Notable Historical Events on March 16th
March 16th Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
597 |
Babylonians capture Jerusalem, replace Jehoiachin with Zedekiah as king. |
BC AD | |
1079 |
Iran adopts solar Hijrah calendar |
1190 |
York Progrom: Jews living in York, England, besieged in Clifford's Tower and massacred or commit sucide rather than submit to baptism |
1249 |
The Servite Order is officially approved by Cardinal Raniero Capocci, papal legate in Tuscany. |
1322 |
The Battle of Boroughbridge takes place in the First War of Scottish Independence. |
1345 |
Holy spirit glides above fire: "the miracle of Amsterdam" (legend) |
1517 |
Pope Leo X signs 5th Council of Lateranen |
1527 |
Battle at Khanua: Mogol Emperor Babur beats Rajputen |
1621 |
Native American chief visits colony of Plymouth Mass |
1641 |
General court declares RI a democracy & adopts new constitution |
1660 |
English Long Parliament disbands |
1689 |
The 23rd Regiment of Foot or Royal Welch Fusiliers is founded. |
1690 |
French King Louis XIV sends troops to Ireland |
1730 |
Willem Charles Henry Friso installed as viceroy of Drenthe |
1731 |
Treaty of Vienna signed by Prince Eugene of Savoy, Count Sinzendorf and Count Gundacker, Thomas Stahremberg and the British envoy to Vienna, Sir Thomas Robinson. |
1792 |
King Gustav III of Sweden is shot Count Anckarström at a masked ball at the Opera; he dies on March 29. |
1802 |
Law signed to establish US Milt Academy (West Point, NY) |
1802 |
US Army Corps of Engineers established (2nd time) |
1815 |
Willem I proclaimed king of the Netherlands, including Belgium |
1818 |
Second Battle of Cancha Rayada - Spanish forces defeat Chileans under José de San Martín. |
1827 |
1st US black newspaper, "Freedom's Journal" (NYC), begins publishing |
1829 |
Ohio authorizes high school night classes |
1830 |
London's re-organised police force (Scotland Yard) |
1830 |
New York Stock Exchange slowest day ever (31 shares traded) |
1833 |
Susan Hayhurst becomes 1st US woman grad of a pharmacy college |
1834 |
HMS Beagle anchors at Berkeley Sound, Falkland Islands |
1836 |
Texas approves a constitution |
1850 |
Nathaniel Hawthorne's "Scarlet Letter" published |
1861 |
Arizona Territory votes to leave the Union (US Civil War) |
1861 |
Confederate government appoints commissioners to Britain |
1861 |
Edward Clark became Governor of Texas, replacing Sam Houston, who was evicted from the office for refusing to take an oath of loyalty to the Confederacy (US Civil War) |
1862 |
Battle at Pound Gap Kentucky: Confederates separate battles |
1865 |
Battle of Averasboro NC (1,500 casualities) |
1867 |
First publication of an article by Joseph Lister outlining the discovery of antiseptic surgery, in The Lancet. |
1869 |
Hiram R. Revels makes 1st official speech by an African American in the Senate |
1871 |
1st fertilizer law enacted |
1872 |
1st FA Cup Final: Wanderers-Royal Engineers 1-0 in Bolton |
1876 |
Nelly Saunders & Rose Harland fight 1st female boxing match (NY) |
1877 |
Charles Bannerman completes 1st Test cricket century, 165 v Eng |
1881 |
Barnum & Bailey Circus debuts |
1882 |
US Senate ratifies treaty establishing the Red Cross |
1894 |
Jules Massenet's opera "Thaïs" premieres in Paris |
1896 |
Premiere of Mahler's "Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen" |
1897 |
Start of Sherlock Holmes "The Adventure of The Devil's Foot" (BG) |
1900 |
AL meets in Chicago, Ban Johnson announces that an AL team will be in |
1900 |
Sir Arthur Evans rediscovers the bronze age city of Knossos in Crete, home of the legendary Minotaur |
1900 |
Chicago, KC, Minn, Milwaukee, Indianapolis, Detroit, Cleve & Buffalo |
1907 |
1st 1st-class cricket game between NSW & Western Australia |
1910 |
Barney Oldfield uses a Benz to break the existing records at Daytona Beach Road Course (131.25mph) |
1911 |
Stanley Cup: Ottawa Senators beat Port Arthur (Ont) 13-4 |
1912 |
Mrs William Howard Taft plants 1st cherry tree in Wash DC |
1915 |
Brit battle cruisers Inflexible & Irresistible hit mines in Dardanelle |
1915 |
Federal Trade Commission organizes |
1916 |
James Barries' "Kiss for Cinderella" premieres in London |
1916 |
US & Canada sign migratory bird treaty |
1917 |
[OS Mar 3] Russian Grand Duke Michael, brother of Tsar Nicholas II declines the Russian throne |
1918 |
Geoffrey O'Hara's "K-K-K-Katy" song published |
1919 |
Frank Wedekind's "Elius Erweckung" premieres in Hamburg |
1920 |
1 Acre Park also known as Baby Park in the Bronx renamed Melrose Park |
1922 |
Sultan Fuad I crowned king of Egypt, England recognizes Egypt |
1922 |
WKY-AM in Oklahoma City OK begins radio transmissions |
1923 |
Hugo von Hofmannsthal's "Der Unbestechliche" premieres in Vienna |
1924 |
The free port of Fiume is formally annexed by Mussolini's fascist regime. |
1926 |
Robert Goddard launches 1st liquid fuel rocket, goes 184' (56 meters) |
1929 |
WHP-AM in Harrisburg PA begins radio transmissions |
1930 |
USS Constitution (Old Ironsides) floated out to become a natl shrine |
1931 |
Genootschap Onze Taal (Our Language) organizes (Neth) |
1933 |
Hitler names Hjalmar Schacht, president of Bank of Germany |
1934 |
Congress passes Migratory Bird Conservation Act |
1934 |
6th Academy Awards - "Cavalcade", Charles Laughton & Katharine Hepburn wins |
1935 |
Hitler orders German rearmament, violating Versailles Treaty |
1937 |
All but one senior fouls out of a scrimmage game between seniors & sophomores, but he holds on to win the game 35-32 |
1938 |
Noel Coward's musical "Operette" premieres in London |
1938 |
Temple defeats Colorado to win 1st NIT |
1939 |
Germany occupies Czechoslovakia |
1939 |
Hungary annexes republic of Karpato-Ukraine |
1939 |
NHL record 10 goals in 1 period-NY Rangers (7), NY Americans (3) & a record 26 points in the 3rd period |
1940 |
German air raid on British fleet base Scapa Flow |
1941 |
Blizzard hits North Dakota & Minnesota killing 60 |
1941 |
Dmitri Shostakovitch receives the Stalin Prize |
1941 |
National Gallery of Art opens in Wash DC |
1943 |
Elin K (No) & Zaanland (Neth) torpedoed & sinks |
1944 |
Vichy Internal minister Pucheu sentenced to death |
1945 |
Allies secure Iwo Jima |
1945 |
Würzburg, Germany is 90% destroyed, with 5,000 dead, in only 20 minutes by British bombers. |
1946 |
"Would-Be Gentleman" closes at Booth Theater NYC after 77 performances |
1947 |
Convair Liner, 1st US twin-engine pressurized airplane, tested |
1948 |
Billie Holiday is released from prison early because of good behaviour |
1949 |
KFMB TV channel 8 in San Diego, CA (CBS) begins broadcasting |
1950 |
1st annual National Book Awards |
1952 |
1870 mm rain in Cilaos, Reunion (world record) |
1952 |
Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship |
1953 |
AL rejects Bill Veeck's request to move St Louis Browns to Baltimore |
1955 |
Josephine Kroesen appointed as 1st Dutch female judge |
1955 |
President Eisenhower upheld the use of atomic weapons in case of war |
1956 |
US Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Tenley Albright |
1956 |
US Mens Figure Skating championship won by Hayes A Jenkins |
1957 |
9th Emmy Awards: Phil Silvers Show, Robert Young & Loretta Young win |
1957 |
Patty Berg wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship |
1957 |
Toronto Maple Leafs tie NHL record 37 points beating NY Rangers 14-1 |
1958 |
Beverly Hanson wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship |
1959 |
Iraq & USSR sign economic/technical treaty |
1962 |
1st launching of Titan 2-rocket |
1962 |
US Super-Constellation disappears above Pacific Ocean, kills 167 |
1964 |
KCOY TV channel 12 in Santa Maria, CA (CBS) begins broadcasting |
1964 |
Paul Hornung & Alex Karras reinstated in NFL after 1 year suspension |
1966 |
Gemini 8 launched with Armstrong & Scott, aborted after 6.5 orbits |
1966 |
Man From Uncle star David McCallum receives huge welcome in London |
1967 |
Pirate Radio Station 333 (Radio Britain) ship breaks down |
1968 |
My Lai massacre occurs (Vietnam War); 450 die |
1968 |
robert kennedy announces presidential campaign |
1968 |
General Motors produces its 100 millionth automobile, the Oldsmobile Toronado. |
1969 |
"1776" opens at 46th St Theater NYC for 1217 performances |
1969 |
Boston Bruins scores a NHL record 8 goals in 1 period |
1969 |
Peter Stone & Sherman Edward's "1776" premieres in NYC |
1969 |
Viasa DC-9 crashes at Maracaibo's Grano de Oro airport, killing 155 |
1970 |
New English Bible published |
1970 |
WNIN TV channel 9 in Evansville, IN (PBS) begins broadcasting |
1971 |
13th Grammy Awards: Bridge over Troubled Water, Carpenters win |
1971 |
KDCD TV channel 18 in Midland, TX (IND) suspends broadcasting |
1971 |
Government of Trygve Bratteli in Norway. |
1971 |
Muddy Waters wins his first Grammy Award, Hollywood |
1971 |
Northern Ireland Prime Minister Chichester-Clark meets with British PM Heath to disucss the security situation in Northern Ireland |
1972 |
John & Yoko are served with deportation papers |
1973 |
Shah of Iran and Consortium members agree to nationalize all assets immediately in return for an assured 20-year supply of Iranian oil |
1973 |
OPEC discusses raising prices to offset decline of U.S. dollar value |
1974 |
1st performance at new Grand Ole Opry House at Opryland in Nashville |
1975 |
"Lieutenant" closes at Lyceum Theater NYC after 9 performances |
1975 |
US Mariner 10 makes 3rd & final fly-by of Mercury |
1976 |
British premier Harold Wilson resigns |
1977 |
US president Carter pleads for Palestinian homeland |
1978 |
Amoco Cadiz spills 223,000 tons of crude oil off French coast |
1978 |
Red Brigade kidnaps former premier Aldo Moro in Italy, 5 killed |
1978 |
Soyuz 26 returns to Earth |
1978 |
US Senate accepts Panama Canal treaty |
1978 |
US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site |
1979 |
CBS-TV airs "Wings Over the World" with Paul McCartney |
1980 |
Joanne Carner wins LPGA Honda Civic Golf Classic |
1983 |
Smallest crowd at Cleveland Coliseum (Cavs vs Nets-1,814) |
1984 |
Gunmen kidnap William Buckley, CIA station chief in Beirut |
1984 |
South-Africa & Mozambique sign non attack treaty |
1985 |
Associated Press correspondent Terry Anderson taken hostage in Beirut |
1985 |
Denny McLain, pitcher; convicted of racketeering, sentenced to 25 yrs |
1986 |
chris johnson wins LPGA GNA/Glendale Federal Golf Classic |
1988 |
Federal grand jury indicts North & Poindexter in Iran-Contra affair |
1988 |
North Ireland Protestant fires on Catholic funeral, 3 killed |
1988 |
US sends 3,000 soldiers to Nicaragua's neighbor Honduras |
1991 |
7 of Reba McEntire band members are killed in a plane crash |
1991 |
Members of Irish Gay & Lesbian Organization march in NYC parade |
1991 |
NJ Net coach Bill Fitch is 4th coach to win 800 NBA games |
1991 |
NY Lotto pays $33.3 million to one winner (#s are 18-21-32-33-35-38) |
1991 |
Worlds Ladies Figure Skating Champ in Munich won by Kristi Yamaguchi |
1992 |
Matt Keough, in the dugout, is hit flush in the head by a batted ball |
1994 |
Moravcik forms Slovakia government |
1994 |
Tonya Harding pleads guilty to felony attack on Nancy Kerrigan |
1995 |
Dow-Jones hits record 4069.15 |
1995 |
Manhattan upsets 4th seeded Oklahoma 77-67 |
1995 |
Mississippi House of Representatives formally abolishes slavery & ratifies 13th Amendment |
1995 |
World best 7th wkt stand 461 by Bhupinder Singh Jr & P Dharmani |
1996 |
Mike Tyson TKOs Frank Bruno in 3rd round to gain Heavyweight title |
1997 |
Donna Andrews wins LPGA Welch's/Circle K Championship |
1997 |
NJ Devils' Dave Andreychuk is 26th NHL to score 500 goals |
1997 |
Stuart Appleby wins Honda Golf Classic |
1997 |
Toshiba Senior Golf Classic |
1997 |
Sandline affair: On Bougainville Island, soldiers of commander Jerry Singirok arrest Tim Spicer and his mercenaries of the Sandline International. |
1998 |
Pope John Paul II asks God for forgiveness for the inactivity and silence of some Roman Catholics during the Holocaust. |
2003 |
The largest coordinated worldwide vigil takes place, as part of the global protests against Iraq war. |
2005 |
Israel officially hands over Jericho to Palestinian control. |
2006 |
The United Nations General Assembly votes overwhelmingly to establish the UN Human Rights Council. |
2012 |
Turkish NATO helicopter crashes into a house killing ten people in the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan |
2012 |
Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar becomes first cricketer to score 100 international centuries |
2012 |
George Clooney and other several prominent participants, including Martin Luther King III, are arrested outside the Sundanese Embassy for civil disobedience |
2013 |
A €10 billion Cyprus bailout plan will wipe out 10% of the citizens bank deposits |
2013 |
24 Pakistani Army soldiers are killed after their bus falls down a ravine in Rawalpindi |
2013 |
Kim Yu-Na of South Korea wins the women's 2013 World Figure Skating Championships |
2014 |
Voters in Crimea vote overwhelmingly to leave Ukraine and rejoin Russia amid international condemnation of its design |
2016 |
Al Qaeda says Ivory Coast attack was revenge against France |
2016 |
Sen. Marco Rubio ends presidential bid |
2016 |
Ben Carson says Trump offered him a role in his administration |
2016 |
McConnell Urges Trump to Condemn Violence |
2016 |
Washington DC subway to shut down for 29 hours for safety checks |
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