Today is March 10. On this date in:
1496
Christopher Columbus concluded his second visit to the Western Hemisphere as he left Hispaniola for Spain.
1848
The U.S. Senate ratified the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, which ended the Mexican-American War.
1862
During the Civil War, the U.S. issued Greenbacks, its first national paper currency, named for its distinctive green color.
1864
President Abraham Lincoln assigned Clermont County native Ulysses S. Grant, who had just received his commission as lieutenant-general, to the command of the Armies of the United States.
1876
Alexander Graham Bell’s assistant, Thomas Watson, heard Bell say over his experimental telephone: “Mr. Watson – come here – I want to see you” from the next room of Bell’s Boston laboratory.
Our history:Cincinnati Bell service is older than the telephone
1969
James Earl Ray pleaded guilty in Memphis, Tennessee, to assassinating civil rights leader the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. (Ray later repudiated that plea, maintaining his innocence until his death.)
1980
“Scarsdale Diet” author Dr. Herman Tarnower was shot to death at his home in Purchase, New York. (Tarnower’s former lover, Jean Harris, was convicted of his murder; she served nearly 12 years in prison before being released in January 1993.)
1988
Pop singer Andy Gibb died in Oxford, England, at age 30 of heart inflammation.
1993
Dr. David Gunn was shot to death outside a Pensacola, Florida, abortion clinic. (Shooter Michael Griffin is serving a life sentence.)
1997
Joss Whedon’s television show “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” premiered on the WB network.
2003
Shortly before the start of the Iraq war, Natalie Maines, lead singer of the Dixie Chicks, told a London audience: “Just so you know… we’re ashamed the president of the United States is from Texas.” (Maines later apologized for the phrasing of her remark.)
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