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 69^th 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, 1,741,564,800 seconds 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.

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.

March 10 Historical Events

• 1762 –
  French Huguenot Jean Calas, who had been wrongly convicted of killing his son, dies after being tortured by authorities; the event inspired Voltaire to begin a campaign for religious tolerance and legal reform.
• 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.
• 1864 –
  American Civil War: The Red River Campaign begins as Union troops reach Alexandria, Louisiana.
• 1876 –
  Alexander Graham Bell makes the first successful telephone call by saying “Mr. Watson, come here, I want to see you.”
• 1891 –
  Almon Strowger, an undertaker in Topeka, Kansas, patents the Strowger switch, a device which led to the automation of telephone circuit switching.
• 1909 –
  By signing the Anglo-Siamese Treaty of 1909, Thailand relinquishes its sovereignty over the Malay states of Kedah, Kelantan, Perlis and Terengganu, which become British protectorates.
• 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.
• 1952 –
  Fulgencio Batista leads a successful coup in Cuba and appoints himself as the “provisional president”.

Who were born on March 10?

• 1745 –
  John Gunby, American soldier (d. 1807)
• 1919 –
  Marion Hutton, American singer (d. 1987)
• 1936 –
  Sepp Blatter, Swiss FIFA President
• 1938 –
  Ieronymos II, Archbishop of Athens
• 1946 –
  Jim Valvano, American basketball coach (d. 1993)
• 1952 –
  Morgan Tsvangirai, Prime Minister of Zimbabwe
• 1964 –
  David Faber, American television reporter
• 1966 –
  Gráinne Mulvey, Irish composer
• 1971 –
  Timbaland, American rapper
• 1987 –
  Tuukka Rask, Finnish ice hockey player

Who died on March 10?

• 1549 –
  Thomas Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Sudeley, English politician and diplomat
• 1792 –
  John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1713)
• 1872 –
  Giuseppe Mazzini, Italian politician (b. 1805)
• 1895 –
  Charles Frederick Worth, English-born couturier (b. 1826)
• 1948 –
  Jan Masaryk, Foreign Minister of Czechoslovakia (b. 1886)
• 1949 –
  James Rector, American athlete (b. 1884)
• 1970 –
  Vasilis Avlonitis, Greek actor (b. 1904)
• 1977 –
  E. Power Biggs, English-born organist (b. 1906)
• 1994 –
  Abdelkader Alloula, Algerian playwright (b. 1929)
• 1997 –
  LaVern Baker, American singer (b. 1929)