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Today in History
Tuesday, 10 March 2026
2006
The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter arrives at Mars.
2000
The NASDAQ Composite stock market index peaks at 5132.52, signaling the beginning of the end of the dot-com boom.
1990
In Haiti, Prosper Avril is ousted 18 months after seizing power in a coup.
1980
Madeira School headmistress Jean Harris shoots and kills Scarsdale diet doctor Herman Tarnower
Formation of the Irish Army Ranger Wing
1977
Rings of Uranus: Astronomers discover rings around Uranus.
1975
Vietnam War: North Vietnamese troops attack Ban Me Thuot, South Vietnam, on their way to capturing Saigon.
1970
Vietnam War: Captain Ernest Medina is charged with My Lai war crimes.
1969
In Memphis, Tennessee, James Earl Ray pleads guilty to assassinating Martin Luther King Jr. He later retracts his guilty plea.
1966
Military Prime Minister of South Vietnam Nguyen Cao Ky sacked rival General Nguyen Chanh Thi, precipitating large-scale civil and military dissension in parts of the nation.
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