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Old 02-09-2014, 09:14 PM
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February 10th
1840 ~ Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom married Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.

1898 ~ Birthday of Bertolt Brecht, Author.

1927 ~ Birthday of Leontyne Price, Soprano.

1933 ~ The first singing telegram was introduced by the Postal Telegram Co. in New York. Sic transit gloria mundi.

1954 ~ President Eisenhower warned against United States intervention in Vietnam.

1962 ~ Captured American spy pilot Francis Gary Powers was exchanged for captured Soviet spy Rudolf Abel.

1984 ~ Birthday of Brent Everett , Canadian porn actor and director.

1996 ~ Deep Blue defeated Garry Kasparov for the first time.

2005 ~ Death of Arthur Miller, playwright .

2007 ~ Sen. Barack Obama announced his bid for president.
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