March 10
| 515 BC | The building of the great Jewish temple in Jerusalem is completed. | |
| 49 BC | Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon and invades Italy. | |
| 1656 | In the colony of Virginia, suffrage is extended to all free men regardless of their religion. | |
| 1776 | “Common Sense” by Thomas Paine is published. | |
| 1785 | Thomas Jefferson is appointed minister to France. | |
| 1806 | The Dutch in Cape Town, South Africa surrender to the British. | |
| 1876 | Alexander Graham Bell makes the first telephone call to Thomas Watson saying “Watson, come here. I need you.” | |
| 1893 | New Mexico State University cancels its first graduation ceremony, because the only graduate was robbed and killed the night before. | |
| 1910 | Slavery is abolished in China. | |
| 1924 | The U.S. Supreme Court upholds a New York state law forbidding late-night work for women. | |
| 1948 | Author Zelda Fitzgerald (wife of F. Scott) dies in a fire at Highland Hospital. http://www.pbs.org/kteh/amstorytellers/bios.html |
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| 1953 | North Korean gunners at Wonsan fire on the USS Missouri, the ship responds by firing 998 rounds at the enemy position. | |
| 1954 | President Dwight Eisenhower calls Senator Joseph McCarthy a peril to the Republican Party. | |
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| 1916 | James Herriot, Scottish writer and country veterinarian (All Creatures Great and Small). http://www.jamesherriot.org/life-and-times/ |
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