Historical Events In March - 16

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

1964  On March - 16 nicholas Joy, actor (Boss Lady), dies at 80  

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.  

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

1966  Gemini 8 launched with Armstrong &Scott, aborted after 6.5 orbits on March - 16.  

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

1967  On March - 16 pirate Radio Station 333 (Radio Britain) ship breaks down  

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

1967  On March - 16 james Friskin, composer, dies at 80  

1968  On March - 16 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  

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

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

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

1969  On March - 16 viasa DC-9 crashes at Maracaibo's Grano de Oro airport, killing 155  

1970  New English Bible published on March - 16.  

1970  Arthur Adamov, Russian/French playwright, dies at 61 on this day in history.  

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

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

1971  Bebe Daniels, actress (Silver Dollar, My Past), dies at 70 on March - 16.  

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

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

1972  On this day in history harold "Pie" Traynor, hall of fame 3rd baseman (Pirates), dies at 72  

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

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

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 March - 16.  

1976  On March - 16 british premier Harold Wilson resigns  

1977  On March - 16 uS President Carter pleads for Palestinian homeland  

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

1978  On March - 16 red Brigade kidnaps former premier Aldo Moro in Italy, 5 killed  

1978  Soyuz 26 returns to Earth on March - 16.  

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

1978  On March - 16 uS Senate accepts Panamá Canal treaty  

1978  Aldo Moro, 5 times PM of Italy, assassinated by terrorists on this day in history.  

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

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

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

1581  Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, Dutch historian and writer (d. 1647) was born on this day in history.  

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

1609  On March - 16 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  On March - 16 death of valentinian III, Roman Emperor (b. 419)  

1021  On March - 16 death of heribert of Cologne, Archbishop of Cologne and Chancellor of Emperor Otto III  

1037  Death of Robert I, Archbishop of Rouen on March - 16.  

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

1485  On March - 16 death of anne Neville, queen of Richard III of England (b. 1456)  

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