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What Happened on March 16th This Day in History

Year	Name
2022	A 7.4-magnitude earthquake occurs off the coast of Fukushima, Japan, killing 4 people and injuring 225.
2021	Atlanta spa shootings: Eight people are killed and one is injured in a trio of shootings at spas in and near Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. A suspect is arrested the same day.
2020	The Dow Jones Industrial Average falls by 2,997.10, the single largest point drop in history and the second-largest percentage drop ever at 12.93%, an even greater crash than Black Monday (1929). This follows the U.S. Federal Reserve announcing that it will cut its target interest rate to 0–0.25%.
2016	A bomb detonates in a bus carrying government employees in Peshawar, Pakistan, killing 15 and injuring at least 30.
2016	Two suicide bombers detonate their explosives at a mosque during morning prayer on the outskirts of Maiduguri, Nigeria, killing 24 and injuring 18.
2014	Crimea votes in a controversial referendum to secede from Ukraine to join Russia.
2005	Israel officially hands over Jericho to Palestinian control.
2003	American activist Rachel Corrie is killed in Rafah by being run over by an Israel Defense Forces bulldozer while trying to obstruct the demolition of a home.
2001	A series of bomb blasts in the city of Shijiazhuang, China kill 108 people and injure 38 others,[24] the biggest mass murder in China in decades.
1995	Mississippi formally ratifies the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, becoming the last state to approve the abolition of slavery.
1988	Iran–Contra affair: Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North and Vice Admiral John Poindexter are indicted on charges of conspiracy to defraud the United States.
1988	Halabja chemical attack: The Kurdish town of Halabja in Iraq is attacked with a mix of poison gas and nerve agents on the orders of Saddam Hussein, killing 5,000 people and injuring about 10,000 people.
1988	The Troubles: Ulster loyalist militant Michael Stone attacks a Provisional IRA funeral in Belfast with pistols and grenades. Three persons, one of them a member of PIRA are killed, and more than 60 others are wounded.
1985	Associated Press newsman Terry Anderson is taken hostage in Beirut; he not released until December 1991.
1984	William Buckley, the CIA station chief in Lebanon, is kidnapped by Hezbollah; he later dies in captivity.
1979	Sino-Vietnamese War: The People's Liberation Army crosses the border back into China, ending the war.
1978	Former Italian Prime Minister Aldo Moro is kidnapped; he is later murdered by his captors.
1978	A Balkan Bulgarian Airlines Tupolev Tu-134 crashes near Gabare, Bulgaria, killing 73.
1978	Supertanker Amoco Cadiz splits in two after running aground on the Portsall Rocks, three miles off the coast of Brittany, resulting in the largest oil spill in history at that time.
1977	Assassination of Kamal Jumblatt, the main leader of the anti-government forces in the Lebanese Civil War.
1969	A Viasa McDonnell Douglas DC-9 crashes in Maracaibo, Venezuela, killing 155.[13]
1968	Vietnam War: My Lai Massacre occurs; between 347 and 500 Vietnamese villagers are killed by American troops.
1966	Launch of Gemini 8 with astronauts Neil Armstrong and David Scott. It would perform the first docking of two spacecraft in orbit.
1962	Flying Tiger Line Flight 739 disappears in the western Pacific Ocean with all 107 aboard missing and presumed dead.[9]
1945	World War II: The Battle of Iwo Jima ends, but small pockets of Japanese resistance persist.
1945	Ninety percent of Würzburg, Germany is destroyed in only 20 minutes by British bombers, resulting in at least 4,000 deaths.
1941	Operation Appearance takes place to re-establish British Somaliland
1939	From Prague Castle, Hitler proclaims Bohemia and Moravia a German protectorate.
1936	Warmer-than-normal temperatures rapidly melt snow and ice on the upper Allegheny and Monongahela rivers, leading to a major flood in Pittsburgh.
1935	Adolf Hitler orders Germany to rearm herself in violation of the Treaty of Versailles. Conscription is reintroduced to form the Wehrmacht.
1926	History of Rocketry: Robert Goddard launches the first liquid-fueled rocket, at Auburn, Massachusetts.
1924	In accordance with the Treaty of Rome, Fiume becomes annexed as part of Italy.
1918	Finnish Civil War: Battle of Länkipohja is infamous for its bloody aftermath as the Whites execute 70–100 capitulated Reds.
1916	The 7th and 10th US cavalry regiments under John J. Pershing cross the US–Mexico border to join the hunt for Pancho Villa.
1898	In Melbourne, the representatives of five colonies adopt a constitution, which would become the basis of the Commonwealth of Australia.[5]
1872	The Wanderers F.C. win the first FA Cup, the oldest football competition in the world, beating Royal Engineers A.F.C. 1–0 at The Oval in Kennington, London.
1815	Prince Willem proclaims himself King of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands, the first constitutional monarch in the Netherlands.
1802	The Army Corps of Engineers is established to found and operate the United States Military Academy at West Point.
1792	King Gustav III of Sweden is shot; he dies on March 29.
1660	The Long Parliament of England is dissolved so as to prepare for the new Convention Parliament.
1621	Samoset, a Mohegan, visits the settlers of Plymouth Colony and greets them, "Welcome, Englishmen! My name is Samoset."
1244	Over 200 Cathars who refuse to recant are burnt to death after the Fall of Montségur.
1190	Massacre of Jews at Clifford's Tower, York.
934	Meng Zhixiang declares himself emperor and establishes Later Shu as a new state independent of Later Tang.

Famous People Born on March 16

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Year	Name
1942	Roger Crozier, Canadian-American ice hockey player (d. 1996)
1954	Dav Whatmore, Sri Lankan-Australian cricketer and coach
1948	Michael Owen Bruce, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1982	Miguel Comminges, Guadeloupean footballer
1986	Kenny Dykstra, American wrestler
1934	Ray Hnatyshyn, Canadian lawyer and politician, 24th Governor General of Canada (d. 2002)
1823	William Henry Monk, English organist and composer (d. 1889)
1937	Amos Tversky, Israeli-American psychologist and academic (d. 1996)
1399	The Xuande Emperor, ruler of Ming China (d. 1435)
1878	Clemens August Graf von Galen, German cardinal (d. 1946)

Famous People Deaths On March 16

Here is a list of some famous peope who died on March 16. For full list please click on the link above.

Date	Name
1868	David Wilmot, American politician, sponsor of Wilmot Proviso (b. 1814)
1979	Jean Monnet, French economist and politician (b. 1888)
455	Valentinian III, Roman emperor (assassinated;
1999	Gratien Gélinas, Canadian actor, director, and playwright (b. 1909)
1322	Humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford, English general and politician, Lord High Constable of England (b. 1276)
1992	Yves Rocard, French physicist and engineer (b. 1903)
1940	Selma Lagerlöf, Swedish author and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1858)
2001	Bob Wollek, French race car driver (b. 1943)
1914	Gaston Calmette, French journalist (b. 1858)
1072	Adalbert of Hamburg, German archbishop (b. 1000)