March 10th, 1947

Born on March 10th, 1947

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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 crashed six minutes after take-off from Addis Ababa International Airport due to a fault within the software of the plane, resulting in 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, 1947

79

Kim Campbell

19th Prime Minister of Canada in 1993

*March 10th, 1947, Port Alberni

79

Zac Zorn

American swimmer

*March 10th, 1947, Dayton

79

Hubert Haddad

French writer, poet, novelist, art historian, essayist and novelist (1947-)

*March 10th, 1947, Tunis

68

Hans Posthumus

Dutch football player (1947-2016)

*March 10th, 1947, Harderwijk †February 15th, 2016, Grave

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Born in 1947

78

Rodney Williams

Governor-General of Antigua and Barbuda (born 1947)

*November 2nd, 1947, Swetes

78

Hillary Clinton

American politician, diplomat, and presidential candidate (born 1947)

*October 26th, 1947, Edgewater Hospital

79

Ulf Brunnberg

Actor

*April 7th, 1947, Bromma parish

69

David Bowie

English musician and actor (1947–2016)

*January 8th, 1947, Brixton †January 10th, 2016, Manhattan

69

Gregg Allman

American musician

*December 8th, 1947, Saint Thomas Hospital †May 27th, 2017, Richmond Hill

79

Hans-Jürgen Kreische

German association football player and manager

*July 19th, 1947, Dresden

78

Stephen King

American writer (born 1947)

*September 21st, 1947, Portland

78

Geoffrey Hinton

British-Canadian computer scientist and psychologist

*December 6th, 1947, Wimbledon

79

Peter Nogly

German association football player and manager

*January 14th, 1947, Lübeck

78

Dieter Riedel

East German association football player and manager

*September 16th, 1947, Gröditz

78

Angry Anderson

Australian rock singer

*August 5th, 1947, Melbourne

78

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Austrian and American actor, bodybuilder, and politician (born 1947)

*July 30th, 1947, Thal

78

Dilma Rousseff

36th President of Brazil, 3rd President of the BRICS Bank

*December 14th, 1947, Belo Horizonte

78

Ulrich Daldrup

German Politician, Scientist and former Mayor of Aachen

*September 27th, 1947, Porta Westfalica

79

Mitt Romney

United States Senator from Utah since 2019

*March 12th, 1947, Harper University Hospital

78

Françoise Barré-Sinoussi

French virologist and Nobel laureate, co-discoverer of HIV

*July 30th, 1947, Paris

79

Elton John

British singer, songwriter and musician

*March 25th, 1947, Pinner

68

Johan Cruyff

Dutch footballer and manager (1947–2016)

*April 25th, 1947, Betondorp †March 24th, 2016, Barcelona

79

Robert Kiyosaki

American finance author and investor

*April 8th, 1947, Hilo

69

Alan Thicke

Canadian actor, songwriter, and television host (1947–2016)

*March 1st, 1947, Kirkland Lake †December 13th, 2016, Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center

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No: With 365 days 1947 is a normal year and no leap year.

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