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, 28,500,480 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 ‘heptacontagon’ 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 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.
- 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.”
- 1906 –The Courrières mine disaster, Europe’s worst ever, kills 1099 miners in Northern France.
- 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.
- 1944 –Greek Civil War: The Political Committee of National Liberation is established in Greece by the National Liberation Front.
- 1952 –Fulgencio Batista leads a successful coup in Cuba and appoints himself as the “provisional president”.
- 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.
- 1970 –Vietnam War: Captain Ernest Medina is charged by the U.S. Military with My Lai war crimes.
- 1990 –In Haiti, Prosper Avril is ousted 18 months after seizing power in a coup.
Who were born on March 10?
- 1844 –Pablo de Sarasate, Spanish violinist (d. 1908)
- 1918 –Günther Rall, German ace fighter pilot (d. 2009)
- 1935 –Graham Farmer, Australian rules footballer
- 1952 –Mike O'Donnell, American Composer
- 1957 –Shannon Tweed, Canadian actress and model
- 1967 –Daichi Suzuki, Japanese swimmer
- 1971 –Timbaland, American rapper
- 1977 –Colin Murray, British radio DJ
- 1977 –Peter Enckelman, Finnish footballer
- 1981 –Samuel Eto'o, Cameroonian footballer
Who died on March 10?
- 1391 –Tvrtko I, first king of Bosnia (b. 1338)
- 1513 –John de Vere, 13th Earl of Oxford, English commander (b. 1443)
- 1549 –Thomas Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Sudeley, English politician and diplomat
- 1670 –Johann Rudolf Glauber, German chemist (b. 1604)
- 1861 –Taras Shevchenko, Ukrainian poet (b. 1814)
- 1872 –Giuseppe Mazzini, Italian politician (b. 1805)
- 1948 –Zelda Fitzgerald, American novelist, wife of F. Scott Fitzgerald (b. 1900)
- 1986 –Ray Milland, British actor (b. 1905)
- 1997 –LaVern Baker, American singer (b. 1929)
- 2001 –Nicholas Georgiadis, Greek painter, stage and costume designer (b. 1923)
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