Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/March 10
This is a list of selected March 10 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.
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Uranus and some of its moons
Ineligible
| Blurb | Reason |
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| 241 BC – The Roman Republic defeated Carthage in a naval battle off the coast of the Aegadian Islands, near the western coast of the island of Sicily, ending the First Punic War. | needs more footnotes |
| 1629 – King Charles I of England dissolved Parliament, beginning the eleven-year period known as the Personal Rule | no footnotes, single source; Charles I already on January 30 |
| 1814 – War of the Sixth Coalition: Blücher's Prussian forces defeated Napoleon's troops at the Battle of Laon, near Laon, France. | lead too short |
| 1831 – King Louis-Philippe of France created the French Foreign Legion as a unit of foreign volunteers because foreigners were forbidden to serve in the French Army after the 1830 July Revolution. | more footnotes |
| 1861 – Toucouleur forces led by El Hadj Umar Tall seized Ségou and conquered the Bamana Empire in present-day Mali. | refimprove |
| 1906 – More than 1,000 coal miners were killed in the Courrières mine disaster in Northern France, Europe's worst mining accident. | refimprove |
| 2000 – The NASDAQ stock market index peaked at 5048.62, the high point of the dot-com boom. | refimprove |
Eligible
- 1876 – Alexander Graham Bell made his first successful bi-directional telephone call, saying, "Mr. Watson, come here, I want to see you."
- 1959 – An anti-Chinese uprising erupted in Lhasa, the capital of Tibet, as about 300,000 Tibetans surrounded the Potala Palace to prevent the 14th Dalai Lama from leaving or being removed by the Chinese People's Liberation Army.
- 1965 – Thomas Playford, Premier of South Australia, left office after 27 years, the longest term of any democratically elected leader in the history of Australia.
- 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/Laotian Civil War: North Vietnamese and Pathet Lao forces overwhelmed the American, Laotian, Thai, and Hmong defenders of Lima Site 85.
- 1977 – Astronomers using NASA's Kuiper Airborne Observatory, an observatory aboard a highly modified jet aircraft, discovered a faint planetary ring system around Uranus.
- 2006 – NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter attained orbit around Mars.
- 2008 – The New York Times revealed that Governor of New York Eliot Spitzer had patronized a prostitution service.
Notes
March 10: Commonwealth Day in the Commonwealth of Nations (2014); National Heroes and Benefactors Day in Belize (2014)
- 1607 – Susenyos defeated the combined armies of Yaqob and Abuna Petros II at the Battle of Gol in Gojjam, making him Emperor of Ethiopia.
- 1830 – By royal decree, the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army was established to be the military force maintained by the Netherlands in its colony of the Dutch East Indies.
- 1952 – Facing likely electoral defeat, former Cuban President Fulgencio Batista (pictured) staged a coup d'état to resume control.
- 1975 – Ho Chi Minh Campaign: North Vietnam began its final push for victory over South Vietnam with an attack on Ban Me Thuot.
- 2005 – Tung Chee Hwa, the first Chief Executive of Hong Kong, announced his resignation following widespread dissatisfaction with his leadership.