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Events from History on March 16

1079 : Iran adopts solar Hijrah calendar
1190 : Crusades begin massacre of Jews of York England
1190 : Jews of York England commit mass sucide rather than submit to baptism
1345 : Holy spirit glides above fire: "the miracle of Amsterdam" (legend)
1517 : Pope Leo X signs 5th Council of Lateranen
1521 : Magelhaes' fleet discovers Zamal (Samar)
1521 : Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan reaches Philippines
1527 : Battle at Khanua: Mogol Emperor Babur beats Rajputen
1621 : Native American chief visits colony of Plymouth Mass
1641 : General court declares RI a democracy & adopts new constitution
1660 : English Long Parliament disbands
1690 : French king Louis XIV sends troops to Ireland
1730 : Willem Charles Henry Friso installed as viceroy of Drenthe
1731 : Treaty of Vienna: Emperor Charles VI of England & Netherlands
1792 : Murder attempt on King Gustavus III by count Ankarstrom at opera
1802 : Law signed to establish US Milt Academy (West Point, NY)
1802 : US army Corps of Engineers established (2nd time)
1815 : Willem I proclaimed king of the Netherlands, including Belgium
1822 : Composer Gioacchino Rossini marries Spanish soprano
1827 : 1st US black newspaper, "Freedom's Journal" (NYC), begins publishing
1829 : Ohio authorizes high school night classes
1830 : London's re-organised police force (Scotland Yard)
1830 : New York Stock Exchange slowest day ever (31 shares traded)
1833 : Susan Hayhurst becomes 1st US woman grad of a pharmacy college
1834 : HMS Beagle anchors at Berkeley Sound, Falkland Islands
1836 : Texas approves a constitution
1850 : Nathaniel Hawthorne's "Scarlet Letter" published
1861 : Arizona Territory votes to leave the Union
1861 : Confederate government appoints commissioners to Britain
1862 : Battle at Pound Gap Kentucky: Confederates separate battles
1865 : Battle of Averasboro NC (1,500 casualities)
1869 : Hiram R Revels makes 1st official speech by a black in the Senate
1871 : 1st fertilizer law enacted
1872 : 1st FA Cup Final: Wanderers-Royal Engineers 1-0 in Bolton
1881 : Barnum & Bailey Circus debuts
1882 : US Senate ratifies treaty establishing the Red Cross
1894 : Jules Massenet's opera "Tha‹s," premieres in Paris
1896 : Premiere of Mahler's "Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen"
1897 : Start of Sherlock Holmes "The Adventure of The Devil's Foot" (BG)
1900 : AL meets in Chicago, Ban Johnson announces that an AL team will be in
1900 : Chicago, KC, Minn, Milwaukee, Indianapolis, Detroit, Cleve & Buffalo
1900 : Sir Arthur Evans finds old city of Knossus
1910 : Barney Oldfield sets land speed record of 131.7 mph at Daytona
1911 : Stanley Cup: Ottawa Senators beat Port Arthur (Ont) 13-4
1912 : Mrs William Howard Taft plants 1st cherry tree in Wash DC
1915 : Brit battle cruisers Inflexible & Irresistible hit mines in Dardanelle
1915 : Federal Trade Commission organizes
1916 : James Barries' "Kiss for Cinderella," premieres in London
1916 : US & Canada sign migratory bird treaty
1918 : Geoffrey O'Hara's "K-K-K-Katy" song published
1919 : Frank Wedekind's "Elius Erweckung," premieres in Hamburg
1920 : 1 Acre Park also known as Baby Park in the Bronx renamed Melrose Park
1922 : Sultan Fuad I crowned king of Egypt, England recognizes Egypt
1922 : WKY-AM in Oklahoma City OK begins radio transmissions
1923 : Hugo von Hofmannsthal's "Der Unbestechliche," premieres in Vienna
1926 : Robert Goddard launches 1st liquid fuel rocket, goes 184' (56 meters)
1929 : WHP-AM in Harrisburg PA begins radio transmissions
1930 : USS Constitution (Old Ironsides) floated out to become a natl shrine
1931 : Genootschap Onze Taal (Our Language) organizes (Neth)
1933 : Hitler names Hjalmar Shaft, president of Bank of Germany
1934 : Congress passes Migratory Bird Conservation Act
1935 : Hitler orders German rearmament, violating Versailles Treaty
1937 : All but one senior fouls out of a scrimmage game between seniors &
1937 : sophomores, but he holds on to win the game 35-32
1938 : No‰l Coward's musical "Operette," premieres in London
1938 : Temple defeats Colorado to win 1st NIT
1939 : Germany occupies Czechoslovakia
1939 : Hungary annexes republic of Karpato-Ukraine
1939 : a record 26 points in the 3rd period
1940 : German air raid on British fleet base Scapa Flow
1941 : Blizzard hits North Dakota & Minnesota killing 60
1941 : Dmitri Shostakovitch receives the Stalin Prize
1941 : National Gallery of Art opens in Wash DC
1943 : Elin K (No) & Zaanland (Neth) torpedoed & sinks
1944 : Vichy Internal minister Pucheu sentenced to death
1945 : Allies secure Iwo Jima
1946 : "Would-Be Gentleman" closes at Booth Theater NYC after 77 performances
1947 : Convair Liner, 1st US twin-engine pressurized airplane, tested
1949 : KFMB TV channel 8 in San Diego, CA (CBS) begins broadcasting
1950 : 1st annual National Book Awards
1952 : 1870 mm rain in Cilaos, R‚union (world record)
1953 : AL rejects Bill Veeck's request to move St Louis Browns to Baltimore
1955 : Josephine Kroesen appointed as 1st Dutch female judge
1955 : President Eisenhower upheld the use of atomic weapons in case of war
1956 : US Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Tenley Albright
1956 : US Mens Figure Skating championship won by Hayes A Jenkins
1957 : 9th Emmy Awards: Phil Silvers Show, Robert Young & Loretta Young
1959 : Iraq & USSR sign economic/technical treaty
1962 : 1st launching of Titan 2-rocket
1962 : US Super-Constellation disappears above Pacific Ocean, kills 167
1964 : KCOY TV channel 12 in Santa Maria, CA (CBS) begins broadcasting
1964 : Paul Hornung & Alex Karras reinstated in NFL after 1 year suspension
1966 : Gemini 8 launched with Armstrong & Scott, aborted after 6.5 orbits
1966 : Man From Uncle star David McCallum receives huge welcome in London
1967 : Pirate Radio Station 333 (Radio Britain) ship breaks down
1968 : My Lai massacre occurs (Vietnam War); 450 die
1968 : Robert F Kennedy announces presidential campaign
1969 : "1776" opens at 46th St Theater NYC for 1217 performances
1969 : Peter Stone & Sherman Edward's "1776," premieres in NYC
1969 : Viasa DC-9 crashes at Maracaibo's Grano de Oro airport, killing 155
1970 : New English Bible published
1970 : WNIN TV channel 9 in Evansville, IN (PBS) begins broadcasting
1971 : 13th Grammy Awards: Bridge over Troubled Water, Carpenters win
1971 : KDCD TV channel 18 in Midland, TX (IND) suspends broadcasting
1972 : John & Yoko are served with deportation papers
1974 : 1st performance at new Grand Ole Opry House at Opryland in Nashville
1975 : "Lieutenant" closes at Lyceum Theater NYC after 9 performances
1975 : US Mariner 10 makes 3rd & final fly-by of Mercury
1976 : British premier Harold Wilson resigns
1977 : US president Carter pleads for Palestinian homeland
1978 : Amoco Cadiz spills 223,000 tons of crude oil off French coast
1978 : Red Brigade kidnaps former premier Aldo Moro in Italy, 5 killed
1978 : Soyuz 26 returns to Earth
1978 : US Senate accepts Panama Canal treaty
1978 : US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1979 : CBS-TV airs "Wings Over the World" with Paul McCartney
1980 : #5498 Gustafsson, #5938 Keller, #6150 Neukum, #6687 Lahulla,
1980 : #6945 Dahlgren, #7548 & #7983
1983 : Smallest crowd at Cleveland Coliseum (Cavs vs Nets-1,814)
1984 : Gunmen kidnap William Buckley, CIA station chief in Beirut
1984 : South-Africa & Mozambique sign non attack treaty
1985 : Associated Press correspondent Terry Anderson taken hostage in Beirut
1985 : Denny McLain, pitcher; convicted of racketeering, sentenced to 25 yrs
1988 : Federal grand jury indicts North & Poindexter in Iran-Contra affair
1988 : North-Ireland Protestant fires on Catholic funeral, 3 killed
1988 : US sends 3000 soldiers to Nicaragua's neighbor Honduras
1990 : & #5064 Tanchozuru
1991 : 7 of Reba McEntire band members are killed in a plane crash
1991 : Members of Irish Gay & Lesbian Organization march in NYC parade
1991 : NY Lotto pays $33.3 million to one winner (#s are 18-21-32-33-35-38)
1991 : Worlds Ladies Figure Skating Champ in Munich won by Kristi Yamaguchi
1992 : Matt Keough, in the dugout, is hit flush in the head by a batted ball
1994 : Moravcik forms Slovakia government
1994 : Tonya Harding pleads guilty to felony attack on Nancy Kerrigan
1995 : Dow-Jones hits record 4069.15
1995 : Manhattan upsets 4th seeded Okla 77-67
1995 : Miss House of Representatives ratifies 13th Amendement-slavery ends
1995 : Mississippi formally abolishes slavery & ratifies 13th Amendment
1995 : World best 7th wkt stand 461 by Bhupinder Singh Jr & P Dharmani
1996 : Mike Tyson KOs Frank Bruno in 2nd round

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