February 10: Day of the Week
February 10, 2022 was the 41st day of the year 2022 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 324 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Thursday.
If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Mokuyōbi.
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Here’s the February calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.
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Zodiac & Birthstone
Aquarius is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Amethyst is the modern birthstone for this month. Bloodstone is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
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February 10 Historical Event(s)
- 1306In front of the high altar of Greyfriars Church in Dumfries, Robert the Bruce murders John Comyn, his leading political rival, sparking revolution in the Scottish Wars of Independence
- 1567An explosion destroys the Kirk o' Field house in Edinburgh, Scotland. The second husband of Mary, Queen of Scots, Lord Darnley is found strangled, in what many believe to be an assassination.
- 1814Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Champaubert
- 1906HMS Dreadnought is launched.
- 1923Texas Tech University is founded as Texas Technological College in Lubbock, Texas.
- 1933In round 13 of a boxing match at New York City’s Madison Square Garden, Primo Carnera knocks out Ernie Schaaf, killing him.
- 1933The New York City-based Postal Telegraph Company introduces the first singing telegram.
- 1964Melbourne-Voyager collision: The aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne collides with the destroyer HMAS Voyager off the south coast of New South Wales, Australia.
- 1967The 25th Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified.
- 1994New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Wood Dog in Chinese astrology.
Who were born on February 10?
- 1884Frederick Hawksworth, British railroad mechanical engineer (d. 1976)
- 1894Harold Macmillan, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 1957-1963 (d. 1986)
- 1903Waldemar Hoven, German physician (d. 1948)
- 1927Brian Priestman, British conductor
- 1927Leontyne Price, American soprano
- 1947Nicholas Owen, English journalist
- 1955Greg Norman, Australian golfer
- 1970Nobushige Kumakubo, Japanese racing driver
- 1975Hiroki Kuroda, Japanese baseball player
- 1979Jumaine Jones, American basketball player
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