On March 10th, several significant events took place in the history of the United States. Here are some of them:
1862: The U.S. government issued the first paper money in the form of "greenbacks" to finance the Union effort in the Civil War.
1876: Alexander Graham Bell made the first successful telephone call, saying "Mr. Watson, come here, I want to see you." to his assistant, Thomas Watson, in Boston, Massachusetts.
1949: Mildred Gillars, also known as "Axis Sally," was convicted of treason for broadcasting Nazi propaganda during World War II.
1969: James Earl Ray pleaded guilty to the assassination of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. and was sentenced to 99 years in prison.
1977: Astronomers discovered rings around the planet Uranus.
These are just a few of the historical events that took place on March 10th in the United States.
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