Page 8: Historical Events In March - 16

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

1964  On this day in history 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  Gemini 8 launched with Armstrong &Scott, aborted after 6.5 orbits on this day in history.   

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

1967  On March - 16 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  On this day in history james Friskin, composer, dies at 80   

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  My Lai massacre occurs (Vietnam War); 450 die on March - 16.   

1968  On this day in history robert F Kennedy announces Presidential campaign   

1968  On this day in history june Collyer, actress (June-Stu Erwin Show), dies at 60   

1969  Viasa DC-9 crashes at Maracaibo's Grano de Oro airport, killing 155 on March - 16.   

1970  On this day in history new English Bible published   

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

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

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  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  On March - 16 john &Yoko are served with deportation papers   

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 this day in history.   

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

1975  On March - 16 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  US President Carter pleads for Palestinian homeland on this day in history.   

1978  On March - 16 amoco Cadiz tanker spills 68.7 million gallons of oil off French coast   

1978  Red Brigade kidnaps former premier Aldo Moro in Italy, 5 killed on March - 16.   

1978  On March - 16 soyuz 26 returns to Earth   

1978  On this day in history uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

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

1978  Aldo Moro, 5 times PM of Italy, assassinated by terrorists on March - 16.   

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

1445  Johann Geiler von Kaisersberg, Swiss-born preacher (d. 1510) was born on this day in history.   

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

1581  On this day in history 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  Michael Franck, composer was born on this day in history.   

1631  René Le Bossu, French critic (d. 1680) was born on this day in history.   

1634  Contessa Marie Madeleine La Fayette, novelist was born on March - 16.   

0455  On this day in history death of valentinian III, Roman Emperor (b. 419)   

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  Adalbert, archbishop of Bremen-Hamburg, dies on this day in history.   

1322  On March - 16 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  Death of Ibrahim Pasha, grand-visier of Osmaanse Rich, murdered at about 45 on March - 16.