Today in History - History - March 16th

1998Pope John Paul II asks God for forgiveness for the inactivity and silence of some Roman Catholics during the Holocaust.

1971Muddy Waters wins his first Grammy Award, Hollywood

1968robert kennedy announces presidential campaign

1850Nathaniel Hawthorne's "Scarlet Letter" published

2012George Clooney and other several prominent participants, including Martin Luther King III, are arrested outside the Sundanese Embassy for civil disobedience

1986chris johnson wins LPGA GNA/Glendale Federal Golf Classic

1690French King Louis XIV sends troops to Ireland

1948Billie Holiday is released from prison early because of good behaviour

1917[OS Mar 3] Russian Grand Duke Michael, brother of Tsar Nicholas II declines the Russian throne

1933Hitler names Hjalmar Schacht, president of Bank of Germany

1926Jerry Lewis, [Joseph Levitch], Newark New Jersey, comedian/fund raiser (MDA),

1751James Madison, Port Conway Va, (D-R), 4th US president (1809-17)

1959Flavor Flav, American rapper, and reality tv star

1963Kevin Smith, New Zealand actor (d. 2002)

1985Actress Maureen McCormick (28) weds Michael Cummings

1996Sportscaster Pat Summerall (65) weds Cherilyn Burns in Florida

2002Oscar-winning entertainer Liza Minnelli (56) weds producer David Gest (48) at the Marble Collegiate Church in New York City

1939Marriage of Princess Fawzia of Egypt to Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran.

1975T-Bone Walker, blues guitarist (Funky Town, Well Done), dies at 64

1971Thomas E. Dewey, US president candidate (R 1944, 48), dies of a heart attack at 68

1940Selma Lagerlöf, Swedish writer and Nobel Prize laureate, dies at 81

1985Eddie Shore, Canadian ice hockey player, dies of a lung infection at 82