About March 10
March 10, 2025 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.
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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 344 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.
- 298 –Roman Emperor Maximian concludes his campaign in North Africa against the Berbers, and makes a triumphal entry into Carthage.
- 1735 –An agreement between Nadir Shah and Russia is signed near Ganja and Russian troops are withdrawn from Baku.
- 1814 –Napoleon I of France is defeated at the Battle of Laon in France.
- 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.
- 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.”
- 1891 –Almon Strowger, an undertaker in Topeka, Kansas, patents the Strowger switch, a device which led to the automation of telephone circuit switching.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1970 –Vietnam War: Captain Ernest Medina is charged by the U.S. Military with My Lai war crimes.
- 1977 –Rings of Uranus: Astronomers discover rings around Uranus.
- 1980 –Formation of the Irish Army Ranger Wing
- 1990 –In Haiti, Prosper Avril is ousted 18 months after seizing power in a coup.
- 2005 –Tung Chee Hwa resigns from his post as the first Chief Executive of Hong Kong after widespread public dissatisfaction of his tenure.
- 2008 –The New York Times reveals that Governor of New York Eliot Spitzer had patronized a prostitution service.
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