

1799                      Napoleon Bonaparte leaves Cairo, Egypt for Syria, leading 13,000 men.

1840                     Queen Victoria marries Prince Albert.

1904                     Russia and Japan declare war .

1939                     Japanese occupy Hainan Island.

1941                      London (UK) severs diplomatic relations with Romania.

1941                      German planes attack Iceland.

1945                     B-29s hit Tokyo area.

1955                     Bell Aircraft displays a fixed-wing vertical-take-off plane.

1979                     Metropolitan Museum announces first major theft

1986                     The largest Mafia trial with 474 defendants opens in Palermo, Italy.

Born on February 10

1893                     Jimmy Durante, American comedian, film actor.

1894                     Harold MacMillan, British Prime Minister (1957-1963).

1898                     Bertolt Brecht, German poet, dramatist.

1902                     Walter Brattain, inventor of transistor.

1920                     Alex Comfort, English physician, author.

1927                     (Mary Violet) Leontyne Price, opera singer.

Source: History Net