Today in history

March 10

1910
Slavery abolished in China
1913
Harriet Tubman Day, on the anniversary of her death in 1913 to honor her work freeing slaves.
1969
James Earl Ray was jailed for 99 years by a court in Memphis, Tennessee, after admitting he murdered American civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.King, who preached non-violence and was shot dead by Ray in Memphis, Tennessee in April 1968 as he stood on a hotel balcony.

moments before the murder

1986
500,000 demonstrate against affiliation with NATO, Madrid, Spain
1987
U.S. Human Rights Commission recognizes conscientious objection to military service as a human right
1992
Women resist mobilization of kinsmen, Tresnjevac, Serbia.