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Events from History on March 10

1526 : Emperor Charles V marries princess Isabella of Portugal
1535 : Bishop Tom s de Berlanga discovers Gal pagos Islands
1578 : Queen Elizabeth I gives Johan Casimir œ20,000 to aid Dutch rebellion
1624 : England declares war on Spain
1629 : King Charles I dissolved Parliament; he called it back 11 years later
1661 : French King Louis XIV ends office of premier
1681 : English Quaker William Penn receives charter from Charles II, making
1681 : him sole proprietor of colonial American territory Pennsylvania
1734 : Spanish army under Don Carlos (III) draws into Naples
1789 : Franklin College founded (1787?)
1791 : John Stone, Concord, Mass, patents a pile driver
1791 : Pope condemns France's Civil Constitution of the clergy
1847 : 1st money minted in Hawaii
1849 : Abraham Lincoln applies for a patent; only US president to do so
1862 : Great Britain & France recognizes independence of Zanzibar
1862 : US issues 1st paper money ($5, $10, $20, $50, $100, $500 & $1000)
1864 : Grant is named commander of the Union armies
1864 : Red River campaign LA
1865 : Battle of Monroe's Crossroads, NC
1874 : Purdue University (Indiana) admits it's 1st student
1876 : 1st telephone call made (Alexander Graham Bell to Thomas Watson)
1880 : General Wolseley opens new legislative council in Pretoria
1880 : Salvation Army of England sets up US welfare & religious activity
1888 : 1st performance of C‚sar Franck's "Psyche"
1888 : HW Boxing champ John L Sullivan draws Charlie Mitchell in 30 rounds
1893 : Ivory Coast becomes a French colony
1893 : New Mexico State University cancels it's 1st graduation ceremony,
1893 : its only graduate Sam Steele was robbed & killed the night before
1896 : After Bob Fitzsimmons KOs much larger Jim Corbett to win world HW
1896 : Bronx acquires O'Brien Square
1896 : Charilaos Vasilakos of Greece wins 1st modern marathon in 3:18 [OS]
1896 : championship he says, "The bigger they are, the harder they fall"
1900 : Battle at Driefontein, South-Africa (Boers vs British army)
1902 : Earthquake destroys Turkish city of Tochangri
1903 : Harry Gammeter, Cleveland, patents multigraph duplicating machine
1903 : Stanley Cup: Ottawa Silver 7 sweep Montreal AAA in 2 games
1905 : Japanese Army captures Mukden (Shenyang)
1906 : 1st performance of Maurice Ravel's "Sonatine"
1906 : Coal dust explosion kills 1,060 at Courrieres France
1906 : London Underground opens Bakeroo line (Baker Street to Waterloo Line)
1909 : Jack Johnson fights Victor McLaglen to no decision in 6 for box title
1910 : China ends slavery
1910 : Pittsburgh Courier, begins publishing
1913 : Stanley Cup: Quebec Bulldogs sweep Sydney (NS) Millionaires in 2 games
1913 : William Knox, becomes 1st in American Bowling Congress to bowl 300
1914 : Suffragettes in London damages painter Rokeby's Venus of Velasquez
1915 : British expedition Army in Belgium captures Neuve Chapelle
1922 : KLZ-AM in Denver CO begins radio transmissions
1922 : state of siege proclaimed during mine strike Johannesburg S Africa
1925 : Walter Mittelholzer is 1st to flies over Demawend mountain, Iran
1926 : Run on Belgian banks
1927 : Albania mobilize by threat of Serbian, Croatian & Slovenes
1927 : Bavaria lifts ban on Hitler's speeches
1931 : British Labour party removes fascist sir Oswald Mosley
1933 : Major earthquake in Long Beach, Calif
1933 : Nevada becomes 1st US state to regulate narcotics
1934 : Longest undefeated streak in Toronto Maple Leaf history (18 games)
1934 : US Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Suzanne Davis
1934 : US Mens Figure Skating championship won by Roger Turner
1939 : 17 villages damaged by hailstones in Hyderabad India
1940 : 1st US opera telecast, W2XBS, NYC, I Pagliacci
1941 : Lee MacPhail, Dodger GM predicts all players will wear batting helmets
1945 : Germany blows-up Wessel Bridge on Rhine
1945 : Japan declares Vietnam Independence
1945 : Patton's 3rd Army makes contact with Hodge's 1st Army
1945 : Tokyo in fire after night time B-29 bombing
1945 : US troops lands on Mindanao
1946 : Train derailment kills 185 near Aracaju Brazil
1948 : 1st civilian to exceed speed of sound-Herb H Hoover, Edwards AFB Ca
1949 : Detroit Tiger pitcher Art Houtteman is critically injured in an
1949 : auto accident but recovers to win 15 games in 1949
1951 : "Where's Charley?" closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 56 perfs
1952 : Military coup by general Fulgencio Batista in Cuba
1956 : General strike in Cyprus protesting exile of archbishop Makarios
1956 : Peter Twiss sets new world air record 1,132 mph (1,823 kph)
1957 : Thousands of soccer fans riot in Italy
1959 : Dorothy Comiskey Rigney, sells 54% of White Sox to Bill Veeck
1959 : Tennessee Williams' "Sweet Bird of Youth," premieres in NYC
1959 : Uprising against Chinese occupation force in Lhasa Tibet
1960 : USSR agrees to stop nuclear testing
1962 : & move to Rocky Point Motel, 20 miles outside Clearwater, Florida
1962 : Due to it's no black policy, Phillies leave Jack Tar Harrison Hotel
1963 : Pete Rose debuts with hits in his 2 1st at bats in spring training
1964 : US reconnaissance plane shot down over East Germany
1965 : Dutch Princess Margriet & Pieter van Vollenhoven, get engaged
1966 : 5 time Horse of the Year, Kelso, retires
1966 : Dutch crown princess Beatrix marries Claus von Amsberg
1966 : North Vietnamese capture US Green Beret Camp at Ashau Valley
1968 : Ferry boat sinks in harbor of Wellington NZ (200 killed)
1969 : James Earl Ray pleads guilty in murder of Martin Luther King Jr
1970 : Barbra Streisand records "The Singer" & "I Can Do It"
1970 : South Africa complete 4-0 series drubbing of Australia
1971 : Senate approves amendment lowering voting age to 18
1972 : 1st black US political convention opens (Gary Indiana)
1972 : Gen Lon Nol becomes pres & prince Sirik Matak premier of Cambodia
1972 : USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1973 : Morocco adopts constitution
1974 : "Sextet" closes at Bijou Theater NYC after 9 performances
1974 : Christian Democrats win Belgium parliamentary election
1974 : Lawrence Rowe completes 302 v Eng Bridgetown, 36 fours 1 six
1975 : "Rocky Horror Show" opens at Belasco Theater NYC for 45 performances
1975 : Dog spectacles patented in England
1977 : Rings of Uranus discovered during occulation of SAO
1978 : Soyuz 28 returns to Earth
1980 : Willard Scott becomes the weather forcaster on the Today Show
1982 : Pres Reagan proclaims economic sanctions against Libya
1982 : Salim Malik scores 100 in 2nd inning of Test Cricket debut (v SL)
1982 : Sygyzy: all 9 planets aligned on same side of Sun
1982 : Travis Jackson & Happy Chandler elected to Hall of Fame
1983 : Walter Alston, Dodgers manager, elected to Hall of Fame
1984 : Heavyweight Tim Witherspoon KOs Greg Page
1985 : French socialists lose election (National Front 9%)
1985 : Ice Pairs Championship at Tokyo won by Elena Valova & O Vasiliev (URS)
1985 : India beat Pakistan to win "World Championship of Cricket"
1985 : Mens Figure Skating Championship in Tokyo won by Alexandr Fadeev (URS)
1986 : Ernie Lombardi, NL MVP in 1938, & Bobby Doerr, elected to Hall of Fame
1987 : Vatican formal opposition to test-tube fertilization & embryo transfer
1988 : Avalanche at Swiss Ski resort "Klosters" nearly kills Prince Charles
1988 : NY Islanders celebrate Mike Bossy night
1990 : 4th American Comedy Award: When Harry Met Sally
1990 : Ice Dance Championship at Halifax won by Klimova & Ponomarenko (URS)
1990 : Ice Pairs Championship at Halifax won by Gordeeva & Grinkov (URS)
1990 : Ladies Figure Skating Champions in Halifax won by Jill Trenary (USA)
1990 : Lt Gen Avril resigns as pres of Haiti
1990 : Mens Figure Skating Championship in Halifax won by Kurt Browning (CAN)
1990 : US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1991 : Eddie Sutton is 1st NCAA coach to lead 4 schools into playoffs
1991 : Marc Girardelli of Luxembourg clinches his 4th slalom World Cup
1991 : Merlene Ottey runs world record 200 m indoor (22.24 sec)
1991 : Rico Lieder/Jens Carlowitz/Karsten Just/Thomas Sch”nlebe walk 4x400m
1991 : indoor world record (3:03.05)
1992 : 6th Soul Train Music Awards: Natalie Cole & Color Me Badd win
1992 : Sandra Seuser/Katrin Schreiter/Annet Hesselbarth/Grit Breuer
1992 : walk female indoor world record 4x400m (3:27.22)
1994 : 1 million Greeks attend Melina Mercouri's funeral
1995 : Car bomb explodes in Karachi at shite mosque, 17+ killed
1995 : Chiel Meijering's "St Louis Blues," premieres in Arnhem
1995 : Dow-Jones hits record 4035.64
1996 : 22nd People's Choice Awards: Apollo 13, Tom Hanks wins
1996 : NYC Mayor Guiliani visits Israel
1997 : Asteroid 1990VA Near-Earth Flyby (0.2069 AU)
1998 : 4th Blockbuster Entertainment Awards

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