February 10: on this day in history

Historical events

1. 1840Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom married Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha in London.
2. 1906The British battleship HMS Dreadnought, which opened a new era in naval warfare, was launched.
3. 1920General Józef Haller celebrated Poland's regained access to the sea with a symbolic 'marriage to the sea' ceremony.
4. 1947Italy, Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria, and Finland signed the Paris Peace Treaties with the victors of the war.
5. 1962US pilot Gary Powers, shot down by the Soviets, was exchanged for Soviet spy Rudolf Abel.

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