Historical Events For March - 16

1964  On March - 16 paul Hornung &Alex Karras reinstated in NFL after 1 year suspension  

1964  Nicholas Joy, actor (Boss Lady), dies at 80 on this day in history.  

1965  On this day in history university of Waterloo starts bilingual course in Honours French and Political Science; for students preparing to enter federal Civil Service.  

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

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

1966  On this day in 1966 General Motors produced its 100,000,000th car, an Oldsmobile Toronado on March - 16.  

1967  Pirate Radio Station 333 (Radio Britain) ship breaks down on this day in history.  

1967  On March - 16 quebec raises provincial sales taxes from 6% to 8%; new program to supplement family allowance; highest sales tax in Canada.  

1967  On this day in history james Friskin, composer, dies at 80  

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  

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1968  On March - 16 my Lai massacre occurs (Vietnam War); 450 die  

1968  Robert F Kennedy announces Presidential campaign on March - 16.  

1968  June Collyer, actress (June-Stu Erwin Show), dies at 60 on March - 16.  

1969  Viasa DC-9 crashes at Maracaibo's Grano de Oro airport, killing 155 on March - 16.  

1970  On this day in history new English Bible published  

1970  On March - 16 arthur Adamov, Russian/French playwright, dies at 61  

1971  13th Grammy Awards Bridge over Troubled Water, Carpenters win on March - 16.  

1971  The first SH-2D Lamps (Light Airborne Multi-Purpose System) helicopter test flight took place at Kaman's Bloomfield, Connecticut Facility on March - 16.  

1971  On this day in history bebe Daniels, actress (Silver Dollar, My Past), dies at 70  

1971  13th Grammy Awards: Bridge over Troubled Water, Carpenters win on March - 16.  

1972  On March - 16 john &Yoko are served with deportation papers  

1972  Harold "Pie" Traynor, hall of fame 3rd baseman (Pirates), dies at 72 on March - 16.  

1973  On March - 16 carl Benton Reid, actor (Trap, Underwater City), dies at 79  

1974  The first performance at new Grand Ole Opry House at Opryland in Nashville on March - 16.  

1975  US Mariner 10 makes 3rd &final fly-by of Mercury on this day in history.  

1975  T-Bone Walker, blues guitarist (Funky Town, Well Done), dies at 64 on this day in history.  

1976  On this day in history british premier Harold Wilson resigns  

1977  US President Carter pleads for Palestinian homeland on March - 16.  

1978  Amoco Cadiz tanker spills 68.7 million gallons of oil off French coast on March - 16.  

1978  Red Brigade kidnaps former premier Aldo Moro in Italy, 5 killed on March - 16.  

1978  On this day in history soyuz 26 returns to Earth  

1978  On March - 16 uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site  

1978  On March - 16 uS Senate accepts Panamá Canal treaty  

1978  On this day in history aldo Moro, 5 times PM of Italy, assassinated by terrorists  

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1338  On this day in history birth of thomas de Beauchamp, 12th Earl of Warwick (d. 1401)  

1445  On March - 16 birth of johann Geiler von Kaisersberg, Swiss-born preacher (d. 1510)  

1473  Henry IV the Pious, Duke of Saxony (d. 1541) was born on March - 16.  

1581  Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, Dutch historian and writer (d. 1647) was born on March - 16.  

1585  On March - 16 birth of gerbrant A Bredero, Holland, poet/playwright (Klucht van de Koe)  

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

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

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

0455  Death of Valentinian III, Roman Emperor (b. 419) on this day in history.  

1021  On March - 16 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 this day in history.  

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

1410  Death of John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset (b. 1373) on March - 16.  

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

1536  On March - 16 death of ibrahim Pasha, grand-visier of Osmaanse Rich, murdered at about 45