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Famous Events on 10 Mar
1762 - French Huguenot Jean Calas, who was wrongly convicted of killing his son, dies after being tortured by authorities; the event inspired Voltaire to begin a campaign for religious tolerance and legal reform
1801 - First census in Great Britain
1831 - The French Foreign Legion is established by King Louis-Philippe to support his war in Algeria.
1945 - The Army Air Force firebombs Tokyo, and the resulting firestorm kills more than 100,000 people, mostly civilians.
1975 - Sanyo Shinkansen open between Osaka and Fukuoka.
1982 - The United States places an embargo on Libyan petroleum imports because of their support of terrorist groups.
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