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On This Day · The 69th day of the year

March 10

Few dates reach as far back as March 10: its recorded history runs unusually deep, stretching to 241 BC. Its center of gravity is the 20th century, and conflict is a recurring thread.

♓ZodiacPisces ◈BirthstoneAquamarine ❀Birth flowerDaffodil

Pisces is the sign for March 10 — read more on the Pisces page, or see March's birthstone & birth flower.

Compiled & reviewed by · Last reviewed September 6, 2026

What happened on March 10?

March 10 is the 69th day of the year. It marks 10 notable events in history, dated between -241 and 2019. Famous people born on March 10 include Osama bin Laden, Chuck Norris and Ferdinand II of Aragon.

Released on March 10

Movies, games, albums & shows

2026

  • Game Crabmeat
  • Game GreedFall: The Dying World

2023

  • Game Big Ambitions
  • Game Bleak Faith: Forsaken

2022

  • Game RPG Time: The Legend of Wright

Release data from TMDB & IGDB.

Events

10 notable moments
  1. -241

    First Punic War

  2. 1814

    Napoleon

  3. 1922

    Mahatma Gandhi

  4. 1945

    World War II

  5. 1949

    Mildred Gillars

  6. 1959

    1959 Tibetan uprising

  7. 1970

    Vietnam War

  8. 1975

    1975 spring offensive

  9. 1990

    Haiti

  10. 2019

    Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302

Famous birthday twins

Born on March 10

Osama bin Laden

b. 1957

Chuck Norris

b. 1940

Ferdinand II of Aragon

b. 1452

Francisco Martínez de la Rosa

b. 1787

Georg Wilhelm Steller

b. 1709

Johann Rudolf Glauber

b. 1604

Morgan Tsvangirai

b. 1952

Günther Rall

b. 1918

Deaths

  • 2016Ken Adam
  • 1940Mikhail Bulgakov
  • 1913Harriet Tubman
  • 1910Karl Lueger
  • 1528Balthasar Hubmaier
  • 1315Agnes Blannbekin

Holidays & observances

  • —Christian feast day Attala
  • —Christian feast day Harriet Tubman (Lutheran)
  • —Christian feast day John Ogilvie
  • —Christian feast day Macarius of Jerusalem
  • —Christian feast day Marie-Eugénie de Jésus
  • —Christian feast day Pope Simplicius
  • —Christian feast day Sojourner Truth (Lutheran)
  • —Christian feast day March 10 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

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