Today March 10th in history click read more below to view detail events, deaths, births, Holidays and observances, and video clips in hisotry. Please comments, last database updated: Jan 17th, 2009
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.
1629 – Charles I of England dissolves Parliament, starting the Eleven Years Tyranny in which there was no parliament.
1735 – An agreement between Nadir Shah and Paul I of Russia is signed near Ganja and Russian troops are withdrawn from Baku.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
1801 – First census in Great Britain
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.
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 – Second 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.
1905 – Eleftherios Venizelos asks the independence of Crete and its union with Greece again, starting the Cretan Revolution in Theriso.
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, although he is released after two years in February 1924 after an operation for appendicitis.
1933 – An earthquake in Long Beach, California kills 120 people.
1941 – Rudolf Hess makes his controversial flight to Scotland.
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.
1959 – Tibet leads an unsuccessful uprising against ten years of Chinese occupation in Lhasa. Thousands are massacred by the occupying Chinese army.
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.
1975 – Sanyo Shinkansen open between Osaka and Fukuoka.
1977 – Rings of Uranus: Astronomers discover rings around Uranus.
1980 – Madeira School headmistress Jean Harris shoots and kills Scarsdale diet doctor Herman Tarnower
1982 – The United States places an embargo on Libyan petroleum imports because of their support of terrorist groups.
1982 – Syzygy: all 9 planets align on the same side of the Sun. See also Jupiter effect.
1987 – 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.
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.
2006 – Mass unrest by the PCC started in São Paulo (the biggest city in Brazil) which would eventually kill more than 152 people.
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, Maryland Soldier in the American Revolutionary War (d. 1807)
1749 – Lorenzo da Ponte, Italian librettist (d. 1838)
1769 – Joseph Williamson, English philanthropist and tunnel builder (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 (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, formerly Germany s oldest man. (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 from Easy Company during WWII.
1919 – Marion Hutton, American singer (d. 1987)
1920 – Alfred Peet, Dutch-American entrepreneur and the founder of Peet s Coffee & Tea (d. 2007)
1920 – Boris Vian, French writer and musician (d. 1959)
1923 – Val Logsdon Fitch, Nobel Prize 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, Quebec author, playwright, singer and songwriter (d. 2001)
1935 – Graham Farmer, Australian rules footballer
1936 – Sepp Blatter, Swiss ice hockey and football official
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 Commissioner of The Metropolitan Police
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 – Youssra, Egyptian actress and singer
1955 – Toshio Suzuki, Japanese racing driver
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
Deaths
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 – Bobby Petrino, American football coach
1961 – Pam Oliver, American sportscaster
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 academic and Nominated Member of Parliament
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 triple jumper
1973 – Eva Herzigova, Czech model
1973 – Chris Sutton, English footballer
1973 – Mauricio Taricco, Argentine footballer
1973 – John LeCompt, American guitarist
1974 – Hugo Ferreira, American rock musician
1975 – Lyne Bessette, Quebec professional bicycle racer
1976 – Haifa Wehbe, Lebanese actress, model and singer
1976 – Kisaki, Japanese musician
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 – Robin Thicke, American singer
1977 – Rita Simons, English actress
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 – Carrie Underwood, American country singer
1983 – Che Nelle, Malaysian Australian Singer
1983 – Reena Virk, Canadian murder victim (d. 1997)
1983 – Rafe Spall, English Actor
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
Holidays and observances
1986 – JM
1986 – JC de Vera, Filipino Actor
1987 – Martellus Bennett, American football player
1988 – Ivan Rakitic, Croatian Footballer
1992 – Emily Osment, American actress and singer
