March 10 is the 69th day of the year (70th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 296 days remaining until the end of the year. This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Tuesday, Thursday or Saturday (58 in 400 years each) than on Sunday or Monday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Wednesday or Friday (56).
NATIONAL PACK YOUR LUNCH DAY
NATIONAL PACK YOUR LUNCH DAY
241 BC – In the First Punic War the Battle of the Egadi Islands is fought. The Romans sink the Carthaginian fleet bringing the First Punic War to an end.
1629 – Charles I of England dissolves Parliament, beginning the eleven-year period known as the Personal Rule.
1804 – The Louisiana Purchase: In St. Louis, Missouri, a formal ceremony is conducted to transfer ownership of the Louisiana Territory from France to the United States.
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.
1848 – The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo is ratified by the United States Senate, ending the Mexican–American War.
1876 – Alexander Graham Bell makes the first successful telephone call by saying "Mr. Watson, come here, I want to see you."
1915 – The Battle of Neuve Chapelle begins. This is the first large-scale operation by the British Army in WWI.
1915 – The Battle of Neuve Chapelle begins. This is the first large-scale operation by the British Army in WWI.
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.
1959 – Tibetan uprising: Fearing abduction by China, 300,000 Tibetans surround the Dalai Lama's palace to prevent his removal.
1969 – In Memphis, Tennessee, James Earl Ray pleads guilty to assassinating Martin Luther King, Jr. He later unsuccessfully attempts to retract his plea.
1970 – Vietnam War: Captain Ernest Medina is charged by the U.S. military with My Lai war crimes.
1975 – In the Vietnam War the Ho Chi Minh Campaign begins: 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.
1975 – In the Vietnam War the Ho Chi Minh Campaign begins: 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.
BORN TODAY
1846 – Edward Baker Lincoln, American son of Abraham Lincoln (d. 1850)
1867 – Lillian Wald, American nurse, humanitarian, and author, founded the Henry Street Settlement (d. 1940)
1920 – Alfred Peet, Dutch-American businessman, founded Peet's Coffee & Tea (d. 2007)
1923 – Val Logsdon Fitch, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2015)
1957 – Osama bin Laden, Saudi Arabian terrorist, founded al-Qaeda (d. 2011)
From Wikipedia and Google (images), ex as noted.
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