10 March History


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  • 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.
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  • 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.
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  • 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.
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  • 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).