March 10
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March 10 is the 69th day of the year (70th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 296 days remain until the end of the year.
Events
- 241 BC - First Punic War: Battle of the Aegates Islands - The Romans sink the Carthaginian fleet bringing the First Punic War to an end.
- 1735 - An agreement between Nadir Shah and Russia is signed near Ganja and Russian troops are withdrawn from Baku.
- 1762 - French Huguenot Jean Calas, who was wrongly convicted of killing his son, dies after being tortured by authorities; the event inspired Voltaire to begin a campaign for religious tolerance and legal reform
- 1804 - Louisiana Purchase: In St. Louis, a formal ceremony is conducted to transfer ownership of the Louisiana Territory from France to the United States.
- 1814 - Napoleon I of France is defeated at the Battle of Laon in France.
- 1830 - The KNIL also known as the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army is created.
- 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 - 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."
- 1891 - Almon Strowger, an undertaker in Topeka, Kansas, patents the Strowger switch, a device which led to the automation of telephone circuit switching.
- 1905 - Eleftherios Venizelos calls for Crete's union with Greece, and begins what is to be known as the Theriso revolt.
- 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.
- 1917 - Batangas was formally founded as one of the Philippines's earliest encomiendas.
- 1922 - Mahatma Gandhi is arrested in India, tried for sedition, and sentenced to six years in prison, only to be released after nearly two years for an appendicitis operation.
- 1933 - An earthquake in Long Beach, California kills 115 people and causes an estimated $40 million dollars in damage.
- 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.
- 1952 - Fulgencio Batista leads a successful coup in Cuba and appoints himself as the "provisional president."
- 1959 - Tibetan uprising: Fearing an abduction attempt by China, 300,000 Tibetans surround the Dalai Lama's palace to prevent his removal.
- 1969 - In Memphis, Tennessee, James Earl Ray pleads guilty to assassinating Martin Luther King Jr. He would later retract his guilty plea.
- 1970 - Vietnam War: Captain Ernest Medina is charged with My Lai war crimes.
- 1975 - Vietnam War: North Vietnamese troops attack Ban Me Thuot, South Vietnam, on their way to capturing Saigon.
- 1977 - Rings of Uranus: Astronomers discover rings around Uranus.
- 1980 - Madeira School headmistress Jean Harris shoots and kills Scarsdale diet doctor Herman Tarnower
- 1990 - In Haiti, Prosper Avril is ousted 18 months after seizing power in a coup.
- 2000 - The NASDAQ Composite stock market index peaks at 5132.52, signaling the beginning of the end of the dot-com boom.
- 2006 - The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter arrives at Mars.
Births
- 1415 - Vasili II of Russia (d. 1462)
- 1452 - Ferdinand II of Aragon (d. 1516)
- 1503 - Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1564)
- 1536 - Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk, English politician (d. 1572)
- 1628 - Marcello Malpighi, Italian physician (d. 1694)
- 1709 - Georg Steller, German naturalist (d. 1746)
- 1745 - John Gunby, American soldier (d. 1807)
- 1749 - Lorenzo da Ponte, Italian librettist (d. 1838)
- 1769 - Joseph Williamson, English philanthropist (d. 1840)
- 1772 - Friedrich von Schlegel, German aesthetician (d. 1829)
- 1776 - Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Queen consort of Prussia (d. 1810)
- 1787 - William Etty, English painter (d. 1849)
- 1788 - Joseph von Eichendorff, German writer (d. 1857)
- 1810 - Samuel Ferguson, Irish poet (d. 1886)
- 1842 - Mykola Lysenko, Ukrainian composer (d. 1912)
- 1844 - Pablo de Sarasate, Spanish violinist (d. 1908)
- 1845 - Alexander III of Russia (d. 1894)
- 1846 - Edward Baker Lincoln, son of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln
- 1847 - Kate Sheppard, New Zealand suffragist (d. 1934)
- 1850 - Spencer Gore, British tennis player and cricketer (d. 1906)
- 1880 - Broncho Billy Anderson, American actor (d. 1971)
- 1881 - Thomas Quinlan, musical impresario (d. 1951)
- 1887 - Toshitsugu Takamatsu, Grandmaster of Ninjutsu (d. 1972)
- 1888 - Barry Fitzgerald, Irish actor (d. 1961)
- 1892 - Arthur Honegger, French-born Swiss composer (d. 1955)
- 1892 - Gregory La Cava, American director (d. 1952)
- 1899 - Robert Meier, German WW1 veteran (d. 2007)
- 1903 - Bix Beiderbecke, American musician (d. 1931)
- 1905 - Betty Amann, German-American actress. (d. 1990)
- 1905 - Richard Haydn, English actor (d. 1985)
- 1915 - Harry Bertoia, Italian artist (d. 1978)
- 1915 - Sir Charles Groves, English conductor(d. 1992)
- 1918 - Günther Rall, German ace fighter pilot
- 1917 - Frank Perconte, American sergeant.
- 1919 - Marion Hutton, American singer (d. 1987)
- 1920 - Alfred Peet, Dutch-American entrepreneur (d. 2007)
- 1920 - Boris Vian, French writer and musician (d. 1959)
- 1923 - Val Logsdon Fitch, Nobel laureate
- 1925 - Manolis Anagnostakis, Greek poet (d. 2005)
- 1928 - James Earl Ray, American assassin (d. 1998)
- 1928 - Sara Montiel, Spanish actress and singer
- 1931 - Georges Dor, Québécois author, playwright, singer and songwriter (d. 2001)
- 1935 - Graham Farmer, Australian rules footballer
- 1936 - Sepp Blatter, Swiss FIFA President
- 1936 - Alfredo Zitarrosa, Uruguayan Vocals and journalist (d. 1989)
- 1937 - Joe Viterelli, American actor (d. 2004)
- 1938 - Marina Vlady, French actress
- 1940 - Chuck Norris, American actor and martial artist
- 1940 - Dean Torrence, American singer (Jan and Dean)
- 1945 - Birgitta Sellén, Swedish politician
- 1946 - Jim Valvano, American basketball coach (d. 1993)
- 1946 - Mike Hollands, Australian animator
- 1946 - Hiroshi Fushida, Japanese racing driver
- 1947 - Kim Campbell, 19th Prime Minister of Canada
- 1947 - Paul Condon, Baron Condon, former police commisioner
- 1947 - Bob Greene, American journalist
- 1947 - Tom Scholz, American songwriter and guitarist (Boston)
- 1948 - Richard Park (broadcaster), British media consultant and broadcaster
- 1952 - Morgan Tsvangirai, Zimbabwe politician
- 1952 - Mike O'Donnell, American Composer
- 1953 - Paul Haggis, Canadian film director
- 1955 - Toshio Suzuki, Japanese racing driver
- 1955 - Youssra, Egyptian actress and singer
- 1956 - Mitchell Lichtenstein, American actor, son of Roy Lichtenstein
- 1957 - Osama bin Laden, Islamic militant
- 1957 - Matt Knudsen, American actor
- 1957 - Shannon Tweed, Canadian actress and model
- 1957 - Jim White, American folk singer-songwriter
- 1958 - Steve Howe, American baseball player (d. 2006)
- 1958 - Sharon Stone, American actress
- 1960 - Anne MacKenzie, journalist and broadcaster
- 1961 - Laurel Clark, physician and astronaut (d. 2003)
- 1961 - Mitch Gaylord, American gymnast
- 1961 - Pam Oliver, American sportscaster
- 1961 - Bobby Petrino, American football coach
- 1962 - Seiko Matsuda, Japanese pop singer
- 1963 - Jeff Ament, American musician (Pearl Jam)
- 1963 - Rick Rubin, American record producer
- 1964 - Neneh Cherry, Swedish musician
- 1964 - Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex
- 1964 - David Faber, American television reporter
- 1964 - Jasmine Guy, American actress
- 1965 - Rod Woodson, American football player
- 1966 - Edie Brickell, American singer
- 1966 - Gráinne Mulvey, Irish composer
- 1966 - Mike Timlin, American baseball player
- 1968 - Felice Arena, Australian children's author
- 1968 - Shoichi Funaki, Japanese professional wrestler
- 1968 - Thio Li-ann, Singaporean law professor and NMP
- 1969 - Paget Brewster, American actress
- 1970 - Matt Barlow, American singer (Iced Earth)
- 1970 - Michel van der Aa, Dutch composer
- 1971 - Steve Arnold, British racing driver
- 1971 - Jon Hamm, American actor
- 1971 - Timbaland, American rapper
- 1972 - Takashi Fujii, Japanese television performer
- 1972 - Matt Kenseth, American race car driver
- 1972 - Paraskevi Tsiamita, Greek athlete
- 1973 - Eva Herzigova, Czech model
- 1973 - John LeCompt, American guitarist
- 1973 - Chris Sutton, English footballer
- 1973 - Mauricio Taricco, Argentine footballer
- 1975 - Lyne Bessette, Canadian bicycle racer
- 1976 - Kisaki, Japanese musician
- 1976 - Haifa Wehbe, Lebanese actress, model and singer
- 1977 - Peter Enckelman, Finnish footballer
- 1977 - Shannon Miller, American gymnast and Olympic gold medalist
- 1977 - Colin Murray, British radio DJ
- 1977 - Bree Turner, American dancer and actress
- 1977 - Matt Rubano, American musician (Taking Back Sunday)
- 1977 - Rita Simons, English actress
- 1977 - Robin Thicke, American singer
- 1978 - Ben Burnley, American musician (Breaking Benjamin)
- 1981 - Samuel Eto'o, Cameroonian footballer
- 1981 - Efthimios Kouloucheris, Greek footballer
- 1981 - Steven Reid, English-born footballer
- 1982 - Timo Glock, German racing car driver
- 1982 - Katharine Isabelle, Canadian actress
- 1983 - Che'Nelle, Malaysian Australian Singer
- 1983 - Rafe Spall, English Actor
- 1983 - Carrie Underwood, American country singer
- 1983 - Reena Virk, Canadian murder victim (d. 1997)
- 1984 - Ben May, English footballer
- 1984 - Olivia Wilde, American actress
- 1985 - Lassana Diarra, French footballer
- 1985 - Casey Dienel, American singer-songwriter
- 1985 - Kim Leclerc, Canadian politician
- 1986 - JC de Vera, Filipino Actor
- 1987 - Martellus Bennett, American football player
- 1988 - Ivan Rakitić, Croatian Footballer
- 1992 - Emily Osment, American actress and singer
Deaths
- 1291 - Arghun, Persian ruler
- 1391 - Tvrtko I, first king of Bosnia (b. 1338)
- 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 the United Kingdom (b. 1713)
- 1832 - Muzio Clementi, Italian composer (b. 1752)
- 1861 - Taras Shevchenko, Ukrainian poet (b. 1814)
- 1872 - Giuseppe Mazzini, Italian politician (b. 1805)
- 1895 - Charles Frederick Worth, English-born couturier (b. 1826)
- 1910 - Karl Lueger, mayor of Vienna (b. 1844)
- 1910 - Carl Reinecke, German pianist, conductor and composer (b. 1824)
- 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 laureate (b. 1862)
- 1948 - Zelda Fitzgerald, American novelist, wife of F. Scott Fitzgerald (b. 1900)
- 1948 - Jan Masaryk, Foreign Minister of Czechoslovakia (b. 1886)
- 1949 - James Rector, American athlete (b. 1884)
- 1950 - Marguerite De La Motte, American actress (b. 1902)
- 1951 - Kijūrō Shidehara, Prime minister of Japan (b. 1872)
- 1966 - Frits Zernike, Dutch physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1888)
- 1967 - Yiorgos Batis, Greek composer and musician (b. 1885)
- 1970 - Vasilis Avlonitis, Greek actor (b. 1904)
- 1973 - Eugene 'Bull' Connor, American segregationist (b. 1897)
- 1977 - E. Power Biggs, English-born organist (b. 1906)
- 1982 - Minoru Shirota, inventor of Yakult(b. 1899)
- 1984 - June Marlowe, American actress (b. 1903)
- 1985 - Konstantin Chernenko, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (b. 1911)
- 1985 - Bob Nieman, American baseball player (b. 1927)
- 1986 - Ray Milland, British actor (b. 1905)
- 1988 - Andy Gibb, English-born singer (b. 1958)
- 1992 - Giorgos Zampetas, Greek composer and musician (b. 1925)
- 1994 - Abdelkader Alloula, Algerian playwright (b. 1929)
- 1996 - Ross Hunter, American film producer (b. 1920)
- 1997 - La Vern Baker, American singer (b. 1929)
- 1998 - Lloyd Bridges, American actor (b. 1913)
- 1999 - Oswaldo Guayasamin, Ecuadorian painter and sculptor (b. 1919)
- 2001 - Massimo Morsello, Italian musician and activist (b. 1958)
- 2003 - Barry Sheene, British motorcycle racer (b. 1950)
- 2004 - Dave Blood (David Schulthise), American musician (b. 1956)
- 2005 - Dave Allen, Irish comedian (b. 1936)
- 2005 - Danny Joe Brown, American singer (Molly Hatchet) (b. 1951)
- 2006 - Anna Moffo, American soprano (b. 1932)
- 2007 - Richard Jeni, American comedian (b. 1957)
- 2007 - Ernie Ladd, American football player and wrestler (b. 1938)
- 2008 - Richard Fran Biegenwald, American serial killer (b. 1940)