On This Very Day
March 10th
Month:
Day:
- 1801
Great Britain conducts its first official census, population hits 10 million.
- 1849
Abraham Lincoln applies for a patent, the only US President to do so.
- 1945
Tokyo firebombed in WWII's deadliest air raid, over 100,000 civilians die.
- 1982
Syzygy: all 9 planets align on the same side of the Sun.
- 2010
Carlos Slim tops Forbes Richest Person list, first from emerging economy.
- 2018
16 die from lightning at a Rwandan church. View Post →
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- 2000
Dotcom bubble bursts, NASDAQ peaks at 5408.60.
- 1940
Chuck Norris, martial artist and actor, born.
- 1876
Alexander Graham Bell makes first successful telephone call.
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