This Day in History Feb. 10

Feb. 10

1763 Treaty of Paris ends French-Indian War, surrenders Canada to England
1774 Andrew Becker demonstrates diving suit
1807 US Coast Survey authorized by Congress
1862 A Union naval flotilla destroys the bulk of the Confederate Mosquito Fleet in the Battle of Elizabeth City on the Pasquotank River in North Carolina
1863 1st US fire extinguisher patent granted to Alanson Crane, Virginia
1870 YWCA (Young Women's Christian Association) is founded (New York NY)
1879 1st electric arc light used (California Theater)
1904 Japan & Russia declares war after Japan's surprise attack on Russian fleet at Port Arthur disabled 7 Russian warships
1906 Britain's 1st modern & largest battleship "HMS Dreadnought" launched
1923 Ink paste manufactured for 1st time by Standard Ink Company
1933 Delivery of 1st singing telegram (Postal Telegram Company NYC)
1933 Hitler proclaims end of Marxism
1935 Pennsylvania RR begins passenger service on new streamlined electric locomotive
1941 1st highway post office makes 1st trip, Washington DC-Harrisonburg, VA
1941 Anti-Nazi "Het Parool" begins publishing in Netherlands
1942 Imperial Japanese Army capture Banjarmasin, capital of Borneo in Dutch East Indies
1943 8th Army sweeps through North Africa to Tunisia
1944 U-666/U-545/U-283 sink off Ireland
1947 WWII peace treaties signed
1954 Eisenhower warns against US intervention in Vietnam
1964 Australian destroyer "Voyager" sinks in collision
1967 25th Amendment (Presidential Disability & Succession) in effect
1971 American Mensa, Ltd incorporates in New York
1974 Iran/Iraqi border fight breaks out

This should have been for yesterday.

On 2/9/43 upon the collapse of Japanese forces on Guadalcanal, Army Maj. Gen. Alexander Patch sent the following message to to his boss, South Pacific Commander Adm. William Halsey


?Total and complete defeat of Japanese forces on Guadalcanal effected 1625 today . Tokyo Express no longer has terminus on Guadalcanal,
I am happy to report compliance with your orders . "

The response from Halsey read as follows;

?When I sent a Patch to act as tailor for Guadalcanal, I did not expect him to remove the enemy?s pants and sew it on so quickly . . . Thanks and congratulations.?