Today in History - History - March 10th

19828th People's Choice Awards: Burt Reynolds, Sally Field & Jane Fonda win (Motion Picture) and Alan Alda & Barbara Mandrell win (TV)

1661French King Louis XIV ends office of premier

18761st telephone call made (Alexander Graham Bell to Thomas Watson)

1945Patton's 3rd Army makes contact with Hodge's 1st Army

200721st Soul Train Music Awards: Jermaine Dupri, Jennifer Hudson win

1982President Reagan proclaims economic sanctions against Libya

1991Laura Davies wins LPGA Inamori Golf Classic

1963Wilt Chamberlain of NBA SF Warriors scores 70 points vs Syracuse

1952Military coup led by General Fulgencio Batista in Cuba

1963Pete Rose debuts with hits in his 2 1st at bats in spring training

1957Osama bin Laden, Riyadh Saudi Arabia, Islamic militant and founder of al-Qaeda

1940Chuck Norris, [Carlos Ray], OK, martial arts actor (Missing in Action)

1964Edward Anthony Richard Louis, Prince of Britain/Elizabeth II son

1983Carrie Underwood, American country singer

1971Jon Hamm, St Louis Missouri, American actor (Mad Men - Don Draper)

1947[Avril] Kim Campbell, Port Alberni British Columbia, Canada's 1st female and 19th Prime Minister (1993 )

37Tiberius Claudius Nero, Roman emperor (14-37), dies at 78

1913Harriet Tubman, abolitionist, conductor on Underground RR, dies in NY at about 93