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Today in History: March 10
0049 Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon and invades Italy.

1776 ""Common Sense" by Thomas Paine is published.

1848 The treaty of Guadeloupe-Hidalgo is signed which ends the United States' war with Mexico.

1876 Alexander Graham Bell makes the first telephone call to Thomas Watson saying "Watson, come here. I need you."

1893 New Mexico State University cancels its first graduation ceremony, because the only graduate was robbed and killed the night before.

1924 The U.S. Supreme Court upholds a New York state law forbidding late-night work for women.

1945 Deadliest air raid of World War II sets Tokyo on fire after night time B-29 bombings, more than 100,000 people die, mostly civilians

1969 James Earl Ray pleads guilty to the murder of Dr. Martin Luther King and is sentenced to 99 years in jail.

1971 The Senate approves a Constitutional amendment to lower the voting age to 18.

1980 Iran's leader, Ayatollah Khomeini, lends his support to the militants holding the American hostages in Tehran.

1987 The Vatican condemns surrogate parenting as well as test-tube and artificial insemination.

2020 Russian lower house of Parliament passes legislation to allow Vladimir Putin to hold office of President for life

2020 Three months into the COVID-19 epidemic Chinese President Xi Jinping finally travels to Wuhan, epicenter of the outbreak as the rate of daily new infections declines in China falls to 19 new cases and 17 deaths

2022 True global death toll from COVID-19 estimated at 18.2 million in new study by Washington University

2023 Thai health authorities report 1.3 million people have suffered air pollution-related diseases in 2023 in northern Thailand due to smog nearly 125 times WHO standards from farm burning and forest fires

Born on March 10
1909 Kathryn McLean (Forbes), author (Mama's Bank Account).

1916 James Herriot, Scottish writer and country veterinarian (All Creatures Great and Small).

1940 David Rabe, playwright (Sticks and Bones, Hurlyburly).


JOTD
I really hope coronavirus can't spread through sex

It would be so lonely being the last man on Earth.



Einstein, Newton, and Pascal decide to play hide-and-seek. Einstein is "It," closes his eyes, counts to 10, and then opens them.

Pascal is nowhere to be seen. Newton is sitting right in front of Einstein, with a piece of chalk in his hand. He's sitting in a box drawn on the ground, a meter to one side.
Einstein says, "Newton, you're terrible, I've found you!"
Newton says, "No no, no. You've found one Newton per square meter. You've found Pascal!"