Historical Events Happened In March - 16

1962  On this day in history john Owen Jones, composer, dies at 85  Share it »

1964  Paul Hornung &Alex Karras reinstated in NFL after 1 year suspension on this day in history.  Share it »

1964  On this day in history nicholas Joy, actor (Boss Lady), dies at 80  Share it »

1965  University of Waterloo starts bilingual course in Honours French and Political Science; for students preparing to enter federal Civil Service on this day in history.  Share it »

1966  On this day in history "Man From Uncle" star David McCallum receives huge welcome in London  Share it »

1966  On this day in history gemini 8 launched with Armstrong &Scott, aborted after 6.5 orbits  Share it »

1966  On this day in history on this day in 1966 General Motors produced its 100,000,000th car, an Oldsmobile Toronado  Share it »

1967  On this day in history pirate Radio Station 333 (Radio Britain) ship breaks down  Share it »

1967  Quebec raises provincial sales taxes from 6% to 8%; new program to supplement family allowance; highest sales tax in Canada on this day in history.  Share it »

1967  James Friskin, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.  Share it »

1968  On this day in history during the Vietnam War, a U.S. Army platoon from Charlie Company, 11th Brigade, Americal Division, massacres over four hundred unarmed South Vietnamese civilians in the village of My Lai in the district of Song My  Share it »

1968  My Lai massacre occurs (Vietnam War); 450 die on this day in history.  Share it »

1968  On this day in history robert F Kennedy announces Presidential campaign  Share it »

1968  On this day in history june Collyer, actress (June-Stu Erwin Show), dies at 60  Share it »

1969  Viasa DC-9 crashes at Maracaibo's Grano de Oro airport, killing 155 on this day in history.  Share it »

1970  New English Bible published on this day in history.  Share it »

1970  On this day in history arthur Adamov, Russian/French playwright, dies at 61  Share it »

1971  13th Grammy Awards Bridge over Troubled Water, Carpenters win on this day in history.  Share it »

1971  On this day in history the first SH-2D Lamps (Light Airborne Multi-Purpose System) helicopter test flight took place at Kaman's Bloomfield, Connecticut Facility  Share it »

1971  Bebe Daniels, actress (Silver Dollar, My Past), dies at 70 on this day in history.  Share it »

1971  13th Grammy Awards: Bridge over Troubled Water, Carpenters win on this day in history.  Share it »

1972  On this day in history john &Yoko are served with deportation papers  Share it »

1972  Harold "Pie" Traynor, hall of fame 3rd baseman (Pirates), dies at 72 on this day in history.  Share it »

1973  Carl Benton Reid, actor (Trap, Underwater City), dies at 79 on this day in history.  Share it »

1974  On this day in history the first performance at new Grand Ole Opry House at Opryland in Nashville  Share it »

1975  On this day in history uS Mariner 10 makes 3rd &final fly-by of Mercury  Share it »

1975  On this day in history t-Bone Walker, blues guitarist (Funky Town, Well Done), dies at 64  Share it »

1976  On this day in history british premier Harold Wilson resigns  Share it »

1977  US President Carter pleads for Palestinian homeland on this day in history.  Share it »

1978  On this day in history amoco Cadiz tanker spills 68.7 million gallons of oil off French coast  Share it »

1978  On this day in history red Brigade kidnaps former premier Aldo Moro in Italy, 5 killed  Share it »

1978  On this day in history soyuz 26 returns to Earth  Share it »

1978  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on this day in history.  Share it »

1978  On this day in history uS Senate accepts Panamá Canal treaty  Share it »

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1338  Thomas de Beauchamp, 12th Earl of Warwick (d. 1401) was born on this day in history.  Share it »

1445  Johann Geiler von Kaisersberg, Swiss-born preacher (d. 1510) was born on this day in history.  Share it »

1473  On this day in history birth of henry IV the Pious, Duke of Saxony (d. 1541)  Share it »

1581  On this day in history birth of pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, Dutch historian and writer (d. 1647)  Share it »

1585  Gerbrant A Bredero, Holland, poet/playwright (Klucht van de Koe) was born on this day in history.  Share it »

1609  Michael Franck, composer was born on this day in history.  Share it »

1631  On this day in history birth of rené Le Bossu, French critic (d. 1680)  Share it »

1634  On this day in history birth of contessa Marie Madeleine La Fayette, novelist  Share it »

1021  Death of Heribert of Cologne, Archbishop of Cologne and Chancellor of Emperor Otto III on this day in history.  Share it »

1037  On this day in history death of robert I, Archbishop of Rouen  Share it »

1072  Adalbert, archbishop of Bremen-Hamburg, dies on this day in history.  Share it »

1322  On this day in history death of humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford, English soldier (b. 1276)  Share it »

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

1485  On this day in history death of anne Neville, queen of Richard III of England (b. 1456)  Share it »

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

1559  On this day in history death of anthony St. Leger, Lord Deputy of Ireland (b. 1496)  Share it »