March 10 - What happened today?

Home What happened today in history? Blamepro's Almanac for March 10
In the headlines today:

1998	Actor Lloyd Bridges dies in Los Angeles at age 85.
1988	Pop singer Andy Gibb dies of a heart infection in England at age 30.
1985	Soviet leader Konstantin Chernenko dies at age 73.
1980	Dr. Herman Tarnower, author of the Scarsdale Diet, is shot to death by Jean Harris in Purchase, NY.
1971	The US Senate approves granting 18-year-olds the right to vote.
1969		James Earl Ray pleads guilty to assassinating civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. (photo credit: Jerden Records
1967		The Beatles record additional instrumental rhythm tracks for Getting Better, a song that will ultimately appear on their Sergeant Pepper album, at EMI Studios in London. (photo credit: Capitol Records)
1965	Neil Simon's play, The Odd Couple, starring Walter Matthau and Art Carney, debuts at the Plymouth Theatre in New York City.
1949	Nazi wartime broadcaster 'Axis Sally' (Mildred Gillars), is convicted of treason by a US court.
1940	The first opera telecast is broadcast by W2XBS-TV in New York City.
1935	Adolf Hitler orders conscription (draft) to begin in Germany.
1913	A perfect 300 game, the first in American Bowling Congress tournament competition, is bowled by Bill Knox in Toledo, OH.
1880	The first US mission of the Salvation Army is established, in New York City.
1876	Alexander Graham Bell makes the famous telephone call to his assistant in the next room: "Come here, Mr. Watson, I want you."
1871	The Grand Lodge of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks is incorporated.
1848	The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo is ratified by the US Senate, ending the war with Mexico.
1844	England's King Edward VII marries Alexandra of Denmark.
1785	Thomas Jefferson succeeds Ben Franklin as the US minister to France.