Historical Events In March - 10

1884  On March - 10 stuart Holmes, Chicago IL, actor (Prisoner of Zenda)   

1888  On March - 10 heavyweight Boxing champion John L Sullivan draws Charlie Mitchell in 30 rounds   

1888  1st performance of Caesar Franck's "Psyche" on this day in history.   

1888  Barry Fitzgerald, Dublin Ireland, actor (Acad Award-Going My Way) on this day in history.   

1888  On March - 10 ciro Pinsuti, Italian pianist/composer, dies at 57   

1891  Almon Strowger, an undertaker in Topeka, Kansas, patents the strowger switch, a device which led to the automation of telephone circuit switching on March - 10.   

1891  Jacob van Gelderen, economist/sociologist/Dutch 2nd Chamber (SDAP) on this day in history.   

1892  Arthur Oscar Honnegger, Le Havre France, composer (King David) on March - 10.   

1892  Otto van Raised, gov-gen of Neth Indies (1884-88), dies at 69 on March - 10.   

1893  On March - 10 ivory Coast becomes a French colony   

1893  On this day in history new Mexico State University cancels its first graduation ceremony, its only graduate Sam Steele was robbed &killed the night before   

1896  On March - 10 after Bob Fitzsimmons KOs much larger Jim Corbett to win world HW championship he says, "The bigger they are, the harder they fall"   

1896  On March - 10 charilaos Vasilakos of Greece wins first modern marathon in 3 18   

1896  Bronx acquires O'Brien Square on March - 10.   

1896  Harry Krimer, actor (Napoleon) on this day in history.   

1896  On this day in history charilaos Vasilakos of Greece wins first modern marathon in 3:18   

1897  On March - 10 teodulo Mabellini, composer, dies at 79   

1898  Cy Kendall, St Louis Mo, actor (Mysteries of Chinatown) on March - 10.   

1899  On this day in history finn Hoffding, composer   

1900  On this day in history battle at Driefontein, South-Africa (Boers vs British army)   

1900  Sherman Billingsley, Enid Ok, talk show host (Stork Club) on this day in history.   

1900  On this day in history johann Peter Emilius Hartmann, composer, dies at 94   

1901  Vasily Georgiyevich Wrangell, composer, dies at 38 on this day in history.   

1902  Earthquake destroys Turkish city of Tochangri on March - 10.   

1903  On March - 10 harry Gammeter, Cleveland, patents multigraph duplicating machine   

1903  On this day in history bix Biederbecke, rocker   

1905  Japanese Army captures Mukden (Shenyang) on March - 10.   

1905  On March - 10 rene Bernier, composer   

1906  Coal dust explosion kills 1,060 at Courrieres France on March - 10.   

1906  London Underground opens Bakeroo line (Baker Street to Waterloo Line) on this day in history.   

1906  1st performance of Maurice Ravel's "Sonatine" on March - 10.   

1906  Eugen Richter, German MP (Liberal), dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1907  On March - 10 robert de Roos, composer   

1908  Carl Albert, US speaker of house (1971-77) on March - 10.   

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1415  Vasili II of Russia (d. 1462) was born on March - 10.   

1452  Ferdinand II, the Catholic, King of Aragon/Sicily (expelled Jews) was born on March - 10.   

1503  Ferdinand I, German emperor (1558-64) was born on this day in history.   

1538  Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk; executed by Queen Elizabeth (1572) was born on March - 10.   

1628  Constantine Huygens Jr, Dutch poet/painter/cartoonist was born on this day in history.   

1628  On March - 10 birth of marcello Malpighi, Italian physician (d. 1694)   

1656  Adolf H van Rechteren, Dutch diplomat/politician was born on March - 10.   

1698  On this day in history birth of gaetano Maria Schiassi, composer   

0037  Tiberius Claudius Nero, Roman emperor (14-37), dies at 78 on this day in history.   

0483  On March - 10 simplicius, Italian Pope (468-83), dies   

1291  On this day in history death of arghun, Persian ruler   

1391  Death of Tvrtko I first king of Bosnia (b. 1338) on this day in history.   

1510  On March - 10 death of johann Geiler von Kaisersberg, Swiss-born preacher (b. 1445)   

1513  Death of John de Vere, 13th Earl of Oxford, English commander (b. 1443) on this day in history.   

1546  Thomas Elyot, English diplomat (Boke named the Governor), dies at 46 on this day in history.   

1584  On this day in history death of thomas Norton, English politician and writer (b. 1532)