Page 7: Historical Events In March - 16

1945  US defeats Japan at Iwo Jima on March - 16.   

1945  Allies secure Iwo Jima on March - 16.   

1945  Pierre Drieu la Rochelle, French writer/poet, commits suicide at 52 on this day in history.   

1946  On March - 16 john Dick's headless, armless and legless torso found on Hamilton Mountain, leading to sensational trial of his wife Evelyn, later convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison.   

1946  "Would-Be Gentleman" closes at Booth Theater NYC after 77 performances on this day in history.   

1946  Marius HLW "Max" Blokzijl, Dutch Nazi propagandist, executed at 61 on this day in history.   

1947  On this day in history convair Liner, first US twin-engine pressurized airplane, tested   

1947  Convair Liner, 1st US twin-engine pressurized airplane, tested on this day in history.   

1949  KFMB TV channel 8 in San Diego, CA (CBS) begins broadcasting on this day in history.   

1950  1st annual National Book Awards on March - 16.   

1952  On March - 16 1870 mm rain in Cilaos, Réunion (world record)   

1952  On March - 16 1870 mm rain in Cilaos, Reunion (world record)   

1953  On March - 16 aL rejects Bill Veeck's request to move St Louis Browns to Baltimore   

1955  Josephine Kroesen appointed as first Dutch female judge on March - 16.   

1955  On this day in history president Eisenhower upheld the use of atomic weapons in case of war   

1955  On this day in history josephine Kroesen appointed as 1st Dutch female judge   

1955  On March - 16 mayhew Lake, composer, dies at 75   

1956  On March - 16 in Lebanon, two 6.0 eathquakes approximately 9 minutes apart. 136 killed, 6,000 houses destroyed and 17,000 damaged in 400 villages in the Chouf region.   

1956  On March - 16 uS Men's Figure Skating Championship won by Hayes A Jenkins   

1956  US Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Tenley Albright on March - 16.   

1956  On March - 16 joseph John Richards, composer, dies at 77   

1957  9th Emmy Awards Phil Silvers Show, Robert Young &Loretta Young on March - 16.   

1957  On this day in history andreanof Islands, Alaska a 7.0 earthquake occured One of the Largest Earthquakes in the United States   

1957  Mosa Pijade, Yugoslavian MP (communist), dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1957  On March - 16 9th Emmy Awards: Phil Silvers Show, Robert Young &Loretta Young   

1958  In Beirut, Lebanon, Islamic militants kidnap American journalist Terry Anderson, and take him to the southern suburbs of the war-torn city where other Western hostages are being held in scattered dungeons under ruined building on March - 16.   

1958  On March - 16 on this day in 1958 the Ford Motor Company produced its 50,000,000th car, a Thunderbird   

1958  Leon J Cadore, pitched the 26 inning game, dies at 65 on March - 16.   

1959  Iraq &USSR sign economic/technical treaty on this day in history.   

1959  John Sailling, last documented Civil War vet, dies at 111 on this day in history.   

1961  Jaguar Cars Ltd. introduced the XK-E, or E-Type, at the Geneva Auto Show. Th E-Type was the successor to the C- and D-Type Jaguar that had earned the company’s reputation for racing excellenc on March - 16.   

1962  On March - 16 the first launching of Titan 2-rocket   

1962  On this day in history uS Super-Constellation disappears above Pacific Ocean, kills 167   

1962  John Owen Jones, composer, dies at 85 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  On March - 16 birth of johann Geiler von Kaisersberg, Swiss-born preacher (d. 1510)   

1473  On this day in history birth of henry IV the Pious, Duke of Saxony (d. 1541)   

1581  On March - 16 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 this day in history birth of rené Le Bossu, French critic (d. 1680)   

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  On this day in history death of heribert of Cologne, Archbishop of Cologne and Chancellor of Emperor Otto III   

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

1410  On this day in history death of john Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset (b. 1373)   

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 this day in history.