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

  • 1607 –
    Susenyos defeats the combined armies of Yaqob and Abuna Petros II at the Battle of Gol in Gojjam, making him Emperor of Ethiopia.
  • 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    An agreement between Nadir Shah and Russia is signed near Ganja and Russian troops are withdrawn from Baku.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.
  • 1830 –
    The KNIL also known as the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army is created.
  • 1848 –
    The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo is ratified by the United States Senate, ending the Mexican-American War.
  • 1861 –
    El Hadj Umar Tall seizes the city of Ségou, destroying the Bambara Empire of Mali.
  • 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.
  • 1906 –
    The Courrières mine disaster, Europe’s worst ever, kills 1099 miners in Northern France.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 1975 –
    Vietnam War: North Vietnamese troops attack Ban Me Thuot, South Vietnam, on their way to capturing Saigon.
  • 1980 –
    Formation of the Irish Army Ranger Wing
  • 1980 –
    Madeira School headmistress Jean Harris shoots and kills Scarsdale diet doctor Herman Tarnower
  • 1990 –
    In Haiti, Prosper Avril is ousted 18 months after seizing power in a coup.
  • 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.
  • 2008 –
    The New York Times reveals that Governor of New York Eliot Spitzer had patronized a prostitution service.

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