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March 10 is the 69th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (70th in Leap Year s). There are 296 days remaining.
Events
- - The Romans sink the Carthaginian fleet; end of First Punic War .
- 1496 - Christopher Columbus leaves Hispaniola for Spain , ending his second visit to the Western Hemisphere .
- 1629 - Charles I Of England dissolves Parliament , starting the Eleven Years Tyranny in which there was no Parliament .
- , a formal ceremony is conducted to transfer ownership of Louisiana Territory from France to the United States .
- 1814 - Napoleon I Of France is defeated at the Battle Of Laon in France .
- 1831 - The French Foreign Legion is established by King Louis-Philippe to support his War In Algeria .
- 1848 - The Treaty Of Guadalupe Hidalgo is ratified by the United States Senate , ending the Mexican-American War .
- 1861 - El Hadj Umar Tall seizes the city of Segou , destroying the Bambara Empire of Mali .
- 1864 - Montana vigilantes hang Jack Slade .
- 1864 - begins as Union troops reach Alexandria, Louisiana .
- 1876 - Alexander Graham Bell makes the first successful Telephone call by saying "Mr. Watson, come here, I want to see you."
- 1880 - Members of the Salvation Army land in the United States and begin operations.
- 1891 - Almon Strowger , an undertaker in Topeka, Kansas , patents the Strowger Switch , a device which led to the automation of telephone circuit switching.
- 1893 - Côte D'Ivoire becomes a French colony.
- n Boers win their last battle over British forces, with the capture of a British General and 200 of his men.
- 1902 - A United States Court Of Appeals rules that Thomas Edison did not invent the Movie Camera .
- 1902 - Tochangri , Turkey , is completely destroyed by an earthquake.
- 1906 - The Courrières Mine Disaster , Europe 's worst ever, kills 1099 miners in Northern France .
- 1912 - Yuan Shikai is sworn in as the second Provisional President Of The Republic Of China .
- 1926 - The first Book-of-the-Month-Club selection is produced.
- 1933 - An Earthquake in Long Beach, California kills 120 people.
- 1945 - The Army Air Force Firebombs Tokyo , and the resulting Firestorm kills more than 100,000 people, mostly civilians.
- 1948 - The Indian Union Muslim League is founded, by remnants of the old Muslim League .
- 1951 - Henri Queuille becomes Prime Minister of France .
- 1952 - Fulgencio Batista leads a successful Coup in Cuba .
- 1959 - Tibet leads an unsuccessful uprising against ten years of Chinese occupation in Lhasa . Thousands massacred by the occupying Chinese army.
- 1964 - The Ford Mustang is first produced by the Ford Motor Company .
- 1966 - Princess Beatrix Of The Netherlands marries Claus Von Amsberg .
- 1969 - In Memphis, Tennessee , James Earl Ray pleads guilty to assassinating Martin Luther King Jr . Ray would later retract his guilty plea.
- is charged with My Lai war crimes.
- ese troops attack Ban Me Thout , South Vietnam , on their way to capturing Saigon .
- around Uranus .
- 1982 - The United States places an Embargo on Libya n Petroleum imports because of their support of Terrorist Group s.
- 1982 - s align on the same side of the Sun .
- 1987 - The Holy See condemns the practice of Surrogate Mother hood, along with Test-tube Babies and Artificial Insemination .
- 1990 - In Haiti , Prosper Avril is ousted 18 months after seizing power in a Coup .
- - 540,000 American troops begin to leave the Persian Gulf .
- 1996 - The " Summit Of Peacemakers " takes place in Egypt .
- 1997 - '' Buffy The Vampire Slayer '' premieres on The WB network.
- 1998 - American troops stationed in the Persian Gulf begin to receive the first Vaccinations against Anthrax .
- 2000 - The NASDAQ Stock Market Index peaks at 5048.62, signaling the beginning of the end of the Dot-com boom.
- 2004 - Six Flags sells 8 of its theme parks to private investors.
- 2006 - Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter arrives at Mars .
Births
- 1415 - Vasili II Of Russia , Grand Prince of Moscow (d. 1462 )
- 1452 - King Ferdinand II Of Aragon (d. 1516 )
- 1503 - Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1564 )
- 1536 - Thomas Howard, 4th Duke Of Norfolk , English politician (d. 1572 )
- 1606 - Edmund Waller , English poet (d. 1687 )
- 1628 - Marcello Malpighi , Italian physician (d. 1694 )
- 1709 - Georg Steller , German naturalist (d. 1746 )
- 1749 - Lorenzo Da Ponte , Italian librettist (d. 1838 )
- 1769 - Joseph Williamson , English philanthropist and tunnel builder (d. 1840 )
- 1772 - Friedrich Von Schlegel , German aesthetician, poet, and publicist (d. 1829 )
- 1776 - Louise Of Mecklenburg-Strelitz Queen of Prussia (d. 1810 )
- 1788 - Joseph Von Eichendorff , German writer (d. 1857 )
- 1810 - Samuel Ferguson , Irish poet and artist (d. 1886 )
- 1842 - Mykola Lysenko , Ukrainian composer (d. 1912 )
- 1844 - Pablo De Sarasate , Spanish violinist (d. 1908 )
- 1845 - Tsar Alexander III Of Russia (d. 1894 )
- 1847 - Kate Sheppard , New Zealand suffragist (d. 1934 )
- 1880 - Broncho Billy Anderson , American actor (d. 1971 )
- 1888 - Barry Fitzgerald , Irish actor (d. 1966 )
- 1891 - Sam Jaffe , American actor (d. 1984 )
- 1892 - Arthur Honegger , French-born Swiss composer (d. 1955 )
- 1892 - Gregory La Cava , American director, producer, and writer (d. 1952 )
- 1903 - Bix Beiderbecke , American musician (d. 1931 )
- 1915 - Harry Bertoia , Italian artist and designer (d. 1978 )
- 1919 - Marion Hutton , American singer (d. 1987 )
- 1923 - Val Logsdon Fitch , American nuclear physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1925 - Manolis Anagnostakis , Greek poet (d. 2005 )
- 1928 - James Earl Ray , American assassin (d. 1998 )
- 1930 - Claude Bolling , French jazz pianist and composer
- 1936 - Sepp Blatter , Swiss hockey and football official
- 1940 - Chuck Norris , American actor and martial artist
- 1941 - Joe Viterelli , American actor (d. 2004 )
- 1946 - Jim Valvano , American basketball coach (d. 1993 )
- 1947 - Kim Campbell , nineteenth Prime Minister Of Canada
- 1947 - Bob Greene , American journalist
- 1947 - Tom Scholz , American songwriter and guitarist
- 1952 - Morgan Tsvangirai , Zimbabwe politician
- 1957 - Marlon Jackson , American singer
- 1957 - Osama Bin Laden , Saudi-born Islamic extremist
- 1958 - Steve Howe , baseball player (d. 2006 )
- 1958 - Sharon Stone , American actress
- 1961 - Laurel Clark , physician and astronaut (d. 2003 )
- 1963 - Jeff Ament , American musician ( Pearl Jam )
- 1963 - Neneh Cherry , Swedish musician
- 1964 - Prince Edward, Earl Of Wessex
- 1964 - Jasmine Guy , American actress
- 1965 - Rod Woodson , American football player
- 1966 - Edie Brickell , American singer
- 1971 - Timbaland , American record producer and rapper
- 1971 - Ugonna Wachuku , Nigerian writer
- 1972 - Matt Kenseth , American race car driver
- 1972 - Takashi Fujii , Japanese television performer
- 1973 - Eva Herzigova , Czech model
- 1977 - Shannon Miller , American gymnast
- 1981 - Samuel Eto'o , Cameroonian footballer
- 1983 - Carrie Underwood , American singer
- 1985 - Lassana Diarra , French footballer
- 1986 - Vadim Schneider , Canadian actor (d. 2003 )
- 1992 - Emily Osment , American actress
Deaths
- 1291 - Arghun , Persian ruler
- 1510 - Johann Geiler Von Kaisersberg , Swiss-born preacher (b. 1445 )
- 1513 - John De Vere, 13th Earl Of Oxford , English commander (b. 1443 )
- 1549 - Thomas Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour Of Sudeley , English politician and diplomat
- 1584 - Thomas Norton , English politician and writer (b. 1532 )
- 1585 - Rembert Dodoens , Flemish physician and botanist (b. 1517 )
- 1588 - Theodor Zwinger , Swiss scholar (b. 1533 )
- 1669 - John Denham , English poet (b. 1615 )
- 1670 - Johann Rudolf Glauber , German chemist (b. 1604 )
- 1776 - Élie Catherine Fréron , French critic (b. 1719 )
- 1776 - Niclas Sahlgren , Swedish merchant and philanthropist (b. 1701 )
- 1792 - John Stuart, 3rd Earl Of Bute , Prime Minister Of Great Britain (b. 1713 )
- 1832 - Muzio Clementi , Italian composer (b. 1752 )
- 1861 - Taras Shevchenko , Ukrainian poet (b. 1814 )
- 1895 - Charles Frederick Worth , English-born couturier (b. 1826 )
- 1913 - Harriet Tubman , American abolitionist (b. 1820 )
- 1937 - Yevgeny Zamyatin , Russian writer (b. 1884 )
- 1940 - Mikhaïl Boulgakov , Russian writer (b. 1891 )
- 1942 - William Henry Bragg , English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862 )
- 1948 - Jan Masaryk , Foreign Minister of Czechoslovakia (b. 1886 )
- 1950 - Marguerite De La Motte , American actress (b. 1902 )
- 1951 - Kijuro Shidehara , Prime Minister Of Japan (b. 1872 )
- 1966 - Frits Zernike , Dutch physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888 )
- 1973 - Eugene 'Bull' Connor , American segregationist (b. 1897 )
- 1984 - June Marlowe , American actress (b. 1903 )
- 1985 - Konstantin Chernenko , General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (b. 1911 )
- 1986 - Ray Milland , British actor (b. 1907 )
- 1988 - Andy Gibb , English-born singer (b. 1958 )
- 1994 - Abdelkader Alloula , Algerian playwright (assassinated) (b. 1929 )
- 1997 - La Vern Baker , American singer (b. 1929 )
- 1998 - Lloyd Bridges , American actor (b. 1913 )
- 2001 - Massimo Morsello , Italian musician and far right activist (b. 1958 )
- 2003 - Barry Sheene , British motorcycle racer (b. 1950 )
- 2004 - Dave Blood , American musician
- 2005 - Dave Allen , Irish comedian (b. 1936 )
- 2005 - Danny Joe Brown , American singer ( Molly Hatchet ) (b. 1951 )
- 2006 - Anna Moffo , American soprano (b. 1932 )
Holidays and observances
- Doctors Day - ( Venezuela ).
- Fans of video game character Mario celebrate Mar10 Day, by singing songs about him, watching the movie and show, and playing Mario games.
- Tibetian national Uprising day
Liturgical feasts
External links
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