on this day in history 10th March
By will_barrow | Wednesday, March 10, 2010, 07:16
1988: Avalanche hits royal ski party - The Prince of Wales has narrowly avoided death on the ski slopes of Switzerland in an avalanche that killed one of his closest friends.
Major Hugh Lindsay, former equerry to the Queen, was sent plunging 400m down the mountainside when the avalanche hit the royal party as they were ski-ing off piste above the resort of Klosters.
Born on this Day
1888 Barry Fitzgerald
1891 Sam Jaffe
1928 James Earl Ray
1934 Sir Thomas Pilkington
1940 Chuck Norris
1947 Lord Paul Condon
1958 Garth Crooks
1958 Sharon Stone
1964 HRH Prince Edward
1973 Chris Sutton
People & Showbiz
1969 James Earl Ray pleaded guilty to the murder of civil rights leader Martin Luther King and was sentenced to 99 years in jail.
1984 The handbag of the Prime Minister's daughter Carol Thatcher, containing the keys to No.10 Downing Street, was stolen in a wine bar in London.
1989 Comic Relief Day was celebrated in Britain with over 50,000 registered charity fundraising events taking place across the country.
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