Page 7: Historical Events In March - 10
Monday, 16 March 2026
1960 USSR agrees to stop nuclear testing. 

1962 Due to it's no black policy, Phillies leave Jack Tar Harrison Hotel and move to Rocky Point Motel, 20 miles outside Clearwater, Florida 

1963 Pete Rose debuts with hits in his two inaugural at bats in spring training 

1963 Pete Rose debuts with hits in his 2 1st at bats in spring training. 

1964 US reconnaissance plane shot down over East Germany 

1965 Dutch Princess Margriet and Pieter van Vollenhoven, get engaged 

1966 5 time Horse of the Year, Kelso, retires 

1966 Dutch crown princess Beatrix marries Claus von Amsberg. 

1966 North Vietnamese capture US Green Beret Camp at Ashau Valley. 

1966 Frederik "Frits" Zernike, Dutch physicist (Nobel 1953), dies at 77 

1968 Ferry boat sinks in harbor of Wellington New Zealand (200 killed) 

1968 Helen Walker, actress (Brewster's Million), dies of cancer at 47. 

1969 James Earl Ray are discovered guilty of the murder of Martin Luther King and sentenced to 99 years in jail 

1969 James Earl Ray pleads guilty in murder of Martin Luther King Jr. 

1970 Barbra Streisand records "The Singer" and "I Can Do It". 

1970 South Africa complete 4-0 series drubbing of Australia 

1971 Senate approves amendment lowering voting age to 18 

1971 Mabel Wheeler Daniels, composer, dies at 92. 

1972 General Lon Nol is recorded as becoming President and prince Sirik Matak premier of Cambodia 

1972 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR. 

1973 In this year, Morocco formally adopts constitution 

1973 Richard Sharples, governor of Bermuda, assassinated 

1974 Christian Democrats win Belgium parliamentary election 

1974 Lawrence Rowe completes 302 vs England Bridgetown, 36 fours 1 six 

1974 June Harrison, actress (Land of the Lawless), dies at 48. 

1975 "Rocky Horror Picture Show" opens at Belasco Theater NYC for 45 performances. 

1975 Dog spectacles patented in England. 

1975 Leopold Samuel, composer, dies at 91 

1977 Rings of Uranus discovered during occultation of SAO. 

1977 Uranus rings discovered. 

1977 E Power Biggs, English organist/composer (CBS), dies at 70 

1978 Soyuz 28 returns to Earth 

1980 Willard Scott is recorded as becoming the weather forecaster on the Today Show. 

1980 Herman Tarnower, doctor (Scarsdale Diet), killed by Jean Harris. 

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