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* [[1763]] - [[Kingdom of Great Britain|Britain]] and [[Spain]] partitioned '''[[New France]]''' by the [[Treaty of Paris (1763)|Treaty of Paris]], <!--which ended the [[French and Indian War]] and the [[Seven Years' War]], --> and decimated the [[French colonial empire]]. |
* [[1763]] - [[Kingdom of Great Britain|Britain]] and [[Spain]] partitioned '''[[New France]]''' by the [[Treaty of Paris (1763)|Treaty of Paris]], <!--which ended the [[French and Indian War]] and the [[Seven Years' War]], --> and decimated the [[French colonial empire]]. |
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* [[1840]] - '''[[Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha|Prince Albert]]''' of [[Saxe-Coburg and Gotha|Saxe-Coburg-Gotha]] married [[Victoria of the United Kingdom|Queen Victoria]] of the [[United Kingdom]] at the [[Chapel Royal]]<!-- in [[St James's Palace]]-->. |
* [[1840]] - '''[[Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha|Prince Albert]]''' of [[Saxe-Coburg and Gotha|Saxe-Coburg-Gotha]] married [[Victoria of the United Kingdom|Queen Victoria]] of the [[United Kingdom]] at the [[Chapel Royal]]<!-- in [[St James's Palace]]-->. |
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* [[1962]] - "'''[[Vilyam Genrikovich Fisher|Rudolf Abel]]'''," a [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] [[Espionage|spy]] arrested by the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]], was exchanged for '''[[Gary Powers]]''', the [[pilot]] of an [[United States Air Force|U.S. Air Force]] [[Lockheed U-2|spy plane]] shot down in the [[U-2 Crisis of 1960|U-2 Incident]]. |
* [[1962]] - "'''[[Vilyam Genrikovich Fisher|Rudolf Abel]]'''," a [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] [[Espionage|spy]] arrested by the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]], was exchanged for '''[[Gary Powers]]''', the [[aviator|pilot]] of an [[United States Air Force|U.S. Air Force]] [[Lockheed U-2|spy plane]] shot down in the [[U-2 Crisis of 1960|U-2 Incident]]. |
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* [[1996]] - '''[[Deep Blue]]''', the [[Computer chess|chess-playing computer]], defeated [[International Grandmaster]] and [[World Chess Championship|World Chess Champion]] [[Garry Kasparov]] in [[Deep Blue - Kasparov, 1996, Game 1|a game]] of [[chess]] for the first time. |
* [[1996]] - '''[[Deep Blue]]''', the [[Computer chess|chess-playing computer]], defeated [[International Grandmaster]] and [[World Chess Championship|World Chess Champion]] [[Garry Kasparov]] in [[Deep Blue - Kasparov, 1996, Game 1|a game]] of [[chess]] for the first time. |
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Revision as of 08:25, 19 November 2005
February 10: Festival of Muharram in Shi'a Islam (2005, A.H. 1426 begins)
- 1258 - Hulagu Khan and the Mongols sacked Baghdad, ending the rule of the Abbasid caliphate.
- 1763 - Britain and Spain partitioned New France by the Treaty of Paris, and decimated the French colonial empire.
- 1840 - Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha married Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom at the Chapel Royal.
- 1962 - "Rudolf Abel," a Soviet spy arrested by the FBI, was exchanged for Gary Powers, the pilot of an U.S. Air Force spy plane shot down in the U-2 Incident.
- 1996 - Deep Blue, the chess-playing computer, defeated International Grandmaster and World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov in a game of chess for the first time.
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