March 10
1496 - Christopher Columbus concluded his second visit to the Western Hemisphere as he left Hispaniola for Spain.
1629 - Charles I of England dissolves Parliament and rules alone for 11 years.
1785 - Thomas Jefferson is appointed minister to France.
1848 - Congress ratified the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, which ended the Mexican War.
1864 - Ulysses S. Grant became commander of the Union armies during the Civil War.
1876 - Alexander Graham Bell’s assistant, Thomas Watson, heard Bell say over his experimental telephone: “Mr. Watson — come here — I want to see you” from the next room of Bell’s Boston laboratory; they were the first words ever conveyed by telephone.
1913 - Abolitionist and Underground Railroad “conductor” Harriet Tubman died of pneumonia in Auburn, New York.
1948 - The body of Jan Masaryk, Czechoslovakia's anti-Communist foreign minister was found. Officially ruled a suicide, the real cause of death was never proven.
1959 - Thousands of Tibetans rebelled against occupying Chinese forces, surrounding the Dalai Lama’s palace to protect him from potential harm. Fierce fighting between Tibetans and Chinese forces ensued in the following days, causing the Dalai Lama to flee Tibet for India, where he remains in exile today.
1969 - James Earl Ray pleaded guilty in Memphis, Tennessee, to assassinating civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. (Ray later repudiated that plea, maintaining his innocence until his death.)
1993 - Dr. David Gunn was killed outside the Pensacola Women’s Medical Services clinic by anti-abortion activist Michael Griffin; it was the first killing attributed to a doctor's role in providing abortion care.
2019 - A Boeing 737 Max 8 operated by Ethiopian Airlines crashed shortly after takeoff from the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa, killing all 157 people on board.
Birthdays
27 - Justin Herbert (football player)
31 - Bad Bunny (rapper)
33 - Emily Osment (actress)
41 - Olivia Wilde (actress)
42 - Carrie Underwood (singer)
42 - Malika Haqq (actress)
43 - Thomas Middleditch (actor)
48 - Shannon Miller (gymnast)
48 - Robin Thicke (singer)
47 - Jeff Branson (actor)
50 - Christian de la Fuente (actor)
53 - Timbaland (rapper)
54 - Jon Hamm (actor)
56 - Paget Brewster (actress)
59 - Edie Brickwell (singer)
60 - Rod Woodson (football player)
63 - Jasmine Guy (actress)
67 - Sharon Stone (actress)
76 - Barbara Corcoran (entrepreneur/reality star)
85 - Dean Torrence (singer)
85 - Chuck Norris (actor)
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Today in Sports History - March 10
1920 - Joe Malone (Quebec Bulldogs) scored 6 goals in a game against the Ottawa Senators.
1941 - The Brooklyn Dodgers announced that their players would begin wearing batting helmets during the 1941 season.
1963 - Wilt Chamberlain scores 70 points for the San Francisco Warriors in a 163-148 loss to the Syracuse Nationals.
1991 - Eddie Sutton becomes the first coach to lead four different teams to the men's NCAA Tournament.
2002 - ESPN aired "A Season on the Brink." It was the first original motion picture by ESPN. The movie was about Bobby Knight.
2004 - Todd Bertuzzi (Vancouver Canucks) held a press conference to apologize for hitting Steve Moore (Colorado Avalanche) in the side of the head from behind and driving his head into the ice in a game on March 8. Moore landed face-first with Bertuzzi on top of him. Moore suffered a broken neck, a concussion and deep cuts on his face. On March 11, the NHL suspended Bertuzzi for the remainder of the regular season and the playoffs and announced that his eligibility would be assessed the following season and would take into account Moore's health and the progression of his recovery.
2022 - After a 99-day lockout, Major League Baseball and MLB Players Association reach a new collective bargaining agreement; MLB teams set to play full 162 game season in 2022
1496 - Christopher Columbus concluded his second visit to the Western Hemisphere as he left Hispaniola for Spain.
1629 - Charles I of England dissolves Parliament and rules alone for 11 years.
1785 - Thomas Jefferson is appointed minister to France.
1848 - Congress ratified the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, which ended the Mexican War.
1864 - Ulysses S. Grant became commander of the Union armies during the Civil War.
1876 - Alexander Graham Bell’s assistant, Thomas Watson, heard Bell say over his experimental telephone: “Mr. Watson — come here — I want to see you” from the next room of Bell’s Boston laboratory; they were the first words ever conveyed by telephone.
1913 - Abolitionist and Underground Railroad “conductor” Harriet Tubman died of pneumonia in Auburn, New York.
1948 - The body of Jan Masaryk, Czechoslovakia's anti-Communist foreign minister was found. Officially ruled a suicide, the real cause of death was never proven.
1959 - Thousands of Tibetans rebelled against occupying Chinese forces, surrounding the Dalai Lama’s palace to protect him from potential harm. Fierce fighting between Tibetans and Chinese forces ensued in the following days, causing the Dalai Lama to flee Tibet for India, where he remains in exile today.
1969 - James Earl Ray pleaded guilty in Memphis, Tennessee, to assassinating civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. (Ray later repudiated that plea, maintaining his innocence until his death.)
1993 - Dr. David Gunn was killed outside the Pensacola Women’s Medical Services clinic by anti-abortion activist Michael Griffin; it was the first killing attributed to a doctor's role in providing abortion care.
2019 - A Boeing 737 Max 8 operated by Ethiopian Airlines crashed shortly after takeoff from the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa, killing all 157 people on board.
Birthdays
27 - Justin Herbert (football player)
31 - Bad Bunny (rapper)
33 - Emily Osment (actress)
41 - Olivia Wilde (actress)
42 - Carrie Underwood (singer)
42 - Malika Haqq (actress)
43 - Thomas Middleditch (actor)
48 - Shannon Miller (gymnast)
48 - Robin Thicke (singer)
47 - Jeff Branson (actor)
50 - Christian de la Fuente (actor)
53 - Timbaland (rapper)
54 - Jon Hamm (actor)
56 - Paget Brewster (actress)
59 - Edie Brickwell (singer)
60 - Rod Woodson (football player)
63 - Jasmine Guy (actress)
67 - Sharon Stone (actress)
76 - Barbara Corcoran (entrepreneur/reality star)
85 - Dean Torrence (singer)
85 - Chuck Norris (actor)
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Today in Sports History - March 10
1920 - Joe Malone (Quebec Bulldogs) scored 6 goals in a game against the Ottawa Senators.
1941 - The Brooklyn Dodgers announced that their players would begin wearing batting helmets during the 1941 season.
1963 - Wilt Chamberlain scores 70 points for the San Francisco Warriors in a 163-148 loss to the Syracuse Nationals.
1991 - Eddie Sutton becomes the first coach to lead four different teams to the men's NCAA Tournament.
2002 - ESPN aired "A Season on the Brink." It was the first original motion picture by ESPN. The movie was about Bobby Knight.
2004 - Todd Bertuzzi (Vancouver Canucks) held a press conference to apologize for hitting Steve Moore (Colorado Avalanche) in the side of the head from behind and driving his head into the ice in a game on March 8. Moore landed face-first with Bertuzzi on top of him. Moore suffered a broken neck, a concussion and deep cuts on his face. On March 11, the NHL suspended Bertuzzi for the remainder of the regular season and the playoffs and announced that his eligibility would be assessed the following season and would take into account Moore's health and the progression of his recovery.
2022 - After a 99-day lockout, Major League Baseball and MLB Players Association reach a new collective bargaining agreement; MLB teams set to play full 162 game season in 2022
