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What happened in history on March 10th?
Year | Name |
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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. |
Here is a random list who born on March 10. For full list please click on the link above.
Year | Name |
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1788 | Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff, German author, poet, playwright, and critic (d. 1857) |
1918 | Günther Rall, German general and pilot (d. 2009) |
1940 | David Rabe, American playwright and screenwriter |
1903 | Clare Boothe Luce, American playwright, journalist, and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Italy (d. 1987) |
1870 | David Riazanov, Russian theorist and politician (d. 1938) |
1932 | Marcia Falkender, Baroness Falkender, English politician (d. 2019) |
1962 | Seiko Matsuda, Japanese singer-songwriter |
1995 | DaeSean Hamilton, American football player |
1973 | Chris Sutton, English footballer |
1843 | Evelyn Abbott, English classical scholar (d. 1901) |
Here is a list of some famous peope who died on March 10. For full list please click on the link above.
Date | Name |
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483 | Pope Simplicius |
1528 | Balthasar Hübmaier, German/Moravian Anabaptist leader |
2016 | Ken Adam, German-English production designer and art director (b. 1921) |
1898 | Marie-Eugénie de Jésus, French nun and saint, founded the Religious of the Assumption (b. 1817) |
1942 | Wilbur Scoville, American pharmacist and chemist (b. 1865) |
1724 | Urban Hjärne, Swedish chemist, geologist, and physician (b. 1641) |
2005 | Dave Allen, Irish-English comedian, actor, and screenwriter (b. 1936) |
1997 | LaVern Baker, American singer and actress (b. 1929) |
1999 | Oswaldo Guayasamín, Ecuadorian painter and sculptor (b. 1919) |
1966 | Frits Zernike, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888) |