TODAY IN HISTORY
Today is Feb. 10, 2021.
Today’s highlight in history
On Feb. 10, 1967, the 25th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, dealing with presidential disability and succession, was ratified.
On this date
In 1763, Britain, Spain and France signed the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years’ War.
In 1933, the first singing telegram was introduced by the Postal Telegram Co. in New York.
In 1936, Nazi Germany’s Reichstag passed a law investing the Gestapo secret police with absolute authority, exempt from any legal review.
In 1962, the Soviet Union exchanged captured American U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers for Rudolf Abel, a Soviet spy held by the United States.
In 1992, Mike Tyson was convicted of raping Desiree Washington, a Miss Black America contestant. “Roots” author Alex Haley died at age 70.
In 1997, a civil jury heaped $25 million in punitive damages on O.J. Simpson for the slayings of his ex-wife and her friend, on top of $8.5 million in compensatory damages awarded earlier.
In 2005,
Britain’s Prince
Charles announced he would marry Camilla Parker Bowles.
In 2014, Shirley Temple Black died at age 85.
In 2015, NBC announced it was suspending Brian Williams as “Nightly News” anchor and managing editor for six months without pay for misleading the public about his experiences covering the Iraq War. Jon Stewart announced he would step down as host of “The Daily Show” later in the year.
One year ago: U.S. health officials confirmed the first case of the novel coronavirus among the hundreds of people who’d been evacuated from China to military bases in the U.S. The person was at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar.
Today’s birthdays
Singer Leontyne Price is 94. Actor Robert Wagner is 91. Musician Don Wilson is 88. Singer Roberta Flack is 84. Singer Jimmy Merchant is 81. Musician Bob Spalding is 74. Swimmer Mark Spitz is 71. Golfer Greg Norman is 66. Actor Kathleen Beller is 65. Journalist George Stephanopoulos is 60. Political commentator Glenn Beck is 57. Actor Laura Dern is 54. Actor Elizabeth Banks is 47. Actor Uzo Aduba is 40. Actor Emma Roberts is 30. Actor Chloe Grace Moretz is 24. Actor Yara Shahidi is 21.