March 10 in History
What happened on March 10 in history?
A chronological timetable of historical events that occurred on march 10 in history. Historical facts of the day in the areas of military, politics, science, music, sports, arts, entertainment and more. Discover what happened on march 10 in history.
?>1987
The Vatican condemns surrogate parenting as well as test-tube and artificial insemination.
1982
The United States bans Libyan oil imports, because of the continued support of terrorism.
1980
Iran’s leader, Ayatollah Khomeini, lends his support to the militants holding the American hostages in Tehran.
1975
The North Vietnamese Army attacks the South Vietnamese town of Buon Ma Thout, the offensive will end with total victory in Vietnam.
1971
The Senate approves a Constitutional amendment to lower the voting age to 18.
1969
James Earl Ray pleads guilty to the murder of Dr. Martin Luther King and is sentenced to 99 years in jail.
1966
The North Vietnamese capture a Green Beret camp at Ashau Valley.
1954
President Dwight Eisenhower calls Senator Joseph McCarthy a peril to the Republican Party.
1953
North Korean gunners at Wonsan fire on the USS Missouri, the ship responds by firing 998 rounds at the enemy position.
1948
Author Zelda Fitzgerald (wife of F. Scott) dies in a fire at Highland Hospital.
1947
The Big Four meet in Moscow to discuss the future of Germany.
1945
American B-29 bombers attack Tokyo, killing 100,000.
1944
The Irish refuse to oust all Axis envoys and deny the accusation of spying on Allied troops.
1943
Adolf Hitler calls Field Marshall Erwin Rommel back from Tunisia in North Africa.
1941
Vichy France threatens to use its navy unless Britain allows food to reach France.
1933
Nevada becomes the first U.S. state to regulate drugs.
1927
Prussia lifts its Nazi ban, Adolf Hitler is allowed to speak in public.
1924
The U.S. Supreme Court upholds a New York state law forbidding late-night work for women.
1910
Slavery is abolished in China.
1902
The Boers of South Africa score their last victory over the British, capturing British General Methuen and 200 men.
1893
New Mexico State University cancels its first graduation ceremony, because the only graduate was robbed and killed the night before.
1876
Alexander Graham Bell makes the first telephone call to Thomas Watson saying “Watson, come here. I need you.”
1848
The treaty of Guadeloupe-Hidalgo is signed which ends the United States’ war with Mexico.
1814
Napoleon Bonaparte is defeated by an allied army at the Battle of Laon, France.
1806
The Dutch in Cape Town, South Africa surrender to the British.
1785
Thomas Jefferson is appointed minister to France.
1776
“Common Sense” by Thomas Paine is published.
1656
In the colony of Virginia, suffrage is extended to all free men regardless of their religion.