History of Today in India – 10 March

Explore the history of today 10 March in India, including important events, famous personalities, and milestones for UPSC SSC,Banking & PSC exams.

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📜 Important Events on 10 March in World History

10 Mar 2024: 2024 Portuguese legislative election: Elections are held in Portugal for all 230 seats in the Assembly of the Republic. The Partido Socialista loses its absolute majority to the Partido Social Democrata, winning 77 and 79 seats respectively. Read more
10 Mar 2023: Silicon Valley Bank collapses due to a run on its deposits, in the second largest bank failure in US history. Its operations are taken over by the FDIC. Read more
10 Mar 2022: 2022 Hungarian presidential election: The National Assembly of Hungary elects former minister for Family Affairs, Katalin Novák, as president of Hungary in a 137–51 vote, becoming the first female president in the country's history. Read more
10 Mar 2019: Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302, a Boeing 737 MAX, crashes shortly after take off, killing all 157 passengers and crew. This and the prior Lion Air Flight 610 led to all 387 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft being grounded worldwide. Read more
10 Mar 2017: The impeachment of President Park Geun-hye of South Korea in response to a major political scandal is unanimously upheld by the country's Constitutional Court, ending her presidency. Read more
10 Mar 2006: The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter arrives at Mars. Read more
10 Mar 2000: The Dot-com bubble peaks with the NASDAQ Composite stock market index reaching 5,048.62. Read more
10 Mar 1991: 1991 Salvadoran legislative election: The Nationalist Republican Alliance wins 39 of the 84 seats in the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador. Read more
10 Mar 1990: In Haiti, Prosper Avril is ousted eighteen months after seizing power in a coup d'état in September 1988. Read more
10 Mar 1989: Air Ontario Flight 1363, a Fokker F-28 Fellowship, crashes at Dryden Regional Airport in Dryden, Ontario, Canada, killing 24. Read more
10 Mar 1982: Syzygy: All nine planets recognized at this time — Mercury to Pluto — align on the same side of the Sun. Read more
10 Mar 1979: 1979 International Women's Day protests in Tehran: Protestor involvement peaks with 15,000 Iranian women and girls performing a three‐hour-long sit‐in at the Courthouse of Tehran. Read more
10 Mar 1977: Astronomers discover the rings of Uranus. Read more
10 Mar 1975: Vietnam War: Ho Chi Minh Campaign: North Vietnamese troops attack Ban Mê Thuột in the South on their way to capturing Saigon in the final push for victory over South Vietnam. Read more
10 Mar 1974: 1974 Belgian general election: Elections are held in Belgium for all 212 seats in the Chamber of Representatives, the Belgian Socialist Party taking the majority with 59. Read more
10 Mar 1971: John Gorton resigns as Prime Minister of Australia and the leader of the Liberal Party of Australia after a secret ballot vote of confidence, being replaced in both positions by William McMahon. Read more
10 Mar 1970: Vietnam War: Captain Ernest Medina is charged by the U.S. military with My Lai war crimes. Read more
10 Mar 1969: In Memphis, Tennessee, James Earl Ray pleads guilty to assassinating Martin Luther King Jr. He later unsuccessfully attempts to recant. Read more
10 Mar 1966: Military Prime Minister of South Vietnam Nguyễn Cao Kỳ sacks rival General Nguyễn Chánh Thi, precipitating large-scale civil and military dissension in parts of the nation. Read more
10 Mar 1959: Tibetan uprising: Fearing an abduction attempt by China, thousands of Tibetans surround the Dalai Lama's palace to prevent his removal. Read more
10 Mar 1952: Fulgencio Batista leads a successful coup in Cuba. Read more
10 Mar 1949: Mildred Gillars ("Axis Sally") is convicted of treason. Read more
10 Mar 1945: World War II: The U.S. Army Air Force firebombs Tokyo, and the resulting conflagration kills more than 100,000 people, mostly civilians. Read more
10 Mar 1944: Greek Civil War: The Political Committee of National Liberation is established in Greece by the National Liberation Front. Read more
10 Mar 1933: The Long Beach earthquake affects the Greater Los Angeles Area, leaving around 108 people dead. Read more
10 Mar 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. Read more
10 Mar 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. Read more
10 Mar 1906: The Courrières mine disaster, Europe's worst ever, kills 1099 miners in northern France. Read more
10 Mar 1891: Almon Strowger patents the Strowger switch, a device which led to the automation of telephone circuit switching. Read more
10 Mar 1876: The first successful test of a telephone is made by Alexander Graham Bell. Read more
10 Mar 1873: The first Azerbaijani play, The Adventures of the Vizier of the Khan of Lenkaran, prepared by Akhundov, is performed by Hassan-bey Zardabi and dramatist and Najaf-bey Vezirov. Read more
10 Mar 1861: El Hadj Umar Tall seizes the city of Ségou, destroying the Bamana Empire of Mali. Read more
10 Mar 1848: The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo is ratified by the United States Senate, ending the Mexican–American War. Read more
10 Mar 1831: The French Foreign Legion is created by Louis Philippe, the King of France, from the foreign regiments of the Kingdom of France. Read more
10 Mar 1830: The Royal Netherlands East Indies Army is created. Read more
10 Mar 1814: Emperor Napoleon I is defeated at the Battle of Laon in France. Read more

🎂 Important Births on 10 March in World History

10 Mar 2008: Francesco Camarda, Italian footballer Francesco Camarda is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Serie A club Lecce. Read more
10 Mar 2004: Matt Poitras, Canadian ice hockey player Matthew Poitras is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre for the Providence Bruins in the American Hockey League (AHL) as a prospect to the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League (NHL). Read more
10 Mar 2002: Keon Johnson, American basketball player Christopher Keon Johnson is an American professional basketball player for the Maine Celtics of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the Tennessee Volunteers. Johnson was selected in the 2021 NBA draft with the 21st overall pick by the New York Knicks, but was traded to the Los Angeles Clippers on draft night. During his rookie season, the Clippers traded him to the Portland Trail Blazers with whom he played for until the end of the 2022-23 season. After getting traded to and waived by the Phoenix Suns during the 2023 offseason, Johnson signed with the Brooklyn Nets with whom he had a breakout year during the 2024-25 season. Read more
10 Mar 2000: Nick Bolton, American football player Nicholas Bolton is an American professional football linebacker for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Missouri Tigers, and was selected by the Chiefs in the second round of the 2021 NFL draft. Bolton has won two Super Bowl titles, LVII and LVIII, having been a starter in the 2022 and 2023 Chiefs teams. He also scored a defensive touchdown from a fumble recovery in the first win. Read more
10 Mar 1999: Cole Kmet, American football player Cole Kmet is an American professional football tight end for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, and was selected by the Bears in the second round of the 2020 NFL draft. Read more
10 Mar 1998: Justin Herbert, American football player Justin Patrick Herbert is an American professional football quarterback for the Los Angeles Chargers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Oregon Ducks, where he won the 2019 Pac-12 Championship, and was selected by the Chargers as the sixth overall pick in the 2020 NFL draft. Read more
10 Mar 1997: Belinda Bencic, Swiss tennis player Belinda Bencic is a Swiss professional tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 4, achieved on 17 February 2020. Bencic has won ten career singles titles, including a gold medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, and two doubles titles on the WTA Tour. Read more
10 Mar 1995: Zach LaVine, American basketball player Zachary Thomas LaVine is an American professional basketball player for the Sacramento Kings of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was selected in the first round of the 2014 NBA draft with the 13th overall pick by the Minnesota Timberwolves. A two-time Slam Dunk Contest champion, he was named an NBA All-Star with the Chicago Bulls in 2021 and 2022. He also won a gold medal on the 2020 U.S. Olympic team in Tokyo. Read more
10 Mar 1995: Sergey Mozgov, Russian ice dancer Sergey Alexandrovich Mozgov is a Russian retired competitive ice dancer. With former partner Betina Popova, he is the 2017 CS Warsaw Cup champion. With former partner Anna Yanovskaya, he was the 2015 World Junior champion, two-time JGP Final champion, the 2012 Youth Olympics champion, the 2014 World Junior silver medalist, and the 2015 Russian junior national champion. Read more
10 Mar 1994: Bad Bunny, Puerto Rican rapper, songwriter, producer, actor, and wrestler Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, known professionally as Bad Bunny, is a Puerto Rican rapper, singer, record producer, and occasional professional wrestler. Dubbed the "King of Latin Trap", he is widely credited with helping Spanish-language rap-singing reach mainstream global popularity and is considered one of the greatest Latino rappers of all time. Read more
10 Mar 1994: Nikita Parris, English footballer Nikita Josephine Parris is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for Women's Super League club London City Lionesses and the England national team. She previously played for Division 1 club Olympique Lyonnais, Manchester City, Everton, Arsenal, Manchester United and Brighton & Hove Albion. Read more
10 Mar 1993: Jack Butland, English footballer Jack Butland is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Scottish Premiership club Rangers. Read more
10 Mar 1993: Aminata Namasia, Congolese politician Aminata Namasia Bazego is a politician and member of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Parliament, appointed Deputy Minister of Primary, Secondary and Technical Education since April 2021. Read more
10 Mar 1992: Neeskens Kebano, French-Congolese footballer Neeskens Kebano is a professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or left winger for Al-Qadsia. Born in France, he represented the DR Congo national team. Read more
10 Mar 1992: Emily Osment, American actress and singer-songwriter Emily Jordan Osment is an American actress, songwriter, and singer. Born and raised in Los Angeles, Osment began her career as a child actress, appearing in numerous television shows and films, before co-starring as Gerti Giggles in Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams (2002) and Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (2003). She gained recognition for her breakout role as Lilly Truscott on the Disney Channel television series Hannah Montana (2006–2011) and its film Hannah Montana: The Movie (2009). Read more
10 Mar 1991: Kenshi Yonezu, Japanese singer-songwriter and illustrator Kenshi Yonezu is a Japanese singer and songwriter. He started releasing Vocaloid music under the stage name Hachi (ハチ) in 2009. In 2012, he debuted under his real name, releasing music with his own voice. He has sold at least 4.2 million physical copies and over 7 million digital copies in Japan. Read more
10 Mar 1990: Stefanie Vögele, Swiss tennis player Stefanie Vögele is a Swiss professional tennis player. She achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 42 on 11 November 2013. Her highest WTA ranking in doubles is 100, which she reached on 5 January 2015. Over her career, she has defeated top ten players Sloane Stephens and Caroline Wozniacki. Read more
10 Mar 1989: Simon Moser, Swiss ice hockey player Simon Moser is a Swiss professional ice hockey player who currently serves as captain of SC Bern of the National League (NL). He has formerly played in the National Hockey League with the Nashville Predators. Read more
10 Mar 1989: Dayán Viciedo, Cuban baseball player Dayán Viciedo Pérez is a Cuban professional baseball infielder for the Yokohama DeNA BayStars of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Chicago White Sox, and in NPB for the Chunichi Dragons. Read more
10 Mar 1988: Clarissa dos Santos, Brazilian basketball player Clarissa Cristina dos Santos is a Brazilian professional basketball player who previously played for the Chicago Sky of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). Most recently she has played for Basket Landes in the Euroleague Women. Read more
10 Mar 1988: Josh Hoffman, Australian-New Zealand rugby league player Josh Hoffman is a New Zealand international rugby league footballer who plays as fullback, winger and centre, five-eighth for the Wests Panthers in the Brisbane Rugby League premiership. Read more
10 Mar 1988: Ego Nwodim, American actress Egobunma Kelechi Nwodim is an American actress and comedian. She was a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live from 2018, beginning with the show's 44th season, to 2025, ending with the show's 50th season. Read more
10 Mar 1988: Quincy Pondexter, American basketball player and coach Quincy Coe Pondexter is an American basketball coach and former professional player who is an assistant coach for the Washington Huskies men’s basketball team. He played high school basketball in Fresno, California, at San Joaquin Memorial High School. Pondexter played four years of college basketball for the Washington Huskies. At the end of his senior season, he earned first-team All-Pac-10 honors and an All-American honorable mention by the Associated Press. Read more
10 Mar 1988: Ivan Rakitić, Croatian football player Ivan Rakitić is a former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He is currently the technical director of Hajduk Split, the club with whom he ended his playing career. Read more
10 Mar 1987: Martellus Bennett, American football player Martellus Demond Bennett is an American former professional football player who was a tight end for 10 seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Texas A&M Aggies and was selected by the Dallas Cowboys in the second round of the 2008 NFL draft. Bennett was a member of five teams during his career, most notably the Chicago Bears, with whom he earned Pro Bowl honors, and the New England Patriots, with whom he won Super Bowl LI. After retiring, Bennett became a children's author and published books under his publication company The Imagination Agency. He is the younger brother of former defensive end Michael Bennett. Read more
10 Mar 1987: Greg Eastwood, New Zealand rugby league player Greg Eastwood is a New Zealand professional rugby league footballer. A New Zealand international forward, he played in the NRL for the Brisbane Broncos and Canterbury Bulldogs, and in the Super League for the Leeds Rhinos. Read more
10 Mar 1987: Tuukka Rask, Finnish ice hockey player Tuukka Mikael Rask is a Finnish former professional ice hockey goaltender. Rask was drafted 21st overall in the 2005 NHL entry draft by the Toronto Maple Leafs before being traded to the Boston Bruins in 2006, where he played his entire 15 season NHL career. Rask was consistently successful during his tenure with the Bruins. After winning the Stanley Cup as the backup with the Bruins in 2011, he led the Bruins to the Stanley Cup Finals on two occasions in 2013 and 2019. He also won the Vezina Trophy as the league's top goaltender during the 2013–14 season, and was a finalist for the 2019–20 award. He also won the William M. Jennings Trophy along with goaltender Jaroslav Halák in the 2019–20 season. Rask is also a two-time NHL All-Star team member. Internationally, he led team Finland to a bronze medal over team USA at the 2006 World Juniors, where he was also awarded the honor of Best Goaltender. He led them to another bronze medal against the United States at the 2014 Winter Olympics. Tuukka is the older brother of Joonas Rask, who plays professionally as a forward with Luleå HF in the SHL. Read more
10 Mar 1987: Emeli Sandé, British singer-songwriter Adele Emily Sandé, known professionally as Emeli Sandé, is a British singer and songwriter. Born in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England and raised in Alford, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, Sandé rose to prominence after her guest appearance on Chipmunk's 2009 single "Diamond Rings", which peaked within the top ten of the UK Singles Chart. The following year, she guest appeared on Wiley's single "Never Be Your Woman", which also peaked within the chart's top ten. In 2012, she received the Brit Awards' Critics' Choice Award. Read more
10 Mar 1987: Māris Štrombergs, Latvian BMX racer Māris Štrombergs is a Latvian former professional BMX racer. In the 2008 Summer Olympics he became the first Olympic champion in BMX cycling. Earlier that year he won the 2008 UCI BMX World Championships. In 2012 he added to his Olympic title by winning the gold medal in the London Olympics. Read more
10 Mar 1986: Sergei Shirokov, Russian ice hockey player Sergei Sergeyevich Shirokov is a Russian professional ice hockey winger currently with Sibir Novosibirsk of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). Before signing with Vancouver in 2009, Shirokov played with CSKA Moscow for four seasons in the Russian Superleague and Kontinental Hockey League. He returned to CSKA Moscow in 2011 after two years with the Vancouver Canucks and Manitoba Moose. Read more
10 Mar 1984: Tim Brent, Canadian ice hockey player Tim Brent is a Canadian former professional ice hockey forward who played over 200 games in the National Hockey League (NHL), most notably for the Toronto Maple Leafs and Carolina Hurricanes. Read more
10 Mar 1984: Ben May, English footballer Ben Steven May is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker. Read more
10 Mar 1984: Olivia Wilde, American actress and director Olivia Jane Cockburn, known professionally as Olivia Wilde, is an American actress and filmmaker. She played Remy "Thirteen" Hadley on the medical-drama television series House (2007–2012), and appeared in the action films Tron: Legacy (2010) and Cowboys & Aliens (2011), the romantic drama film Her (2013), the comedy film The Incredible Burt Wonderstone (2013), and the horror film The Lazarus Effect (2015). She made her Broadway debut playing Julia in 1984 (2017). Read more
10 Mar 1983: Étienne Boulay, Canadian football player Étienne Boulay is a Canadian former professional football safety. He most recently played for the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League, with whom he won the 100th Grey Cup championship. He previously played for the Montreal Alouettes from 2006 to 2011 where he won two more Grey Cup championships. He was drafted 16th overall by the Alouettes in the 2006 CFL draft. He played college football for the New Hampshire Wildcats. Read more
10 Mar 1983: Janet Mock, American journalist, author, and activist Janet Mock is an American writer, television producer, and transgender rights activist. Her debut book, the memoir Redefining Realness, became a New York Times bestseller. She is a contributing editor for Marie Claire and a former staff editor of People magazine's website. Read more
10 Mar 1983: Rafe Spall, English actor Rafe Joseph Spall is an English actor. Read more
10 Mar 1983: Carrie Underwood, American singer-songwriter Carrie Marie Underwood is an American country singer and songwriter. Known for her vocal ability and dynamic stage presence, Underwood is recognized as a pivotal figure in modern country music and often cited for her role in revitalizing and sustaining the presence of female country artists in popular music since winning the fourth season of American Idol in 2005. Read more
10 Mar 1982: Kwame Brown, American basketball player Kwame Hasani Brown is an American former professional basketball player who spent 12 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Selected first overall by the Washington Wizards in the 2001 NBA draft, Brown was the first player to be drafted number one overall straight out of high school. He later played for the Los Angeles Lakers, Memphis Grizzlies, Detroit Pistons, Charlotte Bobcats, Golden State Warriors, and Philadelphia 76ers. Read more
10 Mar 1982: Dr Disrespect, American live streamer Herschel "Guy" Beahm IV, better known as Dr Disrespect or The Doc or DDR, is an American live streamer. He became known for playing battle royale games such as Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, H1Z1, and PUBG: Battlegrounds on Twitch and YouTube. While streaming, he takes on a bombastic persona. He has invested in game studios, including founding the Midnight Society. Read more
10 Mar 1982: Logan Mankins, American football player Logan Lee Mankins is an American former professional football player who was a guard for 11 seasons in the National Football League (NFL), primarily with the New England Patriots. After playing college football for the Fresno State Bulldogs, he was selected by the Patriots in the first round of the 2005 NFL draft. He spent his final two seasons with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Selected to seven Pro Bowls and named a first-team All-Pro twice, Mankins was considered a premier guard in his 11 seasons in NFL, and was also named to the NFL 2010s All-Decade Team. Read more
10 Mar 1982: Thomas Middleditch, Canadian-American comedian and actor Thomas Steven Middleditch is a Canadian actor. He is best known for his role as Richard Hendricks in the HBO series Silicon Valley (2014–2019), earning a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series. He voiced the titular character in the Disney XD animated series Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero (2014–2017), Harold Hutchins in Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie (2017), Sam Coleman in Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019), and Terry Opposites in the Hulu adult animated sci-fi series Solar Opposites. Middleditch made his Broadway debut in 2024 as Eli in Eureka Day. He also appeared in ads for Verizon Wireless. Read more
10 Mar 1981: Samuel Eto'o, Cameroonian footballer Samuel Eto'o Fils is a Cameroonian football administrator and former player who is the current president of the Cameroonian Football Federation. He is often regarded as one of the greatest strikers of all time and one of the greatest African players of all time. Read more
10 Mar 1981: Steven Reid, English-Irish footballer Steven John Reid is a former professional footballer who played as a right back, having previously played most of his career in midfield. Read more
10 Mar 1979: Edi Gathegi, Kenyan-American actor Edi Mūe Gathegi is a Kenyan-American actor. He had his breakthrough playing Dr. Jeffrey "Big Love" Cole on the fourth season of the television series House (2007), followed by his roles as Cheese in the 2007 film Gone Baby Gone, vampire Laurent in the films Twilight and its sequel The Twilight Saga: New Moon, and as Darwin in X-Men: First Class. He played covert operative Matias Solomon on The Blacklist, which he reprised for the spinoff series The Blacklist: Redemption. Read more
10 Mar 1979: Danny Pudi, American actor Daniel Mark Pudi is an American actor and director. His roles include Abed Nadir on the NBC sitcom Community (2009–2015), for which he received three nominations for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series and one nomination for the TCA Award for Individual Achievement in Comedy. He also has starred as Brad Bakshi in the Apple TV+ comedy series Mythic Quest and was the voice of Huey Duck on the 2017 reboot of DuckTales. Read more
10 Mar 1978: Benjamin Burnley, American musician Benjamin Jackson Burnley IV is an American musician and the founder and frontman of the rock band Breaking Benjamin. As the sole constant and namesake of the group, Burnley has served as its principal songwriter, lead vocalist, and rhythm guitarist since its inception in 1999. Read more
10 Mar 1978: Camille, French singer-songwriter and actress Camille Dalmais, better known by her mononym Camille, is a French singer-songwriter. Read more
10 Mar 1977: Shannon Miller, American gymnast Shannon Lee Miller is an American former artistic gymnast. She was the 1993 and 1994 world all-around champion, the 1992 Summer Olympics all-around silver medallist, the 1996 Olympic balance beam champion, the 1995 Pan American Games all-around champion, and a member of the gold medal-winning Magnificent Seven team at the 1996 Olympics. Read more
10 Mar 1977: Robin Thicke, American singer, songwriter, and record producer Robin Alan Thicke is an American singer, songwriter and record producer. He is best known for his 2013 single "Blurred Lines", which peaked atop the Billboard Hot 100, received diamond certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), and remains one of the best-selling singles of all time. At the 56th Annual Grammy Awards, it received nominations for Record of the Year and Best Pop Duo/Group Performance. Read more
10 Mar 1977: Bree Turner, American actress Bree Nicole Turner is an American actress and dancer; she is best known for her roles in several major motion pictures in films like My Best Friend’s Wedding, Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, American Pie 2, The Wedding Planner, Just My Luck and Firehouse Dog, as well as her series regular role as Rosalee Calvert on Grimm. Read more
10 Mar 1976: Barbara Schett, Austrian tennis player Barbara Schett Eagle is an Austrian former professional tennis player, who reached her highest singles ranking of world No. 7 in September 1999. Between 1993 and 2004 she played in 48 matches for the Austria Fed Cup team, winning 30. She also represented Austria at the 2000 Sydney Olympics in singles and doubles, reaching the quarterfinals of the singles event. She retired after the 2005 Australian Open and now works for Eurosport as a commentator and presenter. Read more
10 Mar 1974: Cristián de la Fuente, Chilean actor, model, producer, and television host Cristián Andrés de la Fuente Sabarots is a Chilean actor, presenter, model and producer. He began his career appearing in the Chilean telenovelas before moving to United States for starring in television series Family Law (1999–2001) and Hidden Hills (2002–2003). De la Fuente later made his big screen debut in the 2001 action film Driven and later appeared in films Vampires: Los Muertos (2002) and Basic (2003). In later years he was a regular cast member in In Plain Sight (2008–12) and Devious Maids (2015). De la Fuente also acted in a number of Spanish-language telenovelas. Read more
10 Mar 1973: Jason Croker, Australian rugby league player Jason Croker is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer. An Australian international and New South Wales State of Origin representative utility player, he previously played club football in the NRL for the Canberra Raiders, with whom he won the 1994 Winfield Cup and set club records for both highest total games and tries. Croker saw out his career with French Super League club Catalans Dragons. Read more
10 Mar 1973: Liu Qiangdong, Chinese entrepreneur, billionaire, founder of JD.com Liu Qiangdong (Richard) (Chinese: 刘强东; born March 10, 1973) is a Chinese Internet entrepreneur. Liu founded JD Multimedia as a business-to-consumer single retail store for magneto-optical products in June 1998 and later moved the company into an e-commerce website known as JD.com (also known as Jingdong) in 2013. Read more
10 Mar 1973: Chris Sutton, English footballer Christopher Roy Sutton is an English former professional football player and manager. He later became a pundit, commentator and presenter of football coverage on television and radio. Read more
10 Mar 1973: Mauricio Taricco, Argentine footballer and manager Mauricio Ricardo Taricco is an Argentine professional football coach and former player who is currently the assistant coach of K League 1 side Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors. Read more
10 Mar 1972: Beth Buchanan, Australian actress Beth Christine Buchanan is an Australian actress and social worker. She is best known for the television roles as Gemma Ramsay in Neighbours, and Susan Croydon in Blue Heelers. She was also a long-standing member of the Ranters Theatre Company. Read more
10 Mar 1972: Matt Kenseth, American NASCAR driver Matthew Roy Kenseth is an American former professional stock car racing driver and the current competition advisor for Legacy Motor Club in the NASCAR Cup Series. Most recently, he raced part-time in the Superstar Racing Experience (SRX), driving the No. 8 car. Kenseth is also an active competitor at Slinger Speedway, where he holds the record for the most Slinger Nationals victories. Read more
10 Mar 1972: Timbaland, American rapper and producer Timothy Zachery Mosley, known professionally as Timbaland, is an American record producer, songwriter, rapper and singer. Born and raised in Norfolk, Virginia, he is widely acclaimed for his distinctive production work and "stuttering" rhythmic style. In 2007, Entertainment Weekly stated that "just about every current pop trend can be traced back to him—from sultry, urban-edged R&B songstresses […] to the art of incorporating avant-garde sounds into No. 1 hits." He has won four Grammy Awards from 22 nominations. Read more
10 Mar 1971: Jon Hamm, American actor and director Jonathan Daniel Hamm is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Don Draper in the period drama series Mad Men (2007–2015), for which he won numerous accolades, including a Primetime Emmy Award and two Golden Globe Awards. Read more
10 Mar 1969: Paget Brewster, American actress Paget Valerie Brewster is an American actress. She first received recognition for her recurring role as Kathy on the fourth season of Friends. She gained wider recognition as FBI Supervisory Special Agent Emily Prentiss on CBS's Criminal Minds. Brewster was a recurring cast member of the NBC sitcom Community during its final season. Read more
10 Mar 1968: Alma Čardžić, Bosnian singer Alma Čardžić is a Bosnian singer. She's best known internationally for her participation in the Eurovision Song Contests in 1994 and 1997. Read more
10 Mar 1968: Pavel Srníček, Czech footballer and coach (died 2015) Pavel Srníček was a Czech football coach and former professional player who played as a goalkeeper. Read more
10 Mar 1966: Edie Brickell, American singer-songwriter Edie Arlisa Brickell is an American singer-songwriter widely known for 1988's Shooting Rubberbands at the Stars, the debut album by Edie Brickell & New Bohemians, which went to No. 4 on the Billboard albums chart. She is married to singer-songwriter Paul Simon. Read more
10 Mar 1966: Mike Timlin, American baseball player Michael August Timlin is an American former professional baseball relief pitcher. Timlin played on four World Series championship teams in an 18-year career; the 1992 Toronto Blue Jays, 1993 Toronto Blue Jays, 2004 Boston Red Sox, and 2007 Boston Red Sox. Read more
10 Mar 1965: Jillian Richardson, Canadian sprinter Jillian Cheryl Richardson-Briscoe is a Canadian athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres. She is a three-time Olympian. In 1988, she equalled Marita Payne's Canadian 400 metres record of 49.91 secs. The record still stands. She was inducted into the Athletics Canada Hall of Fame in 2017. Read more
10 Mar 1965: Rod Woodson, American football player, coach, and sportscaster Roderick Kevin Woodson is an American former professional football player for 17 seasons in the National Football League (NFL). Widely considered one of the greatest cornerbacks of all time, Woodson holds the NFL record for fumble recoveries (32) by a defensive player, and interceptions returned for a touchdown (12). He was named the NFL Defensive Player of the Year in 1993. Read more
10 Mar 1964: Greg Campbell, Australian cricketer Gregory Dale Campbell is a former Australian cricketer who played in four Test matches and 12 One Day Internationals in 1989 and 1990. Campbell was a right arm fast bowler, and batted as a right-handed tail ender. He is the uncle of former Australian captain Ricky Ponting. Campbell's sister, Lorraine, is married to Graeme Ponting, and Ricky Ponting is their first child. Read more
10 Mar 1964: Neneh Cherry, Swedish singer-songwriter Neneh Mariann Karlsson, better known as Neneh Cherry, is a Swedish singer. Her musical career started in the early 1980s, in London, England, where she performed in a number of punk and post-punk bands in her youth, including the Slits and Rip Rig + Panic. Read more
10 Mar 1964: Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh, is a member of the British royal family. He is the youngest child of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and the youngest sibling of King Charles III. Edward was born third in the line of succession to the British throne and is 15th as of 2026. Read more
10 Mar 1963: Jeff Ament, American bass player and songwriter Jeffrey Allen Ament is an American musician best known as the bassist of rock band Pearl Jam, which he co-founded alongside Stone Gossard, Mike McCready, and Eddie Vedder. Ament wrote or co-wrote many of Pearl Jam's hits, including "Jeremy", "Oceans", "Dissident", "Nothingman" and "Nothing as It Seems". Read more
10 Mar 1963: Rick Rubin, American record producer Frederick Jay Rubin is an American record producer. He is a co-founder of Def Jam Recordings, founder of American Recordings, and former co-president of Columbia Records. Read more
10 Mar 1962: Jasmine Guy, American actress, singer, and director Jasmine Chanel Guy is an American actress, singer, dancer, and director. She portrayed Dina in the 1988 film School Daze and Whitley Gilbert-Wayne on the NBC The Cosby Show spin-off A Different World, which originally ran from 1987 to 1993. Guy won four consecutive NAACP Image Awards from 1990 through 1993 for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for her role on the show. She played Roxy Harvey on Dead Like Me and as Sheila "Grams" Bennett on The Vampire Diaries. She also played the role of Gemma on Grey's Anatomy. Read more
10 Mar 1962: Seiko Matsuda, Japanese singer-songwriter Noriko Kamachi , known professionally as Seiko Matsuda , is a Japanese singer-songwriter, known for being one of the most popular Japanese idols of the 1980s. Since then, she has continued to release new singles and albums, put on annual summer concert tours, and perform in winter dinner shows. She makes frequent appearances in high-profile TV commercials and movies, and on radio. Her alma mater is Chuo University. Read more
10 Mar 1961: Laurel Clark, American captain, physician, and astronaut (died 2003) Laurel Blair Clark was an American NASA astronaut, medical doctor, United States Navy captain, and Space Shuttle mission specialist. She died along with her six fellow crew members in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster. Clark was posthumously awarded the Congressional Space Medal of Honor. Read more
10 Mar 1961: Mitch Gaylord, American gymnast and actor Mitchell Jay Gaylord is an American gymnast, actor, and 1984 Los Angeles Olympic gold medalist in gymnastics. He was a member of the United States men's national artistic gymnastics team. Read more
10 Mar 1958: Garth Crooks, English footballer and sportscaster Garth Anthony Crooks, is an English football pundit and former professional player. He played from 1976 to 1990, for Stoke City, Tottenham Hotspur, Manchester United, West Bromwich Albion and Charlton Athletic. Read more
10 Mar 1958: Steve Howe, American baseball player (died 2006) Steven Roy Howe was an American professional baseball relief pitcher. He played 12 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Minnesota Twins, Texas Rangers and New York Yankees, spanning 1980 to 1996. His baseball career ended in 1997 after a stint with the Sioux Falls Canaries of the independent Northern League. Read more
10 Mar 1958: Sheikh Mohammad Illias, Bengali politician Sheikh Mohammad Illias is an Indian politician belonging to the Communist Party of India. He was the MLA of Nandigram Assembly constituency in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly. Read more
10 Mar 1958: Sharon Stone, American actress and producer Sharon Vonne Stone is an American actress. Known for primarily playing femmes fatales and women of mystery on film and television, she became one of the most popular sex symbols of the 1990s. She is the recipient of various accolades, including a Primetime Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a nomination for an Academy Award. She was named Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters in France in 2005. Read more
10 Mar 1957: Osama bin Laden, Saudi Arabian terrorist, founded al-Qaeda (died 2011) Osama bin Laden was the founder and first general emir of the al-Qaeda militant organization. A pan-Islamist and Islamic extremist, bin Laden organized and funded numerous jihadist or anti-Western militants and terrorist attacks worldwide. Al-Qaeda's September 11, 2001 attacks (9/11) against the United States killed 2,977 victims. Read more
10 Mar 1957: Shannon Tweed, Canadian model and actress Shannon Lee Tweed Simmons is a Canadian model and actress. One of the most successful actresses of mainstream erotica, she is identified with the genre of the erotic thriller cinema. Tweed has appeared in more than 60 films and several television series. She was named Playboy's Playmate of the Year in 1982. Read more
10 Mar 1956: Robert Llewellyn, English actor, producer, and screenwriter Robert Llewellyn is a British actor, comedian, presenter and writer. He plays the mechanoid Kryten in the sci-fi television sitcom Red Dwarf and formerly presented the engineering gameshow Scrapheap Challenge. He has also founded and hosts a YouTube series, Everything Electric, which has grown into a company that puts on EV and "Everything Electric" conventions in the UK, USA, Canada, Australia and Europe. Read more
10 Mar 1956: Larry Myricks, American long jumper and sprinter Larry Myricks is an American former track and field athlete, who mainly competed in the long jump event. He is a two-time winner of the World Indoor Championships and a two-time winner of the World Cup. He also won a bronze medal at the 1988 Seoul Olympics, and bronze medals at the World Championships in 1987 and 1991. Read more
10 Mar 1956: Odile Buisson, French gynecologist, advocate for women's right to pleasure Odile Buisson born Odile Poullaouec is a French gynaecologist and writer. She was a co-researcher of sonography that revealed the internal structure of the clitoris. Read more
10 Mar 1955: Toshio Suzuki, Japanese race car driver Toshio Suzuki is a former racing driver from Saitama Prefecture, Japan. Read more
10 Mar 1953: Paul Haggis, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter Paul Edward Haggis is a Canadian screenwriter, film producer, and director of film and television. He is best known as screenwriter and producer for consecutive Best Picture Oscar winners Million Dollar Baby (2004) and Crash (2005), the latter of which he also directed. Haggis also co-wrote the war film Flags of Our Fathers (2006) and the James Bond films Casino Royale (2006) and Quantum of Solace (2008). He is the creator of the television series Due South (1994–1999) and co-creator of Walker, Texas Ranger (1993–2001), among others. Haggis is a two-time Academy Award winner, two-time Emmy Award winner, and seven-time Gemini Award winner. He also assisted in the making of "We Are the World 25 for Haiti". Read more
10 Mar 1952: Morgan Tsvangirai, Zimbabwean politician, Prime Minister of Zimbabwe (died 2018) Morgan Richard Tsvangirai was a Zimbabwean politician who was Prime Minister of Zimbabwe from 2009 to 2013. He was president of the Movement for Democratic Change, and later the Movement for Democratic Change – Tsvangirai (MDC–T), and a key figure in the opposition to then-president Robert Mugabe. Read more
10 Mar 1951: Gloria Diaz, Filipino actress and beauty queen, Miss Universe 1969 Gloria Maria Aspillera Diaz is a Filipino actress, model, socialite, and beauty queen who won Miss Universe 1969, making history as the first Filipino Miss Universe. Read more
10 Mar 1950: Aloma Wright, American actress Aloma Wright is an American actress. Her television roles include Laverne Roberts on the NBC/ABC comedy series Scrubs (2001–2009), Maxine Landis on the NBC daytime drama series Days of Our Lives (2008–2015), Mildred Clemons on the ABC drama series Private Practice (2011–2013), Gretchen Bodinski on the USA Network drama series Suits (2015–2019), and Viola in Tyler Perry's Young Dylan. Read more
10 Mar 1948: Austin Carr, American basketball player Austin George Carr is an American former professional basketball player and commentator who played for the Cleveland Cavaliers, Dallas Mavericks, and Washington Bullets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is known by Cleveland basketball fans as "Mr. Cavalier". He was part of the Notre Dame team which defeated the UCLA Bruins on January 19, 1971, which was UCLA's last defeat until being beaten by Notre Dame exactly three years later, breaking the Bruins' NCAA men's basketball record 88-game winning streak. Carr is the record holder for most points in an NCAA Tournament game, having scored 61 points versus Ohio in 1970. Read more
10 Mar 1947: Kim Campbell, Canadian lawyer and politician, 19th Prime Minister of Canada Avril Phaedra Douglas "Kim" Campbell is a Canadian politician who was the 19th prime minister of Canada from June to November 1993. Campbell is the first and only female prime minister of Canada. Prior to becoming the final Progressive Conservative (PC) prime minister, she was also the first woman to serve as minister of justice in Canadian history and the first woman to become minister of defence in a NATO member state. Read more
10 Mar 1947: Tom Scholz, American musician and songwriter Donald Thomas Scholz is an American musician. He is the founder, main songwriter, primary guitarist, keyboardist and only remaining original member of the rock band Boston. He has appeared on every Boston release. Scholz, a multi-instrumentalist, plays guitar, bass, keyboards, and drums. Read more
10 Mar 1946: Curley Culp, American football player (died 2021) Curley Culp was an American professional football player who was a defensive tackle in the American Football League (AFL) and National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Arizona State University, where he was also an NCAA heavyweight wrestling champion. He played football in the AFL for the Kansas City Chiefs in 1968 and 1969, and in the NFL for the Chiefs, Houston Oilers, and Detroit Lions. He was an AFL All-Star in 1969 and a six-time Pro Bowler. Read more
10 Mar 1946: Gérard Garouste, French contemporary artist Gérard Garouste is a French artist having the primary field of work as visual and performative domain. Read more
10 Mar 1946: Jim Valvano, American basketball player and coach (died 1993) James Thomas Anthony Valvano, nicknamed Jimmy V, was an American college basketball player, coach, and broadcaster. Valvano had a successful coaching career with multiple schools, culminating at NC State. While the head coach at NC State, his team won the 1983 NCAA Division I men's basketball title against improbable odds. Valvano is remembered for his ecstatic celebration after winning the national championship game against the heavily favored Houston Cougars. Read more
10 Mar 1945: Katharine Houghton, American actress and playwright Katharine Houghton is an American actress and playwright. She portrayed Joanna "Joey" Drayton, a white woman who brings home her black fiancé to meet her parents, in the 1967 film Guess Who's Coming to Dinner. Katharine Hepburn, who played the mother of Houghton's character in the film, was Houghton's aunt. Houghton was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for her performance. She is also known for her role as Kanna, the grandmother of Katara and Sokka in the film The Last Airbender (2010). Read more
10 Mar 1945: Madhavrao Scindia, Indian politician, Indian Minister of Railways (died 2001) Madhavrao Jiwajirao Scindia or Madhavrao II was an Indian politician and minister in the Government of India. He was a member of the Indian National Congress. He was viewed as a potential future prime ministerial candidate before the 1999 Lok Sabha elections in the aftermath of the controversy over Sonia Gandhi's foreign origin. Read more
10 Mar 1944: Richard Gant, American actor Richard Gant is an American actor. His credits include the film Rocky V (1990), where he played the Don King-esque George Washington Duke; Hostetler in Deadwood (2004–2006); and Owen in Men of a Certain Age (2009–2012). Read more
10 Mar 1943: Peter Berresford Ellis, English historian and author Peter Berresford Ellis is a British historian, literary biographer, and novelist who has published over 98 books to date either under his own name or his pseudonyms Peter Tremayne and Peter MacAlan. He has also published 100 short stories. Under Peter Tremayne, he is the author of the international bestselling Sister Fidelma historical mystery series. His work has appeared in 25 languages. Read more
10 Mar 1940: LeRoy Ellis, American basketball player (died 2012) LeRoy Ellis was an American basketball player. Read more
10 Mar 1940: Chuck Norris, American actor, producer, and martial artist Carlos Ray "Chuck" Norris is an American martial artist and actor. He is a black belt in Karate, Taekwondo, Tang Soo Do, Brazilian jiu jitsu, and judo. After serving in the United States Air Force, Norris won many martial arts championships and later founded his own discipline, Chun Kuk Do. Shortly after, in Hollywood, Norris trained celebrities in martial arts. Norris went on to appear in a minor role in The Wrecking Crew (1968). Friend and fellow martial artist Bruce Lee invited him to play one of the main villains in The Way of the Dragon (1972). While Norris continued acting, friend and student Steve McQueen suggested he take it seriously. Norris took the starring role in the action film Breaker! Breaker! (1977), which turned a profit. His second lead, Good Guys Wear Black (1978), became a hit, and he soon became a popular action film star. Read more
10 Mar 1940: David Rabe, American playwright and screenwriter David William Rabe is an American playwright and screenwriter. He won the Tony Award for Best Play in 1972 and also received Tony Award nominations for Best Play in 1974, 1977 (Streamers) and 1985 (Hurlyburly). Read more
10 Mar 1939: Asghar Ali Engineer, Indian activist and author (died 2013) Asghar Ali Engineer was an academic, Indian reformist writer and social activist.
Internationally known for his work on liberation theology in Islam, he led the Progressive Dawoodi Bohra movement. The focus of his work was on communalism and communal and ethnic violence in India and South Asia. He was a votary of peace and non-violence and lectured all over world on communal harmony. Read more
10 Mar 1939: Irina Press, Ukrainian-Russian hurdler and pentathlete (died 2004) Irina Natanovna Press was a Soviet athlete who competed at the 1960 and 1964 Olympics. In 1960, she won a gold medal in the 80 m hurdles and finished fourth in the 4 × 100 m relay. In 1964, she finished fourth in the hurdles and sixth in the shot put, but won gold in the newly introduced pentathlon event. Read more
10 Mar 1938: Norman Blake, American singer-songwriter and guitarist Norman L. Blake is a traditional American stringed instrument artist and songwriter. He is half of the eponymous Norman & Nancy Blake band with his wife, Nancy Blake. Read more
10 Mar 1938: Ron Mix, American football player Ronald Jack Mix is an American former professional football player who was an offensive tackle in the American Football League (AFL) and National Football League (NFL). He is a member of the AFL All-Time Team, and was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1979. Mix played college football for the USC Trojans, where he was named to the All American team. He played at right tackle and guard for the Los Angeles / San Diego Chargers of the AFL and also played for the Oakland Raiders of the NFL. While playing in Oakland for the Raiders he was a part of the only offensive line in NFL history to be composed entirely all Hall of Famers. Art Shell, Gene Upshaw, Jim Otto, Ron Mix, and Bob Brown from left to right. An eight-time AFL All-Star (1961–1968) and a nine-time All-AFL (1960–1968) selection, he is also a member of the Los Angeles Chargers Hall of Fame. Read more
10 Mar 1937: María Kodama, Argentine writer and translator (died 2023) María Kodama Schweizer was an Argentine writer and translator. The widow of author Jorge Luis Borges, she was the sole owner of his estate after his death in 1986. Borges had bequeathed to Kodama his rights as author in a will written in 1979, when she was his literary secretary, and bequeathed to her his whole estate in 1985. They were married in 1986, shortly before Borges' death. Read more
10 Mar 1937: Sam Hall, American diver, legislator, and mercenary (died 2014) Samuel "Sam" Wesley Hall was an American Olympic silver medalist diver and politician who served as a member of the Ohio House of Representatives. Read more
10 Mar 1936: Sepp Blatter, Swiss businessman and eighth president of FIFA Joseph Sepp Blatter is a Swiss former football administrator who served as the eighth president of FIFA from 1998 to 2015. He has been suspended from participating in FIFA activities since 2015 as a result of the FIFA corruption case made public that year, which remains in place until 2027. Read more
10 Mar 1935: Polly Farmer, Australian footballer and coach (died 2019) Graham Vivian "Polly" Farmer was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Geelong Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and the East Perth Football Club and West Perth Football Club in the Western Australian National Football League (WANFL). Read more
10 Mar 1934: Gergely Kulcsár, Hungarian javelin thrower (died 2020) Gergely Kulcsár was a Hungarian javelin thrower. He competed at the 1960, 1964, 1968 and 1972 Olympics and won two bronze medals, in 1960 and 1968, and a silver medal in 1964. He was the Olympic flag bearer for Hungary in 1964, 1968, and 1972. Read more
10 Mar 1933: Ralph Emery, American country music disc jockey, radio and television host (died 2022) Walter Ralph Emery was an American country music disc jockey, radio and television host from McEwen, Tennessee. Read more
10 Mar 1932: Marcia Falkender, Baroness Falkender, English politician (died 2019) Marcia Matilda Williams, Baroness Falkender, CBE, also known as Marcia Falkender, was the private secretary for, and then the political secretary and head of political office to, UK Labour Prime Minister Harold Wilson. Read more
10 Mar 1931: Georges Dor, Canadian author, playwright, and composer (died 2001) Georges Dor was a Canadian author, composer, playwright, singer, poet, translator, and theatrical producer and director. Read more
10 Mar 1930: Sándor Iharos, Hungarian runner (died 1996) Sándor Iharos was a Hungarian long-distance runner. Though unsuccessful in major competitions, Iharos ran world records over multiple distances and is one of only two athletes to have held outdoor world records over 1500 metres, 5000 metres and 10,000 metres. Iharos was one of the star pupils of the famous coach Mihály Iglói. Read more
10 Mar 1929: Sam Steiger, American journalist and politician (died 2012) Samuel Steiger was an American politician, journalist, political pundit. He served five terms as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, two terms in the Arizona State Senate, and one term as mayor of Prescott, Arizona. Steiger also made an unsuccessful run for the U.S. Senate, served as a special assistant to Arizona Governor Evan Mecham, and hosted political talk shows on both radio and television. Despite these accomplishments, Steiger is best known for two incidents: one, while he was a sitting congressman, was the 1975 killing of two burros; the second was painting a crosswalk between Prescott's courthouse and nearby Whiskey Row. Read more
10 Mar 1928: Sara Montiel, Spanish actress (died 2013) María Antonia Abad Fernández MML, known professionally as Sara Montiel, also Sarita Montiel, was a Spanish actress and singer. She began her career in the 1940s and became the most internationally popular and highest paid star of Spanish cinema in the 1960s. She appeared in nearly fifty films and recorded around 500 songs in five different languages. Read more
10 Mar 1928: James Earl Ray, American criminal; assassin of Martin Luther King Jr. (died 1998) James Earl Ray was an American fugitive who was convicted of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, on April 4, 1968. After the assassination, Ray, who had planned on living in exile in Rhodesia, fled to London and was captured there. Ray was convicted in 1969 after entering a guilty plea—thus forgoing a jury trial and the possibility of a death sentence—and was sentenced to 99 years of imprisonment. He later made many attempts to withdraw his guilty plea and to be tried by a jury, but was unsuccessful. Read more
10 Mar 1927: Claude Laydu, Belgian-French actor, producer, and screenwriter (died 2011) Claude Laydu was a Belgian-born Swiss actor on stage and in films. He was renowned for his performance in his film debut in the role of the young priest in Robert Bresson's Diary of a Country Priest (1951), which has been described as one of the greatest in the history of film. Read more
10 Mar 1926: Marques Haynes, American basketball player (died 2015) Marques Haynes was an American professional basketball player and member of the Harlem Globetrotters, notable for his ability to dribble the ball and keep it away from defenders. According to the 1988 film Harlem Globetrotters: Six Decades of Magic, Haynes could dribble the ball as many as 348 times a minute. Read more
10 Mar 1925: Bob Lanier, American lawyer, banker, and politician, Mayor of Houston (died 2014) Robert Clayton Lanier was an American businessman and politician who served as mayor of Houston, Texas, from 1992 to 1998. Before becoming mayor, Lanier had a notable career as a lawyer, banker, and real estate developer. He also held significant public service positions, including chairman of the Texas Highway Commission and chairman of the Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County (METRO). As mayor, he focused on improving infrastructure, public safety, and the city’s diversity. Lanier was re-elected in 1993 and 1995, and after leaving office, remained active in real estate and public policy. At the time of his death, he was the oldest living former mayor of Houston. Read more
10 Mar 1924: Judith Jones, American literary and cookbook editor (died 2017) Judith Jones was an American writer and editor, initially known for having rescued The Diary of Anne Frank from the reject pile. Jones is also known as the editor who championed Julia Child's Mastering the Art of French Cooking. She retired as senior editor and vice president at Alfred A. Knopf in 2011 and fully retired in 2013 after more than 60 years at the company. Read more
10 Mar 1923: Val Logsdon Fitch, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2015) Val Logsdon Fitch was an American nuclear physicist who, with co-researcher James Cronin, was awarded the 1980 Nobel Prize in Physics for a 1964 experiment using the Alternating Gradient Synchrotron at Brookhaven National Laboratory that proved that certain subatomic reactions do not adhere to fundamental symmetry principles. Specifically, they proved, by examining the decay of K-mesons, that a reaction run in reverse does not retrace the path of the original reaction, which showed that the reactions of subatomic particles are not indifferent to time. Thus the phenomenon of CP violation was discovered. This demolished the faith that physicists had that natural laws were governed by symmetry. Read more
10 Mar 1920: Alfred Peet, Dutch-American businessman, founded Peet's Coffee & Tea (died 2007) Alfred H. Peet was a Dutch-American entrepreneur and the founder of Peet's Coffee & Tea in Berkeley, California, in 1966. Peet is widely credited with starting the specialty coffee revolution in the US. Among coffee historians, Peet has been called "the Dutchman who taught America how to drink coffee." Peet taught his style of roasting beans to Jerry Baldwin, Zev Siegl and Gordon Bowker, who, with his blessing, took the technique to Seattle and founded Starbucks in 1971. Peet later distanced himself, however, from the Starbucks trio as they experimented with ultra-dark roasts. "Baldwin never learned anything from me," Peet was later quoted as saying. Read more
10 Mar 1919: Leonor Oyarzún, Chilean socialite, First Lady of Chile from 1990 to 1994 (died 2022) Leonor Oyarzún Ivanovic was a Chilean family therapist and member of the Christian Democratic Party (PDC). She served as the First Lady of Chile from 1990 until 1994 as the wife of President Patricio Aylwin. Read more
10 Mar 1918: Günther Rall, German general and pilot (died 2009) Günther Rall was a highly decorated German military aviator, officer and General, whose military career spanned nearly forty years. Rall was the third most successful fighter pilot in aviation history, behind Gerhard Barkhorn, who is second, and Erich Hartmann, who is first. Read more
10 Mar 1917: David Hare, American Surrealist artist, sculptor, photographer and painter (died 1992) David Hare was an American artist, associated with the Surrealist movement. He is primarily known for his sculpture, though he also worked extensively in photography and painting. The VVV Surrealism Magazine was first published and edited by Hare in 1942. Read more
10 Mar 1915: Harry Bertoia, Italian-American sculptor and furniture designer (died 1978) Harry Bertoia, son of Giuseppe Antonio Bertoia and Maria Secunda Mussio, was an Italian-born American artist, sound art sculptor, and modern furniture designer. Read more
10 Mar 1915: Joža Horvat, Croatian writer (died 2012) Josip "Joža" Horvat was a Croatian writer. He was the author of many novels, short stories, dramas, screenplays, essays and radio dramas, translated into at least nine languages, including Russian, Chinese and Esperanto. Read more
10 Mar 1903: Edward Bawden, English artist and illustrator (died 1989) Edward Bawden, was an English painter, illustrator and graphic artist, known for his prints, book covers, posters, and garden metalwork furniture. Bawden taught at the Royal College of Art, where he had been a student, worked as a commercial artist and served as a war artist in World War II. He was a fine watercolour painter but worked in many different media. He illustrated several books and painted murals in both the 1930s and 1960s. He was admired by Edward Gorey, David Gentleman and other graphic artists, and his work and career is often associated with that of his contemporary Eric Ravilious. Read more
10 Mar 1903: Bix Beiderbecke, American cornet player, pianist, and composer (died 1931) Leon Bismark "Bix" Beiderbecke was an American jazz cornetist, pianist and composer. Beiderbecke was one of the most influential jazz soloists of the 1920s, a cornet player noted for an inventive lyrical approach and purity of tone, with such clarity of sound that one contemporary famously described it like "shooting bullets at a bell”. Read more
10 Mar 1903: Clare Boothe Luce, American playwright, journalist, and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Italy (died 1987) Clare Boothe Luce was an American writer, politician, diplomat, and conservative public intellectual. A versatile author, she is best known for her 1936 hit play The Women, which had an all-female cast. Her writings extended from drama and screen scenarios to fiction, journalism, and war reportage. She served as a U.S. representative from Connecticut's 4th congressional district from 1943 to 1947, and as U.S. Ambassador to Italy from 1953 to 1956. She was married to Henry Luce, publisher of Time, Life, Fortune, and Sports Illustrated. Read more
10 Mar 1901: Michel Seuphor, Belgian painter (died 1999) Fernand Berckelaers, pseudonym Michel Seuphor, was a Belgian painter. Read more
10 Mar 1900: Violet Brown, Jamaican supercentenarian, oldest Jamaican ever (died 2017) Violet Brown was a Jamaican supercentenarian who was the oldest verified living person in the world for five months, following the death of Emma Morano on 15 April 2017 until her own death at the age of 117 years, 189 days on 15 September 2017. She was, along with Japanese woman Nabi Tajima, one of the last two living people known to have been born in the 19th century. She is the oldest verified Jamaican person in history. Read more
10 Mar 1900: Pandelis Pouliopoulos, Greek lawyer and politician (died 1943) Pandelis Pouliopoulos was a Greek communist, anti-fascist, and one-time general secretary of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE). He stood for the internationalist and revolutionary character of the communist movement. He is among the founders of the Trotskyist movement in Greece. Read more
10 Mar 1896: Frederick Coulton Waugh, British cartoonist, painter, teacher and author (died 1973) Frederick Coulton Waugh was a cartoonist, painter, teacher and author, best known for his illustration work on the comic strip Dickie Dare and his book The Comics (1947), the first major study of the field. Read more
10 Mar 1892: Arthur Honegger, French composer and educator (died 1955) Oscar-Arthur Honegger was a Swiss composer who was born in France and lived a large part of his life in Paris. Honegger was a member of Les Six. For Halbreich, Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher is "more even than Le Roi David or Pacific 231, his most universally popular work". Read more
10 Mar 1892: Gregory La Cava, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1952) Gregory La Cava was an American film director of Italian descent best known for his films of the 1930s, including My Man Godfrey and Stage Door, which earned him nominations for Academy Award for Best Director. Read more
10 Mar 1890: Albert Ogilvie, Australian politician, 28th Premier of Tasmania (died 1939) Albert George Ogilvie was an Australian politician and Premier of Tasmania from 22 June 1934 until his death on 10 June 1939. Read more
10 Mar 1888: Barry Fitzgerald, Irish actor (died 1961) William Joseph Shields, known professionally as Barry Fitzgerald, was an Irish stage, film, and television actor. In a career spanning almost forty years, he appeared in such notable films as Bringing Up Baby (1938), The Long Voyage Home (1940), How Green Was My Valley (1941), The Sea Wolf (1941), Going My Way (1944), None but the Lonely Heart (1944), and The Quiet Man (1952). For Going My Way, he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and was simultaneously nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for the same performance. In 2020, he was listed at number 11 on The Irish Times list of Ireland's greatest film actors. Read more
10 Mar 1881: Jessie Boswell, English painter (died 1956) Jessie Boswell was an English painter, active mainly in her adoptive Piedmont, known as being one of the painters of the Gruppo dei Sei Pittori (1929–1931) in that city. Read more
10 Mar 1877: Pascual Ortiz Rubio, Mexican diplomat and president (1930-1932) (died 1963) Pascual Ortiz Rubio was a Mexican military officer, topographical engineer, diplomat and politician who served as the 49th President of Mexico from 1930 to 1932. He was one of three presidents to serve out the six-year term (1928–1934) of assassinated president-elect Álvaro Obregón, while former president Plutarco Elías Calles retained power in a period known as the Maximato. Calles was so blatantly in control of the government that after an attempt on his life and pressures, Ortiz Rubio resigned the presidency in protest in September 1932, being the last Mexican president to date that has resigned. Read more
10 Mar 1876: Anna Hyatt Huntington, American sculptor (died 1973) Anna Vaughn Huntington was an American sculptor who was among New York City's most prominent sculptors in the early 20th century. At a time when very few women were successful artists, she had a thriving career. Hyatt Huntington exhibited often, traveled widely, received critical acclaim at home and abroad, and won multiple awards and commissions. Read more
10 Mar 1873: Jakob Wassermann, German-Austrian soldier and author (died 1934) Jakob Wassermann was a German writer and novelist. Read more
10 Mar 1870: David Riazanov, Russian theorist and politician (died 1938) David Riazanov or Ryazanov, born David Borisovich Goldendakh, was a Russian revolutionary, historian, bibliographer, Marxologist and archivist. He had been an old associate of Leon Trotsky. Riazanov founded the Marx–Engels Institute and edited the first large-scale effort to publish the collected works of these two founders of the modern socialist movement. Riazanov was a prominent victim of the Great Terror of the late 1930s. Read more
10 Mar 1867: Hector Guimard, French-American architect (died 1942) Hector Guimard was a French architect and designer prominent for his Art Nouveau style designs including Paris Métro entrances. He achieved early fame with his design for the Castel Béranger, the first Art Nouveau apartment building in Paris, which was selected in an 1899 competition as one of the best new building facades in the city. He is best known for the glass and iron edicules or canopies, with ornamental Art Nouveau curves, which he designed to cover the entrances of the first stations of the Paris Métro. Read more
10 Mar 1867: Lillian Wald, American nurse, humanitarian, and author, founded the Henry Street Settlement (died 1940) Lillian D. Wald was an American nurse, humanitarian and author. She strove for human rights and started American community nursing. She founded the Henry Street Settlement in New York City and was an early advocate for nurses in public schools. Read more
10 Mar 1853: Thomas Mackenzie, Scottish-New Zealand cartographer and politician, 18th Prime Minister of New Zealand (died 1930) Sir Thomas Mackenzie was a New Zealand politician and explorer who briefly served as the 18th prime minister of New Zealand in 1912, and later served as New Zealand High Commissioner in London. Read more
10 Mar 1850: Spencer Gore, English tennis player and cricketer (died 1906) Spencer William Gore was an English tennis player who won the first Wimbledon tournament in 1877 and a first-class cricketer who played for Surrey County Cricket Club (1874–1875). Read more
10 Mar 1846: Edward Baker Lincoln, American son of Abraham Lincoln (died 1850) Edward Baker Lincoln was the second son of Abraham Lincoln and Mary Todd Lincoln. He was named after Lincoln's close friend, Edward Dickinson Baker. Both Abraham and Mary spelled his name "Eddy"; however, the National Park Service uses "Eddie" as a nickname and the nickname also appears spelled this way on his crypt at the Lincoln tomb. Read more
10 Mar 1845: Alexander III of Russia (died 1894) Alexander III was Emperor of Russia, King of Congress Poland and Grand Duke of Finland from 13 March 1881 until his death in 1894. He was highly reactionary in domestic affairs and reversed some of the liberal reforms of his father, Alexander II, a policy of "counter-reforms". Read more
10 Mar 1844: Pablo de Sarasate, Spanish violinist and composer (died 1908) Pablo Martín Melitón de Sarasate y Navascués, commonly known as Pablo de Sarasate, was a Spanish virtuoso violinist, composer and conductor of the Romantic period. His best known works include Zigeunerweisen, the Spanish Dances, and the Carmen Fantasy. Read more
10 Mar 1844: Marie Euphrosyne Spartali, British Pre-Raphaelite painter (died 1927) Marie Stillman was a British painter, of Greek descent. A member of the second generation of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, she is regarded as the greatest female artist of that movement. Read more
10 Mar 1843: Evelyn Abbott, English classical scholar (died 1901) Evelyn Abbott was an English writer and classical scholar. He is best known for his book History of Greece, which includes a sceptical viewpoint of Homer's Iliad and Odyssey. He is also very well known as being the editor-in-chief of Heroes of the Nations book series, which were widely popular in England. Read more
10 Mar 1810: Samuel Ferguson, Irish poet and lawyer (died 1886) Sir Samuel Ferguson was an Irish poet, barrister, antiquarian, artist and public servant. He was an acclaimed 19th-century Irish poet, and his interest in Irish mythology and early Irish history can be seen as a forerunner of William Butler Yeats and the other poets of the Irish Literary Revival. Read more

🕊️ Important Deaths on 10 March in World History

10 Mar 2025: Stanley R. Jaffe, American film producer and director (born 1940) Stanley Richard Jaffe was an American film producer. His producing credits included Fatal Attraction, The Accused and Kramer vs. Kramer, which won an Academy Award for Best Picture. Read more
10 Mar 2025: Carl Lundström, Swedish businessman and activist (born 1960) Carl Ulf Sture Lundström was a Swedish businessman and political activist. He founded Rix Telecom, which provided services and equipment to torrent tracker The Pirate Bay from 2003 to 2005. Lundström was one of the defendants in The Pirate Bay trial and was charged with "accessory to breaching copyright law". He was found guilty and ultimately sentenced to four months in prison. He and his co-defendants were jointly fined 46 million Swedish krona. Read more
10 Mar 2022: John Elliott, English historian and academic (born 1930) Sir John Huxtable Elliott was a British historian and Hispanist who was Regius Professor at the University of Oxford and honorary fellow of Oriel College, Oxford, and Trinity College, Cambridge. He published under the name J. H. Elliott. Read more
10 Mar 2016: Ken Adam, German-English production designer and art director (born 1921) Sir Kenneth Adam was a German-British movie production designer, best known for his set designs for the James Bond films of the 1960s and 1970s, as well as for Dr. Strangelove and Salon Kitty. Read more
10 Mar 2016: Roberto Perfumo, Argentinian footballer and sportscaster (born 1942) Roberto Alfredo Perfumo was an Argentine footballer and sports commentator. Nicknamed El Mariscal, Perfumo is considered one of the best Argentine defenders ever. At club level, Perfumo played for Racing, River Plate and Brazilian team Cruzeiro. With the national team, he played the 1966 and 1974 World Cups. Read more
10 Mar 2016: Jovito Salonga, Filipino lawyer and politician, 14th President of the Senate of the Philippines (born 1920) Jovito Reyes Salonga, KGCR also called "Ka Jovy," was a Filipino lawyer and politician, as well as a leading opposition leader during the regime of Ferdinand Marcos from the declaration of martial law in 1972 until the People Power Revolution in 1986, which removed Marcos from power. Salonga was then elected as the 14th president of the Senate of the Philippines and the first one after the new Constitution was just ratified, serving from 1987 up to his retirement from politics in 1992. Read more
10 Mar 2016: Anita Brookner, English novelist and art historian (born 1928) Anita Brookner was an English novelist and art historian. She was Slade Professor of Fine Art at the University of Cambridge from 1967 to 1968 and was the first woman to hold this visiting professorship. She was awarded the 1984 Booker–McConnell Prize for her novel Hotel du Lac. Read more
10 Mar 2015: Richard Glatzer, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1952) Richard Glatzer was an American writer and director. Read more
10 Mar 2013: Princess Lilian, Duchess of Halland, British born Swedish Princess (born 1915) Princess Lilian, Duchess of Halland, was a British socialite who became a princess of Sweden through her 1976 marriage to Prince Bertil, Duke of Halland (1912–1997). As such, she was an aunt of King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden and Queen Margrethe II of Denmark. Read more
10 Mar 2012: Jean Giraud, French author and illustrator (born 1938) Jean Henri Gaston Giraud was a French artist, cartoonist, and writer who worked in the Franco-Belgian bandes dessinées (BD) tradition. Giraud garnered worldwide acclaim predominantly under the pseudonym Mœbius for his fantasy/science-fiction work, and to a slightly lesser extent as Gir, which he used for his Western-themed work. Esteemed by Federico Fellini, Stan Lee, and Hayao Miyazaki, among others, he has been described as the most influential bande dessinée artist after Hergé. Read more
10 Mar 2012: Frank Sherwood Rowland, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1927) Frank Sherwood "Sherry" Rowland was an American Nobel laureate and a professor of chemistry at the University of California, Irvine. His research was on atmospheric chemistry and chemical kinetics. His best-known work was the discovery that chlorofluorocarbons contribute to ozone depletion. Read more
10 Mar 2011: Bill Blackbeard, American author and illustrator (born 1926) William Elsworth Blackbeard, better known as Bill Blackbeard, was a writer-editor and the founder-director of the San Francisco Academy of Comic Art, a comprehensive collection of comic strips and cartoon art from American newspapers. This major collection, consisting of 2.5 million clippings, tearsheets and comic sections, spanning the years 1894 to 1996, has provided source material for numerous books and articles by Blackbeard and other researchers. Read more
10 Mar 2010: Muhammad Sayyid Tantawy, Egyptian scholar and academic (born 1928) Muhammad Sayyid Tantawi was an Egyptian Islamic scholar who served as the grand mufti of Egypt from 1986 to 1996 and then as grand imam of al-Azhar from 1996 until his death in 2010. Read more
10 Mar 2010: Corey Haim, Canadian actor (born 1971) Corey Ian Haim was a Canadian actor who rose to fame in the 1980s as a teen heartthrob. He starred in Silver Bullet (1985), Murphy's Romance (1985), Lucas (1986), License to Drive (1988) and Dream a Little Dream (1989). His role in The Lost Boys (1987) made him a household name. Read more
10 Mar 2007: Ernie Ladd, American football player and wrestler (born 1938) Ernest L. Ladd, nicknamed "the Big Cat", was an American professional football defensive tackle and professional wrestler. A standout athlete in high school, Ladd attended Grambling State University on a basketball scholarship before being drafted in 1961 by the San Diego Chargers of the American Football League (AFL). Ladd found success in the AFL as one of the largest players in professional football history at 6′9″ and 290 pounds. He helped the Chargers to four AFL championship games in five years, winning the championship with the team in 1963. He also had stints with the Kansas City Chiefs and Houston Oilers. Ladd took up professional wrestling during the AFL offseason, and after a knee injury ended his football career turned to it full-time in 1969. Read more
10 Mar 2005: Dave Allen, Irish-English comedian, actor, and screenwriter (born 1936) David Tynan O'Mahony, known professionally as Dave Allen, was an Irish comedian, satirist, and actor. He was best known for his observational comedy. Allen regularly provoked indignation by highlighting political hypocrisy and showing disdain for religious authority. His technique and style have influenced young British comedians. Read more
10 Mar 1999: Oswaldo Guayasamín, Ecuadorian painter and sculptor (born 1919) Oswaldo Guayasamín Calero was an Ecuadorian painter and sculptor of Kichwa and Mestizo heritage. Read more
10 Mar 1998: Lloyd Bridges, American actor and director (born 1913) Lloyd Vernet Bridges Jr. was an American film, stage and television actor who starred in a number of television series and appeared in more than 150 feature films. He was the father of four children, including the actors Beau Bridges and Jeff Bridges. He started his career as a contract performer for Columbia Pictures, appearing in films such as Sahara (1943), A Walk in the Sun (1945), Little Big Horn (1951) and High Noon (1952). On television, he starred in Sea Hunt (1958–1961). By the end of his career, he had re-invented himself and demonstrated a comedic talent in such parody films as Airplane! (1980), Hot Shots! (1991), and Jane Austen's Mafia! (1998). Among other honors, Bridges was a two-time Emmy Award nominee. He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on February 1, 1994. Read more
10 Mar 1997: LaVern Baker, American singer and actress (born 1929) Delores LaVern Baker was an American rhythm and blues singer who had several hit records on the pop charts in the 1950s and early 1960s. Her most successful records were "Tweedle Dee" (1955), "Jim Dandy" (1956), and "I Cried a Tear" (1958). Read more
10 Mar 1996: Ross Hunter, American film producer (born 1926) Ross Hunter was an American film and television producer and actor. He is best known for producing light comedies such as Pillow Talk (1959), and the glamorous melodramas Magnificent Obsession (1954), Imitation of Life (1959), and Back Street (1961). Read more
10 Mar 1992: Giorgos Zampetas, Greek bouzouki player and composer (born 1925) Giorgos Zampetas was a Greek bouzouki musician. He was born in Athens, where he also died, but his origins were from the island of Kythnos. Read more
10 Mar 1988: Andy Gibb, Australian singer-songwriter and actor (born 1958) Andrew Roy Gibb was an English singer and musician. He rose to international fame in the late 1970s as a teen idol and pop star. The younger brother of Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb of the Bee Gees, Gibb achieved major success in close collaboration with his brothers. He was the first solo artist to have his first three singles reach number one on the US Billboard Hot 100. Read more
10 Mar 1986: Ray Milland, Welsh-American actor and director (born 1907) Ray Milland was a Welsh-American actor and film director. He is often remembered for his portrayal of an alcoholic writer in Billy Wilder's The Lost Weekend (1945), which won him Best Actor at Cannes, a Golden Globe Award, and ultimately an Academy Award—the first such accolades for any Welsh actor. Read more
10 Mar 1985: Konstantin Chernenko, Russian soldier and politician, Head of State of The Soviet Union (born 1911) Konstantin Ustinovich Chernenko was a Soviet politician who served as the de jure leader of the Soviet Union from February 1984 until his death in March 1985. Read more
10 Mar 1985: Bob Nieman, American baseball player (born 1927) Robert Charles Nieman was an American professional baseball player and scout. An outfielder, he spent all or parts of a dozen Major League Baseball seasons with the St. Louis Browns (1951–52), Detroit Tigers (1953–54), Chicago White Sox (1955–56), Baltimore Orioles (1956–59), St. Louis Cardinals (1960–61), Cleveland Indians (1961–62) and San Francisco Giants (1962). He also played one season in Japan for the Chunichi Dragons (1963). He threw and batted right-handed, stood 5 feet 11 inches (1.80 m) tall and weighed 195 pounds (88 kg). Read more
10 Mar 1977: E. Power Biggs, English-American organist and composer (born 1906) Edward George Power Biggs was a British-born American concert organist and recording artist. Read more
10 Mar 1973: Evelyn Baring, 1st Baron Howick of Glendale (1960 – 1973), Governor of Kenya (1952 – 1959), High Commissioner for Southern Africa (1944 – 1951), Governor of Southern Rhodesia (1942 – 1944) (born 1903) Evelyn Baring, 1st Baron Howick of Glendale, was Governor of Southern Rhodesia from 1942 to 1944, High Commissioner for Southern Africa from 1944 to 1951, and Governor of Kenya from 1952 to 1959. Baring played an integral role in the suppression of the Mau Mau rebellion. Together with Colonial Secretary Alan Lennox-Boyd, Baring played a significant role in the government's efforts to deal with the rebellion, and see Kenya through to independence. He was appointed as Baron Howick of Glendale in 1960 by Queen Elizabeth II. Read more
10 Mar 1973: Li Mi, Chinese lieutenant general and anti-communist, Taiwanese nationalist (born 1902) Li Mi was a high-ranking Nationalist general who participated in the anti-Communist Encirclement Campaigns, Second Sino-Japanese War and Chinese Civil War. He was one of the few Kuomintang commanders to achieve notable victories against both Chinese Communist forces and the Imperial Japanese Army. Following the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, he withdrew his forces to Burma and Thailand, where he continued to carry out guerrilla raids into Communist-held territory. Read more
10 Mar 1973: Richard Sharples, British politician, incumbent Governor of Bermuda (1972–1973) (born 1916) Sir Richard Christopher Sharples, was a British politician and Governor of Bermuda who was shot dead by assassins linked to a small militant Bermudian Black Power group called the Black Beret Cadre. The former army major, who had been a Cabinet Minister, resigned his seat to take up the position of Governor of Bermuda in late 1972. His murder resulted in the last executions conducted under British rule, in 1977. Read more
10 Mar 1966: Frits Zernike, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1888) Frits Zernike was a Dutch physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1953 for his invention of the phase-contrast microscope. Read more
10 Mar 1966: Frank O'Connor, Irish short story writer, novelist, and poet (born 1903) Frank O'Connor was an Irish author and translator. He wrote poetry, dramatic works, memoirs, journalistic columns and features on aspects of Irish culture and history, criticism, long and short fiction, biography, and travel books. He is most widely known for his more than 150 short stories and for his memoirs. The Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award was named in his honour, as is the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Fellowship. Read more
10 Mar 1951: Kijūrō Shidehara, Japanese lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Japan (born 1872) Baron Kijūrō Shidehara was a Japanese diplomat and politician who served as prime minister of Japan from 1945 to 1946. He was a leading proponent of pacifism in Japan before and after World War II. Read more
10 Mar 1948: Zelda Fitzgerald, American author, visual artist, and ballet dancer (born 1900) Zelda Fitzgerald was an American novelist, painter, writer, and socialite. Born in Montgomery, Alabama, to a wealthy Southern family, she became locally famous for her beauty and high spirits. In 1920, she married writer F. Scott Fitzgerald after the popular success of his debut novel, This Side of Paradise. The novel catapulted the young couple into the public eye, and she became known in the national press as the first American flapper. Because of their wild antics and incessant partying, she and her husband became regarded in the newspapers as the enfants terribles of the Jazz Age. Alleged infidelity and bitter recriminations soon undermined their marriage. After Zelda traveled abroad to Europe, her mental health deteriorated, and she had suicidal and homicidal tendencies, which required psychiatric care. Her doctors diagnosed her with schizophrenia, although later posthumous diagnoses posit bipolar disorder. Read more
10 Mar 1948: Jan Masaryk, Czech soldier and politician (born 1886) Jan Garrigue Masaryk was a Czech diplomat and politician who served as the Foreign Minister of Czechoslovakia from 1940 to 1948. American journalist John Gunther described Masaryk as "a brave, honest, turbulent, and impulsive man". Read more
10 Mar 1942: Wilbur Scoville, American pharmacist and chemist (born 1865) Wilbur Lincoln Scoville was an American pharmacist best known for his creation of the "Scoville Organoleptic Test", standardized as the Scoville scale. He devised the test and scale in 1912 while working at the Parke-Davis pharmaceutical company to measure pungency, "spiciness" or "capsaicin concentration" of various chili peppers. Read more
10 Mar 1940: Mikhail Bulgakov, Russian novelist and playwright (born 1891) Mikhail Afanasyevich Bulgakov was a Russian and Soviet novelist and playwright. His novel The Master and Margarita, published posthumously, has been called one of the masterpieces of the 20th century. He also wrote the novel The White Guard and the plays Ivan Vasilievich, Flight, and The Days of the Turbins. Read more
10 Mar 1937: Yevgeny Zamyatin, Russian journalist and author (born 1884) Yevgeny Ivanovich Zamyatin, sometimes anglicized as Eugene Zamiatin, was a Russian author of science fiction, philosophy, literary criticism, and political satire. Read more
10 Mar 1925: Myer Prinstein, Polish-American jumper (born 1878) Myer Prinstein was a Poland-born American track and field athlete who held the world record for the long jump in 1900 and won four gold medals in three Olympic Games for the long jump and triple jump. He was a member of the Irish American Athletic Club in Queens, New York. A 1902 law graduate and track team captain for Syracuse University, after college he became a New York real estate lawyer and businessman while living in Jamaica Plains, Queens. To date, he is the only Olympic track athlete to win both the triple and long jump in the same Olympics, earning the distinction in St. Louis in 1904. Read more
10 Mar 1923: Salvador Seguí, Catalan anarcho-syndicalist leader (born 1887) Salvador Seguí i Rubinat, known as El noi del sucre for his habit of eating the sugar cubes served him with his coffee, was a Catalan anarcho-syndicalist in the Confederación Nacional del Trabajo (CNT), a Spanish confederation of anarcho-syndicalist labor unions. Read more
10 Mar 1913: Harriet Tubman, American nurse and activist (born c. 1820) Harriet Tubman was an American abolitionist and social activist. After escaping slavery, Tubman made some 13 missions to rescue approximately 70 enslaved people, including her family and friends, using the network of antislavery activists and safe houses known collectively as the Underground Railroad. During the American Civil War, she served as an armed scout and spy for the Union Army. In her later years, Tubman was an activist in the movement for women's suffrage. Read more
10 Mar 1910: Karl Lueger, Austrian lawyer and politician Mayor of Vienna (born 1844) Karl Lueger was an Austrian lawyer and politician who served as Mayor of Vienna from 1897 until his death in 1910. He is credited with the transformation of Vienna into a modern city at the turn of the 20th century, although the populist and antisemitic politics of the Austrian Christian Social Party (CS), which he founded and led until his death, remain controversial, as they are sometimes viewed as a model for Adolf Hitler's Nazism. Read more
10 Mar 1910: Carl Reinecke, German pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1824) Carl Heinrich Carsten Reinecke was a German composer, conductor, and pianist in the mid-Romantic era. Read more
10 Mar 1898: Marie-Eugénie de Jésus, French nun and saint, founded the Religious of the Assumption (born 1817) Marie-Eugénie de Jésus is a French saint and the foundress of the Religious of the Assumption. Read more
10 Mar 1897: Savitribai Phule, Indian poet and activist (born 1831) Savitribai Phule was an Indian educator, social reformer, and poet, widely regarded as the first female teacher of modern India. Along with her husband, Jyotiba Phule, she played a pivotal role in advancing women's rights and education in Maharashtra, leaving a legacy that continues to influence social reform movements across India. She is also considered a front runner of India's feminist movement. She worked to abolish discrimination and the unfair treatment of people based on caste and gender. Savitribai Phule and her husband were trailblazers in women's education in India. In 1848, they established their first school for girls at the residence of Tatyasaheb Bhide, known as Bhide Wada in Pune. Later, she co-founded the Satyashodhak Samaj in 1873 and led its women's wing. Read more
10 Mar 1895: Charles Frederick Worth, English-French fashion designer (born 1825) Charles Frederick Worth was an English fashion designer who founded the House of Worth, one of the foremost fashion houses of the 19th and early 20th centuries. He is considered by many fashion historians to be the father of haute couture. Worth is also credited with revolutionising the business of fashion. Read more
10 Mar 1872: Giuseppe Mazzini, Italian journalist and politician (born 1805) Giuseppe Mazzini was an Italian politician, lawyer, journalist, philosopher, and political activist who worked for the unification of Italy (Risorgimento) and was a spearhead of the Italian revolutionary movement. His efforts helped bring about the independent and unified Italy in place of the several separate states, many dominated by foreign powers, that existed until the 19th century. An Italian nationalist in the historical radical tradition and a proponent of a republicanism of social-democratic inspiration, Mazzini "helped define the European movement for popular democracy in a republican state." He is widely known as the “Prophet of Italian Nationalism”. Read more
10 Mar 1861: Taras Shevchenko, Ukrainian poet, playwright, and ethnographer (born 1814) Taras Hryhorovych Shevchenko was a Ukrainian poet, writer, artist, public and political figure, folklorist, and ethnographer. He wrote poetry in Ukrainian and prose in Russian. Read more
10 Mar 1832: Muzio Clementi, Italian pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1752) Muzio Filippo Vincenzo Francesco Saverio Clementi was an Italian composer, virtuoso pianist, pedagogue, conductor, music publisher, editor, and piano manufacturer who was mostly active in England. Read more
10 Mar 1826: John Pinkerton, Scottish antiquarian, cartographer, author, numismatist and historian (born 1758) John Pinkerton was a Scottish antiquarian, cartographer, author, numismatist, historian, and early advocate of Germanic racial supremacy theory. Read more

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