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Tuesday, 10 February 2026

2003

France and Belgium break the NATO procedure of silent approval concerning the timing of protective measures for Turkey in case of a possible war with Iraq.

1998

Voters in Maine repeal a gay rights law passed in 1997 becoming the first U.S. state to abandon such a law.

1996

The IBM supercomputer Deep Blue defeats Garry Kasparov for the first time.

1989

Ron Brown is elected chairman of the Democratic National Committee becoming the first African American to lead a major American political party.

1981

A fire at the Las Vegas Hilton hotel-casino kills eight and injures 198.

1967

The 25th Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified.

1964

Melbourne-Voyager collision: The aircraft carrier {{HMAS|Melbourne|R21|6}} collides with the destroyer {{HMAS|Voyager|D04|6}} off the south coast of New South Wales, Australia.

1962

Captured American U2 spy-plane pilot Gary Powers is exchanged for captured Soviet spy Rudolf Abel.

1954

President Dwight Eisenhower warns against United States intervention in Vietnam.

1947

Italy cedes most of Venezia Giulia to Yugoslavia.

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