February 10 Events

2011 An undersea fiber-optic cable arrives in Cuba, linking it to Venezuela. Venezuela offered to help Cuba speed its internet connection when the U.S. refused
2011 The North American winter storm continues across the Southeastern United States and the Tennessee Valley
2010 Afghan officials remove 150 bodies of people killed by avalanches in the Salang Pass in the Hindu Kush mountains earlier in the week
2009 A large amount of space debris is created when a Russan and American satellite collide over Siberia
2006 2006 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in Turin, Italy
2005 North Korea announces that it has nuclear weapons
1998 AOL raises monthly flat rate internet access from $19.95 to $21.95
1998 Olympic figure skater Peggy Fleming undergoes breast cancer surgery
1997 13th Soap Opera Digest Awards
1997 5th annual ESPY Awards presented
1997 Comet Shoemaker-Holt 2 Closest Approach to Earth (1.9245 AU)
1997 O. J. Simpson jury reaches decision on $25M in punitive damages
1997 Soyuz TM-25 launches to the MIR
1997 Lemrick Nelson found guilty in the fatal stabbing on Hasidic Jew Yankel Rosenbaum in Crown Heights Brooklyn in 1991
1996 IBM's Deep Blue defeats chess champ Gary Kasparov
1995 Chelsi Smith, 21, (Texas), crowned 44th Miss USA
1995 Sun Cayun pole vaults female indoor world record (4.12m)
1995 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Nicole Bobek
1993 Jani Sievinen swims world record 200m backstroke (1:55.59)
1993 U.S. officially backs peace plan in Bosnia
1993 "Michael Jackson Talks To Oprah Winfrey" airs on ABC and drew an astounding 39.3 rating/56 share, 90 million people
1992 "Dangerous Women" final episode on WWOR-TV
1992 Bonnie Blair wins 1992 Olympics 1st gold medal for USA
1992 Mike Tyson convicted of raping Desiree Washington in Indiana
1991 "La Bete" opens at Eugene O'Neill Theater New York City for 24 performances
1991 41st NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 116-114 at Charlotte
1991 Beth Daniel wins LPGA Phar-Mor at Inverrary Golf Tournament
1991 Johann Koss skates world record 10 km (13:43.54)
1991 Lithuania votes for independence from U.S.S.R.
1991 NBA All Star Game at Charlotte North Carolina
1990 6th Largest wrestling crowd (63,900-Tokyo Dome)
1990 Buster Douglas KOs Mike Tyson in 10 for heavyweight boxing title
1990 Pierrer Water pulls product from shelf due to benzine in water
1990 South Africa President de Klerk announces Nelson Mandela will be free Feb 11th
1990 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Jill Trenary
1989 Celtic Kansas City Jones and Cavalier Lenny Wilkens elected to NBA Hall of Fame
1989 Miami Vice's 100th episode seen on TV
1989 Minor League Football System opens organizational meeting, St. Louis
1989 Ron Brown chosen 1st black chairman of a major U.S. party (Democrats)
1989 Test Cricket debut of Aaqib Javed, Pak vs. New Zealand age 16 years 189 days
1989 Tony Robinson of Jamaica becomes Nottingham's 1st black sheriff
1989 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1989 To gain deregulation WWF admits pro wrestling is an exhibition and not a sport, in a New Jersey court
1988 Rocky Malebane-Metsing coup in Bophuthatswana fails
1988 3-judge panel of 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco strikes down Army's ban on homosexuals (later overturned by appeal)
1987 Philippine troops murder 17 civilians-Lupao Massacre
1986 "John Lennon: Live in New York City" album is released
1985 35th NBA All-Star Game: West beats East 140-129 at Indiana
1985 Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS-51-E mission