March 10, 1909 (Wednesday)
- The Kingdom of Siam (now Thailand) signed a treaty ceding the Malayan peninsular states of Kelantan, Trengganu, Perlis and Kedah to the British Empire.
- The Russian Imperial Army adopted an official field uniform, a greenish-grey, single-breasted cloth tunic with five buttons, which remained in use until the formation of the Soviet Union.
- Heavyweight boxing champion Jack Johnson, and challenger (and future film star) Victor McLaglen, fought to a draw in Vancouver, in an exhibition.
- Greenlee County, Arizona, was created from the eastern section of Graham County.
- Born: Gerard Croiset, Dutch psychic, in Laren (d. 1980)
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Famous quotes containing the word march:
“Our Germany’s dead. However hard this may be for some of us older people, it’s a blessing for our children. Our children grew up against new backgrounds, new horizons. And they are free. Free to grow up as children. Free to run and to laugh without being forced into uniforms. Without being forced to march up and down streets, singing battle songs.”
—Emeric Pressburger (1902–1988)