On this day: 10 March

Selected events and births on 10 March, from Wikipedia’s “On this day”.

Events

• 1965 – Thomas Playford, Premier of South Australia, left office after 27 years, the longest term of any democratically elected leader in the history of Australia. Read more: Thomas Playford IV Premier of South Australia History of Australia
• 1967 – British progressive-rock band Pink Floyd released their first single, "Arnold Layne". Read more: Progressive rock Pink Floyd Arnold Layne
• 1977 – Astronomers using NASA's Kuiper Airborne Observatory discovered a faint ring system around Uranus. Read more: NASA Kuiper Airborne Observatory Rings of Uranus
• 2006 – NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (artist's impression pictured) reached and entered orbit around Mars. Read more: NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Orbit insertion
• 2008 – The New York Times revealed that Eliot Spitzer, Governor of New York, had patronized a prostitution ring. Read more: The New York Times Eliot Spitzer Eliot Spitzer prostitution scandal

Born on this day

• 1936 – Sepp Blatter, Swiss businessman and eighth president of FIFA Read more: Sepp Blatter List of presidents of FIFA
• 1947 – Kim Campbell, Canadian lawyer and politician, 19th Prime Minister of Canada Read more: Kim Campbell Prime Minister of Canada
• 1951 – Gloria Diaz, Filipino actress and beauty queen, Miss Universe 1969 Read more: Gloria Diaz Miss Universe 1969
• 1973 – Liu Qiangdong, Chinese entrepreneur, billionaire, founder of JD.com Read more: Liu Qiangdong JD.com
• 1995 – Zach LaVine, American basketball player Read more: Zach LaVine
• 1995 – Sergey Mozgov, Russian ice dancer Read more: Sergey Mozgov
• 1997 – Belinda Bencic, Swiss tennis player Read more: Belinda Bencic
• 1998 – Justin Herbert, American football player Read more: Justin Herbert
• 1999 – Cole Kmet, American football player Read more: Cole Kmet
• 2000 – Nick Bolton, American football player Read more: Nick Bolton
• 2002 – Keon Johnson, American basketball player Read more: Keon Johnson (basketball, born 2002)
• 2004 – Matt Poitras, Canadian ice hockey player Read more: Matt Poitras

Text from Wikipedia: Selected anniversaries / March 10 and the linked articles, via the Wikimedia “On this day” feed, under CC BY-SA 4.0. We leave out entries about wars, violence and disasters to keep this page family-friendly.