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March 10, 2006 Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter enters Mars orbit March 10, 1998 4th Blockbuster Entertainment Awards March 10, 1996 22nd People's Choice Awards: Apollo 13, Tom Hanks wins March 10, 1996 New York City Mayor Guiliani visits Israel March 10, 1995 Car bomb explodes in Karachi at shite mosque, 17+ killed March 10, 1995 Chiel Meijering's "St. Louis Blues," premieres in Arnhem March 10, 1995 Dow-Jones hits record 4035.64 March 10, 1994 1 million Greeks attend Melina Mercouri's funeral March 10, 1992 6th Soul Train Music Awards: Natalie Cole and Color Me Badd win March 10, 1992 Sandra Seuser/Katrin Schreiter/Annet Hesselbarth/Grit Breuer walk female indoor world record 4x400m (3:27.22) March 10, 1991 Eddie Sutton is 1st NCAA coach to lead 4 schools into playoffs March 10, 1991 Laura Davies wins LPGA Inamori Golf Classic March 10, 1991 Marc Girardelli of Luxembourg clinches his 4th slalom World Cup March 10, 1991 Merlene Ottey runs world record 200 m indoor (22.24 sec) March 10, 1991 Rico Lieder/Jens Carlowitz/Karsten Just/Thomas Schonlebe walk 4x400m indoor world record (3:03.05) March 10, 1990 4th American Comedy Award: When Harry Met Sally March 10, 1990 Ice Dance Championship at Halifax won by Klimova and Ponomarenko (URS) March 10, 1990 Ice Pairs Championship at Halifax won by Gordeeva and Grinkov (URS) March 10, 1990 Ladies Figure Skating Champions in Halifax won by Jill Trenary (USA) March 10, 1990 Lieutenant General Avril resigns as President of Haiti March 10, 1990 Mens Figure Skating Championship in Halifax won by Kurt Browning (CAN) March 10, 1990 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site March 10, 1988 Avalanche at Klosters, a Swiss Ski resort, nearly kills Prince Charles March 10, 1988 New York Islanders celebrate Mike Bossy night March 10, 1987 Vatican formal opposition to test-tube fertilization and embryo transfer March 10, 1986 Ernie Lombardi, NL MVP in 1938, and Bobby Doerr, elected to Hall of Fame March 10, 1985 Bonnie Lauer wins Uniden LPGA Golf Invitational March 10, 1985 Dallas Maverick coach Dick Motta is 4th NBA coach to win 700 games March 10, 1985 French socialists lose election (National Front 9%) March 10, 1985 Ice Pairs Championship at Tokyo won by Elena Valova and O Vasiliev (URS) March 10, 1985 India beat Pakistan to win "World Championship of Cricket" March 10, 1985 Mens Figure Skating Championship in Tokyo won by Alexandr Fadeev (URS) March 10, 1984 Heavyweight Tim Witherspoon KOs Greg Page March 10, 1983 Walter Alston, Dodgers manager, elected to Hall of Fame March 10, 1982 President Reagan proclaims economic sanctions against Libya March 10, 1982 Salim Malik scores 100 in 2nd inning of Test Cricket debut (v SL) March 10, 1982 Sygyzy: all 9 planets aligned on same side of Sun March 10, 1982 Travis Jackson and Happy Chandler elected to Hall of Fame March 10, 1980 Willard Scott becomes the weather forcaster on the Today Show March 10, 1978 Soyuz 28 returns to Earth March 10, 1977 Rings of Uranus discovered during occulation of SAO March 10, 1975 "Rocky Horror Show" opens at Belasco Theater New York City for 45 performances March 10, 1975 Dog spectacles patented in England March 10, 1974 "Sextet" closes at Bijou Theater New York City after 9 performances March 10, 1974 Carol Mann wins LPGA S&H Green Stamp Golf Classic March 10, 1974 Christian Democrats win Belgium parliamentary election March 10, 1974 Lawrence Rowe completes 302 vs. Eng Bridgetown, 36 fours 1 six March 10, 1973 BPAA U.S. Open by Mike McGrath March 10, 1973 Morocco adopts constitution March 10, 1972 1st black U.S. political convention opens in Gary, Indiana March 10, 1972 Gen Lon Nol becomes President and prince Sirik Matak premier of Cambodia March 10, 1972 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. March 10, 1971 Senate approves amendment lowering voting age to 18 March 10, 1970 Barbra Streisand records "The Singer" and "I Can Do It" March 10, 1970 South Africa complete 4-0 series drubbing of Australia March 10, 1969 James Earl Ray pleads guilty in murder of Martin Luther King, Jr. March 10, 1968 Ferry boat sinks in harbor of Wellington, New Zealand (200 killed) March 10, 1966 5 time Horse of the Year, Kelso, retires March 10, 1966 Dutch crown princess Beatrix marries Claus von Amsberg March 10, 1966 North Vietnamese capture U.S. Green Beret Camp at Ashau Valley March 10, 1965 Dutch Princess Margriet and Pieter van Vollenhoven, get engaged March 10, 1964 U.S. reconnaissance plane shot down over East Germany March 10, 1963 Pete Rose debuts with hits in his 2 1st at bats in spring training March 10, 1963 Wilt Chamberlain of NBA San Francisco Warriors scores 70 points vs. Syracuse March 10, 1962 Due to it's no black policy, Phillies leave Jack Tar Harrison Hotel and move to Rocky Point Motel, 20 miles outside Clearwater, Florida March 10, 1960 U.S.S.R. agrees to stop nuclear testing March 10, 1959 Dorothy Comiskey Rigney, sells 54% of White Sox to Bill Veeck March 10, 1959 Tennessee Williams' "Sweet Bird of Youth," premieres in New York City March 10, 1959 Uprising against Chinese occupation force in Lhasa Tibet March 10, 1957 Thousands of soccer fans riot in Italy March 10, 1956 General strike in Cyprus protesting exile of archbishop Makarios March 10, 1956 Peter Twiss sets new world air record 1,132 mph (1,823 kph) March 10, 1952 Military coup by general Fulgencio Batista in Cuba March 10, 1951 "Where's Charley?" closes at Broadway Theater New York City after 56 performances March 10, 1951 FBI director J. Edgar Hoover declines post of baseball commissioner March 10, 1949 Detroit Tiger pitcher Art Houtteman is critically injured in an auto accident but recovers to win 15 games in 1949 March 10, 1948 1st civilian to exceed speed of sound-Herb H Hoover, Edwards AFB Ca March 10, 1946 Train derailment kills 185 near Aracaju Brazil March 10, 1945 Germany blows-up Wessel Bridge on Rhine March 10, 1945 Japan declares Vietnam Independence March 10, 1945 Patton's 3rd Army makes contact with Hodge's 1st Army March 10, 1945 Tokyo in fire after night time B-29 bombing March 10, 1945 U.S. troops lands on Mindanao March 10, 1941 Lee MacPhail, Dodger GM predicts all players will wear batting helmets March 10, 1940 1st U.S. opera telecast, W2XBS, New York City, I Pagliacci March 10, 1939 17 villages damaged by hailstones in Hyderabad India March 10, 1934 Longest undefeated streak in Toronto Maple Leaf history (18 games) March 10, 1934 U.S. Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Suzanne Davis March 10, 1934 U.S. Mens Figure Skating championship won by Roger Turner March 10, 1933 Major earthquake in Long Beach, California March 10, 1933 Nevada becomes 1st U.S. state to regulate narcotics March 10, 1931 British Labour party removes fascist Sir Oswald Mosley March 10, 1927 Albania mobilize by threat of Serbian, Croatian and Slovenes March 10, 1927 Bavaria lifts ban on Hitler's speeches March 10, 1926 Run on Belgian banks March 10, 1925 Walter Mittelholzer is 1st to flies over Demawend mountain, Iran March 10, 1922 KLZ-AM in Denver CO begins radio transmissions March 10, 1922 State of siege proclaimed during mine strike Johannesburg, South Africa March 10, 1920 NHL's Quebec Bulldog Jim Malone scores 6 goals vs Ottawa Senators March 10, 1915 British expedition Army in Belgium captures Neuve Chapelle March 10, 1914 Suffragettes in London damages painter Rokeby's Venus of Velasquez March 10, 1913 Stanley Cup: Quebec Bulldogs sweep Sydney (NS) Millionaires in 2 games March 10, 1913 William Knox, becomes 1st in American Bowling Congress to bowl 300 March 10, 1910 China ends slavery March 10, 1910 Pittsburgh Courier, begins publishing March 10, 1909 Jack Johnson fights Victor McLaglen to no decision in 6 for box title March 10, 1906 1st performance of Maurice Ravel's "Sonatine" March 10, 1906 Coal dust explosion kills 1,060 at Courrieres France March 10, 1906 London Underground opens Bakeroo line (Baker Street to Waterloo Line) March 10, 1905 Japanese Army captures Mukden (Shenyang) March 10, 1903 Harry Gammeter, Cleveland, patents multigraph duplicating machine March 10, 1903 Stanley Cup: Ottawa Silver 7 sweep Montreal AAA in 2 games March 10, 1902 Earthquake destroys Turkish city of Tochangri March 10, 1900 Battle at Driefontein, South-Africa (Boers vs. British army) March 10, 1896 Bronx acquires O'Brien Square March 10, 1896 Charilaos Vasilakos of Greece wins 1st modern marathon in 3:18 March 10, 1893 Ivory Coast becomes a French colony March 10, 1893 New Mexico State University cancels it's 1st graduation ceremony, its only graduate Sam Steele was robbed and killed the night before March 10, 1888 1st performance of Cesar Franck's "Psyche" March 10, 1888 HW Boxing champ John L Sullivan draws Charlie Mitchell in 30 rounds March 10, 1880 General Wolseley opens new legislative council in Pretoria March 10, 1880 Salvation Army of England sets up U.S. welfare and religious activity March 10, 1876 1st telephone call made (Alexander Graham Bell to Thomas Watson) March 10, 1874 Purdue University (Indiana) admits it's 1st student March 10, 1865 Battle of Monroe's Crossroads, North Carolina March 10, 1864 Grant is named commander of the Union armies March 10, 1864 Red River campaign LA March 10, 1862 Great Britain and France recognizes independence of Zanzibar March 10, 1862 U.S. issues 1st paper money ($5, $10, $20, $50, $100, $500 and $1000) March 10, 1849 Abraham Lincoln applies for a patent; only U.S. president to do so March 10, 1847 1st money minted in Hawaii March 10, 1791 John Stone, Concord, Massachusetts, patents a pile driver March 10, 1791 Pope condemns France's Civil Constitution of the clergy March 10, 1789 Franklin College founded March 10, 1734 Spanish army under Don Carlos (III) draws into Naples March 10, 1681 English Quaker William Penn receives charter from Charles II, making him sole proprietor of colonial American territory Pennsylvania March 10, 1661 French King Louis XIV ends office of premier March 10, 1629 King Charles I dissolved Parliament; he called it back 11 years later March 10, 1624 England declares war on Spain March 10, 1578 Queen Elizabeth I gives Johan Casimir 20,000 pounds to aid Dutch rebellion March 10, 1535 Bishop Tomas de Berlanga discovers Galapagos Islands March 10, 1526 Emperor Charles V marries princess Isabella of Portugal March 10, 418 Jews are excluded from public office in the Roman Empire |