"On Feb. 10, 1996, world chess champion Garry Kasparov lost the first game of a match in Philadelphia against an IBM computer dubbed Deep Blue. (Kasparov ended up winning the match, 4 games to 2; however, he was defeated by Deep Blue in a rematch the following year.) Also on this date: In 1763, the treaty ending the Seven Years' War was signed in Paris, with France ceding its territory in Canada to Great Britain."
"In 1973, at least 40 workers were killed in an explosion and collapse of a large liquefied natural gas tank that was undergoing routine maintenance in the New York City borough of Staten Island. In 1981, eight people were killed when a fire set by a busboy broke out at the Las Vegas Hilton Hotel. In 2009, a U.S. commercial satellite and a defunct Russian satellite accidentally collided in orbit over Siberia, destroying both and creating a large debris field in space."
Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2026 is the 41st day of the year with 324 days remaining. On Feb. 10, 1996 Garry Kasparov lost the first game of a Philadelphia match to an IBM computer dubbed Deep Blue; Kasparov won the match 4 games to 2 but lost a rematch the next year. In 1763 the treaty ending the Seven Years' War was signed in Paris, with France ceding Canadian territory to Great Britain. Other events include major treaties, laws, natural disasters, accidents, a 2009 satellite collision, and the 2021 Texas winter storms that caused widespread outages and at least 40 deaths. Opera singer Leontyne Price is 9.
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