March 10^th in history

Encyclopædia Britannica presents people and events from this day in history:

Kim Campbell: 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.

 

Opening of the Nazis' first concentration camp: 10 March 1933 - This Day in History

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.

More Events on this day:

1913: In Toledo, Ohio, William Knox became the first bowler to make a perfect score of 300 in an American Bowling Congress tournament.

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.