On February 10, 2014, Shirley Temple Black, who as a child in the 1930s became one of Hollywood’s most successful stars, dies at her Woodside, California, home at age 85.

Celebrated by critics and beloved by its relatively small but devout fan base, the Fox television series “Arrested Development” airs its last episode on Fox on February 10, 2006.

In a landmark announcement in 2005, North Korea officially declared to the world that it possessed nuclear weapons, a move that not only escalated tensions in the region but also reshaped the global discourse on nuclear proliferation.

On May 11, 1996, an iconic moment in the history of artificial intelligence and competitive chess unfolded in Philadelphia, as world champion Garry Kasparov faced off against IBM's advanced computer, Deep Blue.

On February 10, 1972, a relatively minor rocker named David Bowie debuts the spaceman character Ziggy Stardust during a concert at Greater London’s Toby Jug pub.

On February 10, 1970, an avalanche crashes down on a ski resort in Val d’Isere, France, killing 42 people, mostly young skiers.

In a significant moment in American political history, the 25th Amendment to the U.

On February 10, 1966, Ralph Nader, a young lawyer and the author of the groundbreaking book Unsafe at Any Speed: The Designed-In Dangers of the American Automobile, testifies before Congress for the first time about unsafe practices in the auto industry.

On February 10, 1962, American spy pilot Francis Gary Powers is released by the Soviets in exchange for Soviet Colonel Rudolf Abel, a senior KGB spy who was caught in the United States five years earlier.

In a significant Cold War event that underscored the tense relations between the United States and the Soviet Union, the two superpowers executed a high-profile prisoner swap on February 10, 1962.