Historical Events In March - 16

1964  Paul Hornung &Alex Karras reinstated in NFL after 1 year suspension on March - 16.  

1964  On this day in history nicholas Joy, actor (Boss Lady), dies at 80  

1965  University of Waterloo starts bilingual course in Honours French and Political Science; for students preparing to enter federal Civil Service on this day in history.  

1966  "Man From Uncle" star David McCallum receives huge welcome in London on March - 16.  

1966  On March - 16 gemini 8 launched with Armstrong &Scott, aborted after 6.5 orbits  

1966  On March - 16 on this day in 1966 General Motors produced its 100,000,000th car, an Oldsmobile Toronado  

1967  On this day in history pirate Radio Station 333 (Radio Britain) ship breaks down  

1967  Quebec raises provincial sales taxes from 6% to 8%; new program to supplement family allowance; highest sales tax in Canada on this day in history.  

1967  James Friskin, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.  

1968  During the Vietnam War, a U.S. Army platoon from Charlie Company, 11th Brigade, Americal Division, massacres over four hundred unarmed South Vietnamese civilians in the village of My Lai in the district of Song My on March - 16.  

1968  On March - 16 my Lai massacre occurs (Vietnam War); 450 die  

1968  Robert F Kennedy announces Presidential campaign on March - 16.  

1968  June Collyer, actress (June-Stu Erwin Show), dies at 60 on March - 16.  

1969  On this day in history viasa DC-9 crashes at Maracaibo's Grano de Oro airport, killing 155  

1970  On this day in history new English Bible published  

1970  Arthur Adamov, Russian/French playwright, dies at 61 on this day in history.  

1971  On this day in history 13th Grammy Awards Bridge over Troubled Water, Carpenters win  

1971  The first SH-2D Lamps (Light Airborne Multi-Purpose System) helicopter test flight took place at Kaman's Bloomfield, Connecticut Facility on this day in history.  

1971  Bebe Daniels, actress (Silver Dollar, My Past), dies at 70 on March - 16.  

1971  On this day in history 13th Grammy Awards: Bridge over Troubled Water, Carpenters win  

1972  John &Yoko are served with deportation papers on this day in history.  

1972  Harold "Pie" Traynor, hall of fame 3rd baseman (Pirates), dies at 72 on this day in history.  

1973  Carl Benton Reid, actor (Trap, Underwater City), dies at 79 on this day in history.  

1974  The first performance at new Grand Ole Opry House at Opryland in Nashville on March - 16.  

1975  On this day in history uS Mariner 10 makes 3rd &final fly-by of Mercury  

1975  On March - 16 t-Bone Walker, blues guitarist (Funky Town, Well Done), dies at 64  

1976  On March - 16 british premier Harold Wilson resigns  

1977  On this day in history uS President Carter pleads for Palestinian homeland  

1978  Amoco Cadiz tanker spills 68.7 million gallons of oil off French coast on March - 16.  

1978  Red Brigade kidnaps former premier Aldo Moro in Italy, 5 killed on this day in history.  

1978  Soyuz 26 returns to Earth on this day in history.  

1978  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on March - 16.  

1978  On March - 16 uS Senate accepts Panamá Canal treaty  

1978  On March - 16 aldo Moro, 5 times PM of Italy, assassinated by terrorists  

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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 March - 16.  

1473  Henry IV the Pious, Duke of Saxony (d. 1541) was born on March - 16.  

1581  On March - 16 birth of pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, Dutch historian and writer (d. 1647)  

1585  Gerbrant A Bredero, Holland, poet/playwright (Klucht van de Koe) was born on March - 16.  

1609  Michael Franck, composer was born on March - 16.  

1631  René Le Bossu, French critic (d. 1680) was born on March - 16.  

1634  Contessa Marie Madeleine La Fayette, novelist was born on this day in history.  

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 March - 16 death of robert I, Archbishop of Rouen  

1072  On March - 16 adalbert, archbishop of Bremen-Hamburg, dies  

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

1410  On March - 16 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  On March - 16 death of ibrahim Pasha, grand-visier of Osmaanse Rich, murdered at about 45