March 10
March 10 is the 69th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (70th in Leap years ). There are 296 days remaining.
Events
241 BC - First Punic War : Battle of the Aegates Islands - The Romans sinks 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.
1804 - Louisiana Purchase : In St. Louis , 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 .
1864 - Montana vigilantes hang Jack Slade
1864 - American Civil War : The Red River Campaign 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.
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.
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.
1926 - The first Book-of-the-Month-Club selection is produced
1933 - An earthquake in Long Beach, California kills 120 people.
1945 - The U.S. Army Air Force firebombs Tokyo , and the resulting firestorm kills more than 100,000 people, mostly civilians.
1951 - Henri Queuille becomes Prime Minister of France
1952 - Fulgencio Batista leads a successful coup in Cuba
1964 - The Ford Mustang is first produced by the Ford Motor Company .
1966 - Queen 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.
1970 - Vietnam War : Capt. Ernest Medina is charged with My Lai war crimes
1975 - Vietnam War: North Vietnamese troops attack Ban Me Thout , South Vietnam , on their way to capturing Saigon .
1977 - Rings of Uranus : Astronomers discover rings around Uranus .
1982 - The United States places an embargo on Libyan oil imports because of their support of terrorist groups .
1982 - Syzygy : all 9 planets align on the same side of the Sun .
1987 - Reproductive rights : The Holy See condemns the practice of surrogate motherhood , along with test-tube babies and artificial insemination .
1990 - In Haiti , Prosper Avril is ousted 18 months after seizing power in a coup.
1991 - Gulf War : Operation Phase Echo - 540,000 American troops begin to leave the Persian Gulf .
1996 - The "Summit of Peacemakers" takes place in Egypt .
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.
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
1452 - Ferdinand II of Aragon (d. 1516 )
1503 - Ferdinand I , Holy Roman Emperor
1606 - Edmund Waller , English poet, (d. 1687 )
1709 - Georg Steller , German naturalist, (d. 1746 )
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 )
1842 - Mykola Lysenko , composer
1844 - Pablo de Sarasate , Spanish violinist (d. 1908 )
1845 - Alexander III of Russia , Russian tsar
1847 - Kate Sheppard , leader of New Zealand female suffrage movement
1848 - Albert Fraenkel , physician, (d. 1916 )
1880 - Broncho Billy Anderson , actor, (d. 1971 )
1888 - Barry Fitzgerald , actor, (d. 1966 )
1891 - Sam Jaffe , actor, (d. 1984 )
1892 - Arthur Honegger , composer, (d. 1955 )
1892 - Gregory La Cava , director, producer, writer, (d. 1952 )
1903 - Bix Beiderbecke , jazz musician, (d. 1931 )
1903 - Clare Boothe Luce , publisher, writer, (d. 1987 )
1905 - Richard Haydn , British actor (d. 1985 )
1915 - Harry Bertoia , Italian artist and designer, (d. 1978 )
1918 - Heywood Hale Broun , sports journalist, commentator, (d. 2001 )
1919 - Marion Hutton , American singer (d. 1987 )
1927 - Paul Wunderlich , painter, graphic artist, sculptor
1927 - Jupp Derwall , football coach
1928 - James Earl Ray , assassin, (d. 1998 )
1933 - Ralph Emery , television host
1936 - Sepp Blatter , president of FIFA
1940 - Dean Torrence , musician ("Jan and Dean ")
1940 - Chuck Norris , actor, martial arts practitioner
1940 - David Rabe , American playwright
1941 - Joe Viterelli , American actor (d. 2004 )
1946 - Jim Valvano , American basketball coach (d. 1993 )
1947 - Kim Campbell , nineteenth Prime Minister of Canada and first woman to hold that office
1947 - Bob Greene , American journalist
1952 - Morgan Tsvangirai , Zimbabwean politician
1957 - Marlon Jackson , singer
1957 - Osama bin Laden
1958 - Sharon Stone , actress
1961 - Laurel Clark , physician, astronaut (d. 2003 )
1963 - Jeff Ament , bass player of Pearl Jam , musician.
1963 - Neneh Cherry , musician
1964 - Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex
1965 - Rod Woodson , American football player
1966 - Edie Brickell , singer
1966 - Stephen Mailer , American actor
1971 - Ugonna Wachuku , poet , creative writer , author
1972 - Matt Kenseth , race car driver, 2003 NASCAR Winston Cup Champion
1977 - Bree Turner , American actress
1992 - Emily Osment , American actress
Deaths
1895 - Charles Frederick Worth , couturier
1913 - Harriet Tubman , Underground Railroad conductor, anti-slavery activist, (b. 1820 )
1940 - Mikhaïl Boulgakov , Russian writer
1948 - Zelda Fitzgerald (Mrs. F. Scott Fitzgerald ), (b. 1900 )
1948 - Jan Masaryk , Foreign Minister of Czechoslovakia , (b. 1886 )
1973 - Eugene 'Bull' Connor , segregationist
1980 - Herman Tarnower , Scarsdale Diet doctor
1984 - June Marlowe , American actress
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 , singer, (b. 1958 )
1994 - Abdelkader Alloula , playwright, assassinated
1996 - Ross Hunter , producer
1997 - La Vern Baker , singer
1998 - Lloyd Bridges , actor, (b. 1913 )
2000 - Barbara Cooney , children's book author and illustrator
2000 - Nim Chimpsky , signing chimpanzee
2003 - Barry Sheene , motorbike racer, (b. 1950 )
2004 - Dave Blood , U.S. musician
2005 - Danny Joe Brown , Lead singer for Molly Hatchet , (b. 1951 )
2005 - Dave Allen , Irish comedian
Holidays and observances
External links
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