Today is Saturday, March 10, the 70th day of 2012. There are 296 days left in the year.
418 ― Jews are excluded from public office in the Roman Empire
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 & $1,000)
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
1960 ― USSR agrees to stop nuclear testing
1969 ― James Earl Ray pleads guilty in murder of Martin Luther King Jr.
1982 ― President Reagan proclaims economic sanctions against Libya
1990 ― Fourth American Comedy Awards: When Harry Met Sally