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.

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

1935Hitler orders German rearmament, violating Versailles Treaty

1986chris johnson wins LPGA GNA/Glendale Federal Golf Classic

1933Hitler names Hjalmar Schacht, president of Bank of Germany

1971Muddy Waters wins his first Grammy Award, Hollywood

1978Red Brigade kidnaps former premier Aldo Moro in Italy, 5 killed

1968robert kennedy announces presidential campaign

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

1850Nathaniel Hawthorne's "Scarlet Letter" published

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

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

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

1959Flavor Flav, American rapper, and reality tv star

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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