March 10
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March 10 is the 69th day of the year (70th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 296 days remaining until the end of the year.
Events
Up to 1900
- 483 - Pope Simplicius
- 1291 - Arghun, Persian ruler
- 1315 - Agnes Blannbekin, Austrian mystic and saint (b. 1244)
- 1391 - Tvrtko I, King of Bosnia (b. 1338)
- 1588 – Theodor Zwinger, Swiss scholar (b. 1533)
- 1607 - Yaqob, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1590)
- 1792 – John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1713)
- 1826 – King John VI of Portugal (b. 1767)
- 1832 - Muzio Clementi, Italian composer (b. 1752)
- 1861 – Taras Shevchenko, Ukrainian poet (b. 1814)
- 1864 – Maximilian II of Bavaria (b. 1811)
- 1864 – Jack Slade, American frontier figure (b. 1831)
- 1872 – Giuseppe Mazzini, Italian politician (b. 1805)
- 1889 - Yohannes IV, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1831)
- 1889 - Antonio de Trueba, Spanish writer (b. 1819)
- 1895 - Charles Frederick Worth, English-French fashion designer (b. 1826)
- 1897 - Savitribai Phule, Indian poet and activist (b. 1831)
- 1898 - Marie-Eugenie de Jesus, French Catholic nun (b. 1817)
1901 – 2000
- 1910 – Carl Reinecke, German pianist, conductor and composer (b. 1824)
- 1910 – Karl Lueger, Mayor of Vienna (b. 1844)
- 1913 – Harriet Tubman, American abolitionist (b. 1820)
- 1924 - Chester Hardy Aldrich, American politician, 17th Governor of Nebraska (b. 1862)
- 1937 – Yevgeny Zamyatin, Russian writer (b. 1884)
- 1940 – Mikhail Bulgakov, Russian writer (b. 1891)
- 1942 – William Henry Bragg, English physicist (b. 1862)
- 1948 – Jan Masaryk, Czechoslovakian politician (b. 1886)
- 1948 – Zelda Fitzgerald, American writer (b. 1900)
- 1950 - Marguerite Da La Motte, American actress (b. 1902)
- 1951 – Kijuro Shidehara, Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1872)
- 1966 – Frits Zernike, Dutch physicist (b. 1888)
- 1982 - Minoru Shirota, inventor of Yakult (b. 1899)
- 1984 - June Marlowe, American actress (b. 1903)
- 1985 – Konstantin Chernenko, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (b. 1911)
- 1985 – C. B. van Niel, Dutch microbiologist (b. 1897)
- 1986 - Ray Milland, Welsh-American actor (b. 1907)
- 1988 – Andy Gibb, English-born singer (b. 1958)
- 1992 - Giorgos Zampetas, Greek composer and musician (b. 1925)
- 1997 - LaVern Baker, American actor (b. 1913)
- 1998 – Lloyd Bridges, American actor (b. 1913)
From 2001
- 2001 – Massimo Morsello, Italian musician and activist (b. 1958)
- 2006 – John Profumo, British politician (b. 1915)
- 2007 - Richard Jeni, American actor (b. 1957)
- 2010 – Corey Haim, Canadian actor (b. 1971)
- 2010 – Dorothy Janis, American actress (b. 1910)
- 2010 – Muhammad Sayyid Tantawy, Egyptian Muslim cleric (b. 1928)
- 2012 – Jean Giraud, French comic book artist (b. 1938)
- 2012 – Nick Zoricic, Canadian skier (b. 1983)
- 2012 - Frank Sherwood Rowland, American chemist and physicist (b. 1927)
- 2013 - Princess Lilian, Duchess of Halland, British-born Swedish royal (b. 1915)
- 2014 - Cynthia Lynn, Latvian-American actress (b. 1937)
- 2014 - Joe McGinniss, American journalist and writer (b. 1942)
- 2015 - Stuart Wagstaff, British-Australian entertainer (b. 1925)
- 2015 - Claude Sitton, American newspaper reporter (b. 1925)
- 2016 - Ken Adam, German-English production designer (b. 1921)
- 2016 - Ernestine Anderson, American jazz and blues singer (b. 1928)
- 2016 - Anita Brookner, English writer (b. 1928)
- 2016 - Keith Emerson, English keyboardist and songwriter (b. 1944)
- 2016 - Claude Estier, French politician (b. 1925)
- 2016 - Bill Gadsby, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1927)
- 2016 - Gogi Grant, American singer (b. 1924)
- 2016 - Roberto Perfumo, Argentine footballer (b. 1942)
- 2016 - Jovito Salonga, Filipino lawyer and politician (b. 1920)
- 2017 - Gido Kokars, Latvian choir conductor (b. 1921)
- 2017 - Bill Leak, Australian cartoonist (b. 1956)
- 2017 - John Surtees, English racing driver and motorcycle racer (b. 1934)
- 2017 - John Forgeham, English actor (b. 1941)
- 2017 - Tony Haygarth, English actor (b. 1945)
- 2017 - Joni Sledge, American singer and songwriter (b. 1956)
- 2017 - Anna Tramontano, Italian biologist (b. 1957)
- 2017 - Richard Wagamese, Canadian writer and journalist (b. 1955)
- 2017 - Robert James Waller, American writer (b. 1939)
- 2018 - Garech Browne, Irish arts patron (b. 1939)
- 2018 - Hubert de Givenchy, French fashion designer (b. 1927)
- 2018 - Wally Gould, English footballer (b. 1938)
- 2018 - Ralf Waldmann, German motorcycle racer (b. 1966)
- 2018 - Michel Raynaud, French mathematician (b. 1938)
- 2019 - William Powers Jr., American educator (b. 1946)
Births
1901 – 1950
- 1903 – Bix Beiderbecke, American musician (d. 1931)
- 1905 - Richard Haydn, British actor (d. 1985)
- 1907 - Christopher Del Sesto, Governor of Rhode Island (d. 1973)
- 1909 - LeRoy Collins, Governor of Florida (d. 1991)
- 1915 - Charles Groves, English conductor (d. 1992)
- 1915 - Harry Bertoia, Italian artist (d. 1978)
- 1918 – Günther Rall, German fighter pilot (d. 2009)
- 1923 – Val Logsdon Fitch, American nuclear physicist (d. 2015)
- 1923 - Hans Riegel, German entrepreneur (Haribo) (d. 2013)
- 1925 - Bob Lanier, American politician, 58th Mayor of Houston, Texas (d. 2014)
- 1926 - Marques Haynes, American basketball player (d. 2015)
- 1926 - Oscar Quitak, British actor
- 1927 – Jupp Derwall, German footballer and manager (d. 2007)
- 1928 - Sara Montiel, Spanish singer and actress (d. 2013)
- 1928 – James Earl Ray, convicted assassin of Martin Luther King, Jr. (d. 1998)
- 1929 - Arthur Barnard, American hurdler
- 1930 - Jimmie Macgregor, Scottish folk music singer and broadcaster
- 1932 - Marcia Falkender, English politician
- 1933 - Elizabeth Azcona Cranwell, Argentine poet and translator (d. 2004)
- 1933 - Ralph Emery, American television host
- 1936 - Alfredo Zitarrosa, Uruguayan singer, poet and composer (d. 1989)
- 1936 – Sepp Blatter, Swiss President of FIFA
- 1938 – Ieronymus II, Archbishop of Athens
- 1938 - Norman Blake, American musician
- 1939 - Ashgar Ali Engineer, Indian writer and activist (d. 2013)
- 1940 – Chuck Norris, American actor and martial artist
- 1946 - Peter Temple, Australian writer (d. 2018)
- 1947 – Kim Campbell, 19th Prime Minister of Canada
- 1947 - Piers Corbyn, brother of Jeremy Corbyn
- 1947 – Tom Scholz, American songwriter and guitarist
- 1948 - Austin Carr, American basketball player
- 1948 - Pat Gallagher, Irish politician
- 1949 - Bill Buxton, Canadian computer scientist and designer
- 1950 – Colin McGinn, British philosopher
1951 – 1975
- 1951 - Brad Fiedel, American movie score composer
- 1951 - Gloria Diaz, Filipino model and actress
- 1952 - Mike O'Donnell, English musician and composer
- 1952 – Morgan Tsvangirai, former Prime Minister of Zimbabwe, leader of the Movement for Democratic Change (d. 2018)
- 1953 – Paul Haggis, Canadian screenwriter, producer and movie director
- 1954 - Luc Dardenne, Belgian movie director, producer and screenwriter
- 1955 - Yousra, Egyptian actress and singer
- 1956 - Robert Llewellyn, British writer, actor and presenter
- 1956 - Henry Smith, Scottish footballer
- 1957 – Osama bin Laden, Saudi-born Islamic extremist (al-Qaeda) (d. 2011)
- 1957 - Hilary Devey, English businesswoman
- 1957 – Hans-Peter Friedrich, German politician
- 1957 - Terry Holmes, Welsh rugby player
- 1957 – Shannon Tweed, Canadian actress and model
- 1958 – Sharon Stone, American actress
- 1958 - Garth Crooks, English footballer and pundit
- 1958 - Frankie Ruiz, American singer (d. 1998)
- 1960 - Antonio Corgos, Spanish long jumper
- 1961 – Laurel Clark, American physician and astronaut (d. 2003)
- 1961 - Mitch Gaylord, American gymnast, actor and stuntman
- 1962 - Jasmine Guy, American actress
- 1962 - Seiko Matsuda, Japanese pop singer
- 1963 – Jeff Ament, American musician
- 1964 - Dave Bowman, Scottish footballer
- 1964 – Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex
- 1964 – Neneh Cherry, Swedish singer
- 1966 - Edie Brickell, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1968 - Pavel Srnicek, Czech footballer (d. 2015)
- 1969 - Paget Brewster, American actress
- 1971 – Jon Hamm, American actor
- 1971 - Steve Arnold, British racing driver
- 1972 - Timbaland, American rapper
- 1973 – Eva Herzigova, Czech model
- 1973 – Chris Sutton, English footballer
- 1973 - Mauricio Taricco, Argentine footballer
- 1974 – Keren Ann, Israeli-Dutch singer
- 1974 - Biz Stone, American businessman, co-founder of Twitter
- 1975 - Jerry Horton, American guitarist
From 1976
- 1976 – Haifa Wehbe, Lebanese singer
- 1976 - Kisaki, Japanese bass player, singer and songwriter
- 1976 - Ane Brune, Norwegian singer
- 1977 – Peter Enckelman, Finnish footballer
- 1977 - Shannon Miller, American gymnast
- 1977 – Colin Murray, Northern Irish radio and television presenter
- 1977 - Robin Thicke, American singer (Blurred Lines)
- 1977 - Bree Turner, American actress
- 1978 – Neil Alexander, Scottish footballer
- 1978 - Benjamin Burnley, American musician
- 1978 - Camille, French singer
- 1979 - Danny Pudi, American actor and comedian
- 1981 – Samuel Eto'o, Cameroonian footballer
- 1981 – Kokkai Futoshi, Georgian-Japanese sumo wrestler
- 1981 - Steven Reid, Irish footballer
- 1982 – Kwame Brown, American basketball player
- 1983 - Rafe Spall, English actor
- 1983 - Janet Mock, American writer, television host and activist
- 1983 – Carrie Underwood, American singer
- 1984 - Carol Castro, Brazilian actress
- 1984 – Olivia Wilde, American actress
- 1985 – Lassana Diarra, French footballer
- 1985 - Pastor Maldonado, Venezuelan racing driver
- 1987 - Emeli Sandé, Scottish singer
- 1987 - Ebba Jungmark, Swedish athlete
- 1987 - Tuukka Rask, Finnish ice hockey player
- 1987 - Liu Shishi, Chinese actress and ballerina
- 1988 – Ivan Rakitic, Croatian footballer
- 1990 - Inna Deriglazova, Russian foil fencer
- 1991 - Kadeena Cox, English Paralympic athlete
- 1992 – Emily Osment, American actress and singer
- 1993 - Jack Butland, English footballer
- 1993 - Nooa Takooa, Kiribati athlete
- 1994 - JoJo Offerman, American wrestler and singer
- 1995 - Sergey Mozgov, Russian ice dancer
- 1997 - Belinda Bencic, Swiss tennis player
Deaths
Observances
- Mar.10 Day: Mario Day of Nintendo
- Tibetan Uprising Day (Tibetan Independence Supporters)