March 10

March 10 is the 69th day of the year (70th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 296 days remaining until the end of the year.

Events

• 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.
• 1607 – Susenyos defeats the combined armies of Yaqob and Abuna Petros II at the Battle of Gol in Gojjam, making him Emperor of Ethiopia.
• 1629 – Charles I of England dissolves Parliament, beginning the eleven-year period known as the Personal Rule.
• 1735 – An agreement between Nadir Shah and Russia is signed near Ganja and Russian troops are withdrawn from Baku.
• 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.
• 1804 – Louisiana Purchase: In St. Louis, Missouri, a formal ceremony is conducted to transfer ownership of the Louisiana Territory from France to the United States.
• 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.
• 1831 – The French Foreign Legion is established by King Louis Philippe to support his war in Algeria.
• 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.
• 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.
• 1917 – Some provinces and cities in the Philippines were incorporated due to the ratification of Act No. 2711 or the Administrative Code of the Philippines.
• 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 in damage.
• 1944 – Greek Civil War: The Political Committee of National Liberation is established in Greece by the National Liberation Front.
• 1945 – The U.S. Army Air Force firebombs Tokyo, and the resulting firestorm kills more than 100,000 people, mostly civilians.
• 1952 – Fulgencio Batista leads a successful coup in Cuba and appoints himself as the "provisional president".
• 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.
• 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.
• 1969 – In Memphis, Tennessee, James Earl Ray pleads guilty to assassinating Martin Luther King Jr. He later unsuccessfully attempts to retract his plea.
• 1970 – Vietnam War: Captain Ernest Medina is charged by the U.S. Military with My Lai war crimes.
• 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
• 1980 – Formation of the Irish Army Ranger Wing
• 1989 – The Second Red nose day was held on Friday 10 March 1989 with the Slogan: "Red Nose Day 2", and Raised £27million.
• 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.
• 2005 – Tung Chee Hwa resigns from his post as the first chief executive of Hong Kong after widespread public dissatisfaction of his tenure.
• 2006 – The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter arrives at Mars.

Births

• 1415 – Vasily II of Moscow (d. 1462)
• 1452 – Ferdinand II of Aragon (d. 1516)
• 1503 – Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1564)
• 1536 – Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk, English politician (d. 1572)
• 1628 – Marcello Malpighi, Italian physician (d. 1694)
• 1709 – Georg Wilhelm Steller, German botanist, zoologist, physician, and explorer (d. 1746)
• 1745 – John Gunby, American soldier (d. 1807)
• 1749 – Lorenzo Da Ponte, Italian poet (d. 1838)
• 1769 – Joseph Williamson, English businessman and philanthropist (d. 1840)
• 1772 – Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel, German poet and critic (d. 1829)
• 1776 – Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (d. 1810)
• 1787 – Francisco de Paula Martínez de la Rosa y Berdejo, Spanish politician, Prime Minister of Spain (d. 1862)
• 1787 – William Etty, English painter (d. 1849)
• 1788 – Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff, German author and poet (d. 1857)
• 1810 – Samuel Ferguson, Irish poet (d. 1886)
• 1839 – Dudley Buck, American organist and composer (d. 1909)
• 1844 – Pablo de Sarasate, Spanish violinist and composer (d. 1908)
• 1845 – Alexander III of Russia (d. 1894)
• 1846 – Edward Baker Lincoln, American son of Abraham Lincoln (d. 1850)
• 1847 – Kate Sheppard, English-New Zealand activist (d. 1934)
• 1848 – William Thompson, American archer (d. 1918)
• 1850 – Spencer Gore, English tennis player and cricketer (d. 1906)
• 1852 – Léon Moreaux, French target shooter (d. 1921)
• 1867 – Hector Guimard, French-American architect, designed the La Bluette (d. 1942)
• 1875 – Alexander Goldenweiser, Russian pianist, composer, and educator (d. 1961)
• 1876 – Ernst Tandefelt, Finnish assassin of Heikki Ritavuori (d. 1948)
• 1877 – Émile Sarrade, French rugby player (d. 1953)
• 1881 – Thomas Quinlan, English businessman (d. 1951)
• 1888 – Baldwin Cooke, American actor d. 1953
• 1888 – Barry Fitzgerald, Irish actor (d. 1961)
• 1889 – Toshitsugu Takamatsu, Japanese martial artist (d. 1972)
• 1891 – Sam Jaffe, American actor and engineer (d. 1984)
• 1892 – Arthur Honegger, French-Swiss composer (d. 1955)
• 1892 – Gregory La Cava, American director (d. 1952)
• 1897 – Robert Meier, German soldier (d. 2007)
• 1900 – Pandelis Pouliopoulos, Greek politician (d. 1943)
• 1903 – Bix Beiderbecke, American pianist and composer (d. 1931)
• 1905 – Betty Amann, German-American actress (d. 1990)
• 1905 – Richard Haydn, English-American actor (d. 1985)
• 1906 – Lionel Bertrand, Canadian journalist and politician (d. 1979)
• 1908 – Kristjan Palusalu, Estonian wrestler (d. 1987)
• 1911 – Warner Anderson, American actor (d. 1976)
• 1914 – K. P. Ratnam, Sri Lankan Tamil politician (d. 2010)
• 1915 – Harry Bertoia, Italian-American sculptor(d. 1978)
• 1915 – Charles Groves, English conductor (d. 1992)
• 1916 – Davie Fulton, Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 2000)
• 1917 – C. Balasingham, Ceylon Tamil civil servant (d. 2001)
• 1917 – Frank Perconte, American soldier
• 1918 – Günther Rall, German pilot (d. 2009)
• 1919 – Marion Hutton, American singer and actress (d. 1987)
• 1920 – Alfred Peet, Dutch-American businessman, founded Peet's Coffee & Tea (d. 2007)
• 1920 – Boris Vian, French author and playwright (d. 1959)
• 1923 – Manoranjan Das, Indian playwright (d. 2013)
• 1923 – Val Logsdon Fitch, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1925 – Manolis Anagnostakis, Greek poet (d. 2005)
• 1925 – Jean-Guy Cardinal, Canadian politician (d. 1979)
• 1926 – Jimmy McGill, Scottish footballer (d. 2013)
• 1926 – Jimmy Payne, English footballer (d. 2013)
• 1927 – Claude Laydu, Belgian-French actor (d. 2011)
• 1928 – Sara Montiel, Spanish actress and singer (d. 2013)
• 1928 – James Earl Ray, American assassin of Martin Luther King, Jr. (d. 1998)
• 1929 – Huey P. Meaux, American record producer, founded Tear Drop Records and Capri Records (d. 2011)
• 1929 – Sam Steiger, American journalist and politician (d. 2012)
• 1931 – Georges Dor, Canadian singer-songwriter and author (d. 2001)
• 1933 – Ralph Emery, American television host
• 1935 – Graham Farmer, Australian footballer and coach
• 1936 – Sepp Blatter, Swiss businessman
• 1936 – Alfredo Zitarrosa, Uruguayan singer-songwriter and journalist (d. 1989)
• 1937 – Joe Viterelli, American actor (d. 2004)
• 1938 – Norman Blake, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1938 – Archbishop Ieronymos II of Athens
• 1939 – Asghar Ali Engineer, Indian activist and author (d. 2013)
• 1940 – Chuck Norris, American actor and martial artist
• 1940 – Dean Torrence, American singer-songwriter (Jan & Dean)
• 1940 – David Rabe, American screenwriter
• 1945 – Katharine Houghton, American actress
• 1945 – Birgitta Sellén, Swedish politician
• 1946 – Hiroshi Fushida, Japanese race car driver
• 1946 – Mike Hollands, Australian animator and director, founded Act3animation
• 1946 – Jim Valvano, American basketball player and coach (d. 1993)
• 1947 – Kim Campbell, Canadian lawyer and politician, 19th Prime Minister of Canada
• 1947 – Paul Condon, Baron Condon, English police officer
• 1947 – Gloria Diaz, Filipino model and actress, Miss Universe 1969
• 1947 – Bob Greene, American journalist
• 1947 – Tom Scholz, American guitarist and songwriter (Boston)
• 1948 – Austin Carr, American basketball player
• 1948 – Richard Park, Scottish broadcaster
• 1949 – Bill Buxton, Canadian computer scientist
• 1949 – Barbara Corcoran, American businesswoman and reality television star (Shark Tank)
• 1950 – Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, Pakistani terrorist
• 1950 – Aloma Wright, American actress
• 1951 – Gloria Diaz, Filipino actress, Miss Universe 1969
• 1952 – Johanna Lindsey, American author
• 1952 – Mike O'Donnell, English composer
• 1952 – Morgan Tsvangirai, Zimbabwean politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Zimbabwe
• 1953 – Jacqueline Gareau, Canadian runner
• 1953 – Paul Haggis, Canadian director, screenwriter, and producer
• 1954 – Didier Barbelivien, French singer-songwriter
• 1955 – Yousra, Egyptian actress and singer
• 1955 – Gary Louris, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Jayhawks and Golden Smog)
• 1955 – Toshio Suzuki, Japanese race car driver
• 1956 – Mitchell Lichtenstein, American actor, director, and producer
• 1956 – Robert Llewellyn, English actor and author
• 1957 – Osama bin Laden, Saudi Arabian terrorist, founded al-Qaeda (d. 2011)
• 1957 – Terry Holmes, Welsh rugby player
• 1957 – Matt Knudsen, American actor
• 1957 – Hilary Devey, English businesswoman and philanthropist
• 1957 – Shannon Tweed, Canadian-American model and actress
• 1957 – Jim White, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1958 – Jeanie Bryson, American singer
• 1958 – Garth Crooks, English footballer and pundit
• 1958 – Steve Howe, American baseball player (d. 2006)
• 1958 – Sharon Stone, American actress and producer
• 1960 – Lance Burton, American magician
• 1960 – Uwe Fahrenkrog-Petersen, German-American keyboard player, songwriter, and producer (Nena)
• 1960 – Gail Greenwood, American bass player (Belly and L7)
• 1960 – Anne MacKenzie, Scottish journalist
• 1961 – Laurel Clark, American physician and astronaut (d. 2003)
• 1961 – Mitch Gaylord, American gymnast
• 1961 – Pam Oliver, American sportscaster
• 1961 – Bobby Petrino, American football player and coach
• 1962 – Jasmine Guy, American actress, singer, and director
• 1962 – Seiko Matsuda, Japanese singer-songwriter and actress
• 1963 – Jeff Ament, American bass player and songwriter (Pearl Jam, Green River, and Mother Love Bone)
• 1963 – Felipe Ramos, Mexican football referee
• 1963 – Rick Rubin, American record producer, founded Def Jam Recordings
• 1964 – Neneh Cherry, Swedish singer-songwriter
• 1964 – Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex
• 1964 – David Faber, American journalist
• 1964 – Nikola Mladenov, Macedonian journalist (d. 2013)
• 1965 – Valdemaras Martinkėnas, Lithuanian football player and coach (d. 2004)
• 1965 – Rod Woodson, American football player
• 1966 – Edie Brickell, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Heavy Circles and Edie Brickell & New Bohemians)
• 1966 – Stephen Mailer, American actor
• 1966 – Gráinne Mulvey, Irish Composer
• 1966 – Phil X, Canadian musician known best as a session and touring guitarist
• 1966 – Mike Timlin, American baseball player
• 1966 – Andres Võsand, Estonian tennis player
• 1967 – Daichi Suzuki, Japanese swimmer
• 1967 – Omer Tarin, Pakistani-English poet and scholar
• 1968 – Felice Arena, Australian author
• 1968 – Thio Li-ann, Singaporean lawyer and educator
• 1969 – Paget Brewster, American actress
• 1969 – Walter Schreifels, American singer-songwriter and producer (Gorilla Biscuits, Rival Schools and Youth of Today)
• 1970 – Matt Barlow, American singer-songwriter (Iced Earth and Pyramaze)
• 1970 – Michel van der Aa, Dutch composer
• 1971 – Steve Arnold, English race car driver
• 1971 – Jon Hamm, American actor and director
• 1971 – Daryle Singletary, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1972 – Timbaland, American rapper and producer
• 1972 – Takashi Fujii, Japanese comedian and singer
• 1972 – Matt Kenseth, American race car driver
• 1972 – Paraskevi Tsiamita, Greek jumper
• 1973 – Eva Herzigová, Czech model and actress
• 1973 – John LeCompt, American guitarist (Evanescence, We Are the Fallen, Machina, and Mourningside)
• 1973 – Chris Sutton, English footballer
• 1973 – Dan Swanö, Swedish guitarist (Edge of Sanity, Bloodbath, Ribspreader, and Nightingale)
• 1973 – Mauricio Taricco, Argentinian footballer
• 1974 – Cristián de la Fuente, Chilean-American model and actor
• 1974 – Biz Stone, American businessman, co-founded Twitter
• 1975 – Lyne Bessette, Canadian cyclist
• 1975 – Jamie Arnold, American-Israeli basketball player
• 1976 – Kisaki, Japanese bass player, songwriter, and producer (Dir en grey, Phantasmagoria, and Anti Feminism)
• 1976 – Barbara Schett, Austrian tennis player
• 1977 – Jeff Branson, American actor
• 1977 – Peter Enckelman, Finnish footballer
• 1977 – Shannon Miller, American gymnast
• 1977 – Colin Murray, Irish radio and television host
• 1977 – Rita Simons, English actress and singer
• 1977 – Robin Thicke, American singer-songwriter and actor
• 1977 – Bree Turner, American actress
• 1978 – Neil Alexander, Scottish footballer
• 1978 – Benjamin Burnley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Breaking Benjamin)
• 1978 – Camille, French singer
• 1979 – Danny Pudi, American actor
• 1979 – Edi Gathegi, Kenyan-American actor
• 1981 – Samuel Eto'o, Cameroonian footballer
• 1981 – Efthimios Kouloucheris, Greek footballer
• 1981 – Steven Reid, Irish footballer
• 1981 – Ángel López, Spanish footballer
• 1981 – Gabriela Voleková, Slovak tennis player
• 1982 – Kwame Brown, American basketball player
• 1982 – Keke Wyatt, American singer and actress
• 1983 – Che'Nelle, Malaysian-Australian singer-songwriter
• 1983 – Étienne Boulay, Canadian football player
• 1983 – Rafe Spall, English actor
• 1983 – Carrie Underwood, American singer-songwriter and actress
• 1983 – Reena Virk, Canadian murder victim (d. 1997)
• 1984 – Nikos Arabatzis, Greek footballer
• 1984 – Ben May, English footballer
• 1984 – Olivia Wilde, American-Irish actress
• 1985 – Lassana Diarra, French footballer
• 1985 – Casey Dienel, American singer-songwriter and pianist
• 1986 – JC de Vera, Filipino actor
• 1987 – Martellus Bennett, American football player
• 1987 – Sita Chan, Hong Kong singer and actress (d. 2013)
• 1987 – Tuukka Rask, Finnish ice hockey player
• 1987 – Emeli Sandé, English-Scottish singer-songwriter
• 1987 – Liu Shishi, Chinese actress
• 1988 – Christian Beck, German footballer
• 1988 – Michael Dunlop, Irish motorcycle racer
• 1988 – Ivan Rakitić, Croatian footballer
• 1989 – Iván Piris, Paraguayan footballer
• 1991 – Bahaa Al Farra, Palestinian runner
• 1992 – Neeskens Kebano, French footballer
• 1992 – Emily Osment, American actress and singer
• 1993 – Jack Butland, English footballer
• 1993 – Jeffrey Scaperrotta, American actor
• 1993 – Nooa Takooa, Kiribati sprinter
• 1993 – Alfred Duncan, Ghanaian footballer
• 1995 – Sergey Mozgov, Russian ice dancer
• 1997 – Belinda Bencic, Swiss tennis player

Deaths

• 483 – Pope Simplicius
• 1315 – Agnes Blannbekin, Austrian mystic (b. 1244)
• 1391 – Tvrtko I of Bosnia (b. 1338)
• 1510 – Johann Geiler von Kaisersberg, Swiss priest (b. 1445)
• 1513 – John de Vere, 13th Earl of Oxford, English commander (b. 1443)
• 1584 – Thomas Norton, English lawyer and politician (b. 1532)
• 1585 – Rembert Dodoens, Flemish physician and botanist (b. 1517)
• 1588 – Theodor Zwinger, Swiss physician and scholar (b. 1533)
• 1669 – John Denham, English poet (b. 1615)
• 1670 – Johann Rudolf Glauber, German chemist (b. 1604)
• 1724 – Urban Hjärne, Swedish chemist, geologist, and physician (b. 1641)
• 1776 – Élie Catherine Fréron, French critic (b. 1719)
• 1776 – Niclas Sahlgren, Swedish merchant and philanthropist (b. 1701)
• 1792 – John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, Scottish politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1713)
• 1823 – George Elphinstone, 1st Viscount Keith, Scottish admiral (d. 1746)
• 1832 – Muzio Clementi, Italian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1752)
• 1861 – Taras Shevchenko, Ukrainian poet (b. 1814)
• 1864 – Jack Slade, American superintendent (b. 1831)
• 1872 – Giuseppe Mazzini, Italian journalist and politician (b. 1805)
• 1898 – Marie-Eugénie de Jésus, French nun, founded the Religious of the Assumption (b. 1817)
• 1895 – Charles Frederick Worth, English-French fashion designer (b. 1826)
• 1910 – Karl Lueger, Austrian politician Mayor of Vienna (b. 1844)
• 1910 – Carl Reinecke, German pianist, conductor, and composer (b. 1824)
• 1913 – Harriet Tubman, American nurse and activist (b. 1820)
• 1925 – Myer Prinstein, Polish-American jumper (b. 1878)
• 1937 – Yevgeny Zamyatin, Russian author (b. 1884)
• 1940 – Mikhail Bulgakov, Russian author and playwright (b. 1891)
• 1942 – William Henry Bragg, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)
• 1948 – Zelda Fitzgerald, American author (b. 1900)
• 1948 – Jan Masaryk, Czech politician (b. 1886)
• 1949 – James Rector, American runner (b. 1884)
• 1950 – Marguerite De La Motte, American actress (b. 1902)
• 1951 – Kijūrō Shidehara, Japanese politician, 44th Prime minister of Japan (b. 1872)
• 1961 – Richard Indreko, Estonian historian and archeologist (b. 1900)
• 1966 – Frits Zernike, Dutch physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)
• 1967 – Yiorgos Batis, Greek bouzouki player and composer (b. 1885)
• 1969 – Louis Menges, American soccer player (b. 1888)
• 1970 – Vasilis Avlonitis, Greek actor (b. 1904)
• 1973 – Bull Connor, American politician (b. 1897)
• 1976 – August Pikker, Estonian wrestler (b. 1889)
• 1977 – E. Power Biggs, English-American organist (b. 1906)
• 1982 – Minoru Shirota, Japanese scientist, invented Yakult (b. 1899)
• 1984 – June Marlowe, American actress (b. 1903)
• 1985 – Konstantin Chernenko, Russian politician (b. 1911)
• 1985 – Bob Nieman, American baseball player (b. 1927)
• 1986 – Ray Milland, Welsh actor and director (b. 1905)
• 1988 – Andy Gibb, English-Australian singer (b. 1958)
• 1989 – Kermit Beahan, American lieutenant (b. 1918)
• 1990 – Otto Schuhart, German captain (b. 1901)
• 1992 – Giorgos Zampetas, Greek bouzouki player and composer (b. 1925)
• 1993 – Dino Bravo, Italian-Canadian wrestler (b. 1949)
• 1994 – Abdelkader Alloula, Algerian playwright (b. 1929)
• 1996 – Ross Hunter, American film producer (b. 1920)
• 1997 – LaVern Baker, American singer and actress (b. 1929)
• 1998 – Lloyd Bridges, American actor (b. 1913)
• 1999 – Oswaldo Guayasamin, Ecuadorian painter and sculptor (b. 1919)
• 1999 – Valentino Mazzia, American anesthesiologist (b. 1922)
• 2001 – Christie Jayaratnam Eliezer, Ceylon Tamil mathematician and academic (b. 1918)
• 2001 – Nicholas Georgiadis, Greek painter and costume designer (b. 1923)
• 2001 – Massimo Morsello, Italian singer-songwriter (b. 1958)
• 2001 – Mati Nuude, Estonian weightlifter and singer (Apelsin) (b. 1941)
• 2003 – Barry Sheene, English motorcycle racer (b. 1950)
• 2004 – Dave Schulthise, American bass player (The Dead Milkmen) (b. 1956)
• 2005 – Dave Allen, Irish comedian and actor (b. 1936)
• 2005 – Danny Joe Brown, American singer-songwriter (Molly Hatchet and The Danny Joe Brown Band) (b. 1951)
• 2006 – Anna Moffo, American soprano and actress (b. 1932)
• 2007 – Richard Jeni, American comedian and actor (b. 1957)
• 2007 – Ernie Ladd, American football player and wrestler (b. 1938)
• 2008 – Richard Biegenwald, American serial killer (b. 1940)
• 2008 – Vangelis Kazan, Greek actor (b. 1936)
• 2010 – Corey Haim, Canadian-American actor (b. 1971)
• 2010 – Muhammad Sayyid Tantawy, Egyptian scholar (b. 1928)
• 2011 – Bill Blackbeard, American writer and illustrator (b. 1926)
• 2012 – Jean Giraud, French writer and illustrator (b. 1938)
• 2012 – Tan Boon Teik, Singaporean politician, Attorney-General of Singapore (b. 1929)
• 2012 – Nik Zoricic Canadian skier (b. 1983)
• 2013 – Edelmiro Amante, Filipino politician (b. 1933)
• 2013 – Jim Anderson, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1930)
• 2013 – Brian Archer, Australian politician (b. 1929)
• 2013 – Geoff Braybrooke, New Zealand politician (b. 1925)
• 2013 – František Gregor, Czech ice hockey player (b. 1938)
• 2013 – Princess Lilian, Duchess of Halland (b. 1915)
• 2013 – Tony Mansfield, Irish hurler and manager (b. 1939)
• 2013 – Ian Munro Ross, English-American engineer (b. 1927)
• 2013 – Metin Serezli, Turkish actor (b. 1934)
• 2013 – Masao Yamaguchi, Japanese anthropologist (b. 1931)

Holidays and observances

• Christian Feast Day:
  • Anastasia the Patrician
  • Marie-Eugénie de Jésus
  • Himelin
  • John Ogilvie
  • Macharius
  • Pope Simplicius
• Hote Matsuri (Shiogama, Japan)
• Tibetan Uprising Day (Tibetan independence supporters)

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to March 10.

• BBC: On This Day
• The New York Times: On This Day
• On This Day in Canada