Historical Events In March - 16

1945  On this day in history uS defeats Japan at Iwo Jima   

1945  On March - 16 allies secure Iwo Jima   

1945  Pierre Drieu la Rochelle, French writer/poet, commits suicide at 52 on March - 16.   

1946  John Dick's headless, armless and legless torso found on Hamilton Mountain, leading to sensational trial of his wife Evelyn, later convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison on this day in history.   

1946  On March - 16 "Would-Be Gentleman" closes at Booth Theater NYC after 77 performances   

1946  Marius HLW "Max" Blokzijl, Dutch Nazi propagandist, executed at 61 on March - 16.   

1947  On this day in history convair Liner, first US twin-engine pressurized airplane, tested   

1947  Convair Liner, 1st US twin-engine pressurized airplane, tested on March - 16.   

1949  On March - 16 kFMB TV channel 8 in San Diego, CA (CBS) begins broadcasting   

1950  1st annual National Book Awards on March - 16.   

1952  1870 mm rain in Cilaos, Réunion (world record) on March - 16.   

1952  1870 mm rain in Cilaos, Reunion (world record) on this day in history.   

1953  On this day in history aL rejects Bill Veeck's request to move St Louis Browns to Baltimore   

1955  On March - 16 josephine Kroesen appointed as first Dutch female judge   

1955  On March - 16 president Eisenhower upheld the use of atomic weapons in case of war   

1955  On March - 16 josephine Kroesen appointed as 1st Dutch female judge   

1955  Mayhew Lake, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1956  On March - 16 in Lebanon, two 6.0 eathquakes approximately 9 minutes apart. 136 killed, 6,000 houses destroyed and 17,000 damaged in 400 villages in the Chouf region.   

1956  US Men's Figure Skating Championship won by Hayes A Jenkins on March - 16.   

1956  US Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Tenley Albright on March - 16.   

1956  On March - 16 joseph John Richards, composer, dies at 77   

1957  On March - 16 9th Emmy Awards Phil Silvers Show, Robert Young &Loretta Young   

1957  Andreanof Islands, Alaska a 7.0 earthquake occured One of the Largest Earthquakes in the United States on March - 16.   

1957  Mosa Pijade, Yugoslavian MP (communist), dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1957  On March - 16 9th Emmy Awards: Phil Silvers Show, Robert Young &Loretta Young   

1958  On March - 16 in Beirut, Lebanon, Islamic militants kidnap American journalist Terry Anderson, and take him to the southern suburbs of the war-torn city where other Western hostages are being held in scattered dungeons under ruined building   

1958  On March - 16 on this day in 1958 the Ford Motor Company produced its 50,000,000th car, a Thunderbird   

1958  On March - 16 leon J Cadore, pitched the 26 inning game, dies at 65   

1959  On March - 16 iraq &USSR sign economic/technical treaty   

1959  On this day in history john Sailling, last documented Civil War vet, dies at 111   

1961  On March - 16 jaguar Cars Ltd. introduced the XK-E, or E-Type, at the Geneva Auto Show. Th E-Type was the successor to the C- and D-Type Jaguar that had earned the company’s reputation for racing excellenc   

1962  On March - 16 the first launching of Titan 2-rocket   

1962  US Super-Constellation disappears above Pacific Ocean, kills 167 on this day in history.   

1962  John Owen Jones, composer, dies at 85 on March - 16.   

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1338  Thomas de Beauchamp, 12th Earl of Warwick (d. 1401) was born on March - 16.   

1445  On this day in history birth of johann Geiler von Kaisersberg, Swiss-born preacher (d. 1510)   

1473  Henry IV the Pious, Duke of Saxony (d. 1541) was born on this day in history.   

1581  On March - 16 birth of pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, Dutch historian and writer (d. 1647)   

1585  On this day in history birth of gerbrant A Bredero, Holland, poet/playwright (Klucht van de Koe)   

1609  On this day in history birth of michael Franck, composer   

1631  René Le Bossu, French critic (d. 1680) was born on this day in history.   

1634  Contessa Marie Madeleine La Fayette, novelist was born on this day in history.   

0455  Death of Valentinian III, Roman Emperor (b. 419) on March - 16.   

1021  On this day in history death of heribert of Cologne, Archbishop of Cologne and Chancellor of Emperor Otto III   

1037  On March - 16 death of robert I, Archbishop of Rouen   

1072  Adalbert, archbishop of Bremen-Hamburg, dies on March - 16.   

1322  Death of Humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford, English soldier (b. 1276) on this day in history.   

1410  On this day in history death of john Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset (b. 1373)   

1485  Death of Anne Neville, queen of Richard III of England (b. 1456) on March - 16.   

1536  On this day in history death of ibrahim Pasha, grand-visier of Osmaanse Rich, murdered at about 45