March 10, 1900 (Saturday)
- In Springfield, Illinois, the remains of Abraham Lincoln and his family were removed so that renovations could be made of his tomb. Held in a vault for more than a year, the remains were returned to the tomb, without public ceremony, on April 24, 1901.
- After escaping from Frankfort, Kentucky Secretary of State Caleb Powers was arrested in Lexington for conspiracy in the murder of Governor William Goebel. Powers and State Guard Captain Davis had put on uniforms and escaped on a train., Powers served eight years in prison, but was pardoned in 1908 and later served as a United States Congressman from 1911 to 1919.
- Born: Erich Kästner, last surviving German veteran of World War I, in Schönefeld, Germany; (d. January 1, 2008)
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Famous quotes containing the word march:
“Unaffected by “the march of events,”
He passed from men’s memory in l’an trentiesme
De son eage; the case presents
No adjunct to the Muses’ diadem.”
—Ezra Pound (1885–1972)