THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 2016

Today is Thursday, March 10, the 70th day of 2016. There are 296 days left in the year.

1847 — First money minted in Hawaii

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

1864 — Grant is named commander of the Union armies

1865 — Battle of Monroe’s Crossroads, North Carolina

1874 — Purdue University (Indiana) admits its first student

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

1880 — General Wolseley opens new legislative council in Pretoria

1880 — Salvation Army of England sets up U.S. welfare & religious activity

1893 — Ivory Coast becomes a French colony

1902 — Earthquake destroys Turkish city of Tochangri

1905 — Japanese Army captures Mukden (Shenyang)

1906 — First performance of Maurice Ravel’s “Sonatine”