function makeArray(len) { for (var i = 0; i < len; i++) this[i] = null; this.length = len; } tinh= new makeArray(18); tinh[0]='March 10'; tinh[1]='

1496<\/h4>Christopher Columbus concluded his second visit to the Western Hemisphere as he left Hispaniola for Spain.'; tinh[2]='

1629<\/h4>Charles I of England dissolves Parliament and rules alone for 11 years.'; tinh[3]='

1785<\/h4>Thomas Jefferson was appointed minister to France, succeeding Benjamin Franklin.'; tinh[4]='

1848<\/h4>The Senate ratified the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, ending the war with Mexico.'; tinh[5]='

1864<\/h4>Ulysses S. Grant became commander of the Union armies during the Civil War.'; tinh[6]='

1876<\/h4>the first successful voice transmission over Alexander Graham Bell\'s telephone took place in Boston as his assistant heard Bell say, "Mr. Watson, come here. I want you."'; tinh[7]='

1903<\/h4> Clare Boothe Luce, the American playwright and politician, was born (d. Oct. 9, 1987).'; tinh[8]='

1948<\/h4>The body of Jan Masaryk, Czechoslovakia\'s anti-Communist foreign minister was found. Officially a suicide, the real cause of death has never been proven.'; tinh[9]='

1949<\/h4>Nazi wartime broadcaster Mildred E. Gillars, also known as "Axis Sally," was convicted in Washington, D.C., of treason.'; tinh[10]='

1965<\/h4>Neil Simon\'s play "The Odd Couple" opened on Broadway.'; tinh[11]='

1969<\/h4>James Earl Ray pleaded guilty in Memphis, Tenn., to the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.'; tinh[12]='

1980<\/h4>"Scarsdale Diet" author Dr. Herman Tarnower was shot to death in Purchase, N.Y. (His lover, Jean Harris, was convicted of murder and served nearly 12 years in prison.)'; tinh[13]='

1985<\/h4> Konstantin U. Chernenko, Soviet leader for just 13 months, died at age 73. His death was announced on March 11th. Politburo member Mikhail S. Gorbachev was chosen to succeed him.'; tinh[14]='

1993<\/h4>Dr. David Gunn was shot to death outside a Pensacola, Fla., abortion clinic.'; tinh[15]='

1997<\/h4>"Buffy the Vampire Slayer" debuted on the WB network.'; tinh[16]='

2002<\/h4>Israeli helicopters destroyed Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat\'s office in Gaza City, hours after 11 Israelis were killed in a suicide bombing in a cafe across the street from Prime Minister Ariel Sharon\'s residence in Jerusalem.'; tinh[17]='

2004<\/h4>Teenage sniper Lee Boyd Malvo was sentenced in Chesapeake, Va., to life in prison.';