On This Day - February 10, 2026

Queen Victoria if England marries her German cousin, Prince Albert.

New York Times owner Adolph S. Ochs moves the phrase "All The News That's Fit To Print" from the editorial page to the front page making it the paper's slogan. The phrase first appeared in the paper on October 25, 1896.

In an attempt to save its floundering business, the Postal Telegraph-Cable Company delivered what is considered the first singing telegram.

President Franklin D. Roosevelt posthumously awarded the first Medal of Honor of World War II to Second Lt. Alexander Ramsey Nininger Jr. The medal was presented to his father, Alexander R. Nininger by Major General Walter H. Frank during a ceremony at Third Air Force Headquarters in Tampa, Florida.

The Niagara Falls hydroelectric project opens.

IBM's Deep Blue computer defeats World Champion Garry Kasparov at chess in 34 moves in Philadelphia, PA. It is the first time a computer ever beat a human at a formal game of chess. February 10th Celebrated History