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What Happened on March 10th This Day in History

Year Name
2019 Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302, a Boeing 737 MAX, crashes, leading to all 737 MAX aircraft being grounded worldwide.
2017 The impeachment of President Park Geun-hye of South Korea in response to a major political scandal is unanimously upheld by the country's Constitutional Court, ending her presidency.
2006 The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter arrives at Mars.
2000 The Dot-com bubble peaks with the NASDAQ Composite stock market index reaching 5,048.62.
1990 In Haiti, Prosper Avril is ousted 18 months after seizing power in a coup.
1977 Astronomers discover the rings of Uranus.
1975 Vietnam War: Ho Chi Minh Campaign: North Vietnamese troops attack Ban Mê Thuột in the South on their way to capturing Saigon in the final push for victory over South Vietnam.
1970 Vietnam War: Captain Ernest Medina is charged by the U.S. military with My Lai war crimes.
1969 In Memphis, Tennessee, James Earl Ray pleads guilty to assassinating Martin Luther King Jr. He later unsuccessfully attempts to recant.
1966 Military Prime Minister of South Vietnam Nguyễn Cao Kỳ sacks rival General Nguyễn Chánh Thi, precipitating large-scale civil and military dissension in parts of the nation.
1959 Tibetan uprising: Fearing an abduction attempt by China, thousands of Tibetans surround the Dalai Lama's palace to prevent his removal.
1952 Fulgencio Batista leads a successful coup in Cuba.
1949 Mildred Gillars ("Axis Sally") is convicted of treason.
1945 World War II: The U.S. Army Air Force firebombs Tokyo, and the resulting conflagration kills more than 100,000 people, mostly civilians.
1944 Greek Civil War: The Political Committee of National Liberation is established in Greece by the National Liberation Front.
1933 The Long Beach earthquake affects the Greater Los Angeles Area, leaving around 108 people dead.
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.
1909 By signing the Anglo-Siamese Treaty of 1909, Thailand relinquishes its sovereignty over the Malay states of Kedah, Kelantan, Perlis and Terengganu, which become British protectorates.
1906 The Courrières mine disaster, Europe's worst ever, kills 1099 miners in northern France.
1891 Almon Strowger patents the Strowger switch, a device which led to the automation of telephone circuit switching.
1876 The first successful test of a telephone is made by Alexander Graham Bell.
1873 The first Azerbaijani play, The Adventures of the Vizier of the Khan of Lenkaran, prepared by Akhundov, is performed by Hassan-bey Zardabi and dramatist and Najaf-bey Vezirov.[16]
1861 El Hadj Umar Tall seizes the city of Ségou, destroying the Bamana Empire of Mali.
1848 The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo is ratified by the United States Senate, ending the Mexican–American War.
1831 The French Foreign Legion is created by Louis Philippe, the King of France, from the foreign regiments of the Kingdom of France.
1830 The Royal Netherlands East Indies Army is created.
1814 Emperor Napoleon I is defeated at the Battle of Laon in France.
1762 French Huguenot Jean Calas, who had been 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.
1735 An agreement between Nader Shah and Russia is signed near Ganja, Azerbaijan and Russian troops are withdrawn from occupied territories.
1661 French "Sun King" Louis XIV begins his personal rule of France after the death of his premier, the Cardinal Mazarin.
1629 Charles I dissolves the Parliament of England, beginning the eleven-year period known as the Personal Rule.
1607 Susenyos I defeats the combined armies of Yaqob and Abuna Petros II at the Battle of Gol in Gojjam, making him Emperor of Ethiopia.
1535 Spaniard Fray Tomás de Berlanga, the fourth Bishop of Panama, discovers the Galápagos Islands by chance on his way to Peru.
1496 After establishing the city of Santo Domingo, Christopher Columbus departs for Spain, leaving his brother in command.
947 The Later Han is founded by Liu Zhiyuan. He declares himself emperor.
298 Roman Emperor Maximian concludes his campaign in North Africa and makes a triumphal entry into Carthage.
241 First Punic War: Battle of the Aegates: The Romans sink the Carthaginian fleet bringing the First Punic War to an end.
Famous People Born on March 10

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Year Name
1958 Steve Howe, American baseball player (d. 2006)
1892 Gregory La Cava, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1952)
1939 Asghar Ali Engineer, Indian activist and author (d. 2013)
1709 Georg Wilhelm Steller, German botanist, zoologist, physician, and explorer (d. 1746)
1788 Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff, German author, poet, playwright, and critic (d. 1857)
1982 Kwame Brown, American basketball player
1947 Tom Scholz, American rock musician
1958 Sharon Stone, American actress and producer
1973 Chris Sutton, English footballer
1946 Gérard Garouste, French contemporary artist
Famous People Deaths On March 10

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Date Name
1315 Agnes Blannbekin, Austrian mystic
1999 Oswaldo Guayasamín, Ecuadorian painter and sculptor (b. 1919)
1986 Ray Milland, Welsh-American actor and director (b. 1907)
1940 Mikhail Bulgakov, Russian novelist and playwright (b. 1891)
2016 Ken Adam, German-English production designer and art director (b. 1921)
1910 Karl Lueger, Austrian lawyer and politician Mayor of Vienna (b. 1844)
1913 Harriet Tubman, American nurse and activist (b. c.1820)
1998 Lloyd Bridges, American actor and director (b. 1913)
1572 William Paulet, 1st Marquess of Winchester
1528 Balthasar Hübmaier, German/Moravian Anabaptist leader