deaths
March 10, 1940
Mikhail Bulgakov, Russian novelist and playwright (born 1891)
Mikhail Bulgakov
Mikhail Afanasyevich Bulgakov was a Russian and Soviet novelist and playwright. His novel The Master and Margarita, published posthumously, has been called one of the masterpieces of the 20th century. He also wrote the novel The White Guard and the plays Ivan Vasilievich, Flight, and The Days of the Turbins.
March 10
March 10 is the 69th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 296 days remain until the end of the year.