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
- 1629 –Charles I of England dissolves the Parliament, beginning the eleven-year period known as the Personal Rule.
- 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.
- 1891 –Almon Strowger, an undertaker in Topeka, Kansas, patents the Strowger switch, a device which led to the automation of telephone circuit switching.
- 1966 –Military Prime Minister of South Vietnam Nguyen Cao Ky sacked rival General Nguyen Chanh Thi, precipitating large-scale civil and military dissension in parts of the nation.
- 1968 –Vietnam War: Battle of Lima Site 85, concluding the 11th with largest single ground combat loss of United States Air Force members (12) during that war.
- 1969 –In Memphis, Tennessee, James Earl Ray pleads guilty to assassinating Martin Luther King Jr. He later retracts his plea.
- 1975 –Vietnam War: North Vietnamese troops attack Ban Me Thuot, South Vietnam, on their way to capturing Saigon.
- 1977 –Rings of Uranus: Astronomers discover rings around Uranus.
- 1980 –Formation of the Irish Army Ranger Wing
Who were born on March 10?
- 1810 –Samuel Ferguson, Irish poet (d. 1886)
- 1844 –Pablo de Sarasate, Spanish violinist (d. 1908)
- 1881 –Thomas Quinlan, musical impresario (d. 1951)
- 1888 –Baldwin Cooke, American actor d. 1953
- 1892 –Arthur Honegger, French-born Swiss composer (d. 1955)
- 1899 –Robert Meier, German WW1 veteran (d. 2007)
- 1961 –Pam Oliver, American sportscaster
- 1962 –Jasmine Guy, American actress
- 1966 –Mike Timlin, American baseball player
- 1973 –Mauricio Taricco, Argentine footballer
Who died on March 10?
- 1315 –Agnes Blannbekin, Austrian mystic (b. c. 1244)
- 1832 –Muzio Clementi, Italian composer (b. 1752)
- 1898 –Marie-Eugénie de Jésus, Founder of the Religious of the Assumption (b. 1817)
- 1950 –Marguerite De La Motte, American actress (b. 1902)
- 1966 –Frits Zernike, Dutch physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1888)
- 1967 –Yiorgos Batis, Greek composer and musician (b. 1885)
- 1970 –Vasilis Avlonitis, Greek actor (b. 1904)
- 1992 –Giorgos Zampetas, Greek composer and musician (b. 1925)
- 1996 –Ross Hunter, American film producer (b. 1920)
- 2010 –Corey Haim, Canadian actor (b. 1971)
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