March 10

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[edit] Events

• 1629 - Charles I of England dissolves Parliament, starting the Eleven Years Tyranny in which there was no parliament.
• 1814 - Napoleon I of France is defeated at the Battle of Laon in France.
• 1902 - Second Boer War: South African Boers win their last battle over British forces, with the capture of a British general and 200 of his men.

[edit] Births

• 1452 - Ferdinand II of Aragon (d. 1516)
• 1845 - Alexander III of Russia (d. 1894)
• 1899 - Robert Meier, German WW1 veteran
• 1928 - James Earl Ray, American assassin (d. 1998)
• 1947 - Kim Campbell, 19th Prime Minister of Canada
• 1957 - Osama bin Laden, founder and leader of Islamic terrorist group Al Qaeda

[edit] Deaths

• 1910 - Carl Reinecke, German pianist, conductor and composer (b. 1824)
• 1985 - Konstantin Chernenko, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (b. 1911)