On This Day in History

March 10

Historical Events

241 BC First Punic War: Battle of the Aegates Islands - The Romans sink the Carthaginian fleet bringing the First Punic War to an end.

1783 USS Alliance under Captain Barry fights and wins the last naval battle of the US Revolutionary War off Cape Canaveral.

1920 Home Rule Act 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.

The aftermath of the single deadliest air raid of World War II, the firebombing of Tokyo

1945 Deadliest air raid of World War II sets Tokyo on fire after night time B-29 bombings, more than 100,000 people die, mostly civilians.

1952 Military coup led by General Fulgencio Batista in Cuba.

2000 NASDAQ Composite stock market index peaks at 5132.52, signaling the beginning of the end of the dot-com boom.

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Famous Birthdays

Kate Sheppard 1847 - 1934 Lillian Wald 1867 - 1940

Sharon Stone 66th Birthday Carrie Underwood 41st Birthday

Also Ferdinand II of Aragon, James Earl Ray and Osama bin Laden.

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Famous Deaths

Harriet Tubman Died in 1913 Ina Boyle  1899 - 1967

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Mr. Watson come here, I want you

Alexander Graham Bell spoke only briefly by phone to his assistant on this day in 1876, but it proved to be a pioneering moment in telecoms history.

The Call that Changed the World