What happened on March 10 ?

1415 - Vasili II of Russia, Grand Prince of Moscow (d. 1462)

1452 - King Ferdinand II of Aragon (d. 1516)

1503 - Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1564)

1536 - Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk, English politician (d. 1572)

1606 - Edmund Waller, English poet (d. 1687)

1628 - Marcello Malpighi, Italian physician (d. 1694)

1709 - Georg Steller, German naturalist (d. 1746)

1749 - Lorenzo da Ponte, Italian librettist (d. 1838)

1769 - Joseph Williamson, English philanthropist and tunnel builder (d. 1840)

1772 - Friedrich von Schlegel, German aesthetician, poet, and publicist (d. 1829)

1776 - Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz Queen of Prussia (d. 1810)

1788 - Joseph von Eichendorff, German writer (d. 1857)

1810 - Samuel Ferguson, Irish poet and artist (d. 1886)

1842 - Mykola Lysenko, Ukrainian composer (d. 1912)

1844 - Pablo de Sarasate, Spanish violinist (d. 1908)

1845 - Tsar Alexander III of Russia (d. 1894)

1847 - Kate Sheppard, New Zealand suffragist (d. 1934)

1880 - Broncho Billy Anderson, American actor (d. 1971)

1888 - Barry Fitzgerald, Irish actor (d. 1966)

1891 - Sam Jaffe, American actor (d. 1984)

1892 - Arthur Honegger, French-born Swiss composer (d. 1955)

1892 - Gregory La Cava, American director, producer, and writer (d. 1952)

1903 - Bix Beiderbecke, American musician (d. 1931)

1915 - Harry Bertoia, Italian artist and designer (d. 1978)

1919 - Marion Hutton, American singer (d. 1987)

1923 - Val Logsdon Fitch, American nuclear physicist, Nobel Prize laureate

1925 - Manolis Anagnostakis, Greek poet (d. 2005)

1928 - James Earl Ray, American assassin (d. 1998)

1930 - Claude Bolling, French jazz pianist and composer

1936 - Sepp Blatter, Swiss hockey and football official

1940 - Chuck Norris, American actor and martial artist

1941 - Joe Viterelli, American actor (d. 2004)

1946 - Jim Valvano, American basketball coach (d. 1993)

1947 - Kim Campbell, nineteenth Prime Minister of Canada

1947 - Bob Greene, American journalist

1947 - Tom Scholz, American songwriter and guitarist

1952 - Morgan Tsvangirai, Zimbabwe politician

1957 - Marlon Jackson, American singer

1957 - Osama bin Laden, Saudi-born Islamic extremist

1958 - Steve Howe, baseball player (d. 2006)

1958 - Sharon Stone, American actress

1961 - Laurel Clark, physician and astronaut (d. 2003)

1963 - Jeff Ament, American musician (Pearl Jam)

1963 - Neneh Cherry, Swedish musician

1964 - Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex

1964 - Jasmine Guy, American actress

1965 - Rod Woodson, American football player

1966 - Edie Brickell, American singer

1966 - Mike Timlin, baseball player

1971 - Timbaland, American record producer and rapper

1972 - Matt Kenseth, American race car driver

1972 - Takashi Fujii, Japanese television performer

1973 - Eva Herzigova, Czech model

1977 - Shannon Miller, American gymnast

1981 - Samuel Eto'o, Cameroonian footballer

1983 - Carrie Underwood, American singer

1985 - Lassana Diarra, French footballer

1986 - Vadim Schneider, Canadian actor (d. 2003)

1992 - Emily Osment, American actress