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.

1935Hitler orders German rearmament, violating Versailles Treaty

1968robert kennedy announces presidential campaign

1924The free port of Fiume is formally annexed by Mussolini's fascist regime.

1869Hiram R. Revels makes 1st official speech by an African American in the Senate

1517Pope Leo X signs 5th Council of Lateranen

1971Muddy Waters wins his first Grammy Award, Hollywood

1986chris johnson wins LPGA GNA/Glendale Federal Golf Classic

1926Robert Goddard launches 1st liquid fuel rocket, goes 184' (56 meters)

1818Second Battle of Cancha Rayada - Spanish forces defeat Chileans under José de San Martín.

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

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

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

1959Flavor Flav, American rapper, and reality tv star

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

1905Inventor and electrical engineer Guglielmo Marconi (30) weds Beatrice O'Brien

1985Actress Maureen McCormick (28) weds Michael Cummings

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

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

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

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