March 10
Today in America's Present Past
1783 | Revolutionary War: Navy Captain John Barry won the war’s last naval engagement, besting the British off the coast of Cape Canaveral.
1791 | John Stone received a patent for a pile driver.
1809 | Navy Commander William David Porter was born.
1810 | Cleric John McLoskey was born.
1832 | General William Henry Penrose was born.
1842 | Poet Ina Coolbrith was born.
1849 | POTUS: President Lincoln - pre-presidency - applied for a boat lifting machine patent.
1862 | The US mint issued the first “paper” money.
1865 | Civil War: Battle of Monroe’s Crossroads, North Carolina
1876 | Alexander Graham Bell made his first telephone call.
1907 | Author Victoria Earle Matthews died.
1913 | Abolitionist Harriet Tubman died.
1920 | Entrepreneur Alfred Peet was born.
1927 | Author Ernest Hemingway divorced Hadley Richardson.
1928 | Assassin James Earl Ray was born.
1933 | Nevada became the first state to regulate narcotics, allowing some as well.
1940 | Actor Chuck Norris was born.
1957 | War on Terror: Osama bin Laden was born.
1958 | Actress Sharon Stone was born.
1964 | Cold War: The Soviets shot down a U.S. Air Force bomber.
1966 | Vietnam War: North Vietnamese capture US Special Forces camp at Ashau Valley.
1969 | Civil Rights: James Earl Ray pled guilty to the murder of Martin Luther King, Jr.
1971 | Congress: U.S. Senate approved the 26th Amendment lowering the federal voting age to 18, sending it to the states for ratification.
1971 | Actor Jon Hamm was born.
1973 | Politician Bull Connor died.
1978 | TV: “The Incredible Hulk” premiered on CBS.
1980 | Poet Melville Henry Cane died.
1983 | Entertainer Carrie Underwood was born.
1994 | Rapper Bad Bunny was born.
1996 | Activist Lucius E. Burch died.
1997 | Jeffrey Hawkins released the personal computing “Palm Pilot.”
1998 | Actor Lloyd Bridges died.
2014 | Author Joe McGinniss died.
2017 | Author Robert James Waller died.