Historical Events In March - 10

1927  On this day in history claude Laydu, actress (Diary of a Country Priest)  

1928  Arthur Milton, cricketer (England opening batsman late 50's) on March - 10.  

1931  On March - 10 british Labour party removes fascist sir Oswald Mosley  

1933  Major earthquake in Long Beach CA on March - 10.  

1933  On this day in history nevada becomes first US state to regulate narcotics  

1933  Major earthquake in Long Beach, Calif on this day in history.  

1934  On March - 10 longest undefeated streak in Toronto Maple Leaf history (18 games)  

1934  On this day in history the birth of Fou Ts Ong, Chinese pianist  

1934  US Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Suzanne Davis on March - 10.  

1934  On March - 10 uS Men's Figure Skating Championship won by Roger Turner  

1935  Barend Barendse, actor/director (Broken Lives), dies at 82 on this day in history.  

1937  An audience of 21,000 jitterbuggers jammed the Paramount Theatre in New York City to see Benny Goodman whom they would crown, �King of Swing� on this night. The popular musician was on this day in history.  

1939  17 villages damaged by hailstones in Hyderabad India on this day in history.  

1940  On this day in history 1st US opera telecast, W2XBS, NYC, I Pagliacci  

1940  Louis de Vries, Dutch actor (Merchant of Venice), dies at 68 on March - 10.  

1941  Lee MacPhail, Dodger GM predicts all players will wear batting helmets on this day in history.  

1943  On March - 10 in northern Bulgaria, farmers threaten to lie down on the tracks to prevent the deportation of Jews. Government rescinds the order to deport Northern Bulgarian Jews.  

1943  Tully Marshall, actor (Let's Go, Red Dust), dies at 78 on this day in history.  

1944  On March - 10 david Vogel, Ukrainian author, dies in Auschwitz at 52  

1945  On March - 10 germany blows-up Wessel Bridge on Rhine  

1945  On March - 10 japan declares Vietnam Independence  

1945  On March - 10 patton's 3rd Army makes contact with Hodge's first Army  

1945  Tokyo on fire after night time B-29 bombing on this day in history.  

1945  US troops lands on Mindanao on March - 10.  

1946  On this day in history train derailment kills 185 near Aracaju Brazil  

1948  1st civilian to exceed speed of sound-Herb H Hoover, Edwards AFB Ca on March - 10.  

1948  Jan Masaryk, Czech Foreign minister, commits suicide or is murdered on this day in history.  

1949  Detroit Tiger pitcher Art Houtteman is critically injured in an auto accident but recovers to win 15 games in 1949 on March - 10.  

1951  On this day in history fBI director J Edgar Hoover declines post of baseball commissioner  

1951  On this day in history "Where's Charley?" closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 56 perfs  

1952  Military coup by General Fulgencio Batista in Cuba on this day in history.  

1953  On this day in history charles Gordon Curtis, inventor of (Curtis-steam turbine), dies at 92  

1956  General strike in Cyprus protesting exile of archbishop Makarios on this day in history.  

1956  On March - 10 peter Twiss sets new world air record 1,132 mph (1,823 kph)  

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1415  On March - 10 birth of vasili II of Russia (d. 1462)  

1452  On March - 10 birth of ferdinand II, the Catholic, King of Aragon/Sicily (expelled Jews)  

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 this day in history.  

1628  On this day in history birth of constantine Huygens Jr, Dutch poet/painter/cartoonist  

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

1656  Adolf H van Rechteren, Dutch diplomat/politician was born on this day in history.  

1698  On March - 10 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  Death of Arghun, Persian ruler on this day in history.  

1391  On March - 10 death of tvrtko I first king of Bosnia (b. 1338)  

1510  Death of Johann Geiler von Kaisersberg, Swiss-born preacher (b. 1445) on March - 10.  

1513  On this day in history death of john de Vere, 13th Earl of Oxford, English commander (b. 1443)  

1546  Thomas Elyot, English diplomat (Boke named the Governor), dies at 46 on March - 10.  

1584  Death of Thomas Norton, English politician and writer (b. 1532) on March - 10.