At the moment is Monday, March 10, the 69th day of 2025. There are 296 days left within the yr.
At the moment in historical past:
On March 10, 2019, a Boeing 737 Max 8 operated by Ethiopian Airways crashed shortly after takeoff from the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa, killing all 157 folks on board.
Additionally on this date:
In 1496, Christopher Columbus concluded his second go to to the Western Hemisphere as he left Hispaniola for Spain.
In 1864, President Abraham Lincoln assigned Ulysses S. Grant, who had simply acquired his fee as lieutenant-general, to the command of the Armies of the USA.
In 1876, Alexander Graham Bell’s assistant, Thomas Watson, heard Bell say over his experimental phone: “Mr. Watson — come right here — I need to see you” from the subsequent room of Bell’s Boston laboratory; they have been the primary phrases ever conveyed by phone.
In 1913, abolitionist and Underground Railroad “conductor” Harriet Tubman died of pneumonia in Auburn, New York.
In 1959, 1000’s of Tibetans rebelled in opposition to occupying Chinese language forces, surrounding the Dalai Lama’s palace to guard him from potential hurt. Fierce combating between Tibetans and Chinese language forces ensued within the following days, inflicting the Dalai Lama to flee Tibet for India, the place he stays in exile immediately.
In 1969, James Earl Ray pleaded responsible in Memphis, Tennessee, to assassinating civil rights chief Martin Luther King Jr. (Ray later repudiated that plea, sustaining his innocence till his dying.)
In 1993, Dr. David Gunn was killed outdoors the Pensacola Ladies’s Medical Providers clinic by anti-abortion activist Michael Griffin; it was the primary killing attributed to a health care provider’s function in offering abortion care.
At the moment’s birthdays:
- Actor Chuck Norris is 85.
- Singer Dean Torrence (Jan and Dean) is 85.
- TV persona/enterprise govt Barbara Corcoran (TV: “Shark Tank”) is 76.
- Actor Sharon Stone is 67.
- Actor Jasmine Man is 63.
- Music producer Rick Rubin is 62.
- Soccer Corridor of Famer Rod Woodson is 60.
- Singer-songwriter Edie Brickell is 59.
- Actor Paget Brewster is 56.
- Actor Jon Hamm is 54.
- Rapper-producer Timbaland is 53.
- Actor Cristián (kris-tee-AHN’) de la Fuente is 50.
- Actor Jeff Branson is 47.
- Singer Robin Thicke is 48.
- Olympic gymnastics gold medalist Shannon Miller is 48.
- Actor Thomas Middleditch is 43.
- Nation singer-songwriter Carrie Underwood is 42.
- Actor Olivia Wilde is 41.
- Actor Emily Osment is 33.
- Rapper-singer Unhealthy Bunny is 31.