WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10, 2010

Today is Wednesday, March 10, the 69th day of 2010. There are 296 days left in the year.

418 _ Jews are excluded from public office in the Roman Empire

1849 _ Abraham Lincoln applies for a patent; only U.S. President to do so

1880 _ Salvation Army of England sets up U.S. welfare and religious activity

1893 _ New Mexico State University cancels its first graduation ceremony, its only graduate Sam Steele was robbed and killed the night before

1910 _ China ends slavery

1945 _ Tokyo in fire after night time B-29 bombing

1959 _ Uprising against Chinese occupation force in Lhasa Tibet

1982 _ President Reagan proclaims economic sanctions against Libya

1982 _ Sygyzy: all nine planets aligned on same side of Sun

1987 _ Vatican formal opposition to test-tube fertilization and embryo transfer