Today In History

Today is Thursday, March 10, the 70th day of 2016. There are 296 days left in the year.

TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT

› 1876: Alexander Graham Bell’s assistant, Thomas Watson, heard Bell say over his experimental telephone: “Mr. Watson — come here — I want to see you” from the next room of Bell’s Boston laboratory.

ON THIS DATE

› 1785: Thomas Jefferson was appointed America’s minister to France, succeeding Benjamin Franklin.

› 1864: The song “Beautiful Dreamer” by the late Stephen Foster was copyrighted by Wm. A. Pond & Co. of New York.

› 1880: The Salvation Army arrived in the United States from England.

› 1949: Nazi wartime broadcaster Mildred E. Gillars, also known as “Axis Sally,” was convicted in Washington, D.C., of treason. (She served 12 years in prison.)

› 1973: The Pink Floyd album “The Dark Side of the Moon” was first released in the U.S. by Capitol Records (the British release came nearly two weeks later).

› 1985: Konstantin U. Chernenko, who was the Soviet Union’s leader for 13 months, died at age 73; he was succeeded by Mikhail Gorbachev.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS

Talk show host Ralph Emery is 83. Bluegrass/ country singer-musician Norman Blake is 78. Actor Chuck Norris is 76. Rock musician Tom Scholz (Boston) is 69. TV personality/ businesswoman Barbara Corcoran (TV: “Shark Tank”) is 67. Actress Aloma Wright is 66. Blues musician Ronnie Earl (Ronnie Earl and the Broadcasters) is 63. Producer-director-writer Paul Haggis is 63. Alt-country/rock musician Gary Louris is 61. A Actress Sharon Stone is 58. Rock musician Gail Greenwood is 56. Magician Lance Burton is 56. Britain’s Prince Edward is 52. Rock singer Edie Brickell is 50. Actor Stephen Mailer is 50. Actor Philip Anthony-Rodriguez is 48. Actress Paget Brewster is 47. Actor Jon Hamm is 45. Country singer Daryle Singletary is 45. Rapper-producer Timbaland is 44. Singer Robin Thicke is 39. Contemporary Christian singer Michael Barnes (Red) is 37. Actor Edi Gathegi is 37. Rock musician Matt Asti (MGMT) is 36. Country singer Carrie Underwood is 33. Country singer Rachel Reinert is 27. Actress Emily Osment is 24.