Interesting things that happened March 10th:
Birthdays on this date:
In 1824 Maj. Gen. Thomas J. Churchill, Fought at Wilson's Creek, Red
River
In 1892 Arthur Honegger, composer
In 1922 Pamela Mason (in Kent, England), actor (Charade, I Met a
Murderer)
In 1940 Chuck Norris, karate champion, actor (Walker, Texas Ranger)
In 1945 Katharine Houghton, actor (Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, Kinsey)
In 1960 Linda Jezek (in California), Olympic swimmer (Silver, 1976)
In 1961 Mitch Gaylord, Olympic gymnist (4 medals in 1984; first perfect
score)
In 1964 Prince Edward of England, royalty
+ Jasmine Guy, actor (A Different World, Harlem Nights, Dead Like
Me)
Events worth noting:
In 1847 First money minted in Hawaii.
In 1848 The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo formally ends the Mexican War.
In 1876 First telephone call made (Alexander Graham Bell to Thomas
Watson).
In 1888 The Salvation Army of England sends group to U.S. to begin
welfare
and religious activity here.
In 1913 Harriet Tubman Day.
In 1922 Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi is convicted of allegedly inciting
violence against British rule in India.
In 1933 Big earthquake in Long Beach (W.C. Fields was making a movie
when it
struck and the cameras kept running).
In 1948 First civilian to exceed speed of sound -- H. H. Houver at
Edwards
Air Force Base, CA
In 1969 James Earl Ray pleads guilty to the assassination of M. L. King,
Jr.
In 1978 Soyuz 28 returns to Earth.
In 1985 Konstantin U. Chernenko, Soviet leader for 13 months, dies at
age
73.
And remember ...
Foot Health Month
International Hamburger and Pickle Month
National Frozen Food Month
National Furniture Refini****ng Month
National Nutrition Month (US)
National Peanut Month
National Women's History Month
Red Cross Month
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