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Information about 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 Aegusa - The Roman fleet sinks 50


     Carthaginian ships.


   * 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.


   * 1848 - The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo is ratified by the United States


     Senate, ending the Mexican-American War.


   * 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.


   * 1893 - Ivory Coast 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 (see Edison v. American Mutoscope)


   * 1912 - China becomes a republic following the overthrow of the Manchu


     Qing Dynasty.


   * 1933 - Earthquake in Long Beach, California kills 120 people.


   * 1945 - World War II: In Japan, American B-29 bombers fire-bomb Tokyo


     killing 100,000.


   * 1952 - Fulgencio Batista leads a successful coup in Cuba


   * 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.


   * 1975 - Vietnam War: North Vietnamese troops attack Ban Me Thout, South


     Vietnam, on their way to capturing Saigon.


   * 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 Vatican condemns the practice of


     surrogate motherhood along with test-tube babies and artificial


     insemination.


   * 1990 - 18 months after seizing power in a coup, Prosper Avril is ousted


     in Haiti.


   * 1991 - Gulf War: Operation Phase Echo - 540,000 American troops begin


     to leave the Persian Gulf.


   * 1998 - American troops stationed in the Persian Gulf begin to receive


     the first vaccinations against anthrax.


Births


   * 1772 - Friedrich von Schlegel, aesthetician, poet, and publicist (+


     1829)


   * 1776 - Louise, queen of Prussia (+ 1810)


   * 1788 - Joseph von Eichendorff, lyricist and narrator (+ 1857)


   * 1848 - Albert Fraenkel, physician (+ 1916)


   * 1880 - Broncho Billy Anderson, actor (+ 1971)


   * 1888 - Barry Fitzgerald, actor (+ 1966)


   * 1891 - Sam Jaffe, actor (+ 1984)


   * 1892 - Arthur Honegger, composer (+ 1955)


   * 1892 - Gregory La Cava, director, producer, writer (+ 1952)


   * 1903 - Bix Beiderbecke, jazz musician (+ 1931)


   * 1903 - Clare Booth Luce, publisher, writer (+ 1987)


   * 1918 - Heywood Hale Broun, sports journalist, commentator (+ 2001)


   * 1927 - Paul Wunderlich, painter, graphic artist, sculptor


   * 1927 - Jupp Derwall, football coach


   * 1928 - James Earl Ray, assassin (+ 1998)


   * 1940 - Dean Torrence, musician ("Jan and Dean")


   * 1940 - Chuck Norris, actor, martial arts practitioner


   * 1947 - Kim Campbell, nineteenth Prime Minister of Canada and first


     woman to hold that office


   * 1957 - Osama Bin Laden, terrorist


   * 1958 - Sharon Stone, actress


   * 1963 - Neneh Cherry, musician


   * 1964 - Edward, Earl of Wessex


   * 1966 - Edie Brickell, singer


Deaths


   * 1913 - Harriet Tubman, Underground Railroad conductor, anti-slavery


     activist


   * 1940 - Mikha•l Boulgakov, Russian writer


   * 1948 - Zelda Fitzgerald (Mrs. F. Scott Fitzgerald)


   * 1948 - Jan Masaryk, Foreign Minister of Czechoslovakia


   * 1973 - Eugene 'Bull' Connor, segregationist


   * 1985 - Konstantin Chernenko, General Secretary of the Communist Party


     of the Soviet Union


   * 1986 - Ray Milland, British actor


   * 1988 - Andy Gibb, singer


   * 1996 - Ross Hunter, producer


   * 1997 - La Vern Baker, singer


   * 1998 - Lloyd Bridges, actor


Holidays and observances


   * Girl Scout Sunday

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