On this day: March 16th
There are many and several events on this day in history. Read and discover what happened on this day: On this day: March 16th
On this day: March 16th
Events On this day: March 16th
- 1521: Ferdinand Magellan reaches the Philippines.
- 1802: West Point, the US Military Academy, is established.
- 1850: The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne, is published.
- 1872: The Wanderers F.C. won the first FA Cup, the oldest football competition in the world.
- 1926: Robert Goddard launches the first liquid-fueled rocket.
- 1960: Alfred Hitchcock’s movie Psycho is premiered. The film starring Anthony Perkins and Janet Leigh is an all-time classic of the suspense movie genre.
- 1968: During the Vietnam War, the My Lai Massacre occurred as American soldiers of Charlie Company murdered 504 Vietnamese men, women, and children. Twenty-five U.S. Army officers were later charged with complicity in the massacre and subsequent cover-up, but only one was convicted and later pardoned by President Richard Nixon.
- 1968: New York Senator Robert Kennedy announced his intention to run for the Democratic presidential nomination.
- 1988: In Northern Ireland, an Ulster loyalist kills 3 people at a Provisional IRA funeral. Michael Stone was later convicted of the Milltown Cemetery attack, which was filmed by news crews.
- 1988: A poison gas attack kills 5000 civilians in the Kurdish town of Halabjah. The war crime was in all likelihood executed on the orders of Iraqi despot Saddam Hussein.
Birthdays on this day: March 16th
- 1751: James Madison (US President # 4)
- 1789: George Ohm (German scientist who discovered Ohm’s Law)
- 1912 : Pat Nixon (American educator, 39th First Lady of the United States)
- 1917: Samael Aun Weor (Colombian author)
- 1926: Jerry Lewis (Actor and Comedian)
- 1949: Erik Estrada (Actor)
- 1953: Richard Stallman (American computer programmer)
- 1954: Nancy Wilson (American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actress)
- 1986: Daisuke Takahashi (Japanese figure skater)
- 1989: Blake Griffin (NBA Basketball player)
Deaths on this day: March 16th
- 37: Tiberius (Roman emperor)
- 1983: Arthur Godfrey (American radio, television host)
- 2003: Rachel Corrie (American activist)
- 2006: Minnie Pwerle (Australian painter)
- 2008: Bill Brown (Australian cricketer)
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