10 March History
- 515 BC - The building of the great Jewish temple in Jerusalem is completed.
- 241 BC - The Roman fleet sinks 50 Carthaginian ships in the Battle of Aegusa.
- 49 BC - Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon and invades Italy.
- 1656 - In the colony of Virginia, suffrage is extended to all free men regardless of their religion.
- 1776 - "Common Sense" by Thomas Paine is published.
- 1785 - Thomas Jefferson is appointed minister to France.
- 1806 - The Dutch in Cape Town, South Africa surrender to the British.
- 1814 - Napoleon Bonaparte is defeated by an allied army at the Battle of Laon, France.
- 1848 - The treaty of Guadeloupe-Hidalgo is signed which ends the United States' war with Mexico.
- 1876 - Alexander Graham Bell makes the first telephone call to Thomas Watson saying "Watson, come here. I need you."
- 1893 - New Mexico State University cancels its first graduation ceremony, because the only graduate was robbed and killed the night before.
- 1902 - The Boers of South Africa score their last victory over the British, capturing British General Methuen and 200 men.
- 1910 - Slavery is abolished in China.
- 1924 - The U.S. Supreme Court upholds a New York state law forbidding late-night work for women.
- 1927 - Prussia lifts its Nazi ban, Adolf Hitler is allowed to speak in public.
- 1933 - Nevada becomes the first U.S. state to regulate drugs.
- 1941 - Vichy France threatens to use its navy unless Britain allows food to reach France.
- 1943 - Adolf Hitler calls Field Marshall Erwin Rommel back from Tunisia in North Africa.
- 1944 - The Irish refuse to oust all Axis envoys and deny the accusation of spying on Allied troops.
- 1945 - American B-29 bombers attack Tokyo, killing 100,000.
- 1947 - The Big Four meet in Moscow to discuss the future of Germany.
- 1948 - Author Zelda Fitzgerald (wife of F. Scott) dies in a fire at Highland Hospital.
- 1953 - North Korean gunners at Wonsan fire on the USS Missouri, the ship responds by firing 998 rounds at the enemy position.
- 1954 - President Dwight Eisenhower calls Senator Joseph McCarthy a peril to the Republican Party.
- 1966 - The North Vietnamese capture a Green Beret camp at Ashau Valley.
- 1969 - James Earl Ray pleads guilty to the murder of Dr. Martin Luther King and is sentenced to 99 years in jail.
- 1971 - The Senate approves a Constitutional amendment to lower the voting age to 18.
- 1975 - The North Vietnamese Army attacks the South Vietnamese town of Ban Me Thout, the offensive will end with total victory in Vietnam.
- 1980 - Iran's leader, Ayatollah Khomeini, lends his support to the militants holding the American hostages in Tehran.
- 1982 - The United States bans Libyan oil imports, because of the continued support of terrorism.
- 1987 - The Vatican condemns surrogate parenting as well as test-tube and artificial insemination.
10 March Birthdays
- 1503 - Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor.
- 1772 - Friedrich Von Schlegel, German romantic poet and critic (Philosophy of History, History of Literature).
- 1845 - Alexander III, Russian czar.
- 1845 - Hallie Quinn Brown, American educator, women's rights leader.
- 1903 - Leon Bismarck "Bix" Beiderbecke, jazz cornetist and composer.
- 1909 - Kathryn McLean (Forbes), author (Mama's Bank Account).
- 1916 - James Herriot, Scottish writer and country veterinarian (All Creatures Great and Small).
- 1918 - Günther Rall, German Luftwaffe ace in World War II.
- 1940 - David Rabe, playwright (Sticks and Bones, Hurlyburly).