Born on March 10
March 10 birthdays & history
If you were born on March 10, you share a birthday with Chuck Norris, Alexander III of Russia and Sharon Stone. March 10 babies are Pisces, with aquamarine as their birthstone and the daffodil as their birth flower. March 10 is the 70th day of the year in leap years (69th in other years).
Famous people born on March 10
- 1940Chuck Norris, American actor, producer, and martial artist
- 1845Alexander III of Russia, Emperor of Russia from 1881 to 1894
- 1958Sharon Stone, American actress and producer
- 1981Samuel Eto'o, Cameroonian footballer
- 1988Ivan Rakitić, Croatian football player
- 1984Olivia Wilde, American actress and director
- 1772Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel, German poet and critic
- 1994Bad Bunny, Puerto Rican rapper, songwriter, producer, actor, and wrestler
- 1923Val Logsdon Fitch, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1983Carrie Underwood, American singer-songwriter
What happened on March 10
- 1876The first successful test of a telephone is made by Alexander Graham Bell.
- 1891Almon Strowger patents the Strowger switch, a device which led to the automation of telephone circuit switching.
- 1909By signing the Anglo-Siamese Treaty of 1909, Thailand relinquishes its sovereignty over the Malay states of Kedah, Kelantan, Perlis and Terengganu, which become British protectorates.
- 1965Thomas Playford, Premier of South Australia, left office after 27 years, the longest term of any democratically elected leader in the history of Australia.
- 1967British progressive-rock band Pink Floyd released their first single, "Arnold Layne".
- 19741974 Belgian general election: Elections are held in Belgium for all 212 seats in the Chamber of Representatives, the Belgian Socialist Party taking the majority with 59.
- 1977Astronomers using NASA's Kuiper Airborne Observatory discovered a faint ring system around Uranus.
- 1977Astronomers discover the rings of Uranus.
- 19911991 Salvadoran legislative election: The Nationalist Republican Alliance wins 39 of the 84 seats in the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador.
- 2000The Dot-com bubble peaks with the NASDAQ Composite stock market index reaching 5,048.62.
- 2006NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter reached and entered orbit around Mars.
- 20222022 Hungarian presidential election: The National Assembly of Hungary elects former minister for Family Affairs, Katalin Novák, as president of Hungary in a 137–51 vote, becoming the first female president in the country's history.
Also observed on March 10
- Harriet Tubman Day (United States of America)
- Mario Day (International)
- Székely Freedom Day (Romania)
Questions, answered
What star sign is March 10?
People born on March 10 are Pisces. Their birthstone is aquamarine and their birth flower is the daffodil.
Which famous people were born on March 10?
Chuck Norris (1940), Alexander III of Russia (1845), Sharon Stone (1958), Samuel Eto'o (1981), Ivan Rakitić (1988), Olivia Wilde (1984) were all born on March 10.
What happened on March 10 in history?
Among other things: in 2000, The Dot-com bubble peaks with the NASDAQ Composite stock market index reaching 5,048.62; in 2006, NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter reached and entered orbit around Mars; in 2022, 2022 Hungarian presidential election: The National Assembly of Hungary elects former minister for Family Affairs, Katalin Novák, as president of Hungary in a 137–51 vote, becoming the first female president in the country's history.
Can I get a newspaper front page from March 10?
Yes. The Birthday Gazette makes a personalised vintage-style front page for any March 10 birth year, with their name in the headline, events, famous birthdays and typical US prices. The preview is free and the print files cost $9.
Events, birthdays and observances are adapted from Wikipedia contributors, “March 10”, English Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0 (shortened and filtered). Ranking uses Wikidata (CC0). Sources.