Today in History: February 10, ‘Bridge of Spies’ Prison Exchange

Today is Monday, February 10, the 41st day of 2025. There are 324 days left in the year.

Today in history:

On February 10, 1962, on the Glienicke bridge that connects West Berlin and East Germany, the Soviet Union captured imprisoned American U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers for Rudolf Abel, a Soviet spy in the hands of the United States .

Also on this date:

1736, the treaty that ended the Seven Year War, was signed in Paris, with France expired its territory in Canada to Great Britain.

In 1936, the Reichstag of Nazi Germany approved a law that invests the secret police of Gestapo with absolute authority, exempt from a legal assessment.

In 1959, an F4 intensity deputy tore through the St. Louis area, killing 21 people and 345 were injured.

In 1967, the 25th amendment to the American Constitution, dealing with presidential disability and follow -up, was assumed while Minnesota and Nevada ratified it.

Eight people were killed in 1981 when a fire brigade of a busboy broke out in the Las Vegas Hilton Hotel-Casino.

In 1996, World Champion Schaak Garry Kasparov lost the first match of a match in Philadelphia against an IBM computer called “Deep Blue”. (Kasparov eventually won the match, 4 games to 2; however, he was defeated by Deep Blue in a rematch the following year.)

Today’s birthdays:

• Operzanger Leontyne Price is 98.
• Actor Robert Wagner is 95.
• Singer Roberta Flack is 88.
• Olympic swimming gold medal winner Mark Spitz is 75.
• Golf hall of Famer Greg Norman is 70.
• Basketball Hall of Fame coach John Calipari is 66.
• Filmmaker Alexander Payne is 64.
• TV host-political commentator George Stephanopoulos is 64.
• Sen. Lisa Blunt Rochester, D-del., Is 63.
• Political commentator Glenn Beck is 61.
• Actor Laura Dern is 58.
• Writer-producer director Vince Gilligan (TV: “Breaking Bad”) is 58.
• Football Hall of Famer Ty Law is 51.
• Actor filmmaker Elizabeth Banks is 51.
• Basketball Hall of Famer Tina Thompson is 50.
• Reggaeton singer Don Omar is 47.
• Actor UZO Aduba is 44.
• Actor Stephanie Beatriz is 44.
• Actor Emma Roberts is 34.
• Olympic swimming gold medal winner Lilly King is 28.
• Actor Chloe Grace Moretz is 28.
• Actor Yara Shahidi is 25.