Historical Events In March - 16

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

1945  On this day in history allies secure Iwo Jima  

1945  Pierre Drieu la Rochelle, French writer/poet, commits suicide at 52 on March - 16.  

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

1946  On March - 16 marius HLW "Max" Blokzijl, Dutch Nazi propagandist, executed at 61  

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

1947  On this day in history convair Liner, 1st US twin-engine pressurized airplane, tested  

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

1952  On this day in history 1870 mm rain in Cilaos, Reunion (world record)  

1953  On this day in history 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  President Eisenhower upheld the use of atomic weapons in case of war on this day in history.  

1955  On March - 16 josephine Kroesen appointed as 1st Dutch female judge  

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

1956  On this day in history 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 this day in history uS Men's Figure Skating Championship won by Hayes A Jenkins  

1956  On this day in history uS Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Tenley Albright  

1956  Joseph John Richards, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.  

1957  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

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 this day in history.  

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

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

1959  Iraq &USSR sign economic/technical treaty on March - 16.  

1959  John Sailling, last documented Civil War vet, dies at 111 on March - 16.  

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 March - 16.  

1962  On March - 16 john Owen Jones, composer, dies at 85  

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1338  Thomas de Beauchamp, 12th Earl of Warwick (d. 1401) was born on March - 16.  

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 March - 16 birth of michael Franck, composer  

1631  On this day in history birth of rené Le Bossu, French critic (d. 1680)  

1634  On March - 16 birth of contessa Marie Madeleine La Fayette, novelist  

0455  On March - 16 death of valentinian III, Roman Emperor (b. 419)  

1021  On March - 16 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  On this day in history 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 March - 16.  

1485  Death of Anne Neville, queen of Richard III of England (b. 1456) on this day in history.  

1536  On March - 16 death of ibrahim Pasha, grand-visier of Osmaanse Rich, murdered at about 45