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1933 Opening of the Nazis' first concentration camp On this day in 1933, soon after Adolf Hitler became chancellor, the first concentration camp in Germany opened at Dachau, where at least 32,000 people would die from disease, malnutrition, physical oppression, and execution. © Lydia Chagoll/United States Holocaust Memorial Museum; www.ushmm.org

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Kim Campbell prime minister of Canada bornMarch 10, 1947 (age 78)Port Alberni, CanadaNorm Betts—Canada Wide/Sygma 1983 Carrie Underwood American singer 1981 Samuel Eto’o Cameroonian athlete 1971 Jon Hamm American actor 1971 Timbaland American music producer and performer 1936 Sepp Blatter Swiss sports executive See All Biographies On This Day

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2017 South Korean politician Park Geun-Hye's presidency ended as the country's Constitutional Court upheld her impeachment; she became South Korea's first democratically elected president to be removed from office. Sort fact from fiction in our quiz about Korea© Frederic Legrand - COMEO/Shutterstock.com 2006 NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter entered Mars orbit and began searching for signs of water on the planet. Test your knowledge of MarsJPL-Caltech/NASA 1997 The cult television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer premiered; created by Joss Whedon, the show centred on Buffy Summers, “an alternative feminist icon” who battles vampires, demons, and other assorted supernatural forces of evil. Take our quiz about famous vampiresCourtesy, WB Television Network/Warner Bros. 1969 James Earl Ray pled guilty to murdering American civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr., and was sentenced to 99 years in prison. Was Martin Luther King, Jr., a Republican or a Democrat?FBI 1949 American citizen Mildred Gillars, who earned the nickname “Axis Sally” as a radio propagandist for the Nazi government during World War II, was convicted of treason; she served 12 years in prison. Sort fact from fiction in our quiz about World War II 1913 In Toledo, Ohio, William Knox became the first bowler to make a perfect score of 300 in an American Bowling Congress tournament. Take our quiz about fun sports facts© Razvan Nitoi/Dreamstime.com 1903 American playwright and politician Clare Boothe Luce—who was noted for her satiric sense of humour, which she displayed in such oft-quoted aphorisms as “No good deed goes unpunished”—was born. Test your knowledge of literary devicesCamera Press/Globe Photos 1903 American jazz cornetist Bix Beiderbecke, an outstanding improviser whose style is characterized by lyricism and purity of tone, was born in Davenport, Iowa. Take our music quizBrown Brothers 1876 Alexander Graham Bell's “liquid” transmitter design permitted the first transmission of speech by Bell to his assistant, Thomas Watson. Sort fact from fiction in our quiz about inventions and inventorsEncyclopædia Britannica, Inc. 1864 The Red River Campaign began in the American Civil War, and it lasted for several months before Confederate troops under General Richard Taylor defeated the Union forces. How much do you know about the American Civil War?Civil War glass negative collection/Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (Digital File Number: LC-DIG-cwpb-06291) 1793 In Paris, on the proposal of Georges Danton, the National Convention decreed the establishment of the Revolutionary Tribunal. Sort fact from fiction in our quiz about FranceJ.E. Bulloz SIGN UP FOR History's Biggest Headlines Discover the fascinating events that shaped the world, straight from our editors. SIGN UP Thanks for signing up for Today in History. Your first newsletter will arrive soon! SIGN UP By clicking "Sign Up" you are agreeing to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.