What happend on 10th March

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11.03
1933

An earthquake in Long Beach, California kills 120 people.

1926

The first Book-of-the-Month-Club selection is produced

1912

Yuan Shikai is sworn in as the second Provisional President of the Republic of China.

1902

Tochangri, Turkey, is completely destroyed by an earthquake.

1902

A United States court of appeals rules that Thomas Edison did not invent the movie camera.

1902

Boer War: South African Boers win their last battle over British forces, with the capture of a British general and 200 of his men.

1893

Côte d'Ivoire becomes a French colony.

1891

Almon Strowger, an undertaker in Topeka Kansas, patents the strowger switch, a device which led to the automation of telephone circuit switching.

1880

Members of the Salvation Army land in the United States and begin operations.

1876

Alexander Graham Bell makes the first successful telephone call by saying "Mr. Watson, come here, I want to see you."