Holidays on February 10, 2025: name days, signs

Today, February 10, 2025, is World Pulses Day. There are 324 days left until the New Year.

February 10 is the 41st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 324 days left in the year (325 days in leap years).

What are the holidays in Ukraine and the world

• • World Pulses Day

 

• • European Safer Internet Day

 

• • International Arabian Leopard Day.

 

What events took place on February 10?

• • 1258 - The Mongols capture Baghdad. The golden age of Islam comes to an end.

 

• • 1635 - The French Academy is founded - the leading scientific society in France, specializing in the field of French language and literature.

 

• • 1789 - Joseph II's law abolished serfdom in Galicia, Bukovina, and the Austrian part of Volhynia.

 

• • 1810 - the grand opening of the Odessa Opera House takes place.

 

• • 1840 - British Queen Victoria marries Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.

 

• • 1919 - due to disagreements with Symon Petliura, the head of the Directory, Volodymyr Vynnychenko, resigns.

 

• • 1940 - in Krakow, the radical part of the OUN creates the Revolutionary Leadership, led by Stepan Bandera.

 

• • 1942 - the first "gold disc" was awarded (from the Victor record company to Glenn Miller for the famous composition Chattanooga Choo Choo).

 

• • 1947 - Peace treaties are signed in Paris between the victorious powers in World War II and the former allies of Hitler's Germany.

 

• • 1957 - The first African Cup of Nations starts in Sudan.

 

• • 1962 - Captured American pilot Francis Powers is exchanged for Soviet spy Rudolf Abel.

 

• • 1972 - The BBC bans the broadcast of the song "Give Ireland Back to the Irish" by Paul McCartney and the band "Wings".

 

• • 1992 - The film "Basic Instinct" is released in the United States.

 

• • 1992 — Ukraine establishes diplomatic relations with the Republic of Korea.

 

• • 1995 - During a test flight near Kyiv, the An-70 experimental aircraft, which had no analogues in the world, crashed.

 

• • 1996 - IBM's supercomputer Deep Blue defeats Garry Kasparov in a game of chess for the first time.

 

Who was born on February 10

• • 1972 — Anatoliy Smityukh, a soldier of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a participant in the Russo-Ukrainian War, who died during the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Hero of Ukraine (December 6, 2023, posthumously)

 

• • 1975 — Anton Yakutovych, Ukrainian painter.

 

• • 1993 — Taras Chaika, officer of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, participant in the Russian-Ukrainian war, Hero of Ukraine (posthumously).

 

What are the birthdays today: Anton, Arkady, Vasyl, Gennady, Grigory, Ivan, Anna, Valentina, Galina.

Folk signs and traditions for February 10

• • Snow lies on the roofs - to a rich harvest in the summer.

 

• • A clear moon in the sky at night means a lot of thunderstorms in the spring.

 

• • The sky is cloudless - expect a rainy summer.

 

• • Frosty weather - March will be very warm.