Page 9: Historical Events In March - 16
Wednesday, 09 July 2025
1979 CBS-TV airs "Wings Over the World" with Paul McCartney on this day in history.
1979 Jean Monnet, French economist/CEO (ECSC), dies at 90 on this day in history.
1980 On March - 16 joanne Carner wins LPGA Honda Civic Golf Classic
1983 Arthur Godfrey, TV host (Arthur Godrey Show), dies at 79 on March - 16.
1984 On this day in history gunmen kidnap William Buckley, CIA station chief in Beirut
1984 On this day in history south-Africa &Mozambique sign non attack treaty
1985 Associated Press correspondent Terry Anderson taken hostage in Beirut on March - 16.
1985 Denny McLain, pitcher; convicted of racketeering, sentenced to 25 years on this day in history.
1985 On this day in history in the Leeward Islands a 6.8 earthquake injured 6 and damage (VI) on Guadeloupe. Minor damage on Montserrat. Also felt on Antigua, St. Kitts and Puerto Rico.
1985 Roger Huntington Sessions, US composer (Black Masks), dies at 88 on this day in history.
1987 Scott McKay, actor (Guest in House, 30 Seconds over Tokyo), dies at 71 on this day in history.
1988 On this day in history as part of the Iran-Contra affair, Lieutenant Colonel Oliver L. North and Vice Admiral John M. Poindexter of the National Security Council (NSC) are indicted on charges of conspiracy to defraud the United States
1988 On March - 16 federal grand jury indicts Marine Lt. Col. Oliver L. North &Navy Vice Adm. John M. Poindexter in Iran-Contra affair
1988 On March - 16 north-Ireland Protestant fires on Catholic funeral, 3 killed
1988 US sends 3000 soldiers to Nicaragua's neighbor Honduras on this day in history.
1988 Dorothy Adams Foulger, actress (Laura, Devil Commands), dies at 88 on March - 16.
1990 On this day in history ernst Bacon, composer, dies at 91
1991 On March - 16 7 members of Reba McEntire's band are killed in a plane crash
1991 New York Lotto pays $33.3 million to one winner (#s are 18-21-32-33-35-38) on this day in history.
1991 7 members of Reba McIntire's band, killed in a plane crash on March - 16.
1992 On March - 16 matt Keough, in the dugout, is hit flush in the head by a batted ball
1992 On this day in history renzhong Weangn, China politician (1934-45), dies
1993 Edmonton, Alberta Police use pepper spray and batons to control over 100 youths who attacked passers-by in the Eaton Centre and Edmonton Centre malls, after a screening of the rap movie spoof CB4 on March - 16.
1993 On March - 16 chishu Ryu, Japanese actor (Autumn Afternoon), dies of cancer at 86
1994 On this day in history moravcik forms Slovakia government
1994 Tonya Harding pleads guilty to felony attack on Nancy Kerrigan on March - 16.
1995 On this day in history dow-Jones hits record 4069.15
1995 Mississippi House of Representatives ratifies 13th Amendement-formally abolishes slavery on March - 16.
1995 On March - 16 world best 7th wicket stand 461 by Bhupinder Singh Jr &P Dharmani
1995 On March - 16 albert Maurice Hackett, playwright/screenwriter, dies at 95
1996 Mike Tyson KOs Frank Bruno in 2nd round on this day in history.
1997 Donna Andrews wins LPGA Welch's/Circle K Championship on this day in history.
2005 Ripudaman Singh Malik and Ajaib Singh Bagri, accused of the bombing of the Air India Flight 182 in 1985, are found not guilty on all counts on this day in history.
2010 On this day in history the Kasubi Tombs, Uganda's only cultural World Heritage Site, are destroyed by fire.
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