So you want to have a drink but you aren't sure why? Here are some GREAT reasons to call your friends over and have a party.

March 10th


- Christian Feast Day
- Hote Matsuri (Shiogama, Japan)
- Tibetan Uprising Day (Tibetan independence supporters)

March 10th


- 2006 - The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter arrives at Mars.
- 2000 - The NASDAQ Composite stock market index peaks at 5132.52, signaling the beginning of the end of the dot-com boom.
- 1990 - In Haiti, Prosper Avril is ousted 18 months after seizing power in a coup.
- 1980 - Madeira School headmistress Jean Harris shoots and kills Scarsdale diet doctor Herman Tarnower
- 1980 - Formation of the Irish Army Ranger Wing
- 1977 - Rings of Uranus: Astronomers discover rings around Uranus.
- 1975 - Vietnam War: North Vietnamese troops attack Ban Me Thuot, South Vietnam, on their way to capturing Saigon.
- 1970 - Vietnam War: Captain Ernest Medina is charged with My Lai war crimes.
- 1969 - In Memphis, Tennessee, James Earl Ray pleads guilty to assassinating Martin Luther King Jr. He later retracts his guilty plea.
- 1966 - Military Prime Minister of South Vietnam Nguyen Cao Ky sacked rival General Nguyen Chanh Thi, precipitating large-scale civil and military dissension in parts of the nation.
- 1959 - Tibetan uprising: Fearing an abduction attempt by China, 300,000 Tibetans surround the Dalai Lama's palace to prevent his removal.
- 1952 - Fulgencio Batista leads a successful coup in Cuba and appoints himself as the "provisional president".
- 1945 - The U.S. Army Air Force firebombs Tokyo, and the resulting firestorm kills more than 100,000 people, mostly civilians.
- 1933 - An earthquake in Long Beach, California kills 115 people and causes an estimated $40 million dollars in damage.
- 1922 - Mahatma Gandhi is arrested in India, tried for sedition, and sentenced to six years in prison, only to be released after nearly two years for an appendicitis operation.
- 1917 - Batangas is formally founded as one of the Philippines's earliest encomiendas.
- 1906 - The Courrières mine disaster, Europe's worst ever, kills 1099 miners in Northern France.
- 1905 - Eleftherios Venizelos calls for Crete's union with Greece, and begins what is to be known as the Theriso revolt.
- 1891 - Almon Strowger, an undertaker in Topeka, Kansas, patents the Strowger switch, a device which led to the automation of telephone circuit switching.
- 1876 - Alexander Graham Bell makes the first successful telephone call by saying "Mr. Watson, come here, I want to see you."
- 1864 - American Civil War: The Red River Campaign begins as Union troops reach Alexandria, Louisiana.
- 1861 - El Hadj Umar Tall seizes the city of Segou, destroying the Bambara Empire of Mali.
- 1848 - The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo is ratified by the United States Senate, ending the Mexican-American War.
- 1831 - The French Foreign Legion is established by King Louis-Philippe to support his war in Algeria.
- 1830 - The KNIL also known as the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army is created.
- 1814 - Napoleon I of France is defeated at the Battle of Laon in France.
- 1804 - Louisiana Purchase: In St. Louis, Missouri, a formal ceremony is conducted to transfer ownership of the Louisiana Territory from France to the United States.
- 1762 - French Huguenot Jean Calas, who had been wrongly convicted of killing his son, dies after being tortured by authorities; the event inspired Voltaire to begin a campaign for religious tolerance and legal reform.
- 1735 - An agreement between Nadir Shah and Russia is signed near Ganja and Russian troops are withdrawn from Baku.
- 1606 - Susenyos defeats the combined armies of Yaqob and Abuna Petros II at the Battle of Gol in Gojjam, which makes him Emperor of Ethiopia.
- -241 - First Punic War: Battle of the Aegates Islands – The Romans sink the Carthaginian fleet bringing the First Punic War to an end.

March 10th


- 1993 - Chris McIntosh, American actor
- 1993 - Jeffrey Scaperrotta, American actor
- 1992 - Emily Osment, American actress and singer
- 1988 - Michael Dunlop, Northern Irish motorbike racer
- 1988 - Ivan Rakiti?, Croatian Footballer
- 1987 - Martellus Bennett, American football player
- 1986 - JC de Vera, Filipino Actor
- 1985 - Lassana Diarra, French footballer
- 1985 - Casey Dienel, American singer-songwriter
- 1984 - Ben May, English footballer
- 1984 - Olivia Wilde, American actress
- 1983 - Carrie Underwood, American country singer
- 1983 - Reena Virk, Canadian murder victim (d. 1997)
- 1983 - Che'Nelle, Malaysian Australian Singer
- 1983 - Rafe Spall, English Actor
- 1982 - Kwame Brown, American basketball player
- 1981 - Samuel Eto'o, Cameroonian footballer
- 1981 - Steven Reid, English-born footballer
- 1979 - Edi Gathegi, American actor
- 1978 - Neil Alexander, Scottish Footballer
- 1978 - Ben Burnley, American musician (Breaking Benjamin)
- 1977 - Peter Enckelman, Finnish footballer
- 1977 - Shannon Miller, American gymnast and Olympic gold medalist
- 1977 - Colin Murray, British radio DJ
- 1977 - Rita Simons, English actress
- 1977 - Robin Thicke, American singer
- 1977 - Bree Turner, American dancer and actress
- 1976 - Kisaki, Japanese musician
- 1976 - Haifa Wehbe, Lebanese actress, model and singer
- 1975 - Lyne Bessette, Canadian bicycle racer
- 1975 - Jerry Horton, American guitarist (Papa Roach)
- 1974 - Cristián de la Fuente, Chilean model and actor
- 1973 - Eva Herzigova, Czech model
- 1973 - John LeCompt, American guitarist
- 1973 - Chris Sutton, English footballer
- 1973 - Dan Swanö, Swedish musician
- 1973 - Mauricio Taricco, Argentine footballer
- 1972 - Takashi Fujii, Japanese television performer
- 1972 - Matt Kenseth, American race car driver
- 1972 - Paraskevi Tsiamita, Greek athlete
- 1971 - Steve Arnold, British racing driver
- 1971 - Jon Hamm, American actor
- 1971 - Timbaland, American rapper
- 1970 - Matt Barlow, American singer (Iced Earth)
- 1970 - Michel van der Aa, Dutch composer
- 1969 - Paget Brewster, American actress
- 1968 - Felice Arena, Australian children's author
- 1968 - Thio Li-ann, Singaporean law professor and NMP
- 1967 - Daichi Suzuki, Japanese swimmer
- 1966 - Edie Brickell, American singer
- 1966 - Gráinne Mulvey, Irish composer
- 1966 - Mike Timlin, American baseball player
- 1965 - Rod Woodson, American football player
- 1964 - Neneh Cherry, Swedish musician
- 1964 - Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex
- 1964 - David Faber, American television reporter
- 1964 - Jasmine Guy, American actress
- 1963 - Jeff Ament, American musician (Pearl Jam)
- 1963 - Rick Rubin, American record producer
- 1962 - Seiko Matsuda, Japanese pop singer
- 1961 - Laurel Clark, physician and astronaut (d. 2003)
- 1961 - Mitch Gaylord, American gymnast
- 1961 - Pam Oliver, American sportscaster
- 1961 - Bobby Petrino, American football coach
- 1960 - Uwe Fahrenkrog-Petersen (also known simply as Uwe), German keyboardist and songwriter (Nena)
- 1960 - Anne MacKenzie, journalist and broadcaster
- 1958 - Steve Howe, American baseball player (d. 2006)
- 1958 - Sharon Stone, American actress
- 1957 - Osama bin Laden, Islamist and leader of al-Qaeda
- 1957 - Matt Knudsen, American actor
- 1957 - Shannon Tweed, Canadian actress and model
- 1957 - Jim White, American folk singer-songwriter
- 1956 - Mitchell Lichtenstein, American actor, son of Roy Lichtenstein
- 1956 - Robert Llewellyn, Writer, Actor, Presenter
- 1955 - Toshio Suzuki, Japanese racing driver
- 1955 - Youssra, Egyptian actress and singer
- 1953 - Paul Haggis, Canadian film director
- 1952 - Mike O'Donnell, American Composer
- 1952 - Morgan Tsvangirai, Prime Minister of Zimbabwe
- 1949 - Bill Buxton, Canadian computer scientist and designer
- 1948 - Austin Carr, American basketball player
- 1948 - Richard Park, British media consultant and broadcaster
- 1947 - Kim Campbell, 19th Prime Minister of Canada
- 1947 - Paul Condon, Baron Condon, former police commissioner
- 1947 - Bob Greene, American journalist
- 1947 - Tom Scholz, American songwriter and guitarist (Boston)
- 1946 - Hiroshi Fushida, Japanese racing driver
- 1946 - Mike Hollands, Australian animator
- 1946 - Jim Valvano, American basketball coach (d. 1993)
- 1945 - Birgitta Sellén, Swedish politician
- 1940 - Chuck Norris, American actor, martial artist and internet meme
- 1940 - Dean Torrence, American singer (Jan and Dean)
- 1937 - Joe Viterelli, American actor (d. 2004)
- 1936 - Sepp Blatter, Swiss FIFA President
- 1936 - Alfredo Zitarrosa, Uruguayan Vocals and journalist (d. 1989)
- 1935 - Graham Farmer, Australian rules footballer
- 1931 - Georges Dor, Québécois author, playwright, singer and songwriter (d. 2001)
- 1928 - Sara Montiel, Spanish actress and singer
- 1928 - James Earl Ray, American assassin (d. 1998)
- 1925 - Manolis Anagnostakis, Greek poet (d. 2005)
- 1923 - Val Logsdon Fitch, Nobel laureate
- 1920 - Alfred Peet, Dutch-American entrepreneur (d. 2007)
- 1920 - Boris Vian, French writer and musician (d. 1959)
- 1919 - Marion Hutton, American singer (d. 1987)
- 1918 - Günther Rall, German ace fighter pilot (d. 2009)
- 1917 - Frank Perconte, American sergeant.
- 1915 - Harry Bertoia, Italian artist (d. 1978)
- 1915 - Sir Charles Groves, English conductor (d. 1992)
- 1905 - Richard Haydn, English actor (d. 1985)
- 1905 - Betty Amann, German-American actress. (d. 1990)
- 1903 - Bix Beiderbecke, American musician (d. 1931)
- 1900 - Pandelis Pouliopoulos, secretary of the Communist Party of Greece (d. 1943)
- 1899 - Robert Meier, German WW1 veteran (d. 2007)
- 1892 - Arthur Honegger, French-born Swiss composer (d. 1955)
- 1892 - Gregory La Cava, American director (d. 1952)
- 1888 - Barry Fitzgerald, Irish actor (d. 1961)
- 1887 - Toshitsugu Takamatsu, Grandmaster of Ninjutsu (d. 1972)
- 1881 - Thomas Quinlan, musical impresario (d. 1951)
- 1880 - Broncho Billy Anderson, American actor (d. 1971)
- 1850 - Spencer Gore, British tennis player and cricketer (d. 1906)
- 1847 - Kate Sheppard, New Zealand suffragist (d. 1934)
- 1846 - Edward Baker Lincoln, son of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln (d. 1850)
- 1845 - Alexander III of Russia (d. 1894)
- 1844 - Pablo de Sarasate, Spanish violinist (d. 1908)
- 1842 - Mykola Lysenko, Ukrainian composer (d. 1912)
- 1810 - Samuel Ferguson, Irish poet (d. 1886)
- 1788 - Joseph von Eichendorff, German writer (d. 1857)
- 1787 - William Etty, English painter (d. 1849)
- 1787 - Francisco de Paula Martinez de la Rosa, Spanish statesman and dramatist (d. 1862)
- 1776 - Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Queen consort of Prussia (d. 1810)
- 1772 - Friedrich von Schlegel, German aesthetician (d. 1829)
- 1769 - Joseph Williamson, English philanthropist (d. 1840)
- 1749 - Lorenzo da Ponte, Italian librettist (d. 1838)
- 1745 - John Gunby, American soldier (d. 1807)
- 1709 - Georg Steller, German naturalist (d. 1746)
- 1628 - Marcello Malpighi, Italian physician (d. 1694)
- 1536 - Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk, English politician (d. 1572)
- 1503 - Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1564)
- 1452 - Ferdinand II of Aragon (d. 1516)
- 1415 - Vasili II of Russia (d. 1462)