About March 10
March 10, 2024 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.
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Pisces is the sun 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.
What Happened On March 10
- 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.
- 1814 –Napoleon I of France is defeated at the Battle of Laon in France.
- 1830 –The KNIL also known as the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army is created.
- 1831 –The French Foreign Legion is established by King Louis-Philippe to support his war in Algeria.
- 1861 –El Hadj Umar Tall seizes the city of Ségou, destroying the Bambara Empire of Mali.
- 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.”
- 1906 –The Courrières mine disaster, Europe’s worst ever, kills 1099 miners in Northern France.
- 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.
- 1945 –The U.S. Army Air Force firebombs Tokyo, and the resulting firestorm kills more than 100,000 people, mostly civilians.
- 1959 –Tibetan uprising: Fearing an abduction attempt by China, 300,000 Tibetans surround the Dalai Lama’s palace to prevent his removal.
- 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.
- 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 –Madeira School headmistress Jean Harris shoots and kills Scarsdale diet doctor Herman Tarnower
- 2000 –The NASDAQ Composite stock market index peaks at 5132.52, signaling the beginning of the end of the dot-com boom.
- 2006 –The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter arrives at Mars.
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