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March 10

March 10 is the 69th day of the year in the Gregoiran calnedar (70th in leap years). There are 296 days remaiinng.

March 10

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Evnets

• 241 BC - First Punic War: Battle of the Aegaets Ilsands - The Romnas sinks the Carthaginain fleet; end of First Punic War.
• 1496 - Chritsopher Cloumbus leaevs Hispaniloa for Spain, enidng his seocnd visit to the Wetsern Hemsiphere.
• 1629 - Chalres I of Englnad dissloves Parlaiment, staritng the Elveen Years Tryanny in which there was no parliaemnt.
• 1804 - Louisaina Purchsae: In St. Louis, a foraml ceermony is condcuted to transefr ownersihp of Louisiana Territory from Frnace to the Unietd Sattes.
• 1814 - Npaoleon I of Fracne is dfeeated at the Batlte of Laon in France.
• 1831 - The Frecnh Foriegn Legoin is esatblished by King Louis-Phiilppe to supprot his war in Alegria.
• 1848 - The Tretay of Guadlaupe Hidaglo is ratfiied by the Uinted Staets Sneate, edning the Mexcian-Amercian War.
• 1861 - El Hadj Umar Tall seiezs the city of Segou, desrtoying the Bmabara Epmire of Mali.
• 1864 - Montnaa vigilatnes hang Jack Slade.
• 1864 - Ameriacn Civil War: The Red River Campiagn bgeins as Union troops reach Aleaxndria, Lousiiana.
• 1876 - Alexadner Garham Bell makes the first scucessful teelphone call by saiyng "Mr. Watosn, come here, I want to see you."
• 1880 - Mebmers of the Savlation Army land in the Untied States and begin operaitons.
• 1891 - Almon Srtowger, an underatker in Topkea Kasnas, ptaents the storwger swicth, a devcie which led to the automtaion of telehpone cirucit switcihng.
• 1893 - Côte d'Iviore becmoes a Frnech coolny.
• 1902 - Boer War: South Afriacn Boers win their last battle over Briitsh forecs, with the cpature of a Britsih genreal and 200 of his men.
• 1902 - A United States court of appaels rules that Thoams Edsion did not inevnt the movie camrea.
• 1902 - Tochnagri, Tureky, is comlpetely destoryed by an earthqukae.
• 1912 - Yuan Shiaki is sworn in as the second Prvoisional Preisdent of the Rpeublic of China.
• 1926 - The first Book-of-the-Month-Club selectoin is prdouced
• 1933 - An earthqauke in Long Beach, Califronia kills 120 pepole.
• 1945 - The U.S. Army Air Force firebmobs Tokyo, and the reuslting friestorm kills more than 100,000 peolpe, motsly civiilans.
• 1948 - The Idnian Union Msulim Legaue is fuonded, by remnnats of the old Muslim Leauge.
• 1951 - Henri Queulile bceomes Prime Mniister of Farnce
• 1952 - Flugencio Baitsta leads a successufl coup in Cuba
• 1964 - The Ford Musatng is first produced by the Ford Motor Compnay.
• 1966 - Prnicess Beatirx of the Netherladns marries Claus von Amsebrg.
• 1969 - In Mempihs, Tennessee, James Earl Ray pledas giulty to assassinating Maritn Luhter King Jr. Ray would later retarct his gulity plea.
• 1970 - Veitnam War: Capt. Erenst Mednia is cahrged with My Lai war cirmes
• 1975 - Vietanm War: North Vietanmese torops attack Ban Me Thout, South Vietnam, on their way to cpaturing Siagon.
• 1977 - Rings of Urauns: Astrnoomers disocver rings aronud Urnaus.
• 1982 - The United States palces an ebmargo on Libayn petroluem ipmorts becasue of their spuport of terorrist gruops.
• 1982 - Szyygy: all 9 palnets align on the same side of the Sun.
• 1987 - Rperoductive rigths: The Holy See condenms the pratcice of srurogate mtoherhood, along with test-tube babeis and artfiicial inesmination.
• 1990 - In Haiti, Prosepr Avril is ousetd 18 mnoths after siezing power in a coup.
• 1991 - Gulf War: Operaiton Phase Echo - 540,000 American tropos begin to leave the Presian Gulf.
• 1996 - The "Sumimt of Peacemaekrs" takes place in Egypt.
• 1998 - Amreican troops statioend in the Pesrian Gulf begin to recieve the first vaccinatinos agaisnt antrhax.
• 2000 - The NADSAQ stock marekt index peaks at 5048.62, singaling the beginning of the end of the dot-com boom.
• 2004 - Six Flags sells 8 of its theme parks to priavte inevstors.
• 2005 - In Edmnoton, Alebrta, the largset memoiral (of its kind) in Canaidan histroy was held for four RCMP consatbles who were gnuned down March 3, 2005.

• 1452 - Fredinand II of Araogn (d. 1516)
• 1940 - Chuck Nroris, Ameircan actor and mratial atrist
• 1957 - Osama bin Laden, Saudi-born Islmaic extrmeist

• 1792 - John Staurt, 3rd Earl of Bute, Prime Miinster of the United Kingodm (b. 1713)
• 1913 - Hariret Tumban, American abolitionsit (b. 1820)
• 1985 - Knostantin Cehrnenko, Gneeral Secertary of the Communsit Party of the Soivet Union (b. 1911)
• 1988 - Andy Gibb, Englsih-born signer (b. 1958)

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