March 10

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

Events

• 241 BC – First Punic War: Battle of the Aegates Islands: The Romans sink the Carthaginian fleet bringing the First Punic War to an end.
• 298 – Roman Emperor Maximian concludes his campaign in North Africa against the Berbers, and makes a triumphal entry into Carthage.
• 1607 – Susenyos I defeats the combined armies of Yaqob and Abuna Petros II at the Battle of Gol in Gojjam, making him Emperor of Ethiopia.
• 1629 – Charles I of England dissolves Parliament, beginning the eleven-year period known as the Personal Rule.
• 1735 – An agreement between Nader Shah and Russia is signed near Ganja, Azerbaijan and Russian troops are withdrawn from Baku.
• 1762 – French Huguenot Jean Calas, who had been wrongly convicted of killing his son, dies after being tortured by authorities; the event inspired Voltaire to begin a campaign for religious tolerance and legal reform.
• 1804 – Louisiana Purchase: In St. Louis, Missouri, a formal ceremony is conducted to transfer ownership of the Louisiana Territory from France to the United States.
• 1814 – Napoleon I of France is defeated at the Battle of Laon in France.
• 1816 – Crossing of the Andes: A group of royalist scouts is captured during the Action of Juncalito.
• 1830 – The Royal Netherlands East Indies Army is created.
• 1831 – The French Foreign Legion is established by King Louis Philippe to support his war in Algeria.
• 1848 – The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo is ratified by the United States Senate, ending the Mexican–American War.
• 1861 – El Hadj Umar Tall seizes the city of Ségou, destroying the Bamana Empire of Mali.
• 1876 – Alexander Graham Bell makes the first successful telephone call by saying "Mr. Watson, come here, I want to see you."
• 1891 – Almon Strowger, an undertaker in Topeka, Kansas, patents the Strowger switch, a device which led to the automation of telephone circuit switching.
• 1906 – The Courrières mine disaster, Europe's worst ever, kills 1099 miners in Northern France.
• 1909 – By signing the Anglo-Siamese Treaty of 1909, Thailand relinquishes its sovereignty over the Malay states of Kedah, Kelantan, Perlis and Terengganu, which become British protectorates.
• 1915 – The Battle of Neuve Chapelle begins. This is the first large-scale operation by the British Army.
• 1917 – Some provinces and cities in the Philippines are incorporated due to the ratification of Act No. 2711 or the Administrative Code of the Philippines.
• 1922 – Mahatma Gandhi is arrested in India, tried for sedition, and sentenced to six years in prison, only to be released after nearly two years for an appendicitis operation.
• 1933 – An earthquake in Long Beach, California kills 115 people and causes an estimated $40 million in damage.
• 1944 – Greek Civil War: The Political Committee of National Liberation is established in Greece by the National Liberation Front.
• 1945 – The U.S. Army Air Force firebombs Tokyo, and the resulting conflagration kills more than 100,000 people, mostly civilians.
• 1952 – Fulgencio Batista leads a successful coup in Cuba and appoints himself as the "provisional president".
• 1959 – Tibetan uprising: Fearing an abduction attempt by China, 300,000 Tibetans surround the Dalai Lama's palace to prevent his removal.
• 1966 – Military Prime Minister of South Vietnam Nguyễn Cao Kỳ sacked rival General Nguyễn Chánh Thi, precipitating large-scale civil and military dissension in parts of the nation.
• 1968 – Vietnam War: Battle of Lima Site 85, concluding the 11th with largest single ground combat loss of United States Air Force members (12) during that war.
• 1969 – In Memphis, Tennessee, James Earl Ray pleads guilty to assassinating Martin Luther King, Jr. He later unsuccessfully attempts to retract his plea.
• 1970 – Vietnam War: Captain Ernest Medina is charged by the U.S. military with My Lai war crimes.
• 1975 – Vietnam War: 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.
• 1977 – Rings of Uranus: Astronomers discover rings around Uranus.
• 1980 – Madeira School headmistress Jean Harris shoots and kills Scarsdale diet doctor Herman Tarnower
• 1980 – Formation of the Irish Army Ranger Wing.
• 1990 – In Haiti, Prosper Avril is ousted 18 months after seizing power in a coup.
• 2000 – The Nasdaq Composite stock market index peaks at 5132.52, signaling the beginning of the end of the dot-com boom.
• 2005 – Tung Chee-hwa resigns from his post as the first Chief Executive of Hong Kong after widespread public dissatisfaction of his tenure.
• 2006 – The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter arrives at Mars.

Births

• 1415 – Vasily II of Moscow (d. 1462)
• 1452 – Ferdinand II of Aragon (d. 1516)
• 1503 – Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1564)
• 1536 – Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk, English politician, Earl Marshal of the United Kingdom (d. 1572)
• 1628 – Marcello Malpighi, Italian physician and biologist (d. 1694)
• 1709 – Georg Wilhelm Steller, German botanist, zoologist, physician, and explorer (d. 1746)
• 1745 – John Gunby, American general (d. 1807)
• 1749 – Lorenzo Da Ponte, Italian-American priest and poet (d. 1838)
• 1769 – Joseph Williamson, English businessman and philanthropist (d. 1840)
• 1772 – Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel, German poet and critic (d. 1829)
• 1776 – Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (d. 1810)
• 1787 – Francisco de Paula Martínez de la Rosa y Berdejo, Spanish playwright and politician, Prime Minister of Spain (d. 1862)
• 1787 – William Etty, English painter and academic (d. 1849)
• 1788 – Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff, German author and poet (d. 1857)
• 1810 – Samuel Ferguson, Irish poet and lawyer (d. 1886)
• 1839 – Dudley Buck, American organist and composer (d. 1909)
• 1844 – Pablo de Sarasate, Spanish violinist and composer (d. 1908)
• 1845 – Alexander III of Russia (d. 1894)
• 1846 – Edward Baker Lincoln, American son of Abraham Lincoln (d. 1850)
• 1847 – Kate Sheppard, English-New Zealand activist (d. 1934)
• 1848 – William Thompson, American archer (d. 1918)
• 1850 – Spencer Gore, English tennis player and cricketer (d. 1906)
• 1852 – Léon Moreaux, French target shooter (d. 1921)
• 1867 – Hector Guimard, French-American architect, designed the La Bluette (d. 1942)
• 1867 – Lillian Wald, pioneering nurse, founder of the Henry Street Settlement in New York (d. 1940)
• 1870 – David Riazanov, Russian theorist and politician (d. 1938)
• 1875 – Alexander Goldenweiser, Russian pianist, composer, and educator (d. 1961)
• 1876 – Ernst Tandefelt, Finnish assassin of Heikki Ritavuori (d. 1948)
• 1877 – Émile Sarrade, French rugby player and tug of war competitor (d. 1953)
• 1881 – Thomas Quinlan, English businessman (d. 1951)
• 1885 – Tamara Karsavina, Russian ballerina (d. 1978)
• 1888 – Baldwin Cooke, American actor (d. 1953)
• 1888 – Barry Fitzgerald, Irish actor and singer (d. 1961)
• 1889 – Toshitsugu Takamatsu, Japanese martial artist and educator (d. 1972)
• 1891 – Sam Jaffe, American actor and engineer (d. 1984)
• 1892 – Arthur Honegger, French-Swiss composer and educator (d. 1955)
• 1892 – Gregory La Cava, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1952)
• 1897 – Robert Meier, German soldier (d. 2007)
• 1900 – Pandelis Pouliopoulos, Greek lawyer and politician (d. 1943)
• 1903 – Bix Beiderbecke, American pianist and composer (d. 1931)
• 1903 – Clare Boothe Luce, American journalist, politician, and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Italy (d. 1987)
• 1905 – Betty Amann, German-American actress (d. 1990)
• 1905 – Richard Haydn, English-American actor and director (d. 1985)
• 1906 – Lionel Bertrand, Canadian journalist and politician (d. 1979)
• 1908 – Kristjan Palusalu, Estonian wrestler, trainer, and referee (d. 1987)
• 1909 – Eric Wennström, Swedish hurdler (d. 1990)
• 1911 – Warner Anderson, American actor (d. 1976)
• 1914 – K. P. Ratnam, Sri Lankan academic and politician (d. 2010)
• 1915 – Harry Bertoia, Italian-American sculptor and furniture designer (d. 1978)
• 1915 – Charles Groves, English conductor and director (d. 1992)
• 1916 – Davie Fulton, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician (d. 2000)
• 1917 – C. Balasingham, Sri Lankan lawyer and civil servant (d. 2001)
• 1917 – Frank Perconte, American soldier (d. 2013)
• 1918 – Günther Rall, German general and pilot (d. 2009)
• 1919 – Marion Hutton, American singer and actress (d. 1987)
• 1920 – Alfred Peet, Dutch-American businessman, founded Peet's Coffee & Tea (d. 2007)
• 1920 – Boris Vian, French author and playwright (d. 1959)
• 1922 – Kiyoshi Yamashita, Japanese painter (d. 1971)
• 1923 – Manoranjan Das, Indian playwright (d. 2013)
• 1923 – Val Logsdon Fitch, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2015)
• 1925 – Manolis Anagnostakis, Greek poet and critic (d. 2005)
• 1925 – Bob Lanier, American lawyer, banker, and politician, 58th Mayor of Houston (d. 2014)
• 1926 – Marques Haynes, American basketball player (Harlem Globetrotters) (d. 2015)
• 1926 – Jimmy Payne, English footballer (d. 2013)
• 1926 – Oscar Quitak, English actor
• 1927 – Claude Laydu, Belgian-French actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2011)
• 1927 – Barbara Marx Sinatra, American socialite and businesswoman
• 1928 – Sara Montiel, Spanish actress and singer (d. 2013)
• 1928 – James Earl Ray, American assassin of Martin Luther King, Jr. (d. 1998)
• 1929 – Arthur Barnard, American hurdler
• 1929 – Huey P. Meaux, American record producer, founded Tear Drop Records and Capri Records (d. 2011)
• 1929 – Sam Steiger, American journalist and politician (d. 2012)
• 1930 – Sándor Iharos, Hungarian runner (d. 1996)
• 1931 – Georges Dor, Canadian author, playwright, and composer (d. 2001)
• 1932 – Marcia Falkender, Baroness Falkender, English politician
• 1932 – Udupi Ramachandra Rao, Indian physicist and engineer
• 1933 – Ralph Emery, American radio and television host
• 1933 – Elizabeth Azcona Cranwell, Argentinian poet and translator (d. 2004)
• 1934 – Gergely Kulcsár, Hungarian javelin thrower and coach
• 1934 – Fou Ts'ong, Chinese-English pianist
• 1935 – Graham Farmer, Australian footballer and coach
• 1935 – Manfred Germar, German sprinter
• 1936 – Sepp Blatter, Swiss businessman
• 1936 – Johanna Lüttge, German shot putter and swimmer
• 1936 – Alfredo Zitarrosa, Uruguayan singer-songwriter and journalist (d. 1989)
• 1937 – Joe Viterelli, American actor (d. 2004)
• 1938 – Norman Blake, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1938 – Ieronymos II of Athens, Greek archbishop
• 1939 – Asghar Ali Engineer, Indian activist and author (d. 2013)
• 1939 – Hugh Johnson, English author and critic
• 1939 – Irina Press, Ukrainian-Russian hurdler and pentathlete (d. 2004)
• 1940 – Chuck Norris, American actor and martial artist
• 1940 – David Rabe, American playwright and screenwriter
• 1940 – Dean Torrence, American singer-songwriter (Jan & Dean)
• 1941 – Kazuo Tokumitsu, Japanese television host and announcer
• 1945 – Katharine Houghton, American actress and playwright
• 1945 – Birgitta Sellén, Swedish educator and politician
• 1945 – Madhavrao Scindia, Indian politician, Indian Minister of Railways (d. 2001)
• 1946 – Hiroshi Fushida, Japanese race car driver
• 1946 – Mike Hollands, Australian animator and director, founded Act3animation
• 1946 – Jim Valvano, American basketball player and coach (d. 1993)
• 1947 – Kim Campbell, Canadian lawyer and politician, 19th Prime Minister of Canada
• 1947 – Paul Condon, Baron Condon, English police officer
• 1947 – Bob Greene, American journalist and author
• 1947 – June Keithley, Filipino actress and journalist (d. 2013)
• 1947 – Andrew Parrott, English conductor and director
• 1947 – Tom Scholz, American guitarist and songwriter (Boston)
• 1948 – Austin Carr, American basketball player and sportscaster
• 1948 – Richard Park, Scottish broadcaster
• 1949 – Bill Buxton, Canadian computer scientist and academic
• 1949 – Barbara Corcoran, American businesswoman
• 1950 – Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, Pakistani terrorist
• 1950 – Aloma Wright, American actress and singer
• 1951 – Gloria Diaz, Filipino model and actress, Miss Universe 1969
• 1952 – Johanna Lindsey, German-American author
• 1952 – Morgan Tsvangirai, Zimbabwean politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Zimbabwe
• 1953 – Debbie Brill, Canadian high jumper
• 1953 – Jacqueline Gareau, Canadian runner
• 1953 – Paul Haggis, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1954 – Didier Barbelivien, French singer-songwriter
• 1955 – Yousra, Egyptian actress and singer
• 1955 – Gary Louris, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Jayhawks and Golden Smog)
• 1955 – Toshio Suzuki, Japanese race car driver
• 1956 – Mitchell Lichtenstein, American actor, director, and producer
• 1956 – Robert Llewellyn, English actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1956 – Larry Myricks, American long jumper and sprinter
• 1957 – Osama bin Laden, Saudi Arabian terrorist, founded al-Qaeda (d. 2011)
• 1957 – Hilary Devey, English businesswoman and philanthropist
• 1957 – Terry Holmes, Welsh rugby player and coach
• 1957 – Matt Knudsen, American actor and screenwriter
• 1957 – Shannon Tweed, Canadian-American model and actress
• 1957 – Jim White, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1958 – Jeanie Bryson, American singer
• 1958 – Garth Crooks, English footballer and sportscaster
• 1958 – Steve Howe, American baseball player and farmer (d. 2006)
• 1958 – Domingo Ramón, Spanish runner
• 1958 – Sharon Stone, American actress and producer
• 1958 – Hiroshi Yanaka, Japanese voice actor
• 1960 – Lance Burton, American magician
• 1960 – Antonio Corgos, Spanish long jumper
• 1960 – Jörn-Uwe Fahrenkrog-Petersen, German-American keyboard player, songwriter, and producer (Nena)
• 1960 – Gail Greenwood, American bass player (Belly and L7)
• 1960 – Anne MacKenzie, Scottish journalist
• 1961 – Laurel Clark, American captain, physician, and astronaut (d. 2003)
• 1961 – Mitch Gaylord, American gymnast, actor, and stuntman
• 1961 – Pam Oliver, American sportscaster
• 1961 – Bobby Petrino, American football player and coach
• 1962 – Jasmine Guy, American actress, singer, and director
• 1962 – Seiko Matsuda, Japanese singer-songwriter and actress
• 1963 – Jeff Ament, American bass player and songwriter (Pearl Jam, Green River, and Mother Love Bone)
• 1963 – Felipe Ramos, Mexican footballer and referee
• 1963 – Rick Rubin, American record producer, founded Def Jam Recordings
• 1964 – Neneh Cherry, Swedish singer-songwriter
• 1964 – Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex
• 1964 – David Faber, American journalist
• 1964 – Jojo Lastimosa, Filipino basketball player and coach
• 1964 – Nikola Mladenov, Macedonian journalist (d. 2013)
• 1965 – Valdemaras Martinkėnas, Lithuanian footballer and manager (d. 2004)
• 1965 – Jillian Richardson, Canadian sprinter
• 1965 – Rod Woodson, American football player, coach, and sportscaster
• 1966 – Edie Brickell, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Heavy Circles and Edie Brickell & New Bohemians)
• 1966 – Stephen Mailer, American actor
• 1966 – Mike Timlin, American baseball player
• 1966 – Andres Võsand, Estonian-German tennis player
• 1966 – Phil X, Canadian guitarist (Triumph)
• 1967 – Omer Tarin, Pakistani-English poet and scholar
• 1968 – Thio Li-ann, Singaporean lawyer and academic
• 1968 – Pavel Srníček, Czech footballer and coach (d. 2015)
• 1969 – Paget Brewster, American actress
• 1969 – Walter Schreifels, American singer-songwriter and producer (Gorilla Biscuits, Rival Schools and Youth of Today)
• 1970 – Matt Barlow, American singer-songwriter (Iced Earth and Pyramaze)
• 1970 – Michel van der Aa, Dutch composer and engineer
• 1971 – Steve Arnold, English race car driver
• 1971 – Jon Hamm, American actor and director
• 1971 – Daryle Singletary, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1972 – Timbaland, American rapper and producer (Timbaland & Magoo)
• 1972 – Takashi Fujii, Japanese comedian and singer
• 1972 – Matt Kenseth, American race car driver
• 1973 – Eva Herzigová, Czech model and actress
• 1973 – John LeCompt, American guitarist (Evanescence, We Are the Fallen and Machina
• 1973 – Chris Sutton, English footballer and manager
• 1973 – Dan Swanö, Swedish guitarist (Edge of Sanity, Bloodbath, Ribspreader, and Nightingale)
• 1973 – Mauricio Taricco, Argentinian footballer and manager
• 1974 – Cristián de la Fuente, Chilean-American model, actor, and producer
• 1974 – Biz Stone, American businessman, co-founded Twitter
• 1975 – Jamie Arnold, American-Israeli basketball player and coach
• 1975 – Lyne Bessette, Canadian cyclist
• 1975 – Glydel Mercado, Filipino actress
• 1975 – Håvard Wiik, Norwegian pianist (Motif, Atomic)
• 1976 – Kisaki, Japanese bass player, songwriter, and producer (Dir En Grey, Phantasmagoria, and Anti Feminism)
• 1976 – Barbara Schett, Austrian tennis player and sportscaster
• 1977 – Jeff Branson, American actor
• 1977 – Peter Enckelman, Finnish footballer
• 1977 – TJ Manotoc, Filipino journalist and sportscaster
• 1977 – Shannon Miller, American gymnast and lawyer
• 1977 – Colin Murray, Irish radio and television host
• 1977 – Rita Simons, English actress and singer
• 1977 – Robin Thicke, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
• 1977 – Bree Turner, American actress and dancer
• 1978 – Camille, French singer-songwriter and actress
• 1978 – Neil Alexander, Scottish footballer
• 1978 – Benjamin Burnley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Breaking Benjamin)
• 1979 – Masato, Japanese kick-boxer
• 1979 – Edi Gathegi, Kenyan-American actor
• 1979 – Danny Pudi, American actor, singer, producer, and screenwriter
• 1980 – Lars Horntveth, Norwegian saxophonist (Jaga Jazzist)
• 1981 – Samuel Eto'o, Cameroonian footballer
• 1981 – Efthimios Kouloucheris, Greek footballer
• 1981 – Ángel López, Spanish footballer
• 1981 – Steven Reid, English-Irish footballer
• 1981 – Taiyo Sugiura, Japanese actor
• 1981 – Gabriela Voleková, Slovak tennis player
• 1982 – Gervais Batota, Congolese footballer
• 1982 – Kwame Brown, American basketball player
• 1982 – Mitsuomi Takahashi, Japanese actor
• 1982 – Keke Wyatt, American singer and actress
• 1983 – Che'Nelle, Malaysian-Australian singer-songwriter
• 1983 – Étienne Boulay, Canadian football player
• 1983 – Lashinda Demus, American hurdler
• 1983 – Aimee Walker Pond, American gymnast
• 1983 – Rafe Spall, English actor
• 1983 – Janet Mock, American writer and transgender activist
• 1983 – Carrie Underwood, American singer-songwriter and actress
• 1983 – Reena Virk, Canadian murder victim (d. 1997)
• 1984 – Nikos Arabatzis, Greek footballer
• 1984 – Ben May, English footballer
• 1984 – Olivia Wilde, American actress and producer
• 1985 – Lassana Diarra, French footballer
• 1985 – Casey Dienel, American singer-songwriter and pianist
• 1985 – Morgan Uceny, American runner
• 1986 – JC de Vera, Filipino actor
• 1987 – Martellus Bennett, American football player
• 1987 – Sita Chan, Hong Kong singer and actress (d. 2013)
• 1987 – Ebba Jungmark, Swedish high jumper
• 1987 – Tuukka Rask, Finnish ice hockey player
• 1987 – Emeli Sandé, English-Scottish singer-songwriter
• 1987 – Liu Shishi, Chinese actress and ballerina
• 1988 – Christian Beck, German footballer
• 1988 – Michael Dunlop, Northern Irish motorcycle racer
• 1988 – Ivan Rakitić, Croatian footballer
• 1989 – Dr Devious, Irish racehorse
• 1989 – Iván Piris, Paraguayan footballer
• 1991 – Bahaa al-Farra, Palestinian runner
• 1992 – Neeskens Kebano, French footballer
• 1992 – Emily Osment, American actress and singer
• 1993 – Jack Butland, English footballer
• 1993 – Alfred Duncan, Ghanaian footballer
• 1993 – Nooa Takooa, Kiribati sprinter
• 1994 – JoJo Offerman, American wrestler and singer
• 1995 – Sergey Mozgov, Russian ice dancer
• 1995 – Yui Sakuma, Japanese model and actress
• 1997 – Julia Barretto, Filipino actress and singer
• 1997 – Belinda Bencic, Swiss tennis player

Deaths

• 483 – Pope Simplicius
• 1315 – Agnes Blannbekin, Austrian mystic and saint (b. 1244)
• 1391 – Tvrtko I of Bosnia (b. 1338)
• 1510 – Johann Geiler von Kaisersberg, Swiss priest and theologian (b. 1445)
• 1513 – John de Vere, 13th Earl of Oxford, English commander and politician, Lord High Constable of England (b. 1443)
• 1584 – Thomas Norton, English lawyer and politician (b. 1532)
• 1585 – Rembert Dodoens, Flemish physician and botanist (b. 1517)
• 1588 – Theodor Zwinger, Swiss physician and scholar (b. 1533)
• 1670 – Johann Rudolf Glauber, German-Dutch chemist and engineer (b. 1604)
• 1724 – Urban Hjärne, Swedish chemist, geologist, and physician (b. 1641)
• 1776 – Élie Catherine Fréron, French author and critic (b. 1719)
• 1776 – Niclas Sahlgren, Swedish merchant and philanthropist (b. 1701)
• 1792 – John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, Scottish politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1713)
• 1823 – George Elphinstone, 1st Viscount Keith, Scottish admiral and politician (d. 1746)
• 1832 – Muzio Clementi, Italian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1752)
• 1861 – Taras Shevchenko, Ukrainian poet, playwright, and ethnographer (b. 1814)
• 1872 – Giuseppe Mazzini, Italian journalist and politician (b. 1805)
• 1898 – Marie-Eugénie de Jésus, French nun and saint, founded the Religious of the Assumption (b. 1817)
• 1895 – Charles Frederick Worth, English-French fashion designer, founded the House of Worth (b. 1826)
• 1897 – Savitribai Phule, Indian poet and activist (b. 1831)
• 1910 – Karl Lueger, Austrian lawyer and politician Mayor of Vienna (b. 1844)
• 1910 – Carl Reinecke, German pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1824)
• 1913 – Harriet Tubman, American nurse and activist (b. 1820)
• 1925 – Myer Prinstein, Polish-American jumper and lawyer (b. 1878)
• 1937 – Yevgeny Zamyatin, Russian journalist and author (b. 1884)
• 1940 – Mikhail Bulgakov, Russian author and playwright (b. 1891)
• 1948 – Zelda Fitzgerald, American author, poet, and dancer (b. 1900)
• 1948 – Jan Masaryk, Czech soldier and politician (b. 1886)
• 1949 – James Rector, American runner and lawyer (b. 1884)
• 1950 – Marguerite De La Motte, American actress (b. 1902)
• 1951 – Kijūrō Shidehara, Japanese lawyer and politician, 44th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1872)
• 1961 – Richard Indreko, Estonian historian and archeologist (b. 1900)
• 1965 – Archibald Frazer-Nash, English motor car designer, engineer and founder of Frazer Nash (b. 1889)
• 1966 – Frits Zernike, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)
• 1967 – Yiorgos Batis, Greek bouzouki player and composer (b. 1885)
• 1970 – Vasilis Avlonitis, Greek actor (b. 1904)
• 1973 – Bull Connor, American politician (b. 1897)
• 1977 – E. Power Biggs, English-American organist and composer (b. 1906)
• 1978 – John Baker, English Air Chief Marshal in the Royal Air Force (b. 1897)
• 1982 – Minoru Shirota, Japanese physician and microbiologist, invented Yakult (b. 1899)
• 1984 – June Marlowe, American actress (b. 1903)
• 1985 – Konstantin Chernenko, Russian soldier and politician, 8th Head of State of The Soviet Union (b. 1911)
• 1985 – Bob Nieman, American baseball player and scout (b. 1927)
• 1986 – Ray Milland, Welsh actor and director (b. 1905)
• 1988 – Andy Gibb, English-Australian singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1958)
• 1989 – Kermit Beahan, American colonel and pilot (b. 1918)
• 1990 – Otto Schuhart, German captain (b. 1901)
• 1992 – Giorgos Zampetas, Greek bouzouki player and composer (b. 1925)
• 1993 – Dino Bravo, Italian-Canadian wrestler (b. 1949)
• 1996 – Ross Hunter, American actor and producer (b. 1920)
• 1997 – LaVern Baker, American singer and actress (b. 1929)
• 1998 – Lloyd Bridges, American actor, singer, and director (b. 1913)
• 1999 – Oswaldo Guayasamín, Ecuadorian painter and sculptor (b. 1919)
• 1999 – Valentino Mazzia, American physician and anesthesiologist (b. 1922)
• 2001 – Christie Jayaratnam Eliezer, Sri Lanka-Australian mathematician and academic (b. 1918)
• 2001 – Nicholas Georgiadis, Greek painter and costume designer (b. 1923)
• 2001 – Massimo Morsello, Italian singer-songwriter (b. 1958)
• 2001 – Mati Nuude, Estonian weightlifter and singer (Apelsin) (b. 1941)
• 2003 – Barry Sheene, English motorcycle racer and sportscaster (b. 1950)
• 2004 – Renos Apostolidis, Greek philologist, author, and critic (b. 1924)
• 2004 – Dave Schulthise, American bass player (The Dead Milkmen) (b. 1956)
• 2005 – Dave Allen, Irish-English comedian, actor, and screenwriter (b. 1936)
• 2005 – Danny Joe Brown, American singer-songwriter (Molly Hatchet and The Danny Joe Brown Band) (b. 1951)
• 2006 – Anna Moffo, American soprano and actress (b. 1932)
• 2007 – Richard Jeni, American comedian and actor (b. 1957)
• 2007 – Ernie Ladd, American football player and wrestler (b. 1938)
• 2008 – Richard Biegenwald, American serial killer (b. 1940)
• 2010 – Corey Haim, Canadian-American actor and producer (b. 1971)
• 2010 – Muhammad Sayyid Tantawy, Egyptian scholar and academic (b. 1928)
• 2011 – Bill Blackbeard, American author and illustrator (b. 1926)
• 2012 – Bert R. Bulkin, American engineer (b. 1929)
• 2012 – Jean Giraud, French author and illustrator (b. 1938)
• 2012 – Mykola Plaviuk, Ukrainian politician, President Ukrainian People's Republic in Exile (b. 1925)
• 2012 – Domna Samiou, Greek singer and musicologist (b. 1928)
• 2012 – Frank Sherwood Rowland, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1927)
• 2012 – Tan Boon Teik, Malaysian-Singaporean lawyer and politician, Attorney-General of Singapore (b. 1929)
• 2012 – Nick Zoricic Canadian skier (b. 1983)
• 2013 – Jim Anderson, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1930)
• 2013 – Robert Chrisman, American poet, scholar, and critic, co-founded The Black Scholar (b. 1937)
• 2013 – Princess Lilian, Duchess of Halland (b. 1915)
• 2013 – Antal Megyerdi, Hungarian cyclist (b. 1939)
• 2013 – Danny Zialcita, Filipino director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1940)
• 2013 – Metin Serezli, Turkish stage, movie, TV series and voice actor as well as theatre director (b. 1934)
• 2014 – Roldan Aquino, Filipino actor and director (b. 1948)
• 2014 – Samuel W. Lewis, American diplomat, United States Ambassador to Israel (b. 1930)
• 2014 – Cynthia Lynn, Latvian-American actress (b. 1937)
• 2014 – Joe McGinniss, American journalist and author (b. 1942)
• 2014 – Rob Williams, American basketball player (b. 1961)
• 2015 – Richard Glatzer, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1952)
• 2015 – Windell Middlebrooks, American actor (b. 1979)
• 2015 – Tim Rucks, American football player and coach (b. 1960)
• 2015 – Claude Sitton, American journalist and academic (b. 1925)
• 2015 – Stuart Wagstaff, English-Australian actor (b. 1925)

Holidays and observances

• Christian feast day:
  • Anastasia the Patrician
  • Marie-Eugénie de Jésus
  • Harriet Tubman (Lutheran)
  • Himelin
  • John Ogilvie
  • Macarius of Jerusalem
  • Pope Simplicius
  • Sojourner Truth (Lutheran)
  • March 10 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

• Hote Matsuri (Shiogama, Japan)
• Tibetan Uprising Day (Tibetan independence supporters)

External links

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