Discover what happened on March 10 in history, along with notable celebrity birthdays and fun Days of the Year to celebrate.
What Happened on March 10 in History?
Important events on this day include Alexander Graham Bell making the first successful telephone call, astronomers discovering the rings of Uranus, the premiere of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and the World Health Organization declaring COVID-19 a global pandemic.
MARCH 10 – TODAY IN HISTORY:
1876 – Alexander Graham Bell made the first successful call with the telephone. He spoke the words “Mr. Watson, come here, I want to see you.”
1880 – The Salvation Army arrived in the U.S. from England.
1893 – New Mexico State University canceled its first graduation ceremony because the only graduate was robbed and killed the night before.
1894 – New York Gov. Roswell P. Flower signed the nation’s first dog-licensing law.
1903 – Harry C. Gammeter patented the multigraph duplicating machine.
1913 – William Knox rolled the first perfect 300 game in bowling tournament competition.
1924 – The U.S. Supreme Court upheld a New York state law forbidding late-night work for women.
1933 – Nevada became the first U.S. state to regulate drugs.
1941 – The Brooklyn Dodgers announced that their players would begin wearing batting helmets during the 1941 season.
1969 – James Earl Ray pleaded guilty in Memphis, TN, to the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. He was sentenced to 99 years in prison. Ray later repudiated the guilty plea and maintained his innocence until his death in April of 1998.
1971 – The Senate approved a constitutional amendment to lower the voting age to 18.
1977 – Astronomers discovered the rings of Uranus.
1980 – Willard Scott debuted as the new weatherman on NBC’s “Today” show.
1981 – The U.S. Postal Service announced an increase in first class postage from 15 to 18 cents.
1986 – The Wrigley Company, of Chicago, IL, raised the price of its seven-stick pack of Wrigley’s chewing gum from 25 cents to 30 cents.
1987 – The Vatican condemned surrogate parenting as well as test-tube and artificial insemination.
1991 – The Vincent van Gogh painting, “Still Life with Flowers”, was sold for $1.43-million in Chicago, IL. For 36 years it hung in the living room of a suburban Milwaukee, WI couple who thought it was a copy.
1993 – A snowstorm hit lower Michigan, dumping 6-8″ of new snow. Grand Rapids had a record daily snowfall of 6.2″ and Muskegon set a record with 6.4″.
1993 – Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
1994 – White House officials began testifying before a federal grand jury about the Whitewater controversy.
1995 – The movie “Outbreak”, starring Dustin Hoffman, Rene Russo and Morgan Freeman, premiered in theaters.
1997 – The television series “Buffy The Vampire Slayer” , starring Sarah Michelle Gellar, premiered on The WB network.
1998 – U.S. troops in the Persian Gulf began receiving the first vaccinations against anthrax.
2000 – The movie “Mission to Mars” premiered in theaters.
2000 – 55 Oscar statuettes en route to winners at the Academy Awards were stolen from a Roadway Express loading dock.
2004 – Lee Malvo was sentenced to life without parole for his role in the 2002 Washington, D.C. sniper case.
2006 – The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter arrived on Mars.
2008 – The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame held its 23rd annual induction ceremony, in New York, NY. The Class of 2008 consisted of The Dave Clark Five, The Ventures, Madonna, John Mellencamp and Leonard Cohen. Philly soul moguls Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff received the newly named Ahmet Ertegun Award.
2017 – “Popular Science” picks Michigan as the place to be in 2100 AD. They predict climate change will make other parts of the country “uninhabitable”.
2019 – Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 crashed. That lead to all 737 MAX aircraft being grounded worldwide
2020 – Michigan confirmed its first two COVID-19 cases. Governor Gretchen Whitmer declared a state of emergency in response to the first cases. An Oakland County woman and a Wayne County man tested positive.
2020 – The World Health Organization officially announced the COVID-19 outbreak as a pandemic.
CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS ON MARCH 10:
Norman Blake – 88 years old (1938) – Singer-songwriter and guitarist
Ron Mix – 88 years old (1938) – Football player
Chuck Norris – 86 years old (1940) – Actor, producer, and martial artist
David Rabe – 86 years old (1940) – Playwright and screenwriter
Richard Gant – 82 years old (1944) – Actor
Katharine Houghton – 81 years old (1945) – Actress and playwright
Tom Scholz – 79 years old (1947) – Musician and songwriter
Austin Carr – 78 years old (1948) – Basketball player
Aloma Wright – 76 years old (1950) – Actress
Larry Myricks – 70 years old (1956) – Long jumper and sprinter
Sharon Stone – 68 years old (1958) – Actress and producer
Mitch Gaylord – 65 years old (1961) – Gymnast and actor
Jasmine Guy – 64 years old (1962) – Actress, singer, and director
Jeff Ament – 63 years old (1963) – Bass player and songwriter
Rick Rubin – 63 years old (1963) – Record producer
Rod Woodson – 61 years old (1965) – Football player, coach, and sportscaster
Edie Brickell – 60 years old (1966) – Singer-songwriter
Mike Timlin – 60 years old (1966) – Baseball player
Paget Brewster – 57 years old (1969) – Actress
Jon Hamm – 55 years old (1971) – Actor and director
Matt Kenseth – 54 years old (1972) – NASCAR driver
Timbaland – 54 years old (1972) – Rapper and producer
Shannon Miller – 49 years old (1977) – Gymnast
Robin Thicke – 49 years old (1977) – Singer, songwriter, and record producer
Bree Turner – 49 years old (1977) – Actress
Benjamin Burnley – 48 years old (1978) – Musician
Edi Gathegi – 47 years old (1979) – Kenyan-American actor
Danny Pudi – 47 years old (1979) – Actor
Kwame Brown – 44 years old (1982) – Basketball player
Dr Disrespect – 44 years old (1982) – Live streamer
Logan Mankins – 44 years old (1982) – Football player
Thomas Middleditch – 44 years old (1982) – Canadian-American comedian and actor
Janet Mock – 43 years old (1983) – Journalist, author, and activist
Carrie Underwood – 43 years old (1983) – Singer-songwriter
Olivia Wilde – 42 years old (1984) – Actress and director
Martellus Bennett – 39 years old (1987) – Football player
Ego Nwodim – 38 years old (1988) – Actress
Quincy Pondexter – 38 years old (1988) – Basketball player and coach
Emily Osment – 34 years old (1992) – Actress and singer-songwriter
Zach LaVine – 31 years old (1995) – Basketball player
Justin Herbert – 28 years old (1998) – Football player
Cole Kmet – 27 years old (1999) – Football player
Nick Bolton – 26 years old (2000) – Football player
Keon Johnson – 24 years old (2002) – Basketball player
DAYS OF THE YEAR FOR MARCH 10:
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