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