Today is Sunday, March 10, the 70th day of 2024 with 296 to follow.
The moon is new. Morning stars are Mars and Venus. Evening stars are Jupiter and Uranus.
Daylight saving time begins.
Those born on this date are under the sign of Pisces. They include suffragist Kate Sheppard in 1847; actor Barry Fitzgerald in 1888; Josephine Groves Holloway, founder of first Black Girl Scout troops, in 1898; poet Margaret Fishback in 1900; James Earl Ray, convicted assassin of Martin Luther King Jr., in 1928; bluegrass musician Norman Blake in 1938 (age 86); playwright David Rabe in 1940 (age 84); actor Chuck Norris in 1940 (age 84); actor Richard Gant in 1944 (age 80); actor Katharine Houghton in 1945 (age 79); college basketball coach Jim Valvano in 1946; musician Tom Scholz in 1947 (age 77); Kim Campbell, the first female prime minister of Canada, in 1947 (age 77); journalist Bob Greene in 1947 (age 77); businesswoman/TV personality Barbara Corcoran in 1949 (age 75); actor Aloma Wright in 1950 (age 74); al-Qaida founder Osama bin Laden in 1957; actor Sharon Stone in 1958 (age 66); Olympic gold medal gymnast Mitch Gaylord in 1961 (age 63); actor Jasmine Guy in 1962 (age 62); musician Jeff Ament in 1963 (age 61); music producer Rick Rubin in 1963 (age 61); Britain’s Prince Edward in 1964 (age 60); singer Edie Brickell in 1966 (age 58); actor Paget Brewster in 1969 (age 55); actor Jon Hamm in 1971 (age 53); rapper Timbaland, born Timothy Zachery Mosley, in 1972 (age 52); musician Jerry Horton in 1975; singer Robin Thicke in 1977 (age 47); Olympic gold medal gymnast Shannon Miller in 1977 (age 47); actor Edi Gathegi in 1979 (age 45); actor Danny Pudi in 1979 (age 45); actor Thomas Middleditch in 1982 (age 42); singer Carrie Underwood in 1983 (age 41); actor Olivia Wilde in 1984 (age 40); singer Emeli Sande in 1987 (age 37); actor/comedian Ego Nwodim in 1988 (age 36); actor Emily Osment in 1992 (age 32); rapper Bad Bunny, born Benito Antonio Martinez Ocasio, in 1994 (age 30).
On this date in history:
In 1862, the U.S. Treasury issued “legal tender notes” in denominations from $5 to $1,000, the first U.S. paper money.
In 1876, Alexander Graham Bell transmitted the first telephone message to his assistant in the next room: “Mr. Watson, come here. I want you.”
In 1880, the Salvation Army of the United States was founded in New York City.
In 1933, Harry W. Frantz, a correspondent for United Press, penned an editorial on the current financial situation, arguing that the history of the United States “strongly suggests the possibility of a prompt recuperation from the present banking and money crisis.”
In 1959, more than 300,000 Tibetans, fearing the Chinese were plotting to abduct the Dalai Lama, surround his home in Lhasa, the Potala Palace, marking the beginning of the Tibetan uprising.
In 1969, James Earl Ray pleaded guilty to the assassination of civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. and was sentenced to 99 years in prison. Ray died in prison in 1998.
In 1977, astronomers discovered rings around the planet Uranus.
In 1987, the Vatican condemned human artificial fertilization or generation of human life outside the womb and said all reproduction must result from the “act of conjugal love.”
In 1993, an anti-abortion protester shot and killed Dr. David Gunn at the Pensacola Women’s Medical Services clinic in Florida.
In 2004, Lee Boyd Malvo, 19, was sentenced to life in prison without parole for his role in 10 Washington-area sniper killings in 2002. His partner, John Allen Muhammad, considered the mastermind, was executed in 2009.
In 2007, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed confessed to planning the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States.
In 2019, an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 Max 8 crashed shortly after taking off from Addis Ababa’s airport, killing all 157 aboard. Investigators blamed the crash on flaws in the planes’ automated flight software, leading to the grounding of all 737 Max aircraft.
In 2023, Chinese President Xi Jinping was elected to a third five-year term. It made Xi the longest-serving leader of the people’s republic since its founding in 1949 and only the second leader to serve more than two terms since Mao Zedong.
A thought for the day: “Jealousy is an unjust and stifling thing.” — American author Zane Grey
