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
- 1629 –Charles I of England dissolves the Parliament, beginning the eleven-year period known as the Personal Rule.
- 1735 –An agreement between Nadir Shah and Russia is signed near Ganja and Russian troops are withdrawn from Baku.
- 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.
- 1830 –The KNIL also known as the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army is created.
- 1876 –Alexander Graham Bell makes the first successful telephone call by saying “Mr. Watson, come here, I want to see you.”
- 1969 –In Memphis, Tennessee, James Earl Ray pleads guilty to assassinating Martin Luther King Jr. He later retracts his plea.
- 1980 –Madeira School headmistress Jean Harris shoots and kills Scarsdale diet doctor Herman Tarnower
- 1990 –In Haiti, Prosper Avril is ousted 18 months after seizing power in a coup.
- 2006 –The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter arrives at Mars.
Who were born on March 10?
- 1787 –William Etty, English painter (d. 1849)
- 1810 –Samuel Ferguson, Irish poet (d. 1886)
- 1881 –Thomas Quinlan, musical impresario (d. 1951)
- 1936 –Alfredo Zitarrosa, Uruguayan Vocals and journalist (d. 1989)
- 1948 –Austin Carr, American basketball player
- 1969 –Walter Schreifels, American musician (Gorilla Biscuits)
- 1975 –Jerry Horton, American guitarist (Papa Roach)
- 1977 –Rita Simons, English actress
- 1981 –Steven Reid, Irish International footballer
- 1984 –Nikos Arabatzis, Greek footballer
Who died on March 10?
- 1315 –Agnes Blannbekin, Austrian mystic (b. c. 1244)
- 1513 –John de Vere, 13th Earl of Oxford, English commander (b. 1443)
- 1910 –Carl Reinecke, German pianist, conductor and composer (b. 1824)
- 1948 –Jan Masaryk, Foreign Minister of Czechoslovakia (b. 1886)
- 1967 –Yiorgos Batis, Greek composer and musician (b. 1885)
- 1970 –Vasilis Avlonitis, Greek actor (b. 1904)
- 1999 –Oswaldo Guayasamin, Ecuadorian painter and sculptor (b. 1919)
- 2001 –Nicholas Georgiadis, Greek painter, stage and costume designer (b. 1923)
- 2008 –Vangelis Kazan, Greek actor (b. 1936)
- 2010 –Muhammad Sayyid Tantawy, Egyptian Muslim cleric (b. 1928)
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