March 10: Harriet Tubman Day in some parts of the United States; Eliot Spitzer1695 Nine Years' War: At the Battle of Sant Esteve d'en Bas, Catalan miquelets attacked a column of French regular infantry and caused them to surrender.1959 An anti-Chinese uprising began as thousands of Tibetans surrounded the Potala Palace in Lhasa to prevent the Dalai Lama from leaving or being removed by the Chinese army.1968 Vietnam War/Laotian Civil War: North Vietnamese and Pathet Lao forces overwhelmed the American, Laotian, Thai, and Hmong defenders of Lima Site85.1977 Astronomers using NASA's Kuiper Airborne Observatory discovered a faint ring system around Uranus.2008 The New York Times revealed that Eliot Spitzer (pictured), Governor of New York, had patronized a prostitution ring.TvrtkoI of Bosnia (d.1391)Lillian Wald (b.1867)Marie-Eugnie de Jsus (d.1898)Rupert Bruce-Mitford (d.1994)More anniversaries: March 9March 10March 11ArchiveBy emailList of days of the yearAbout