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What happened in history on this day: March 10?
Since 1995, I have been collecting information on a variety of topics,
creating several timelines of history.
Here you will find specific events from those databases
for this day, on the topics of personal computers, video games, the Walt Disney Company,
Chevrolet Corvettes, A&W Root Beer, Sweden, and Canadian coins.
On March 10 in ...
- 2003 - Sony announces the Sony Clié PEG-TG50 handheld computer, to be available for sale later this month in the US. It features built-in keyboard, Bluetooth wireless connectivity, voice recorder, Palm OS 5 operating system, 320x320 backlit color screen. Price is about US$400; weight is 6.2 ounces; size is 4.9 x 2.8 x 0.6 inches.
- 2003 - Sony announces the Sony Clié PEG-SJ33 Limited Edition handheld computer. It is available in orange or blue case. Price is US$300.
- 2003 - Sony announces the Sony Clié PEG-SJ22 handheld computer, similar to and replacing the SJ30. Price is US$200.
- 1938 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awards an Oscar (Short Subjects, Cartoons) to Disney for the film The Old Mill.
- 1938 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awards an Oscar (Scientific or Technical, Class II) to Disney for the design and application of the multi-plane camera.
- 1944 - The Goofy film How to Play Golf is released to theaters.
- 1955 - U.S. President Eisenhower calls Walt Disney to tell him how good the film Man in Space was, and to ask for a copy of it to show the generals in the Pentagon.
- 1963 - The NBC TV network airs the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color show, featuring The Horse with the Flying Tail.
- 1968 - The NBC TV network airs the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color show, entitled Wild Heart.
- 1970 - The NBC TV network airs Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree.
- 1974 - The NBC TV network airs The Wonderful World of Disney show, featuring Diamonds on Wheels, part one.
- 1978 - Buena Vista releases the live-action feature film Return to Witch Mountain to theaters. The film is a sequel to the 1975 film Escape to Witch Mountain.
- 1995 - Buena Vista Pictures releases the Hollywood Pictures live-action feature film Roommates to theaters in the USA.
- 2000 - Disney releases the Touchstone Pictures live-action feature film Mission to Mars to theaters in the USA.
- 2002 - The ABC TV network airs The Wonderful World of Disney show, entitled Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister.
- 2006 - Disney releases the live-action feature film The Shaggy Dog to theaters in the USA.
- 2009 - The Walt Disney Company releases the first issue of Disney Twenty-three magazine.
- 2005 - On Amelia Island, Florida, the 10th Annual Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance is held, over four days. The Chevrolet Small Block Race Car Class is won by a 1960 Briggs-Cunningham Corvette.
- 1938 - Adolf Hitler orders a plan for the military occupation of Austria.
- 1939 - Josef Stalin makes a speech to the Eighteenth Party Congress in Moscow. He says Russia would look after her own affairs, not fight anyone else's battles.
- 1941 - (evening) The British four-engined Handley Page Halifax aircraft makes its operational debut. The first mission is against targets at Le Havre.
- 1942 - (evening) 126 British bombers attack Essen. After three nights of bombing, the armament works of Krupps remains essentially undamaged. This is also the first bombing operation using the four-engined Avro Lancaster bomber.
- 1944 - In the North Atlantic, while escorting convoy SC-154, Royal Canadian Navy ships HMCS St. Laurent and HMCS Swansea and a British Royal Navy destroyer surface and sink German submarine U-845.
- 1945 - American forces land on Mindanao, Philippines.
- 1945 - Field Marshal Albert Kesselring ceases to be Commander-in-Chief Armed Forces South (Mediterranean).
- 1994 - 3DO announces that Goldstar and Samsung Electronics have been licenced to manufacture 3DO Interactive Multiplayer video game machines.
- 2000 - At the Game Developers' Conference in San Jose, California, Bill Gates announces plans for Microsoft's X-Box video game console. The system will feature a 600+ MHz custom Intel Pentium III processor, 8 GB hard drive, 64 MB RAM, DVD movie playback, special nVidia graphics processor, 64-channel 3D audio, and high-speed Internet connectivity.
- 2003 - THQ releases the Red Faction II video game for the GameCube in the US. Price is US$49.99.
- 2005 - At the Game Developers Conference, Nintendo President Satoru Iwata shows footage of a new Legend of Zelda game for the GameCube, and gives some details of Nintendo's next-generation console, code-name Revolution. The system will use free wireless play, touchscreen controllers, and play GameCube games. The system will include a DVD player, and a virtual console to play all prior Nintendo console games. The core processor is supplied by IBM, code named Broadway; the graphics chipset is supplied by ATI, code named Hollywood. Iwata also demonstrates Nintendogs and ElectroPlankton for the Nintendo DS.
- 2008 - Microsoft reduces the price of the Xbox in Europe by 80 euros, to 200 euros for the Arcade version, and 370 euros for the Elite version.
- 2009 - In England, the 2009 British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) video game awards ceremony is held.
- Game of the Year: Super Mario Galaxy,
- Gameplay: Call of Duty 4,
- Story: Call of Duty 4,
- Character: Call of Duty 4,
- People's Choice: Call of Duty 4,
- Best Use of Audio: Dead Space,
- Best Original Score: Dead Space,
- Casual: Boom Blox,
- Sports: Race Driver: Grid,
- Strategy: Civilisation Revolution,
- New Talent: Boro Toro,
- Multiplayer: Left 4 Dead,
- Best Technical Achievement: Spore,
- Handheld: Professor Layton and the Curious Village,
- Artistic Achievement: LittleBigPlanet,
- Best Action: Fable II,
- Best Adventure: Fable II,
- Fellowship award: Nolan Bushnell.
- 2009 - Sega releases the Madworld video game for the Nintendo Wii in the USA
- 2010 - Sony unveils the "Move" motion-controlled video game controller for the PlayStation 3. The system is used with the Eye gaming webcam.
- 2007 - At the Melodi festivalen '07 grand finale, winner is The Ark, with song "The Worrying Kind".
- 1971 - The Finance Minister announces that a silver dollar will be issued to celebrate the 100th anniversary of British Columbia's entry into Confederation.
- 2009 - The Royal Canadian Mint releases the 2009 Proof $1 0.925 silver coin commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Montreal Canadiens NHL hockey team. The coin features selective gold-plating on the logo and the coin's edge. Mintage limit is 15,000, weight is 25.175 grans, diameter is 36.07mm; price is $69.95.
- 1888 - Heavyweight Boxing champion John L Sullivan draws Charlie Mitchell in 30 rounds.
- 1896 - After Bob Fitzsimmons knocks out much larger Jim Corbett to win world heavyweight championship he says, "The bigger they are, the harder they fall".
- 1896 - Charilaos Vasilakos of Greece wins first modern marathon in 3:18.
- 1903 - Stanley Cup: Ottawa Silver 7 sweep Montréal AAA in two games.
- 1913 - Stanley Cup: Québec Bulldogs sweep Sydney Miners in two games.
- 1913 - William Knox, becomes first in American Bowling Congress to bowl 300.
- 1920 - NHL's Québec Bulldog Jim Malone scores six goals versus Ottawa Senators.
- 1934 - US Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Suzanne Davis.
- 1934 - US Men's Figure Skating Championship won by Roger Turner.
- 1941 - Larry MacPhail, Dodger general manager predicts all players will wear batting helmets.
- 1949 - Detroit Tigers' pitcher Art Houtteman is critically injured in an auto accident but recovers to win 15 games in 1949.
- 1951 - FBI director J Edgar Hoover declines post of baseball commissioner.
- 1957 - Thousands of soccer fans riot in Italy.
- 1959 - Dorothy Comiskey Rigney sells 54 percent of Chicago White Sox to Bill Veeck.
- 1962 - Due to its no black policy, Philadelphia Phillies leave Jack Tar Harrison Hotel and move to Rocky Point Motel, 20 miles outside Clearwater, Florida.
- 1963 - Pete Rose debuts with hits in his two first at bats in spring training.
- 1963 - Wilt Chamberlain of NBA San Francisco Warriors scores 70 points versus Syracuse.
- 1966 - Five-time Horse of the Year, Kelso, retires.
- 1970 - South Africa complete 4-0 series drubbing of Australia.
- 1973 - BPAA US Open won by Mike McGrath.
- 1974 - Carol Mann wins LPGA S&H Green Stamp Golf Classic.
- 1974 - Lawrence Rowe completes 302 versus England Bridgetown, 36 fours 1 six.
- 1982 - Salim Malik scores 100 in second inning of Test Cricket debut (v SL).
- 1982 - Travis Jackson and Happy Chandler elected to Baseball Hall of Fame.
- 1983 - Walter Alston, Los Angeles Dodgers manager, elected to Hall of Fame.
- 1985 - Bonnie Lauer wins Uniden LPGA Golf Invitational.
- 1985 - Dallas Mavericks' coach Dick Motta is fourth NBA coach to win 700 games.
- 1985 - India beats Pakistan to win "World Championship of Cricket".
- 1985 - World Ice Dance Championship in Tokyo won by Natalia Bestemianova and Andrei Bukin (USSR).
- 1985 - World Ice Pairs Figure Skating Championship in Tokyo won by Elena Valova and Oleg Vasiliev (USSR).
- 1985 - World Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Tokyo won by Katarina Witt (German Democratic Republic).
- 1985 - World Men's Figure Skating Championship in Tokyo won by Alexandr Fadeev (USSR).
- 1986 - Ernie Lombardi, National League Most Valuable Player in 1938, and Bobby Doerr, elected to Baseball Hall of Fame.
- 1988 - New York Islanders celebrate Mike Bossy night.
- 1990 - World Ice Dance Championship in Halifax won by Marina Klimova and Sergei Ponomarenko (USSR).
- 1990 - World Ice Pairs Figure Skating Championship in Halifax won by Ekaterina Gordeeva and Sergei Grinkov (USSR).
- 1990 - World Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Halifax won by Jill Trenary (USA).
- 1990 - World Men's Figure Skating Championship in Halifax won by Kurt Browning (Canada).
- 1991 - Eddie Sutton is first NCAA coach to lead four schools into playoffs.
- 1991 - Laura Davies wins LPGA Inamori Golf Classic.
- 1991 - Marc Girardelli of Luxembourg clinches his fourth slalom World Cup.
- 1991 - Merlene Ottey runs world record 200 metre indoor (22.24 seconds).
- 1991 - Rico Lieder, Jens Carlowitz, Karsten Just, and Thomas Schönlebe walk 4x400 metre indoor world record (3:03.05).
- 1992 - Sandra Seuser, Katrin Schreiter, Annet Hesselbarth, and Grit Breuer walk female indoor world record 4x400 metre (3:07.22).
- 1995 - Citing the labor unrest as the reason, former Chicago Bulls' great Michael Jordan announces he is leaving baseball to return to the NBA.
- 2006 - In the World Baseball Classic, Netherlands rout Panama, 10-0. The game is called after seven innings because of the mercy rule: a 10-run lead after seven innings.
- 1977 - Rings of Uranus discovered during occultation of SAO.
- 1978 - Soyuz 28 returns to Earth.
- 1982 - Syzygy: all nine planets align on the same side of the Sun.
- 2006 - NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter enters Mars orbit.
- 1902 - Earthquake destroys Turkish city of Tochangri.
- 1933 - Major earthquake in Long Beach California.
- 1939 - Seventeen villages damaged by hailstones in Hyderabad India.
- 1988 - Avalanche at Swiss ski resort "Klosters" nearly kills Prince Charles.
- 1989 - In Malawi, a magnitude 6.6 earthquake occurs. At least 9 people killed, 100 injured, about 50,000 left homeless.
Other history:
- 1876 - First telephone call made (Alexander Graham Bell to Thomas Watson).
- 1982 - Sygyzy: all nine planets aligned on same side of Sun.
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