March 10
This day in history:
- 1891 – Almon Strowger patents the Strowger switch, a device which led to the automation of telephone circuit switching.
- 1969 – In Memphis, Tennessee, James Earl Ray pleads guilty to assassinating Martin Luther King Jr. He later unsuccessfully attempts to recant.
- 2000 – The Dot-com bubble peaks with the NASDAQ Composite stock market index reaching 5,048.62.
- 1831 – The French Foreign Legion is created by Louis Philippe, the King of France, from the foreign regiments of the Kingdom of France.
Births:
- 1596 – Princess Maria Elizabeth of Sweden, daughter of King Charles IX of Sweden (d. 1618)
- 1932 – Marcia Falkender, Baroness Falkender, English politician (d. 2019)
- 1938 – Norman Blake, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Deaths:
- 1998 – Lloyd Bridges, American actor and director (b. 1913)
- 1832 – Muzio Clementi, Italian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1752)
- 1826 – John Pinkerton, Scottish antiquarian, cartographer, author, numismatist and historian (b. 1758)
Holidays:
- Székely Freedom Day (Romania)
- Tibetan Uprising Day (Tibetan independence movement)
- Holocaust Remembrance Day (Bulgaria)
Random Article of the day:
Vi mot världen
"Vi mot världen" is a single by Swedish singer Veronica Maggio. It was released in Sweden as a digital download on 2 May 2016 as the third single from her fifth studio album Den första är alltid gratis (2016). The song peaked at number 10 on the Swedish Singles Chart.