Historical Events In March - 16

1909  George Thorndike Angell, lawyer (ASPCA), dies at 85 on this day in history.  

1910  On March - 16 barney Oldfield uses a Benz to break the existing records at Daytona Beach Road Course (131.25mph)  

1910  Aladar Gerevich, Hungary, sabres (Olympic-gold-1948) on this day in history.  

1911  Stanley Cup: Ottawa Senators beat Port Arthur (Ont) 13-4 on this day in history.  

1912  On March - 16 mrs William Howard Taft plants first cherry tree in Washington DC  

1912  On March - 16 mrs William Howard Taft plants 1st cherry tree in Wash DC  

1912  Patricia Nixon, [Thelma Catherine], Ely Nevada, 1st lady (1968-74) on March - 16.  

1914  Gaston Calmette, editor (Le Figaro), killed by Mme Caillaux at 55 on this day in history.  

1915  On March - 16 british battle cruisers Inflexible &Irresistible hit mines in Dardanelle  

1915  On this day in history federal Trade Commission organizes  

1915  On March - 16 the Second Canadian Division begins to arrive in England for service in World War I.  

1915  Brit battle cruisers Inflexible & Irresistible hit mines in Dardanelle on March - 16.  

1916  Canada signs Migratory Bird Treaty with the US on this day in history.  

1916  US &Canada sign Migratory bird treaty on this day in history.  

1916  On March - 16 james Barries' "Kiss for Cinderella," premieres in London  

1916  Lloyd McBride, union president (United Steelworkers) on March - 16.  

1918  Geoffrey O'Hara's "K-K-K-Katy" song published on March - 16.  

1918  Aldo E van Eyck, Dutch architect (City Hall) on March - 16.  

1919  Frank Wedekind's "Elius Erweckung," premieres in Hamburg on this day in history.  

1919  Erno Kiraly, composer on March - 16.  

1919  On this day in history sigurd von Koch, composer, dies at 39  

1920  1 Acre Park also known as Baby Park in the Bronx renamed Melrose Park on March - 16.  

1920  On March - 16 john Addison, Surrey England, composer (Tom Jones-Acad Award)  

1922  Sultan Fuad I crowned king of Egypt, England recognizes Egypt on March - 16.  

1922  On this day in history wKY-AM in Oklahoma City OK begins radio transmissions  

1922  Geoffrey Freeman Allen, railway writer on March - 16.  

1923  Hugo von Hofmannsthal's "Der Unbestechliche," premieres in Vienna on March - 16.  

1923  George Bean, cricketer (92 runs in 3 Tests for Eng v Aust) on March - 16.  

1924  The free port of Fiume is formally annexed by Mussolini's fascist regime on this day in history.  

1925  Yunnan, China a 7.1 earthquake caused5,000 deaths. Talifu almost completely destroyed on March - 16.  

1925  On March - 16 cornell Borchers, Germany, actress (Big Lift, Floodtide, Istanbul)  

1926  On March - 16 robert Goddard launches first liquid fuel rocket, goes 184' (56 meter)  

1926  On March - 16 robert Goddard launches the first oil and liquid oxygen powered rocket  

1926  The birth of Jerry Lewis, American comedian on March - 16.  

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1338  On March - 16 birth of thomas de Beauchamp, 12th Earl of Warwick (d. 1401)  

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

1585  On this day in history birth of gerbrant A Bredero, Holland, poet/playwright (Klucht van de Koe)  

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  Contessa Marie Madeleine La Fayette, novelist was born on March - 16.  

0455  Death of Valentinian III, Roman Emperor (b. 419) on March - 16.  

1021  Death of Heribert of Cologne, Archbishop of Cologne and Chancellor of Emperor Otto III on March - 16.  

1037  On this day in history death of robert I, Archbishop of Rouen  

1072  Adalbert, archbishop of Bremen-Hamburg, dies on this day in history.  

1322  On March - 16 death of humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford, English soldier (b. 1276)  

1410  Death of John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset (b. 1373) on this day in history.  

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

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