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March 10: Day of the Week
March 10, 2024 was the 70th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 296 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Sunday.
If you are trying to learn Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is domingo.
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Here’s the March calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.
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Zodiac & Birthstone
Pisces is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Aquamarine is the modern birthstone for this month. Jade is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
March 10 Historical Event(s)
1762
French Huguenot Jean Calas, who had been wrongly convicted of killing his son, dies after being tortured by authorities; the event inspired Voltaire to begin a campaign for religious tolerance and legal reform.
1831
The French Foreign Legion is established by King Louis-Philippe to support his war in Algeria.
1876
Alexander Graham Bell makes the first successful telephone call by saying “Mr. Watson, come here, I want to see you.”
1906
The Courrières mine disaster, Europe’s worst ever, kills 1099 miners in Northern France.
1917
Batangas is formally founded as one of the Philippines’s earliest encomiendas.
1933
An earthquake in Long Beach, California kills 115 people and causes an estimated $40 million dollars in damage.
1966
Military Prime Minister of South Vietnam Nguyen Cao Ky sacked rival General Nguyen Chanh Thi, precipitating large-scale civil and military dissension in parts of the nation.
1968
Vietnam War: Battle of Lima Site 85, concluding the 11th with largest single ground combat loss of United States Air Force members (12) during that war.
1980
Formation of the Irish Army Ranger Wing
2006
The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter arrives at Mars.
Who were born on March 10?
1888
Baldwin Cooke, American actor d. 1953
1915
Sir Charles Groves, English conductor (d. 1992)
1946
Jim Valvano, American basketball coach (d. 1993)
1948
Austin Carr, American basketball player
1960
Lance Burton, American stage illusionist
1971
Steve Arnold, British racing driver
1971
Timbaland, American rapper
1975
Lyne Bessette, Canadian bicycle racer
1985
Casey Dienel, American singer-songwriter
1992
Emily Osment, American actress and singer
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