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Wednesday, March 10, 2010.

On this day in history ..

• 0418 - Jews are excluded from public office in the Roman Empire
• 1906 - 1st performance of Maurice Ravel's "Sonatine"
• 1949 - Iseral troops advance to Gulf of Akaba

Famous birthdays for this day ..

• 1873 - Jakob Wassermann, Germany, novelist (My Life as German & Jew)
• 1875 - Alexander Borisovich Goldenweiser, composer
• 1877 - David Mendes Chumaceiro, Curazao, poet (Cris lidas)
• 1880 - Michael Jacobs, NYC, boxing promoter
• 1921 - Cec Linder, Galica Poland, actor (Goldfinger)
• 1936 - Juda Bar-Norwegian, Israeli/Dutch mime/actor (King)
• 1937 - Oscar Abrams, community organizer

Famous deaths for this day ..

• 1819 - Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi, writer, dies
• 1870 - Isaak-Ignaz Moscheles, composer, dies at 75
• 1944 - David Vogel, Ukrainian author, dies in Auschwitz at 52