March 10th, 1899

Born on March 10th, 1899

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What happened on March 10th?

March 10th, 1695

Nine Years' War: At the Battle of Sant Esteve d'en Bas, Catalan miquelets attacked a column of French regular infantry and caused them to surrender.

March 10th, 2019

Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 (aircraft pictured) crashed shortly after take-off from Addis Ababa, with the deaths of all 157 people on board.

March 10th, 2008

The New York Times revealed that Eliot Spitzer (pictured), Governor of New York, had patronized a prostitution ring.

March 10th, 2006

NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (artist's impression pictured) reached and entered orbit around Mars.

March 10th, 1990

Eighteen months after seizing power, Prosper Avril was ousted as the military head of state of Haiti.

March 10th, 1977

Astronomers using NASA's Kuiper Airborne Observatory discovered a faint ring system around Uranus.

March 10th, 1975

Ho Chi Minh Campaign: North Vietnam began its final push for victory over South Vietnam with an attack on Ban Me Thuot.

March 10th, 1968

Vietnam War/Laotian Civil War: North Vietnamese and Pathet Lao forces overwhelmed the American, Laotian, Thai, and Hmong defenders of Lima Site 85.

March 10th, 1966

Military prime minister of South Vietnam Nguyễn Cao Kỳ sacked rival General Nguyễn Chánh Thi, precipitating large-scale civil and military dissension in parts of the nation.

March 10th, 1965

Thomas Playford, Premier of South Australia, left office after 27 years, the longest term of any democratically elected leader in the history of Australia.

March 10th, 1959

An anti-Chinese uprising began as thousands of Tibetans surrounded the Potala Palace in Lhasa to prevent the Dalai Lama from leaving or being removed by the Chinese army.

March 10th, 1949

Mildred Gillars, nicknamed Axis Sally, was convicted of treason for working with the Nazis as a broadcaster.

March 10th, 1945

World War II: The United States Army Air Forces conducted a firebombing raid on Tokyo that killed at least 90,000 people.

March 10th, 1915

The Battle of Neuve Chapelle, the first deliberately planned British offensive of the First World War, began.

January 1st, 1970

The Roman Republic defeated Carthaginian forces at the Battle of the Aegates, off the western coast of Sicily, in the final battle of the First Punic War.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on March 10th

Born on March 10th, 1899

97

Finn Høffding

Danish composer

*March 10th, 1899, Copenhagen †March 3rd, 1997, Copenhagen

102

Grete von Zieritz

Austrian-German composer and pianist

*March 10th, 1899, Vienna †November 26th, 2001, Berlin

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90

Hans Riegel

German businessman, badminton player

*March 10th, 1923, Bonn †October 15th, 2013, Bonn

84

Lorns Skjemstad

Norwegian cross-country skier

*March 10th, 1940, Inderøy Municipality

30

Bad Bunny

Puerto Rican rapper, singer, songwriter and record producer

*March 10th, 1994, Almirante Sur

117

Violet Brown

Jamaican supercentenarian (1900–2017)

*March 10th, 1900, Trelawny Parish †September 15th, 2017, Montego Bay

40

Chanan Colman

Danish-American-Israeli former basketball player

*March 10th, 1984, Gladsaxe Municipality

56

Árni Þór Hallgrímsson

Badminton player

*March 10th, 1968, Akranes

54

Osama bin Laden

Saudi terrorist and co-founder of al-Qaeda (1957–2011)

*March 10th, 1957, Riyadh †May 2nd, 2011, Osama bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad

62

Kid Vinil

Brazilian singer, radio broadcaster, composer and journalist

*March 10th, 1955, Cedral †May 19th, 2017, São Paulo

63

Arthur Honegger

Swiss composer (1892-1928)

*March 10th, 1892, Le Havre †November 27th, 1955, Paris

69

Sven-Erik Österberg

Swedish politician and county governor

*March 10th, 1955, Munktorp

63

Eugen Klöpfer

German actor and theatre manager (1886-1950)

*March 10th, 1886, Talheim †March 3rd, 1950, Wiesbaden

40

Olivia Wilde

American actress and filmmaker (born 1984)

*March 10th, 1984, New York City

80

Jupp Derwall

German association football player and manager (1927–2007)

*March 10th, 1927, Würselen †June 26th, 2007, Sankt Ingbert

29

Marie Batomene

Badminton player

*March 10th, 1995, Béthune

59

Jeremias Wigger

Swiss cross country skier

*March 10th, 1965, Hasle

88

Sepp Blatter

8th President of the International Federation of Association Football

*March 10th, 1936, Visp

39

Boris Vian

French writer and musician (1920–1959)

*March 10th, 1920, Ville-d'Avray †June 23rd, 1959, 7th arrondissement of Paris

66

Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann

German politician

*March 10th, 1958, Düsseldorf

84

Chuck Norris

American martial artist and actor

*March 10th, 1940, Ryan

58

Edie Brickell

American singer

*March 10th, 1966, Dallas

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76

Gustav Heinemann

German politician, President of Germany 1969–1974

*July 23rd, 1899, Schwelm †July 7th, 1976, Essen

80

Alfred Hitchcock

English filmmaker (1899–1980)

*August 13th, 1899, Leytonstone †April 29th, 1980, Bel Air

61

Ernest Hemingway

American author and journalist (1899–1961)

*July 21st, 1899, Oak Park †July 2nd, 1961, Ketchum

86

Jorge Luis Borges

Argentine writer, essayist, poet and translator (1899–1986)

*August 24th, 1899, Buenos Aires †June 14th, 1986, Geneva

57

Humphrey Bogart

American actor (1899–1957)

*December 25th, 1899, New York City †January 14th, 1957, Los Angeles

73

Noël Coward

English playwright, composer, director, actor, and singer

*December 16th, 1899, Teddington †March 26th, 1973, Firefly Estate

82

Huang Xianfan

Chinese historian, ethnologist and educator (1899-1982)

*November 13th, 1899, Fusui County †January 18th, 1982, Guilin

72

Yasunari Kawabata

Japanese novelist (1899–1972)

*June 11th, 1899, Osaka †April 16th, 1972, Zushi

73

Paul-Henri Spaak

Belgian politician (1899-1972)

*January 25th, 1899, Schaerbeek †July 31st, 1972, Braine-l'Alleud

88

Fred Astaire

American dancer, actor, and singer (1899–1987)

*May 10th, 1899, Omaha †June 22nd, 1987, Los Angeles

52

Edwin L. Marin

American film director

*February 21st, 1899, Jersey City †May 2nd, 1951, Los Angeles

92

Friedrich Hayek

Austrian and British economist

*May 8th, 1899, Vienna †March 23rd, 1992, Freiburg im Breisgau

86

Marcel Arland

French writer

*July 5th, 1899, Varennes-sur-Amance †January 12th, 1986, Saint-Sauveur-sur-École

86

Gale Sondergaard

American actress (1899-1985)

*February 15th, 1899, Litchfield †August 14th, 1985, Woodland Hills

56

Ernst Rüdiger Starhemberg

Austrian politician and nobleman (1899-1956)

*May 10th, 1899, Eferding †March 15th, 1956, Schruns

66

Gertrude Berg

American actress, screenwriter (1899-1966)

*October 3rd, 1899, New York City †September 14th, 1966, New York City

84

Gloria Swanson

American actress (1899–1983)

*March 27th, 1899, Chicago †April 4th, 1983, Weill Cornell Medical Center

69

Lucio Fontana

Italian-Argentine sculptor, painter and theorist, Manifiesto blanco, Spatialism (1899-1968)

*February 19th, 1899, Rosario †September 7th, 1968, Comabbio

75

Duke Ellington

American jazz pianist and composer (1899–1974)

*April 29th, 1899, Washington, D.C. †May 24th, 1974, New York City

78

Vladimir Nabokov

Russian-American novelist, lepidopterist, professor (1899–1977)

*April 10th, 1899, Saint Petersburg †July 2nd, 1977, Montreux

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1899 is a normal year and no leap year.

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