Historical Events In March - 16

1979  CBS-TV airs "Wings Over the World" with Paul McCartney on this day in history.   

1979  On March - 16 jean Monnet, French economist/CEO (ECSC), dies at 90   

1980  Joanne Carner wins LPGA Honda Civic Golf Classic on March - 16.   

1983  Arthur Godfrey, TV host (Arthur Godrey Show), dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1984  On March - 16 gunmen kidnap William Buckley, CIA station chief in Beirut   

1984  South-Africa &Mozambique sign non attack treaty on March - 16.   

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 March - 16 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  On March - 16 roger Huntington Sessions, US composer (Black Masks), dies at 88   

1987  On this day in history scott McKay, actor (Guest in House, 30 Seconds over Tokyo), dies at 71   

1988  On March - 16 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 this day in history federal grand jury indicts Marine Lt. Col. Oliver L. North &Navy Vice Adm. John M. Poindexter in Iran-Contra affair   

1988  North-Ireland Protestant fires on Catholic funeral, 3 killed on this day in history.   

1988  On March - 16 uS sends 3000 soldiers to Nicaragua's neighbor Honduras   

1988  On March - 16 dorothy Adams Foulger, actress (Laura, Devil Commands), dies at 88   

1990  On March - 16 ernst Bacon, composer, dies at 91   

1991  7 members of Reba McEntire's band are killed in a plane crash on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history 7 members of Reba McIntire's band, killed in a plane crash   

1992  On March - 16 matt Keough, in the dugout, is hit flush in the head by a batted ball   

1992  Renzhong Weangn, China politician (1934-45), dies on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1993  Chishu Ryu, Japanese actor (Autumn Afternoon), dies of cancer at 86 on March - 16.   

1994  On this day in history moravcik forms Slovakia government   

1994  Tonya Harding pleads guilty to felony attack on Nancy Kerrigan on this day in history.   

1995  On this day in history dow-Jones hits record 4069.15   

1995  On March - 16 mississippi House of Representatives ratifies 13th Amendement-formally abolishes slavery   

1995  World best 7th wicket stand 461 by Bhupinder Singh Jr &P Dharmani on March - 16.   

1995  Albert Maurice Hackett, playwright/screenwriter, dies at 95 on this day in history.   

1996  On this day in history mike Tyson KOs Frank Bruno in 2nd round   

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  The Kasubi Tombs, Uganda's only cultural World Heritage Site, are destroyed by fire 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 March - 16.   

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

1581  Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, Dutch historian and writer (d. 1647) was born on March - 16.   

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

1021  On this day in history 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  Adalbert, archbishop of Bremen-Hamburg, dies on March - 16.   

1322  Death of Humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford, English soldier (b. 1276) on this day in history.   

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