What are the important events that happened on March 10? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
March 10: Facts & Myths About This Day
March 10 is the 70th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 296 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is February 26, 2024 – a Sunday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 475,008 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘heptacontagon’ day.
Pisces is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Aquamarine is the modern birthstone for this month. Jade is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 325 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,097 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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March 10 Historical Events
- 1816 –Crossing of the Andes: A group of royalist scouts is captured during the Action of Juncalito.
- 1831 –The French Foreign Legion is established by King Louis-Philippe to support his war in Algeria.
- 1864 –American Civil War: The Red River Campaign begins as Union troops reach Alexandria, Louisiana.
- 1906 –The Courrières mine disaster, Europe’s worst ever, kills 1099 miners in Northern France.
- 1945 –The U.S. Army Air Force firebombs Tokyo, and the resulting firestorm kills more than 100,000 people, mostly civilians.
- 1952 –Fulgencio Batista leads a successful coup in Cuba and appoints himself as the “provisional president”.
- 1959 –Tibetan uprising: Fearing an abduction attempt 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 retracts his plea.
- 1970 –Vietnam War: Captain Ernest Medina is charged by the U.S. Military with My Lai war crimes.
- 2006 –The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter arrives at Mars.
Who were born on March 10?
- 1415 –Vasili II of Russia (d. 1462)
- 1899 –Robert Meier, German WW1 veteran (d. 2007)
- 1925 –Manolis Anagnostakis, Greek poet (d. 2005)
- 1947 –Kim Campbell, 19th Prime Minister of Canada
- 1952 –Morgan Tsvangirai, Prime Minister of Zimbabwe
- 1960 –Lance Burton, American stage illusionist
- 1960 –Uwe Fahrenkrog-Petersen, German keyboardist and songwriter
- 1968 –Thio Li-ann, Singaporean law professor and NMP
- 1985 –Lassana Diarra, French footballer
- 1986 –JC de Vera, Filipino actor
Who died on March 10?
- 1584 –Thomas Norton, English politician and writer (b. 1532)
- 1823 –George Elphinstone, 1st Viscount Keith, Royal Navy admiral (d. 1746)
- 1832 –Muzio Clementi, Italian composer (b. 1752)
- 1910 –Carl Reinecke, German pianist, conductor and composer (b. 1824)
- 1973 –Eugene ‘Bull’Connor, American segregationist (b. 1897)
- 1999 –Oswaldo Guayasamin, Ecuadorian painter and sculptor (b. 1919)
- 1999 –Valentino Mazzia, American forensic anesthesiologist (b. 1922)
- 2001 –Nicholas Georgiadis, Greek painter, stage and costume designer (b. 1923)
- 2007 –Richard Jeni, American comedian (b. 1957)
- 2010 –Muhammad Sayyid Tantawy, Egyptian Muslim cleric (b. 1928)
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