Historical Events In March - 16

1964  On this day in history paul Hornung &Alex Karras reinstated in NFL after 1 year suspension  

1964  On March - 16 nicholas Joy, actor (Boss Lady), dies at 80  

1965  On March - 16 university of Waterloo starts bilingual course in Honours French and Political Science; for students preparing to enter federal Civil Service.  

1966  "Man From Uncle" star David McCallum receives huge welcome in London on this day in history.  

1966  On this day in history gemini 8 launched with Armstrong &Scott, aborted after 6.5 orbits  

1966  On this day in 1966 General Motors produced its 100,000,000th car, an Oldsmobile Toronado on this day in history.  

1967  On March - 16 pirate Radio Station 333 (Radio Britain) ship breaks down  

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

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

1968  On March - 16 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  

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

1968  On March - 16 robert F Kennedy announces Presidential campaign  

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

1969  On March - 16 viasa DC-9 crashes at Maracaibo's Grano de Oro airport, killing 155  

1970  New English Bible published on this day in history.  

1970  Arthur Adamov, Russian/French playwright, dies at 61 on March - 16.  

1971  13th Grammy Awards Bridge over Troubled Water, Carpenters win on March - 16.  

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

1971  On March - 16 bebe Daniels, actress (Silver Dollar, My Past), dies at 70  

1971  13th Grammy Awards: Bridge over Troubled Water, Carpenters win on March - 16.  

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

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

1973  Carl Benton Reid, actor (Trap, Underwater City), dies at 79 on March - 16.  

1974  On March - 16 the first performance at new Grand Ole Opry House at Opryland in Nashville  

1975  US Mariner 10 makes 3rd &final fly-by of Mercury on this day in history.  

1975  T-Bone Walker, blues guitarist (Funky Town, Well Done), dies at 64 on this day in history.  

1976  On March - 16 british premier Harold Wilson resigns  

1977  On March - 16 uS President Carter pleads for Palestinian homeland  

1978  On this day in history amoco Cadiz tanker spills 68.7 million gallons of oil off French coast  

1978  On this day in history red Brigade kidnaps former premier Aldo Moro in Italy, 5 killed  

1978  On March - 16 soyuz 26 returns to Earth  

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

1978  US Senate accepts Panamá Canal treaty on March - 16.  

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

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1338  On this day in history birth of thomas de Beauchamp, 12th Earl of Warwick (d. 1401)  

1445  On this day in history 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  Gerbrant A Bredero, Holland, poet/playwright (Klucht van de Koe) was born on this day in history.  

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  Death of Valentinian III, Roman Emperor (b. 419) on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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 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.