1862: The US issued first paper money in denominations of $5, $10, $20, $50, $100, $500 and $1000 notes. The Capitol Statue of Freedom and Alexander Hamilton was featured on the first $5 notes.
1863: Prince of Wales, Albert Edward (21) weds Princess Alexandra of Denmark (18) at Windsor Castle in St. George’s Chapel.
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1876: The first telephone call is made.
Alexander Graham Bell transmitted the words “Mr. Watson, come here — I want to see you” to his assistant, Thomas A. Watson, who was in the next-door room.
1920: The Home Rule Act is passed by the British Parliament, dividing Ireland into two parts; it is rejected by the southern counties, where the Ango-Irish war continues for a year.
1922: After years of being repeatedly arrested and detained by his country’s British colonial government for his leadership activity in India’s independence movement, activist and spiritual leader Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi is arrested, in Bombay on his most serious charge yet: sedition.
1933: Opening of the Nazis’ first concentration camp. Soon after Adolf Hitler became chancellor, the first concentration camp in Germany opened at Dachau, where at least 32,000 people would die from disease, malnutrition, physical oppression, and execution.
1945: Deadliest air raid of World War II sets Tokyo on fire after nighttime B-29 bombings in history hits Tokyo. About 100,000 Tokyo citizens died in the fires caused by the U.S. Air Force’s incendiary bombs.
1952: Fulgencio Batista assumes power in Cuba after a coup. The dictator was overthrown by rebels under the command of Che Guevara in 1959.
1959: A revolt erupts in Lhasa, sparking the Tibetan uprising. Fearing the Dalai Lama’s abduction by China, 300,000 Tibetans surrounded his palace.
1982: All nine planets (including Pluto) lined up with the sun.
In astrology, this spectacular event is known as syzygy (si-zuh-jee).
1978: The Incredible Hulk TV series premiered on CBC starring Bill Bixby.
1990: Following a vote in the parliament, Lithuania became the first Soviet republic to declare its independence from the U.S.S.R.
2000: The dotcom bubble bursts when the NASDAQ Composite stock market index peaks at 5408.60
The dotcom boom, which started in 1997, accompanied the advent of countless new Internet-based companies. When the speculative bubble burst, many small investors were affected.
2010: Five thousand (5,000) activists demonstrate in Abuja demanding the sacking of the cabinet and a public appearance by former ailing President “Umaru Yar’Adua two weeks after he returned to the country.
The late President, Umaru Yar’ Adua Earlier before this date had been ill and flown abroad for treatment. He stayed for so long that there was pressure that his government should be retired and his deputy sworn in as replacement.
2015: Music copyright infringement from Pharrell Williams and Robin Thicke led to a record payout of $7.3 million to the family of Marvin Gaye.
The duo copied Marvin Gaye’s 1977 hit “Got to Give It Up.”
2017: South Korean politician Park Geun-Hye’s presidency ended as the country’s Constitutional Court upheld her impeachment; she became South Korea’s first democratically elected president to be removed from office.
2006: NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter entered Mars orbit and began searching for signs of water on the planet.
2004: Madrid suffered a series of terrorist attacks when 10 bombs, detonated by Islamist militants, exploded on four trains at three different rail stations, killing 191 people and injuring some 1,800 others.
2023: King Charles III of Britain named Prince Edward as the Duke of Edinburgh.
The title of Duke of Edinburgh had been held by their father, Prince Philip until he died in 2021. Charles inherited the title, but he passed it on to Prince Edward when he was crowned king.
Births on This Day, March 10
Rupert Murdoch, 92 years
Keith Rupert Murdoch AC KCSG is an Australian-born American business magnate, investor, and media proprietor. He is age 92 years old today.
Sharon Stone, 66 years
Sharon Vonne Stone is an American actress and painter. Known for primarily playing femmes fatales and women of mystery on film and television, she became one of the most popular sex symbols of the 1990s.
Osama bin Laden (10 March 1957 – 2 May 2011)
Osama bin Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden was a Saudi-born Islamic dissident and militant leader who was the founder and first general emir of al-Qaeda from 1988 until he died in 2011. Al-Qaeda orchestrated numerous terrorist attacks that shook the world.
He died at the age of 54.
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