What happened this day in history March 10

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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