March 10: on this day in history

Historical events

1. 241 BCThe Romans won the First Punic War by defeating the Carthaginian fleet at sea.
2. 1535Tomás de Berlanga, Bishop of Panama, reached the Galápagos Islands after drifting off course.
3. 1661King Louis XIV of France began ruling personally after the death of his chief minister Mazarin.
4. 1891Almon Strowger patented the automatic exchange, which connected telephone calls without an operator.
5. 2006NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) reached Mars and entered orbit around the planet.

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