Historical Events In March - 10

1884  Stuart Holmes, Chicago IL, actor (Prisoner of Zenda) on March - 10.   

1888  On March - 10 heavyweight Boxing champion John L Sullivan draws Charlie Mitchell in 30 rounds   

1888  On March - 10 1st performance of Caesar Franck's "Psyche"   

1888  On March - 10 barry Fitzgerald, Dublin Ireland, actor (Acad Award-Going My Way)   

1888  On March - 10 ciro Pinsuti, Italian pianist/composer, dies at 57   

1891  On this day in history almon Strowger, an undertaker in Topeka, Kansas, patents the strowger switch, a device which led to the automation of telephone circuit switching.   

1891  Jacob van Gelderen, economist/sociologist/Dutch 2nd Chamber (SDAP) on this day in history.   

1892  On March - 10 arthur Oscar Honnegger, Le Havre France, composer (King David)   

1892  Otto van Raised, gov-gen of Neth Indies (1884-88), dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1893  On March - 10 ivory Coast becomes a French colony   

1893  On this day in history new Mexico State University cancels its first graduation ceremony, its only graduate Sam Steele was robbed &killed the night before   

1896  After Bob Fitzsimmons KOs much larger Jim Corbett to win world HW championship he says, "The bigger they are, the harder they fall" on March - 10.   

1896  On this day in history charilaos Vasilakos of Greece wins first modern marathon in 3 18   

1896  On March - 10 bronx acquires O'Brien Square   

1896  Harry Krimer, actor (Napoleon) on March - 10.   

1896  Charilaos Vasilakos of Greece wins first modern marathon in 3:18 on March - 10.   

1897  On this day in history teodulo Mabellini, composer, dies at 79   

1898  Cy Kendall, St Louis Mo, actor (Mysteries of Chinatown) on this day in history.   

1899  On this day in history finn Hoffding, composer   

1900  On March - 10 battle at Driefontein, South-Africa (Boers vs British army)   

1900  Sherman Billingsley, Enid Ok, talk show host (Stork Club) on this day in history.   

1900  Johann Peter Emilius Hartmann, composer, dies at 94 on this day in history.   

1901  Vasily Georgiyevich Wrangell, composer, dies at 38 on this day in history.   

1902  Earthquake destroys Turkish city of Tochangri on March - 10.   

1903  On this day in history harry Gammeter, Cleveland, patents multigraph duplicating machine   

1903  On this day in history bix Biederbecke, rocker   

1905  On March - 10 japanese Army captures Mukden (Shenyang)   

1905  Rene Bernier, composer on this day in history.   

1906  Coal dust explosion kills 1,060 at Courrieres France on this day in history.   

1906  London Underground opens Bakeroo line (Baker Street to Waterloo Line) on this day in history.   

1906  On March - 10 1st performance of Maurice Ravel's "Sonatine"   

1906  On March - 10 eugen Richter, German MP (Liberal), dies at 67   

1907  On this day in history robert de Roos, composer   

1908  Carl Albert, US speaker of house (1971-77) on this day in history.   

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1415  On this day in history birth of vasili II of Russia (d. 1462)   

1452  Ferdinand II, the Catholic, King of Aragon/Sicily (expelled Jews) was born on this day in history.   

1503  Ferdinand I, German emperor (1558-64) was born on March - 10.   

1538  On this day in history birth of thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk; executed by Queen Elizabeth (1572)   

1628  On March - 10 birth of constantine Huygens Jr, Dutch poet/painter/cartoonist   

1628  On this day in history birth of marcello Malpighi, Italian physician (d. 1694)   

1656  Adolf H van Rechteren, Dutch diplomat/politician was born on this day in history.   

1698  On this day in history birth of gaetano Maria Schiassi, composer   

0037  On this day in history tiberius Claudius Nero, Roman emperor (14-37), dies at 78   

0483  Simplicius, Italian Pope (468-83), dies on this day in history.   

1291  On this day in history death of arghun, Persian ruler   

1391  Death of Tvrtko I first king of Bosnia (b. 1338) on March - 10.   

1510  On this day in history death of johann Geiler von Kaisersberg, Swiss-born preacher (b. 1445)   

1513  Death of John de Vere, 13th Earl of Oxford, English commander (b. 1443) on this day in history.   

1546  Thomas Elyot, English diplomat (Boke named the Governor), dies at 46 on March - 10.   

1584  Death of Thomas Norton, English politician and writer (b. 1532) on March - 10.