THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 2011

Today is Thursday, March 10, the 69th day of 2011. There are 296 days left in the year.

241 B.C. ― Battle of Aegusa: Roman fleet sinks 50 Carthagean ships

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

1624 ― England declares war on Spain

1629 ― King Charles I dissolved Parliament; he called it back 11 years later

1862 ― U.S. issues first paper money ($5, $10, $20, $50, $100, $500 & $1000)

1876 ― First telephone call made (Alexander Graham Bell to Thomas Watson)

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

1910 ― China ends slavery

1982 ― President Reagan proclaims economic sanctions against Libya

1985 ― World Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Tokyo won by Katarina Witt (German Democratic Republic)