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10 March 2024
Holidays, observances, history and sky information for this date.
Holidays
No listed India public holiday for this date.
Observances
No UN observance in the current list for this date.
Selected anniversaries
Anniversary
2019 - Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 crashed six minutes after take-off from Addis Ababa International Airport due to a fault within the software of the plane, resulting in the deaths of all 157 people on board.2019 aviation accident in Ethiopia
Anniversary
2008 - The New York Times revealed that Eliot Spitzer (pictured), Governor of New York, had patronized a prostitution ring.American daily newspaper
Anniversary
2006 - NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (artist's impression pictured) reached and entered orbit around Mars.American space and aeronautics agency
Anniversary
1990 - Eighteen months after seizing power, Prosper Avril was ousted as the military head of state of Haiti.Haitian political figure (born 1937)
Anniversary
1977 - Astronomers using NASA's Kuiper Airborne Observatory discovered a faint ring system around Uranus.American space and aeronautics agency
Historical events
History
2026 - Bam Adebayo of the Miami Heat recorded the second-highest scoring game in NBA history with 83 Points.American basketball player (born 1997)
History
2024 - 2024 Portuguese legislative election: Elections are held in Portugal for all 230 seats in the Assembly of the Republic. The Partido Socialista loses its absolute majority to the Partido Social Democrata, winning 77 and 79 seats respectively.History
2023 - Silicon Valley Bank collapses due to a run on its deposits, in the second largest bank failure in US history. Its operations are taken over by the FDIC.American commercial bank
History
2022 - 2022 Hungarian presidential election: The National Assembly of Hungary elects former minister for Family Affairs, Katalin Novák, as president of Hungary in a 137–51 vote, becoming the first female president in the country's history.History
2019 - Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302, a Boeing 737 MAX, crashes shortly after takeoff, killing all 157 passengers and crew. This and the prior Lion Air Flight 610 led to all 387 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft being grounded worldwide.2019 aviation accident in Ethiopia
History
2017 - The impeachment of President Park Geun-hye of South Korea in response to a major political scandal is unanimously upheld by the country's Constitutional Court, ending her presidency.2016 South Korean charging of president
History
2006 - The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter arrives at Mars.NASA spacecraft active since 2005
History
2000 - The Dot-com bubble peaks with the NASDAQ Composite stock market index reaching 5,048.62.Tech stock speculative craze, c. 1995–2003
History
1991 - 1991 Salvadoran legislative election: The Nationalist Republican Alliance wins 39 of the 84 seats in the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador.History
1990 - In Haiti, Prosper Avril is ousted eighteen months after seizing power in a coup d'état in September 1988.Country in the Caribbean
Notable births
Born
2004 - Matt Poitras, Canadian ice hockey playerCanadian ice hockey player (born 2004)
Born
2002 - Keon Johnson, American basketball playerAmerican basketball player (born 2002)
Born
2000 - Nick Bolton, American football playerAmerican football player (born 2000)
Born
1999 - Cole Kmet, American football playerAmerican football player (born 1999)
Born
1998 - Justin Herbert, American football playerAmerican football player (born 1998)
Born
1995 - Zach LaVine, American basketball playerAmerican basketball player (born 1995)
Notable deaths
Died
2025 - Stanley R. Jaffe, American film producer and director (born 1940)American film producer and director (1940–2025)
Died
2025 - Carl Lundström, Swedish businessman and activist (born 1960)Swedish businessman and activist (1960–2025)
Died
2022 - John Elliott, English historian and academic (born 1930)British historian and Hispanist (1930–2022)
Died
2016 - Ken Adam, German-English production designer and art director (born 1921)British designer (1921–2016)
Died
2016 - Roberto Perfumo, Argentinian footballer and sportscaster (born 1942)Argentine footballer and sports commentator
Died
2016 - Jovito Salonga, Filipino lawyer and politician, 14th President of the Senate of the Philippines (born 1920)President of the Senate of the Philippines from 1987 to 1992
Died
2016 - Anita Brookner, English novelist and art historian (born 1928)English novelist and art historian (1928–2016)
Died
2015 - Richard Glatzer, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1952)American writer and director
Sky
Moon phase
New Moon
0.0% illuminated
Lunar age: 0.1 days
Sun zodiac
Pisces
20.40 degrees
Constellation: Aquarius
Moon zodiac
Pisces
22.18 degrees
Constellation: Aquarius
Astronomy events
No major astronomy event in the current calendar for this date.