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Monday, 16 March 2026
1940 In the Brenner Pass in the Alps, Adolf Hitler, leader of Nazi Germany, and Benito Mussolini, leader of Fascist Italy, meet to discuss Italy’s imminent entrance into World War II in an alliance with Germany 
1940 Mussolini joins Hitler in Germany's war against France and Britain
1942 2 black players, Jackie Robinson and Nate Moreland, request a tryout with the Chicago White Sox, they are allowed to work out
1942 Illegal Free Netherlands announces boycott of theaters
1943 Red Army evacuates Belgorod
1943 S.S. James Oglethorpe (US) and S.S. Terkolei (Netherlands), torpedoed and sunk.
1943 James Oglethorpe (US) and Terkolei (Neth), torpedoed and sinks
1944 2500 women trample guards and floorwalkers to purchase 1500 alarm clocks announced for sale in a Chicago IL department store
1944 Nazi Germany occupies Hungary
1944 Benjamin Delmonte, theater director/actor, dies at 79
1945 1250 US bombers attacks Berlin
1945 Maurice "Rocket" Richard is recorded as becoming the inaugural NHLer to score 50 goals
1945 US Task Force 58 attacks targets on Kiushu
1945 William Grover-Williams, British racing driver.
1947 William Durant auto manufacturer cofounder of Chevrolet, founder of General Motors, died on this day
1948 France and Great Britain and Benelux sign Treaty of Brussels
1948 Philips begin experimental TV broadcasting.
1949 NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) ratified.
1949 NATO set up by seven European countries.
1949 NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Org) ratified
1950 "Touch and Go" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 176 performances.
1951 In this year, Pat O'Sullivan claims LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship
1952 Communist offensive in Korea.
1952 inaugural plastic lens for cataract patients fitted (Philadelphia).
1953 Earthquake strikes West Turkey, 250 die.
1954 Walter Mead, cricketer (one Test for England 1899), dies
1955 I Hatojama recognized as premier of Japan
1956 Friedrich Panzer, German germanist (Hilde-Gudrun), dies at 85.
1959 U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the Hawaiian statehood bill into law, approving the entrance of Hawaii into the United States pending approval by the electorate of the Pacific Ocean island chain.
1961 Poppin' Fresh Pillsbury Dough Boy introduced.
1962 Algerian War ends after 7½ years of fighting (250000 die), Ben Bella flees.
1963 France performs underground nuclear test at Ecker Algeria
1963 Supreme Court's Miranda Decision defendants must have lawyers
1963 Supreme Court's Miranda Decision: defendants must have lawyers.
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