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Monday, March 10, 2008

March 10

On This Day In History

1933: Opening of the Nazis' first concentration camp

On this day in 1933, soon after Adolf Hitler became chancellor, the first concentration camp in Germany opened at Dachau, where at least 32,000 people would die from disease, malnutrition, physical oppression, and execution.

Roll call of Roma (Gypsy) prisoners at the Dachau concentration camp in Germany

Biography Of The Day

Kim Campbell

Progressive Conservative Kim Campbell, who became Canada's first woman prime minister and its first leader from the West Coast when she succeeded Brian Mulroney in 1993, was born this day in 1947 in British Columbia.

Kim Campbell

More Events On This Day In History

1913

1913

In Toledo, Ohio, William Knox became the first bowler to make a perfect score of 300 in an American Bowling Congress tournament.

1903

1903

American jazz cornetist Bix Beiderbecke was born in Davenport, Iowa.

1876

Alexander Graham Bell's "liquid" transmitter design permitted the first transmission of speech by Bell to his assistant, Thomas Watson.

1864

1864

The Red River Campaign began in the American Civil War.

1793

In Paris, on the proposal of Georges Danton, the National Convention decreed the establishment of the Revolutionary Tribunal.

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