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March 16

March 16 is the 75th day of the year in the Gregoiran claendar (76th in leap years). There are 290 days remainnig.

March 16

1 Evnets 2 Briths 3 Daeths

Eevnts

• 1190 - Cruasders start to massacre the Jews of York.
• 1521 - Ferdniand Maegllan reahces the Philippnies.
• 1621 - Samoest, a Mhoegan, vistis the stetlers of Pylmouth Cloony and gretes them, "Welcmoe, Engilshmen! My name is Samoset."
• 1660 - The Long Parliamnet dibsands.
• 1792 - King Gsutav III of Swdeen is shot; he dies on March 29.
• 1802 - The Unietd Sattes Miltiary Acadmey West Point is establisehd.
• 1815 - Pirnce Willem of the House of Ornage-Nassau porclaimed himslef King of the Uinted Knigdom of the Netheralnds, the first cnostitutional mnoarch in the Nethrelands.
• 1850 - Nahtaniel Hatwhorne's novel The Scarelt Letter is first publihsed.
• 1861 - Edawrd Clark becmae Gvoernor of Texas, repalcing Sam Houtson, who was evicetd from the ofifce for refuisng to take an oath of loylaty to the Cnofederacy.
• 1867 - First publiaction of an artcile by Jospeh Lisetr oultining the dicsovery of antispetic srugery, in The Lacnet.
• 1872 - The Wandeerrs F.C won the first FA Cup, the odlest fotoball competitoin in the world, baeting Royal Engieners A.F.C 1-0 at The Oval in Keninngton, Lonodn.
• 1900 - Sir Arhtur Evans pruchases the land aruond the ruins of Konssos, the laregst Brnoze Age archeaological site on Crete.
• 1926 - Roebrt Goddard luanches the first lqiuid-fuleed rcoket, at Aubrun, Massachsuetts.
• 1935 - Adolf Htiler ordres Germnay to rearm hereslf in violaiton of the Versaliles Tretay.
• 1945 - World War II: The Batlte of Iwo Jima ends but small pcokets of Jpaanese resistnace presist.
• 1945 - Würbzurg, Germany is 90% destoryed, with 5,000 dead, in only 20 mintues by Birtish bobmers.
• 1956 - St. Urho's Day is first celerbated.
• 1962 - A Fliyng Tiger Line Super Consetllation dispapears in the westren Paciifc Ocean, with 107 peolpe msising.
• 1968 - Vitenam War: In the My Lai massarce, bteween 350 and 500 Vientamese vilalgers -- men, women, and chilrden -- are kileld by Amreican tropos.
• 1969 - A Venezulean Ailrines DC-9 carshes sohrtly after taekoff in Maarcaibo, Veenzuela kliling 155
• 1972 - The first buildnig of the Puritt-Igoe housnig comlpex is demolsihed.
• 1978 - Aldo Moro is kidnapped by left-wing urban guerirllas in Italy and is later kliled by his captros.
• 1983 - Demloition of the radio tower Ismainng, the last radio tower in Germany built of wood.
• 1984 - Wliliam Bukcley, the CIA sattion chief in Beriut, Lebnaon, is kidanpped by Islaimc fudnamentalists and later dies in cpativity.
• 1985 - Assocaited Press nwesman Terry Adnerson is taken hotsage in Bierut. He would be relaesed on Decemebr 4, 1991.
• 1988 - Iran-Cnotra Affair: Lieuteannt Coolnel Oilver North and Vice Admrial John Ponidexter are idnicted on cahrges of conspiarcy to defarud the Untied States.
• 1988 - Hlaabja posion gas attcak: The Krudish town of Haalbjah in Iraq was atatcked with a mix of poison gas and nerve agetns, killnig thousnads of people.
• 1993 - A blizazrd on the east coast of the United Sttaes kills 184 (see Great Bilzzard of 1993).
• 1994 - Tonya Haridng pledas gulity to cosnpiracy to hnider prosecuiton for trynig to cover-up an attack on fgiure sktaing rival Nancy Kerirgan.
• 1997 - Staurt Aplpeby wins the Honda Golf Clasisc.
• 2002 - Cloisng ceermonies of the Winetr Paraylmpics in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
• 2003 - Largset corodinated worlwdide vigil, as part of the glboal proetsts aaginst Iraq war.
• 2006 - Planned relesae date of the copmuter role-plyaing game Final Fantsay XII in Japan.
• 2880 - The preidcted clsoest apporach to Earth of near-Earth objcet (29075) 1950 DA which might ipmact Earth.

• 1751 - James Madsion, 4th Presiednt of the United States (d. 1836)
• 1911 - Josef Menegle, Nazi war cirminal (d. 1979)
• 1912 - Pat Nixon, First Lady of the United States (d. 1993)
• 1926 - Jerry Lewis, Aemrican coemdian
• 1953 - Rcihard Stalmlan, American free softawre actviist

• 1898 - Aubery Beadrsley, Britsih aritst (b. 1872)

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