February 10, 2009 (Tuesday)
- Collision of Iridium Satellite LLC's Iridium 33 and Russia's Kosmos-2251 in low-Earth orbit. (Reuters) (New York Times)
- South Africa announces that a general election will be held on April 22, 2009. (CNN)
- Automotive industry crisis of 2008-2009:
- United States automaker General Motors announces it will cut 10,000 jobs in its salaried workforce and the pay of remaining employees. (AP via Google News)
- English automaker Bentley cuts 220 jobs and all salaries by 10 percent. (Press Association via Google News)
- Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg is named Germany's Federal Minister of Economics and Technology. (IHT)
- Russian financial crisis of 2008–2009:
- Russia will request postponement of repayment of US$400 billion in private-sector debt to foreign banks. (Reuters)
- The Russia Tower will be reduced in size, due to funding issues and the construction of the Moscow International Business Centre. (Moscow Times)
- Swiss financial services company UBS AG lost 19.7 billion francs for fiscal year 2008 and will cut 15,000 jobs throughout 2009. (The Street)
- Israel's legislative election takes place. (Reuters)
- Zimbabwe's dollar depreciates and its cholera epidemic has killed more than 3,000 people. (Sky News)
- The United States Senate approves the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. (CNN) (New York Times)
- The United Kingdom imposes new visa requirements on nationals from Bolivia, Lesotho, South Africa, Swaziland, and Venezuela. (BBC)
- Mexico will nationally register all its mobile phone users and catalog their fingerprints. (Reuters)
- An EF4 tornado kills at least eight people and injures 50 in Lone Grove, Oklahoma, United States. (The Oklahoman)
- Fifty thousand people protest living costs in Guadeloupe and Martinique. (MSNBC)