Historical Events In March - 16

1979  On March - 16 cBS-TV airs "Wings Over the World" with Paul McCartney  

1979  Jean Monnet, French economist/CEO (ECSC), dies at 90 on this day in history.  

1980  Joanne Carner wins LPGA Honda Civic Golf Classic on this day in history.  

1983  Arthur Godfrey, TV host (Arthur Godrey Show), dies at 79 on this day in history.  

1984  On March - 16 gunmen kidnap William Buckley, CIA station chief in Beirut  

1984  South-Africa &Mozambique sign non attack treaty on March - 16.  

1985  On this day in history associated Press correspondent Terry Anderson taken hostage in Beirut  

1985  On this day in history denny McLain, pitcher; convicted of racketeering, sentenced to 25 years  

1985  On March - 16 in the Leeward Islands a 6.8 earthquake injured 6 and damage (VI) on Guadeloupe. Minor damage on Montserrat. Also felt on Antigua, St. Kitts and Puerto Rico.  

1985  On March - 16 roger Huntington Sessions, US composer (Black Masks), dies at 88  

1987  Scott McKay, actor (Guest in House, 30 Seconds over Tokyo), dies at 71 on March - 16.  

1988  As part of the Iran-Contra affair, Lieutenant Colonel Oliver L. North and Vice Admiral John M. Poindexter of the National Security Council (NSC) are indicted on charges of conspiracy to defraud the United States on this day in history.  

1988  On this day in history federal grand jury indicts Marine Lt. Col. Oliver L. North &Navy Vice Adm. John M. Poindexter in Iran-Contra affair  

1988  North-Ireland Protestant fires on Catholic funeral, 3 killed on March - 16.  

1988  On this day in history uS sends 3000 soldiers to Nicaragua's neighbor Honduras  

1988  On March - 16 dorothy Adams Foulger, actress (Laura, Devil Commands), dies at 88  

1990  On this day in history ernst Bacon, composer, dies at 91  

1991  7 members of Reba McEntire's band are killed in a plane crash on this day in history.  

1991  On March - 16 new York Lotto pays $33.3 million to one winner (#s are 18-21-32-33-35-38)  

1991  On March - 16 7 members of Reba McIntire's band, killed in a plane crash  

1992  On March - 16 matt Keough, in the dugout, is hit flush in the head by a batted ball  

1992  Renzhong Weangn, China politician (1934-45), dies on this day in history.  

1993  On this day in history edmonton, Alberta Police use pepper spray and batons to control over 100 youths who attacked passers-by in the Eaton Centre and Edmonton Centre malls, after a screening of the rap movie spoof CB4  

1993  Chishu Ryu, Japanese actor (Autumn Afternoon), dies of cancer at 86 on this day in history.  

1994  Moravcik forms Slovakia government on this day in history.  

1994  On March - 16 tonya Harding pleads guilty to felony attack on Nancy Kerrigan  

1995  On March - 16 dow-Jones hits record 4069.15  

1995  Mississippi House of Representatives ratifies 13th Amendement-formally abolishes slavery on this day in history.  

1995  World best 7th wicket stand 461 by Bhupinder Singh Jr &P Dharmani on March - 16.  

1995  Albert Maurice Hackett, playwright/screenwriter, dies at 95 on March - 16.  

1996  Mike Tyson KOs Frank Bruno in 2nd round on March - 16.  

1997  Donna Andrews wins LPGA Welch's/Circle K Championship on March - 16.  

2005  On this day in history ripudaman Singh Malik and Ajaib Singh Bagri, accused of the bombing of the Air India Flight 182 in 1985, are found not guilty on all counts.  

2010  The Kasubi Tombs, Uganda's only cultural World Heritage Site, are destroyed by fire on this day in history.  

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

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  On March - 16 birth of rené Le Bossu, French critic (d. 1680)  

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

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

1072  On March - 16 adalbert, archbishop of Bremen-Hamburg, dies  

1322  Death of Humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford, English soldier (b. 1276) on March - 16.  

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

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

1536  Death of Ibrahim Pasha, grand-visier of Osmaanse Rich, murdered at about 45 on March - 16.