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10 March
1831 The French Foreign Legion was established by King Louis-Philippe to support his war in Algeria.
Officially, the Legion has only ever had one female member, Englishwoman Susan Travers.
1876 Alexander Graham Bell made the first successful telephone call by saying: "Mr. Watson, come here, I want to see you."
1959 Fearing an abduction attempt by China, 300,000 Tibetans surrounded the Dalai Lama's palace to prevent his removal.
1969 James Earl Ray was jailed for 99 years by a court in Memphis, Tennessee, after admitting he carried out the murder of Martin Luther King Jr. He later retracted his guilty plea.
1977 Astronomers discovered rings around Uranus.
Sir William Herschel announced the discovery of Uranus 13th March 1781, expanding the known boundaries of the Solar System for the first time in modern history.
Uranus was also the first planet discovered with a telescope.
1988 The Prince of Wales narrowly avoided death on the ski slopes of Switzerland in an avalanche which killed one of his closest friends.
1990 A court in Baghdad imposed the death sentence on Iranian-born Observer journalist Farzad Bazoft. He was convicted of spying for Israel while working on a story about an explosion at a weapons complex 48 kilometres south of the capital.
2000 The NASDAQ Composite stock market index peaked at 5132.52, signalling the beginning of the end of the dot-com boom.
2006 The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter reached the red planet.
BIRTHDAYS
1952 MORGAN TSVANGIRAI. (58)
Prime Minister of Zimbabwe.
1956 ROBERT LLEWELLYN. (54)
British actor, famous for playing Kryten in ‘Red Dwarf’.
1956 lesley dunlop. (54)
British actress, whose work includes ‘The Sweeney’, ‘Dr Who’ and ‘Where The Heart Is’.
1958 SHARON STONE. (52)
American actress, whose films include ‘Casino’, ‘Basic Instinct’ and ‘Total Recall’.
The UK version of ‘Basic Instinct’ was more than 40 seconds longer than the American version.
1963 JEFF AMENT. (47)
Musician with Pearl Jam, whose hits include ‘Daughter’, ‘The Fixer’, ‘Even Flow’ and ‘Alive’.
1964 earl of wessex. (46)
Member of the Royal Family, otherwise known as Prince Edward.
Prince Edward studied anthropology and archaeology at Cambridge University.
1964 NENEH CHERRY. (46)
Singer/songwriter, whose hits include ‘Manchild’, ‘7 Seconds’ with Youssou N’Dour and ‘Long Way Round’ with her brother Eagle-Eye.
1971 TIMBALAND. (39)
American rapper.
1973 CHRIS SUTTON. (37)
Former footballer, now manager of Lincoln City.
1973 Eva Herzigova. (37)
Czech supermodel and Wonderbra wearer.
The infamous Wonderbra ‘Hello Boys’ poster, featuring Eva, appeared in an exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. It was also voted in at number 10 in a ‘Poster of the Century’ contest.
1977 ROBIN THICKE. (33)
American singer/songwriter and musician, whose hits include ‘Lost Without You’.
1977 colin murray. (33)
Radio and television presenter.
1977 RITA SIMONS. (33)
British singer and actress, famous for playing Roxy Mitchell in ‘EastEnders’.
Rita is Sir Alan Sugar’s niece.
1982 TIMO GLOCK. (28)
German Formula 1 racing driver with the Virgin team.
1983 RAFE SPALL. (27)
British actor, whose films include ‘Hot Fuzz’ and ‘Shaun of the Dead’. Son of actor Timothy Spall.
1984 OLIVIA WILDE. (26)
American actress, who currently portrays Dr. Remy ‘Thirteen’ Hadley in the television drama ‘House’.
EVENTS
No Smoking Day.
If you’re desperate to kick the habit, there’s all the tips and advice you could need at www.nosmokingday.org.uk
Audio Bullys. O2 Academy2 Oxford.
ONGOING EVENTS
National Bed Month. Runs until 31st March.
Great Daffodil Appeal. Runs until 31st March.
Prostate Cancer Awareness Month. Runs until 31st March.
Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month. Runs until 31st March.
Share The Care Week. Runs until 14th March.
Endometriosis Awareness Week. Runs until 14th March.
