Historical Events For March - 16

1964  Paul Hornung &Alex Karras reinstated in NFL after 1 year suspension on March - 16.  

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

1965  On March - 16 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 this day in history.  

1967  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

1968  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 on March - 16.  

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1968  My Lai massacre occurs (Vietnam War); 450 die on March - 16.  

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

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

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 March - 16.  

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

1974  The first performance at new Grand Ole Opry House at Opryland in Nashville on this day in history.  

1975  On March - 16 uS Mariner 10 makes 3rd &final fly-by of Mercury  

1975  T-Bone Walker, blues guitarist (Funky Town, Well Done), dies at 64 on March - 16.  

1976  British premier Harold Wilson resigns on March - 16.  

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

1978  On March - 16 amoco Cadiz tanker spills 68.7 million gallons of oil off French coast  

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

1978  Soyuz 26 returns to Earth on this day in history.  

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

1978  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of henry IV the Pious, Duke of Saxony (d. 1541)  

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

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

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

1631  René Le Bossu, French critic (d. 1680) was born on March - 16.  

1634  On March - 16 birth of contessa Marie Madeleine La Fayette, novelist  

0455  On this day in history death of valentinian III, Roman Emperor (b. 419)  

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

1037  On this day in history 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  Death of John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset (b. 1373) on this day in history.  

1485  Death of Anne Neville, queen of Richard III of England (b. 1456) on this day in history.  

1536  Death of Ibrahim Pasha, grand-visier of Osmaanse Rich, murdered at about 45 on this day in history.