March 10

What happened that day?

• 2017: The impeachment of President Park Geun-hye of South Korea in response to a major political scandal is unanimously upheld by the country's Constitutional Court, ending her presidency.
• 2006: The [Mars](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars) Reconnaissance Orbiter arrives at Mars.
• 2000: The Nasdaq Composite stock market index peaks at 5132.52, signaling the beginning of the end of the dot-com boom.
• 1990: In Haiti, Prosper Avril is ousted 18 months after seizing power in a coup.
• 1977: Astronomers discover the rings of Uranus.
• 1975: Vietnam War: Ho Chi Minh Campaign: North Vietnamese troops attack Ban Mê Thuột in the South on their way to capturing Saigon in the final push for victory over South Vietnam.
• 1970: Vietnam War: Captain Ernest Medina is charged by the U.S. military with My Lai war crimes.
• 1969: In Memphis, Tennessee, James Earl Ray pleads guilty to assassinating Martin Luther King, Jr. He later unsuccessfully attempts to recant.
• 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.
• 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.
• 1959: Tibetan uprising: Fearing an abduction attempt by China, thousands of Tibetans surround the Dalai Lama's palace to prevent his removal.
• 1952: Fulgencio Batista leads a successful coup in Cuba and appoints himself as the "provisional president".
• 1945: The U.S. Army Air Force firebombs Tokyo, and the resulting conflagration kills more than 100,000 people, mostly civilians.
• 1944: Greek Civil War: The Political Committee of National Liberation is established in Greece by the National Liberation Front.
• 1933: The 6.4 Mw Long Beach earthquake affects the Greater Los Angeles Area with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), leaving 115-120 people dead, and causing an estimated $40 million in damage.
• 1922: Mahatma Gandhi is arrested in India, tried for sedition, and sentenced to six years in prison, only to be released after nearly two years for an appendicitis operation.
• 1917: Some provinces and cities in the Philippines are incorporated due to the ratification of Act No. 2711 or the Administrative Code of the Philippines.
• 1915: The Battle of Neuve Chapelle begins. This is the first large-scale operation by the British Army in WWI.
• 1909: By signing the Anglo-Siamese Treaty of 1909, Thailand relinquishes its sovereignty over the Malay states of Kedah, Kelantan, Perlis and Terengganu, which become British protectorates.
• 1906: The Courrières mine disaster, Europe's worst ever, kills 1099 miners in northern France.
• 1891: Almon Strowger, an undertaker in Topeka, Kansas, patents the Strowger switch, a device which led to the automation of telephone circuit switching.
• 1876: The first successful test of a telephone is made by Alexander Graham Bell.
• 1861: El Hadj Umar Tall seizes the city of Ségou, destroying the Bamana Empire of Mali.
• 1848: The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo is ratified by the United States Senate, ending the Mexican-American War.
• 1830: The Royal Netherlands East Indies Army is created.
• 1816: Crossing of the Andes: A group of royalist scouts are captured during the Action of Juncalito.
• 1814: Emperor Napoleon I is defeated at the Battle of Laon in France.
• 1804: Louisiana Purchase: In St. Louis, Missouri, a formal ceremony is conducted to transfer ownership of the Louisiana Territory from France to the United States.
• 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.
• 1735: An agreement between Nader Shah and Russia is signed near Ganja, Azerbaijan and Russian troops are withdrawn from Baku.
• 1629: Charles I of England dissolves Parliament, beginning the eleven-year period known as the Personal Rule.
• 1607: Susenyos I defeats the combined armies of Yaqob and Abuna Petros II at the Battle of Gol in Gojjam, making him Emperor of Ethiopia.
• 947: The Later Han is founded by Liu Zhiyuan. He declares himself emperor and establishes the capital in Bian, present-day Kaifeng.
• 298: Roman Emperor Maximian concludes his campaign in North Africa against the Berbers, and makes a triumphal entry into Carthage.
• 241 BC: First Punic War: Battle of the Aegates Islands: The Romans sink the Carthaginian fleet bringing the First Punic War to an end.