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A total lunar eclipse took place on February 10, 1971.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_1971_lunar_eclipse

Millstone Hill radar bounced radar waves off Venus, 1958
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t19745657/lincoln-laboratorys-millstone-hill-radar/



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The St Scholastica Day riot of February 10, 1355, is one of the most notorious events in the history of Oxford.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Scholastica_riot



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Chess computer "Deep Blue" defeated world chess champion Garry Kasparov on the 10th February 1996
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t35804657/ibm-deep-blue/

The first "pantelegram" was sent from Lyons to Paris on 10 February 1862.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pantelegraph

The first recorded hurricane (in modern times) hit the Samoan islands on February 10, 1966
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tutuila#Natural_disasters

The finding of Burt's Ring of Stones was reported in The West Australian on 10 February 1939
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring_of_Stones#Burt.E2.80.99s_Discovery



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The 4th Portuguese India Armada set out from Lisbon on February 10, 1502
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t47763085/4th-portuguese-india-armada/

HMS Dreadnought was launched on the 10th February 1906

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The Mars 4 spacecraft flew past Mars on 10 February 1974
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_4

The Galileo spacecraft made a gravity assist flyby of Venus on February 10, 1990
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galileo_(spacecraft)

Soyuz TM-25 was launchd in 1997
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soyuz_TM-25

ASTRO-E was lost after a failure of the launch vehicle on 10 February 2000
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:M-V_with_ASTRO-E_veering_off_course.jpeg

The Iridium 33 and Kosmos-2251 satellites collided in orbit on the 10th February, 2009
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t25054530/iridium-satellite-crash/



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Garrett Erin Reisman (born February 10, 1968) is an American engineer and former NASA astronaut. 
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t47755626/garrett-erin-reisman/

Edith Clarke (February 10, 1883 - October 29, 1959) was the first female electrical engineer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edith_Clarke

Per Teodor Cleve (10 February 1840 - 18 June 1905) was a Swedish chemist and geologist.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t47755545/per-teodor-cleve-1840-1905/

Sir Henry Thomas De la Beche (10 February 1796 - 13 April 1855) was an English geologist
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t47755546/sir-henry-thomas-de-la-beche-1796-1855/

Edmond Halley succeeded John Flamsteed as Astronomer Royal on the 10th February 1720
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t46047862/edmond-halley-1656-1742/

Agnes Mary Clerke (10 February 1842 - 20 January 1907) was an astronomer and writer
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t47755606/agnes-mary-clerke-1842-1907/

Prof. Dr. Vladimir Georgiev Shkodrov (10 February 1930 - 31 August 2010) was a Bulgarian astronomer.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Shkodrov



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10,000 BC is a 2008 American epic fantasy adventure film that premiered on February 10, 2008.

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NGC 1656 was discovered by John Herschel on the 10th February 1830. 
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56670575/ngc-1656/

NGC 1663 was discovered by William Herschel on the 10th February 1784. 
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56670568/ngc-1663/

NGC 2446 was discovered by John Herschel on the 10th February 1831. 
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56670557/ngc-2446/

NGC 2456 was discovered by John Herschel on the 10th February 1831. 
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56670544/ngc-2456/

NGC 2463 was discovered by John Herschel on the 10th February 1831. 
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56670530/ngc-2463/



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Asteroid 624 Hektor, the largest Jupiter trojan, was discovered in 1907 by August Kopff
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/624_Hektor

Asteroid 697 Galilea was discovered by J. Helffrich in Heidelberg on the 14th February 1910
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/697_Galilea

Asteroid 63 Ausonia was discovered by Annibale de Gasparis on February 10, 1861
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/63_Ausonia



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Meteorites

The Nanjemoy (H6) meteorite fell in Maryland, USA, on the 10th February, 1825.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t47755560/nanjemoy-meteorite/

The Girgenti (L6) meteorite fell in Sicilia, Italy, on the 10th February, 1853.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t47755562/girgenti-meteorite/

The Madrid (L6) meteorite fell in Madrid, Spain, on the 10th February, 1896.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t47755564/madrid-meteorite/

The Gursum (H4/5) meteorite fell in Harerge, Ethiopia, on the 10th February, 1981.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t47755561/gursum-meteorite/



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