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March 10
(Redirected from 10 March)
March 10 is the 69th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (70th in Leap years). There are 296 days remaining.
Events
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241 BC - First Punic War: Battle of the Aegates Islands - The Romans sinks the Carthaginian fleet; end of First Punic War.
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1496 - Christopher Columbus leaves Hispaniola for Spain, ending his second visit to the Western Hemisphere.
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1629 - Charles I of England dissolves Parliament, starting the Eleven Years Tyranny in which there was no parliament.
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1804 - Louisiana Purchase: In St. Louis, a formal ceremony is conducted to transfer ownership of Louisiana Territory from France to the United States.
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1814 - Napoleon I of France is defeated at the Battle of Laon in France.
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1831 - The French Foreign Legion is established by King Louis-Philippe to support his war in Algeria.
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1848 - The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo is ratified by the United States Senate, ending the Mexican-American War.
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1864 - Montana vigilantes hang Jack Slade
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1864 - American Civil War: The Red River Campaign begins as Union troops reach Alexandria, Louisiana.
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1876 - Alexander Graham Bell makes the first successful telephone call by saying "Mr. Watson, come here, I want to see you."
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1880 - Members of the Salvation Army land in the United States and begin operations.
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1891 - Almon Strowger, an undertaker in Topeka Kansas, patents the strowger switch, a device which led to the automation of telephone circuit switching.
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1893 - Côte d'Ivoire becomes a French colony.
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1902 - Boer War: South African Boers win their last battle over British forces, with the capture of a British general and 200 of his men.
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1902 - A United States court of appeals rules that Thomas Edison did not invent the movie camera.
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1902 - Tochangri, Turkey, is completely destroyed by an earthquake.
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1926 - The first Book-of-the-Month-Club selection is produced
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1933 - An earthquake in Long Beach, California kills 120 people.
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1945 - The U.S. Army Air Force firebombs Tokyo, and the resulting firestorm kills more than 100,000 people, mostly civilians.
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1951 - Henri Queuille becomes Prime Minister of France
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1952 - Fulgencio Batista leads a successful coup in Cuba
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1964 - The Ford Mustang is first produced by the Ford Motor Company.
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1966 - Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands marries Claus von Amsberg.
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1969 - In Memphis, Tennessee, James Earl Ray pleads guilty to assassinating Martin Luther King Jr. Ray would later retract his guilty plea.
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1970 - Vietnam War: Capt. Ernest Medina is charged with My Lai war crimes
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1975 - Vietnam War: North Vietnamese troops attack Ban Me Thout , South Vietnam, on their way to capturing Saigon.
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1977 - Rings of Uranus: Astronomers discover rings around Uranus.
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1982 - The United States places an embargo on Libyan oil imports because of their support of terrorist groups.
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1982 - Syzygy: all 9 planets align on the same side of the Sun.
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1987 - Reproductive rights: The Holy See condemns the practice of surrogate motherhood, along with test-tube babies and artificial insemination.
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1990 - In Haiti, Prosper Avril is ousted 18 months after seizing power in a coup.
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1991 - Gulf War: Operation Phase Echo - 540,000 American troops begin to leave the Persian Gulf.
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1996 - The "Summit of Peacemakers" takes place in Egypt.
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1998 - American troops stationed in the Persian Gulf begin to receive the first vaccinations against anthrax.
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2000 - The NASDAQ stock market index peaks at 5048.62, signaling the beginning of the end of the dot-com boom.
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2004 - Six Flags sells 8 of its theme parks to private investors.
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2005 - In Edmonton, Alberta, the largest memorial (of its kind) in Canadian history was held for four RCMP constables who were gunned down March 3, 2005.
Births
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1452 - Ferdinand II of Aragon (d. 1516)
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1503 - Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor
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1606 - Edmund Waller, English poet, (d. 1687)
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1709 - Georg Steller, German naturalist, (d. 1746)
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1772 - Friedrich von Schlegel, German aesthetician, poet, and publicist, (d. 1829)
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1776 - Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz Queen of Prussia, (d. 1810)
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1788 - Joseph von Eichendorff, German writer (d. 1857)
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1842 - Mykola Lysenko, composer
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1844 - Pablo de Sarasate, Spanish violinist (d. 1908)
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1845 - Alexander III of Russia, Russian tsar
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1847 - Kate Sheppard, leader of New Zealand female suffrage movement
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1848 - Albert Fraenkel , physician, (d. 1916)
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1880 - Broncho Billy Anderson, actor, (d. 1971)
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1888 - Barry Fitzgerald, actor, (d. 1966)
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1891 - Sam Jaffe, actor, (d. 1984)
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1892 - Arthur Honegger, composer, (d. 1955)
- 1892 - Gregory La Cava, director, producer, writer, (d. 1952)
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1903 - Bix Beiderbecke, jazz musician, (d. 1931)
- 1903 - Clare Boothe Luce, publisher, writer, (d. 1987)
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1905 - Richard Haydn , British actor (d. 1985)
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1915 - Harry Bertoia, Italian artist and designer, (d. 1978)
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1918 - Heywood Hale Broun , sports journalist, commentator, (d. 2001)
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1919 - Marion Hutton, American singer (d. 1987)
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1927 - Paul Wunderlich , painter, graphic artist, sculptor
- 1927 - Jupp Derwall , football coach
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1928 - James Earl Ray, assassin, (d. 1998)
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1933 - Ralph Emery , television host
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1936 - Sepp Blatter, president of FIFA
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1940 - Dean Torrence , musician ("Jan and Dean")
- 1940 - Chuck Norris, actor, martial arts practitioner
- 1940 - David Rabe , American playwright
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1941 - Joe Viterelli, American actor (d. 2004)
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1946 - Jim Valvano, American basketball coach (d. 1993)
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1947 - Kim Campbell, nineteenth Prime Minister of Canada and first woman to hold that office
- 1947 - Bob Greene, American journalist
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1952 - Morgan Tsvangirai, Zimbabwean politician
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1957 - Marlon Jackson, singer
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1957 - Osama bin Laden
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1958 - Sharon Stone, actress
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1961 - Laurel Clark, physician, astronaut (d. 2003)
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1963 - Jeff Ament, bass player of Pearl Jam, musician.
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1963 - Neneh Cherry, musician
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1964 - Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex
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1965 - Rod Woodson, American football player
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1966 - Edie Brickell, singer
- 1966 - Stephen Mailer , American actor
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1971 - Ugonna Wachuku, poet, creative writer, author
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1972 - Matt Kenseth, race car driver, 2003 NASCAR Winston Cup Champion
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1977 - Bree Turner , American actress
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1992 - Emily Osment , American actress
Deaths
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1895 - Charles Frederick Worth, couturier
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1913 - Harriet Tubman, Underground Railroad conductor, anti-slavery activist, (b. 1820)
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1940 - Mikhaïl Boulgakov, Russian writer
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1948 - Zelda Fitzgerald (Mrs. F. Scott Fitzgerald), (b. 1900)
- 1948 - Jan Masaryk, Foreign Minister of Czechoslovakia, (b. 1886)
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1973 - Eugene 'Bull' Connor, segregationist
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1980 - Herman Tarnower , Scarsdale Diet doctor
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1984 - June Marlowe, American actress
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1985 - Konstantin Chernenko, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, (b. 1911)
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1986 - Ray Milland, British actor, (b. 1907)
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1988 - Andy Gibb, singer, (b. 1958)
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1994 - Abdelkader Alloula, playwright, assassinated
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1996 - Ross Hunter , producer
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1997 - La Vern Baker, singer
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1998 - Lloyd Bridges, actor, (b. 1913)
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2000 - Barbara Cooney , children's book author and illustrator
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2000 - Nim Chimpsky, signing chimpanzee
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2003 - Barry Sheene, motorbike racer, (b. 1950)
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2004 - Dave Blood, U.S. musician
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2005 - Danny Joe Brown, Lead singer for Molly Hatchet, (b. 1951)
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2005 - Dave Allen, Irish comedian
Holidays and observances
External links
March 9 - March 11 - February 11 - April 11 -- listing of all days
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