How Many Days Until March 10?

This day in history: March 10

1. 1968

   Vietnam War/Laotian Civil War: North Vietnamese and Pathet Lao forces overwhelmed the American, Laotian, Thai, and Hmong defenders of Lima Site 85.

2. 1975

   Ho Chi Minh Campaign: North Vietnam began its final push for victory over South Vietnam with an attack on Ban Me Thuot.

3. 1977

   Astronomers using NASA's Kuiper Airborne Observatory discovered a faint ring system around Uranus.

4. 1990

   Eighteen months after seizing power, Prosper Avril was ousted as the military head of state of Haiti.

5. 2006

   NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter reached and entered orbit around Mars.

6. 2008

   The New York Times revealed that Eliot Spitzer, Governor of New York, had patronized a prostitution ring.

7. 2019

   Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 crashed six minutes after take-off from Addis Ababa International Airport due to a fault within the software of the plane, resulting in the deaths of all 157 people on board.

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