| 515 BC |
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The building of the great Jewish temple in Jerusalem is completed. |
| 241 BC |
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The Roman fleet sinks 50 Carthaginian ships in the Battle of Aegusa. |
| 49 BC |
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Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon and invades Italy. |
| 1656 |
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In the colony of Virginia, suffrage is extended to all free men regardless of their religion. |
| 1776 |
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"Common Sense" by Thomas Paine is published. |
| 1785 |
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Thomas Jefferson is appointed minister to France. |
| 1806 |
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The Dutch in Cape Town, South Africa surrender to the British. |
| 1814 |
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Napoleon Bonaparte is defeated by an allied army at the Battle of Laon, France. |
| 1848 |
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The treaty of Guadeloupe-Hidalgo is signed which ends the United States’ war with Mexico. |
| 1876 |
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Alexander Graham Bell makes the first telephone call to Thomas Watson saying "Watson, come here. I need you." |
| 1893 |
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New Mexico State University cancels its first graduation ceremony, because the only graduate was robbed and killed the night before. |
| 1902 |
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The Boers of South Africa score their last victory over the British, capturing British General Methuen and 200 men. |
| 1910 |
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Slavery is abolished in China. |
| 1924 |
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The U.S. Supreme Court upholds a New York state law forbidding late-night work for women. |
| 1927 |
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Prussia lifts its Nazi ban, Adolf Hitler is allowed to speak in public. |
| 1933 |
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Nevada becomes the first U.S. state to regulate drugs. |
| 1941 |
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Vichy France threatens to use its navy unless Britain allows food to reach France. |
| 1943 |
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Adolf Hitler calls Field Marshall Erwin Rommel back from Tunisia in North Africa. |
| 1944 |
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The Irish refuse to oust all Axis envoys and deny the accusation of spying on Allied troops. |
| 1945 |
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American B-29 bombers attack Tokyo, killing 100,000. |
| 1947 |
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The Big Four meet in Moscow to discuss the future of Germany. |
| 1948 |
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Author Zelda Fitzgerald (wife of F. Scott) dies in a fire at Highland Hospital. |
| 1953 |
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North Korean gunners at Wonsan fire on the USS Missouri, the ship responds by firing 998 rounds at the enemy position. |
| 1954 |
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President Dwight Eisenhower calls Senator Joseph McCarthy a peril to the Republican Party. |
| 1966 |
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The North Vietnamese capture a Green Beret camp at Ashau Valley. |
| 1969 |
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James Earl Ray pleads guilty to the murder of Dr. Martin Luther King and is sentenced to 99 years in jail. |
| 1971 |
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The Senate approves a Constitutional amendment to lower the voting age to 18. |
| 1975 |
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The North Vietnamese Army attacks the South Vietnamese town of Ban Me Thout, the offensive will end with total victory in Vietnam. |
| 1980 |
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Iran’s leader, Ayatollah Khomeini, lends his support to the militants holding the American hostages in Tehran. |
| 1982 |
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The United States bans Libyan oil imports, because of the continued support of terrorism. |
| 1987 |
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The Vatican condemns surrogate parenting as well as test-tube and artificial insemination. |
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Born on March 10 |
| 1503 |
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Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor. |
| 1772 |
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Friedrich Von Schlegel, German romantic poet and critic (Philosophy of History, History of Literature). |
| 1845 |
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Alexander III, Russian czar. |
| 1845 |
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Hallie Quinn Brown, American educator, women’s rights leader. |
| 1903 |
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Leon Bismarck "Bix" Beiderbecke, jazz cornetist and composer. |
| 1909 |
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Kathryn McLean (Forbes), author (Mama’s Bank Account). |
| 1916 |
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James Herriot, Scottish writer and country veterinarian (All Creatures Great and Small). |
| 1918 |
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Günther Rall, German Luftwaffe ace in World War II. |
| 1940 |
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David Rabe, playwright (Sticks and Bones, Hurlyburly). |
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