On This Day: 10 March

10 March in Indian history

• 1922Mahatma Gandhi is arrested in India, tried for sedition, and sentenced to six years in prison, only to be released after nearly two years for an appendicitis operation.India

10 March in world history

• 2026Bam Adebayo of the Miami Heat recorded the second-highest scoring game in NBA history with 83 Points.
• 20242024 Portuguese legislative election: Elections are held in Portugal for all 230 seats in the Assembly of the Republic. The Partido Socialista loses its absolute majority to the Partido Social Democrata, winning 77 and 79 seats respectively.
• 2023Silicon Valley Bank collapses due to a run on its deposits, in the second largest bank failure in US history. Its operations are taken over by the FDIC.
• 2017The impeachment of President Park Geun-hye of South Korea in response to a major political scandal is unanimously upheld by the country's Constitutional Court, ending her presidency.
• 2008The New York Times revealed that Eliot Spitzer, Governor of New York, had patronized a prostitution ring.
• 2006NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter reached and entered orbit around Mars.
• 1977Astronomers using NASA's Kuiper Airborne Observatory discovered a faint ring system around Uranus.
• 1975Vietnam War: Ho Chi Minh Campaign: North Vietnamese troops attack Ban Mê Thuột in the South on their way to capturing Saigon in the final push for victory over South Vietnam.
• 1971John Gorton resigns as Prime Minister of Australia and the leader of the Liberal Party of Australia after a secret ballot vote of confidence, being replaced in both positions by William McMahon.
• 1970Vietnam War: Captain Ernest Medina is charged by the U.S. military with My Lai war crimes.
• 1969In Memphis, Tennessee, James Earl Ray pleads guilty to assassinating Martin Luther King Jr. He later unsuccessfully attempts to recant.
• 1968Vietnam War/Laotian Civil War: North Vietnamese and Pathet Lao forces overwhelmed the American, Laotian, Thai, and Hmong defenders of Lima Site 85.
• 1967British progressive-rock band Pink Floyd released their first single, "Arnold Layne".
• 1966Military Prime Minister of South Vietnam Nguyễn Cao Kỳ sacks rival General Nguyễn Chánh Thi, precipitating large-scale civil and military dissension in parts of the nation.
• 1965Thomas Playford, Premier of South Australia, left office after 27 years, the longest term of any democratically elected leader in the history of Australia.
• 1959An 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.
• 241 BCThe 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.

Born on 10 March

• 1987Tuukka Rask, Finnish ice hockey player
• 1958Sheikh Mohammad Illias, Bengali politicianIndia
• 1957Osama bin Laden, Saudi Arabian terrorist, founded al-Qaeda (died 2011)
• 1945Madhavrao Scindia, Indian politician, Indian Minister of Railways (died 2001)India
• 1939Asghar Ali Engineer, Indian activist and author (died 2013)India
• 1628Marcello Malpighi, Italian physician and biologist (died 1694)

Died on 10 March

• 1973Evelyn Baring, 1st Baron Howick of Glendale (1960 – 1973), Governor of Kenya (1952 – 1959), High Commissioner for Southern Africa (1944 – 1951), Governor of Southern Rhodesia (1942 – 1944) (born 1903)
• 1948Zelda Fitzgerald, American author, visual artist, and ballet dancer (born 1900)
• 1897Savitribai Phule, Indian poet and activist (born 1831)India
• 1315Agnes Blannbekin, Austrian mystic

Frequently asked questions

What happened on 10 March in history?

2026: Bam Adebayo of the Miami Heat recorded the second-highest scoring game in NBA history with 83 Points. 2024: 2024 Portuguese legislative election: Elections are held in Portugal for all 230 seats in the Assembly of the Republic. The Partido Socialista loses its absolute majority to the Partido Social Democrata, winning 77 and 79 seats respectively. 2023: Silicon Valley Bank collapses due to a run on its deposits, in the second largest bank failure in US history. Its operations are taken over by the FDIC. 2017: The impeachment of President Park Geun-hye of South Korea in response to a major political scandal is unanimously upheld by the country's Constitutional Court, ending her presidency.

What happened on 10 March in Indian history?

1922: Mahatma Gandhi is arrested in India, tried for sedition, and sentenced to six years in prison, only to be released after nearly two years for an appendicitis operation.

Which famous people were born on 10 March?

Tuukka Rask, Finnish ice hockey player (1987); Sheikh Mohammad Illias, Bengali politician (1958); Osama bin Laden, Saudi Arabian terrorist, founded al-Qaeda (died 2011) (1957); Madhavrao Scindia, Indian politician, Indian Minister of Railways (died 2001) (1945).

Which day is observed on 10 March?

Harriet Tubman Day (United States of America); Mario Day (International); Holocaust Remembrance Day (Bulgaria); National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (United States); Székely Freedom Day (Romania).