10th March anniversaries

• Birth
  • 1847
  • New Zealand
  • "Birth of Kate Sheppard in Liverpool, UK who became the leading New Zealand suffragette and NZ became the first country to adopt universal suffrage." more
  • 1858
  • Great Britain
  • "Birth of Henry W. Fowler, British lexicographer ."
  • 1928
  • United States
  • "Birth of James Earl Ray, convicted American assassin of black civil rights leader Martin Luther King." more
• event
  • 1801
  • Great Britain
  • First official census is held in Britain
  • 1804
  • United States
  • Louisiana Purchase when France officially signed over their southern USA territory to the United States. more
  • 1876
  • United States
  • "The first successful telephone call was made by Alexander Graham Bell saying ""Mr. Watson, come here, I want to see you.""" more
  • 1933
  • United States
  • "An earthquake in Long Beach, California killed 120 people ."
  • 1949
  • Germany
  • Nazi wartime broadcaster Axis Sally (Mildred Gillars) was found guilty of treason by a jury in Washington DC
  • 1969
  • United States
  • James Earl Ray was sentenced to 99 years in prison for the murder of the American civil rights leader Martin Luther King more
  • 1987
  • Italy
  • The Vatican condemned artificial methods of fertilisation and called for a ban on experiments on living embryos
  • 1988
  • Switzerland
  • "The Prince of Wales’s ski party at Klosters, Switzerland was hit by an avalanche which killed one of his closest friends."
• Death
  • 1832
  • Italy
  • "Death of Giuseppe Mazzini, Italian revolutionary"
  • 1988
  • Australia
  • "Death of Andy Gibb, English-born Australian singer in the Bee Gees"
  • 1998
  • United States
  • "Death of Lloyd Bridges, American actor ."