Historical events on March 10
MARCH 10, 1915
The Battle of Neuve Chapelle, the first deliberately planned British offensive of the First World War, began.
The Battle of Neuve Chapelle took place in the First World War in the Artois region of France. The attack was intended
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MARCH 10, 1977
Astronomers using NASA's Kuiper Airborne Observatory discovered a faint ring system around Uranus.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an independent agency of the US federal government responsible for the United States's civil space
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MARCH 10, 1949
Mildred Gillars, nicknamed Axis Sally, was convicted of treason for working with the Nazis as a broadcaster.
Mildred Elizabeth Gillars was an American broadcaster employed by Nazi Germany to disseminate Axis propaganda during World War II. Following her capture
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MARCH 10, 1975
Ho Chi Minh Campaign: North Vietnam began its final push for victory over South Vietnam with an attack on Ban Me Thuot.
The 1975 spring offensive, officially known as the general offensive and uprising of spring 1975, was the final North Vietnamese campaign in
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MARCH 10, 2019
Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 (aircraft pictured) crashed shortly after take-off from Addis Ababa, with the deaths of all 157 people on board.
Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 was a scheduled international passenger flight from Bole International Airport in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to Jomo Kenyatta International
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MARCH 10, 1916
The final letter in the McMahon–Hussein Correspondence was written, agreeing that Britain would recognise Arab independence in return for the Sharif of Mecca launching a revolt against the Ottoman Empire.
The McMahon–Hussein correspondence is a series of letters that were exchanged during World War I, in which the government of the United
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MARCH 10, 1959
An anti-Chinese uprising began as thousands of Tibetans surrounded the Potala Palace in Lhasa to prevent the Dalai Lama from leaving or being removed by the Chinese army.
The 1959 Tibetan uprising or Lhasa uprising began on 10 March 1959 as a series of protests in the Tibetan capital of
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MARCH 10, 1695
Nine Years' War: At the Battle of Sant Esteve d'en Bas, Catalan miquelets attacked a column of French regular infantry and caused them to surrender.
The Nine Years' War was a European great power conflict from 1688 to 1697 between France and the Grand Alliance. Although largely
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MARCH 10, 1966
Military prime minister of South Vietnam Nguyễn Cao Kỳ sacked rival General Nguyễn Chánh Thi, precipitating large-scale civil and military dissension in parts of the nation.
Nguyễn Cao Kỳ was a South Vietnamese military officer and politician who served as the chief of the Republic of Vietnam Air
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MARCH 10, 1965
Thomas Playford, Premier of South Australia, left office after 27 years, the longest term of any democratically elected leader in the history of Australia.
Sir Thomas Playford was an Australian politician from the state of South Australia. He served as Premier of South Australia and leader
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MARCH 10, 1968
Vietnam War/Laotian Civil War: North Vietnamese and Pathet Lao forces overwhelmed the American, Laotian, Thai, and Hmong defenders of Lima Site 85.
The Vietnam War was an armed conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia fought between North Vietnam and South Vietnam and their allies.
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MARCH 10, 2006
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (artist's impression pictured) reached and entered orbit around Mars.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an independent agency of the US federal government responsible for the United States's civil space
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MARCH 10, 1917
Russia and France reached an agreement' to support one another's territorial ambitions for Europe in the aftermath of World War I.
The 1917 Franco-Russian agreement was a secret treaty between the French Third Republic and the Russian Empire to support one another's territorial
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MARCH 10, 241 BC
The Roman Republic defeated Carthaginian forces at the Battle of the Aegates, off the western coast of Sicily, in the final battle of the First Punic War.
The Roman Republic was the era of classical Roman civilisation beginning with the overthrow of the Roman Kingdom and ending in 27 BC
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MARCH 10, 1990
Eighteen months after seizing power, Prosper Avril was ousted as the military head of state of Haiti.
Matthieu Prosper Avril is a Haitian political figure who was President of Haiti from 1988 to 1990. A trusted member of François
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MARCH 10, 1945
World War II: The United States Army Air Forces conducted a firebombing raid on Tokyo that killed at least 90,000 people.
World War II or the Second World War was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all
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