History Events on March 10

In Haiti, Prosper Avril is ousted 18 months after seizing power in a coup.

#Haiti

Military Prime Minister of South Vietnam Nguy?n Cao K? sacked rival General Nguy?n Chánh Thi, precipitating large-scale civil and military dissension in parts of the nation.

#South_Vietnam

Vietnam War: Battle of Lima Site 85, concluding the 11th with largest single ground combat loss of United States Air Force members (12) during that war.

#Vietnam_War

The 6.4 Mw? Long Beach earthquake affects the Greater Los Angeles Area with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), leaving 115-120 people dead, and causing an estimated $40 million in damage.

#1933_Long_Beach_earthquake

Crossing of the Andes: A group of royalist scouts are captured during the Action of Juncalito.

#Crossing_of_the_Andes

Amy Spain, American slave, is executed for stealing from her owner; believed to have been the last legal execution of a female slave in America.

#Amy_Spain

World War I: The Battle of Neuve Chapelle begins. This is the first large-scale operation by the British Army in the war.

#World_War_I

The Later Han is founded by Liu Zhiyuan. He declares himself emperor and establishes the capital in Bian, present-day Kaifeng.

#Later_Han_(Five_Dynasties)

Roman Emperor Maximian concludes his campaign in North Africa against the Berbers, and makes a triumphal entry into Carthage.

#Maximian

World War II: The U.S. Army Air Force firebombs Tokyo, and the resulting conflagration kills more than 100,000 people, mostly civilians.

#World_War_II

Greek Civil War: The Political Committee of National Liberation is established in Greece by the National Liberation Front.

#Greek_Civil_War

First Punic War: Battle of the Aegates: The Romans sink the Carthaginian fleet bringing the First Punic War to an end.

#First_Punic_War

Mildred Gillars ("Axis Sally") is convicted of treason.

#Mildred_Gillars

Fulgencio Batista leads a successful coup in Cuba and appoints himself as the "provisional president".

#Fulgencio_Batista

Louisiana Purchase: In St. Louis, Missouri, a formal ceremony is conducted to transfer ownership of the Louisiana Territory from France to the United States.

#Louisiana_Purchase

The first Azerbaijani play "The Adventures of the Vizier of the Khan of Lenkaran" prepared by Akhundov was performed by Hassan-bey Zardabi and dramatist and Najaf-bey Vezirov.

#Hasan_bey_Zardabi

The impeachment of President Park Geun-hye of South Korea in response to a major political scandal is unanimously upheld by the country's Constitutional Court, ending her presidency.

#Impeachment_of_Park_Geun-hye

Charles I dissolves the Parliament of England, beginning the eleven-year period known as the Personal Rule.

#Charles_I_of_England

Mahatma Gandhi is arrested in India, tried for sedition, and sentenced to six years in prison, only to be released after nearly two years for an appendicitis operation.

#Mahatma_Gandhi

The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter arrives at Mars.

#Mars_Reconnaissance_Orbiter

The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo is ratified by the United States Senate, ending the Mexican-American War.

#Treaty_of_Guadalupe_Hidalgo

An agreement between Nader Shah and Russia is signed near Ganja, Azerbaijan and Russian troops are withdrawn from Baku.

#Nader_Shah

Emperor Napoleon I is defeated at the Battle of Laon in France.

#Napoleon

Some provinces and cities in the Philippines are incorporated due to the ratification of Act No. 2711 or the Administrative Code of the Philippines.

#Provinces_of_the_Philippines

In Memphis, Tennessee, James Earl Ray pleads guilty to assassinating Martin Luther King, Jr. He later unsuccessfully attempts to recant.

#Memphis,_Tennessee

The Royal Netherlands East Indies Army is created.

#Royal_Netherlands_East_Indies_Army

Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302, Operated by a Boeing 737 MAX 8 from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, with 157 souls onboard, crashed en route to Nairobi, Kenya. This was the second crash of the plane type (Lion Air Flight 610), resulting in the Boeing 737 MAX groundings.

#Ethiopian_Airlines_Flight_302

The first successful test of a telephone is made by Alexander Graham Bell.

#Invention_of_the_telephone

The Courrières mine disaster, Europe's worst ever, kills 1099 miners in northern France.

#Courrières_mine_disaster

Astronomers discover the rings of Uranus.

#Rings_of_Uranus

Tibetan uprising: Fearing an abduction attempt by China, thousands of Tibetans surround the Dalai Lama's palace to prevent his removal.

#1959_Tibetan_uprising

The Nasdaq Composite stock market index peaks at 5132.52, signaling the beginning of the end of the dot-com boom.

Vietnam War: Ho Chi Minh Campaign: North Vietnamese troops attack Ban Mê Thu?t in the South on their way to capturing Saigon in the final push for victory over South Vietnam.

Vietnam War: Captain Ernest Medina is charged by the U.S. military with My Lai war crimes.

The McMahon-Hussein Correspondence between Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca and the British official Henry McMahon concerning the Arab revolt against the Ottoman Empire ends.

By signing the Anglo-Siamese Treaty of 1909, Thailand relinquishes its sovereignty over the Malay states of Kedah, Kelantan, Perlis and Terengganu, which become British protectorates.

Almon Strowger, an undertaker in Topeka, Kansas, patents the Strowger switch, a device which led to the automation of telephone circuit switching.

El Hadj Umar Tall seizes the city of Ségou, destroying the Bamana Empire of Mali.

French Huguenot Jean Calas, who had been wrongly convicted of killing his son, dies after being tortured by authorities; the event inspired Voltaire to begin a campaign for religious tolerance and legal reform.

Susenyos I defeats the combined armies of Yaqob and Abuna Petros II at the Battle of Gol in Gojjam, making him Emperor of Ethiopia.