| March 10th 1862 | | US issues 1st paper money ($5, $10, $20, $50, $100, $500 & $1000)
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| March 10th 1864 | | Grant is named commander of the Union armies
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| March 10th 1864 | | Red River campaign LA
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| March 10th 1865 | | Battle of Monroe's Crossroads, NC
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| March 10th 1874 | | Purdue University (Indiana) admits it's 1st student
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| March 10th 1876 | | 1st telephone call made (Alexander Graham Bell to Thomas Watson)
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| March 10th 1880 | | General Wolseley opens new legislative council in Pretoria
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| March 10th 1880 | | Salvation Army of England sets up US welfare & religious activity
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| March 10th 1888 | | 1st performance of C‚sar Franck's "Psyche"
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| March 10th 1888 | | HW Boxing champ John L Sullivan draws Charlie Mitchell in 30 rounds
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| March 10th 1893 | | Ivory Coast becomes a French colony
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| March 10th 1893 | | New Mexico State University cancels it's 1st graduation ceremony, its only graduate Sam Steele was robbed & killed the night before
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| March 10th 1896 | | Bronx acquires O'Brien Square
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| March 10th 1896 | | Charilaos Vasilakos of Greece wins 1st modern marathon in 3:18 [OS]
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| March 10th 1896 | | After Bob Fitzsimmons KOs much larger Jim Corbett to win world HW championship he says, "The bigger they are, the harder they fall"
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