Historical Events - March 10.

1862: Paper currency notes introduced in the United States.

1876: Alexander Graham Bell communicated with his colleague Thomas Watson over the phone for the first time.

1922: Gandhi was arrested near Sabarmati Ashram for writing three articles in Young India. Sentenced to six years imprisonment.

1972: Sakharam Binder, produced by Welcome Theater, written by Vijay Tendulkar and directed by Kamlakar Sarang, premiered at Shivaji Temple, Dadar.

1977: Astronomers discovered the rings of Uranus.

1985: Ravi Shastri was named the Champion of Champions by the Indian cricket team.

1998: Indian chess player Viswanathan Anand won the Linares Super Grandmaster Chess Tournament.

Famous Birthdays– March 10

1873: Maulana Shaukat Ali, an Indian Muslim leader of the Khilafat Movement.

1929: Mangesh Padgaonkar, a Marathi poet from Maharashtra, India.

1939: Asghar Ali Engineer, an Indian reformist-writer and social activist.

1945: Madhavrao Scindia, an Indian politician.

1957: Osama bin Ladin, a founder of the pan-Islamic militant organization al-Qaeda.

1970: Omar Abdullah, an Indian politician.

1974: Biz Stone, an American entrepreneur who is the co-founder of Twitter.

Death Anniversaries March 10

1872: Giuseppe Mazzini, Italian revolutionary.

1897: Savitribai Phule, an Indian social reformer, educationalist, and poet from Maharashtra.

1940: Mikhail Bulgakov, a Russian writer, medical doctor, and playwright.

1971: Appasaheb Patwardhan, Known as Gandhi of Konkan.

1985: Konstantin Chernenko, a Soviet politician.

1999: Vi Va Shirvadkar, pen name Kusumagraj, an eminent Marathi poet, playwright, novelist, and short-story writer.