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Berlin (dpa) - The current calendar sheet for March 10, 2021:
10th calendar week, 69th day of the year
296 days until the end of the year
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Star signs fish
Name day: Attala, Ämilian, Gustav, John
HISTORICAL DATA
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2016 - The European Central Bank (ECB) cuts the key interest rate to the record low of zero percent in order to increase the low inflation rate.
Banks have to pay higher penalties on money parked at the ECB to stimulate lending.
2011 - After years of dispute, the responsible EU ministers in Brussels launch the uniform European patent, which 25 of the 27 EU states initially want to use.
2011 - On the 52nd anniversary of the Tibetans' uprising against the Chinese occupation, the Dalai Lama announced that he would step down as the political leader of the Tibetans and hand over his political powers to democratically elected representatives.
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2006 - With the federalism reform, the Bundestag and Bundesrat initiate the biggest constitutional amendment in the history of the Federal Republic.
The legislative package comes into force on September 1, 2006.
2001 - The Weilheim Literature Prize is presented to Siegfried Lenz in Hamburg.
A student jury made the selection.
1966 - The Dutch Crown Princess Beatrix marries the German diplomat Claus von Amsberg in Amsterdam.
1946 - For the first time women can participate actively and passively in political elections in Italy.
1906 - More than 1,000 miners are killed in a mining accident in Courrières in northern France.
1661 - King Louis XIV, the «Sun King», takes over the reign of France after the death of Cardinal Mazarin (on March 9th).
He becomes the epitome of absolutism.
BIRTHDAYS
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1976 - Alain Gsponer (45), Swiss director (“Dasreal Leben”, “Lila, Lila”)
1971 - Jon Hamm (50), American actor (TV series «Mad Men»)
1956 - Helmut Lang (65), Austrian fashion designer, founded the fashion label «Helmut Lang» in 1986
1946 - Ute-Henriette Ohoven (75), German entrepreneur, organizer of charity events and fundraising for children in need
1936 - Joseph Blatter (85), Swiss football official, President of the world football association FIFA 1998-2016
DAYS OF DEATH
2016 - Ken Adam, British film architect, set designer for seven James Bond films and more than 60 other large-scale productions, born in 1921
2011 - Günter Gollasch, East German orchestra leader, clarinetist and saxophonist, born in 1923
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