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 69th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 296 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is February 25, 2025 – a Monday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 29,026,080 minutes 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 ‘hexacontaenneagon’ day.
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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 344 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 4,462 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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March 10 Historical Events
241 BC –
First Punic War: Battle of the Aegates Islands – The Romans sink the Carthaginian fleet bringing the First Punic War to an end.
1629 –
Charles I of England dissolves the Parliament, beginning the eleven-year period known as the Personal Rule.
1804 –
Louisiana Purchase: In St. Louis, Missouri, a formal ceremony is conducted to transfer ownership of the Louisiana Territory from France to the United States.
1816 –
Crossing of the Andes: A group of royalist scouts is captured during the Action of Juncalito.
1848 –
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo is ratified by the United States Senate, ending the Mexican-American War.
1917 –
Batangas is formally founded as one of the Philippines’s earliest encomiendas.
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.
1933 –
An earthquake in Long Beach, California kills 115 people and causes an estimated $40 million dollars in damage.
1959 –
Tibetan uprising: Fearing an abduction attempt by China, 300,000 Tibetans surround the Dalai Lama’s palace to prevent his removal.
1980 –
Formation of the Irish Army Ranger Wing
Who were born on March 10?
1892 –
Gregory La Cava, American director (d. 1952)
1905 –
Richard Haydn, English actor (d. 1985)
1929 –
Huey P. Meaux, American record producer (d. 2011)
1936 –
Sepp Blatter, Swiss FIFA President
1946 –
Jim Valvano, American basketball coach (d. 1993)
1948 –
Austin Carr, American basketball player
1961 –
Laurel Clark, physician and astronaut (d. 2003)
1964 –
David Faber, American television reporter
1970 –
Michel van der Aa, Dutch composer
1972 –
Paraskevi Tsiamita, Greek athlete
Who died on March 10?
1669 –
John Denham, English poet (b. 1615)
1776 –
Niclas Sahlgren, Swedish merchant and philanthropist (b. 1701)
1940 –
Mikhail Bulgakov, Russian writer (b. 1891)
1942 –
William Henry Bragg, English physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1862)
1970 –
Vasilis Avlonitis, Greek actor (b. 1904)
1982 –
Minoru Shirota, inventor of Yakult (b. 1899)
1985 –
Bob Nieman, American baseball player (b. 1927)
1994 –
Abdelkader Alloula, Algerian playwright (b. 1929)
2001 –
Nicholas Georgiadis, Greek painter, stage and costume designer (b. 1923)
2004 –
Dave Blood (David Schulthise), American musician (b. 1956)
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