Historical Events In March - 16

1945  On this day in history uS defeats Japan at Iwo Jima  

1945  On March - 16 allies secure Iwo Jima  

1945  On this day in history pierre Drieu la Rochelle, French writer/poet, commits suicide at 52  

1946  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 on March - 16.  

1946  On March - 16 "Would-Be Gentleman" closes at Booth Theater NYC after 77 performances  

1946  On this day in history marius HLW "Max" Blokzijl, Dutch Nazi propagandist, executed at 61  

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 March - 16.  

1949  On March - 16 kFMB TV channel 8 in San Diego, CA (CBS) begins broadcasting  

1950  On this day in history 1st annual National Book Awards  

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

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  On this day in history josephine Kroesen appointed as first Dutch female judge  

1955  President Eisenhower upheld the use of atomic weapons in case of war on this day in history.  

1955  Josephine Kroesen appointed as 1st Dutch female judge on this day in history.  

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

1956  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 on this day in history.  

1956  US Men's Figure Skating Championship won by Hayes A Jenkins on March - 16.  

1956  US Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Tenley Albright on this day in history.  

1956  Joseph John Richards, composer, dies at 77 on March - 16.  

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

1957  Andreanof Islands, Alaska a 7.0 earthquake occured One of the Largest Earthquakes in the United States on March - 16.  

1957  On this day in history mosa Pijade, Yugoslavian MP (communist), dies at 67  

1957  9th Emmy Awards: Phil Silvers Show, Robert Young &Loretta Young on this day in history.  

1958  On March - 16 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  

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

1958  Leon J Cadore, pitched the 26 inning game, dies at 65 on this day in history.  

1959  On this day in history iraq &USSR sign economic/technical treaty  

1959  On this day in history john Sailling, last documented Civil War vet, dies at 111  

1961  On this day in history 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  

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

1962  US Super-Constellation disappears above Pacific Ocean, kills 167 on this day in history.  

1962  On this day in history john Owen Jones, composer, dies at 85  

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1338  Thomas de Beauchamp, 12th Earl of Warwick (d. 1401) was born on this day in history.  

1445  On March - 16 birth of johann Geiler von Kaisersberg, Swiss-born preacher (d. 1510)  

1473  On March - 16 birth of henry IV the Pious, Duke of Saxony (d. 1541)  

1581  Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, Dutch historian and writer (d. 1647) was born on March - 16.  

1585  On March - 16 birth of gerbrant A Bredero, Holland, poet/playwright (Klucht van de Koe)  

1609  Michael Franck, composer was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1021  On this day in history death of heribert of Cologne, Archbishop of Cologne and Chancellor of Emperor Otto III  

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 this day in history.  

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

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 this day in history.