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16 Mar 1190
York Progrom Jews living in York England besieged in Cliffords Tower and massacred or commit sucide rather than submit to baptism
16 Mar 1249
The Servite Order is officially approved by Cardinal Raniero Capocci papal legate in Tuscany
16 Mar 1322
The Battle of Boroughbridge takes place in the First War of Scottish Independence
16 Mar 1345
Holy spirit glides above fire the miracle of Amsterdam (legend)
16 Mar 1621
Native American chief visits colony of Plymouth Massachusetts
16 Mar 1641
General court declares RI a democracy & adopts new constitution
16 Mar 1689
The 23rd Regiment of Foot or Royal Welch Fusiliers is founded. In 2004 it merged with the Royal Regiment of Wales to form the Royal Welsh Regiment.
16 Mar 1730
Willem Charles Henry Friso installed as viceroy of Drenthe
16 Mar 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.
16 Mar 1802
Law signed to establish US Military Academy (West Point NY)
16 Mar 1802
US Army Corps of Engineers established (2nd time)
16 Mar 1802
The 1st US Military Academy at West Point is established through Congressional act (opened July 4 )
16 Mar 1815
Willem I proclaimed King of the Netherlands including Belgium
16 Mar 1827
First US newspaper Freedoms Journal owned and operated by African Americans begins publishing in New York City
16 Mar 1830
Londons re-organised police force (Scotland Yard)
16 Mar 1830
New York Stock Exchange slowest day ever (31 shares traded)
16 Mar 1836
Constitution of the Republic of Texas approved legalises slavery
16 Mar 1861
Arizona Territory votes to leave the Union (US Civil War)
16 Mar 1861
Confederate government appoints commissioners to Britain
16 Mar 1862
Battle at Pound Gap Kentucky Confederates separate battles
16 Mar 1865
Battle of Averasboro North Carolina (1500 casualties)
16 Mar 1867
First publication of an article by Joseph Lister outlining the discovery of antiseptic surgery in The Lancet
16 Mar 1872
1st FA Cup Final Wanderers defeat Royal Engineers 1-0 at Kennington Oval in London
16 Mar 1876
Nelly Saunders & Rose Harland fight 1st female boxing match (NY)
16 Mar 1877
Charles Bannerman completes 1st Test cricket century 165 v Eng
16 Mar 1882
US Senate ratifies treaty establishing the Red Cross
16 Mar 1883
Susan Hayhurst becomes 1st US woman graduate of a pharmacy college
16 Mar 1894
Jules Massenets opera Thas premieres in Paris includes piece Mditation for violin and orchestra
16 Mar 1896
Premiere of Mahlers Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen
16 Mar 1897
Start of Sherlock Holmes The Adventure of The Devils Foot (BG)
16 Mar 1900
AL meets in Chicago Ban Johnson announces AL league will be Chicago White Stockings Washington Senators Milwaukee Brewers Detroit Tigers Cleveland Blues Boston Americans Philadelphia Athletics and Baltimore Orioles
16 Mar 1900
Sir Arthur Evans rediscovers the bronze age city of Knossos in Crete home of the legendary Minotaur
16 Mar 1907
First 1st-class cricket game between NSW & Western Australia
16 Mar 1910
Barney Oldfield uses a Benz to break the existing records at Daytona Beach Road Course (131.25mph)
16 Mar 1911
Stanley Cup Deys Arena Ottawa ON Ottawa Senators beat Port Arthur Bearcats (ON) 13-4
16 Mar 1912
Mrs William Howard Taft plants 1st cherry tree in Washington D.C.
16 Mar 1915
British battle cruisers Inflexible & Irresistible hit mines in Dardanelles
16 Mar 1916
James Barries Kiss for Cinderella premieres in London
16 Mar 1919
Frank Wedekinds Elius Erweckung premieres in Hamburg
16 Mar 1920
1 Acre Park also known as Baby Park in the Bronx renamed Melrose Park
16 Mar 1921
Britain signs a trade agreement with the USSR and sends a trade mission to Moscow this goes against the US who in the same month refused to sign a trade agreement
16 Mar 1922
Egypt achieves independence from Britain but British troops remain
16 Mar 1922
WKY-AM in Oklahoma City OK begins radio transmissions
16 Mar 1923
Hugo von Hofmannsthals Der Unbestechliche premieres in Vienna
16 Mar 1929
WHP-AM in Harrisburg PA begins radio transmissions
16 Mar 1930
USS Constitution (Old Ironsides) floated out to become a national shrine
16 Mar 1931
Genootschap Onze Taal (Our Language) organizes (Netherlands)
16 Mar 1934
US Congress passes Migratory Bird Conservation Act
16 Mar 1935
Adolf Hitler orders German re-armament in violation of The Treaty of Versailles
16 Mar 1937
All but one senior fouls out of a scrimmage game between seniors & sophomores but he holds on to win the game 35-32
16 Mar 1938
Noel Cowards musical Operette premieres in London
16 Mar 1939
NHL record 10 goals in 1 period-NY Rangers (7) NY Americans (3) & a record 26 points in the 3rd period
16 Mar 1940
German air raid on British fleet base Scapa Flow
16 Mar 1941
Blizzard hits North Dakota & Minnesota killing 60
16 Mar 1941
National Gallery of Art opens in Washington D.C.
16 Mar 1943
Ships Elin K (Norway) and Zaanland (Netherlands) torpedoed by German U-boats and sink
16 Mar 1944
French Vichy Internal minister Pierre Pucheu sentenced to death for treason
16 Mar 1945
Wrzburg Germany is 90% destroyed with 5000 dead in only 20 minutes by British bombers
16 Mar 1946
Would-Be Gentleman closes at Booth Theater NYC after 77 performances
16 Mar 1947
Convair Liner 1st US twin-engine pressurized airplane tested
16 Mar 1949
KFMB TV channel 8 in San Diego CA (CBS) begins broadcasting
16 Mar 1952
1870 mm rain in Cilaos Island of Reunion (world record)
16 Mar 1952
Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship
16 Mar 1953
AL rejects Bill Veecks request to move St Louis Browns to Baltimore
16 Mar 1955
Josephine Kroesen appointed as 1st Dutch female judge
16 Mar 1959
Iraq & USSR sign economic and technical treaty
16 Mar 1962
US Super-Constellation disappears above Pacific Ocean kills 167
16 Mar 1964
KCOY TV channel 12 in Santa Maria CA (CBS) begins broadcasting
16 Mar 1964
Paul Hornung & Alex Karras reinstated in NFL after 1 year suspension
16 Mar 1966
Gemini 8 launched with Armstrong & Scott aborted after 6.5 orbits
16 Mar 1966
Man From Uncle star David McCallum receives huge welcome in London
16 Mar 1967
Pirate Radio Station 333 (Radio Britain) ship breaks down
16 Mar 1968
My Lai massacre occurs when American soldiers kill 400 unarmed Vietnamese civilians in one of the most controversial incidents of the Vietnam War
16 Mar 1956
US Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Tenley Albright
16 Mar 1956
US Mens Figure Skating championship won by Hayes A Jenkins
16 Mar 1957
Toronto Maple Leafs tie NHL record 37 points beating NY Rangers 14-1
16 Mar 1958
Beverly Hanson wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship
16 Mar 1968
General Motors produces its 100 millionth automobile the Oldsmobile Toronado
16 Mar 1969
Boston Bruins scores a NHL record 8 goals in 1 period
16 Mar 1969
Peter Stone & Sherman Edwards 1776 premieres at 46th St Theater NYC for 1217 performances
16 Mar 1969
Viasa DC-9 crashes at Maracaibos Grano de Oro airport killing 155
16 Mar 1970
WNIN TV channel 9 in Evansville IN (PBS) begins broadcasting
16 Mar 1971
13th Grammy Awards Bridge over Troubled Water Carpenters win
16 Mar 1971
KDCD TV channel 18 in Midland TX (IND) suspends broadcasting
16 Mar 1973
Shah of Iran and Consortium members agree to nationalize all assets immediately in return for an assured 20-year supply of Iranian oil
16 Mar 1973
OPEC discusses raising prices to offset decline of U.S. dollar value
16 Mar 1974
1st performance at new Grand Ole Opry House at Opryland in Nashville
16 Mar 1975
Lieutenant closes at Lyceum Theater NYC after 9 performances
16 Mar 1975
US Mariner 10 makes 3rd & final fly-by of Mercury
16 Mar 1978
Amoco Cadiz spills 223000 tons of crude oil off French coast
16 Mar 1983
Smallest crowd at Cleveland Coliseum (Cavs vs Nets-1814)
16 Mar 1984
Gunmen kidnap William Buckley CIA station chief in Beirut
16 Mar 1984
South Africa & Mozambique sign non attack treaty
16 Mar 1985
Associated Press correspondent Terry Anderson taken hostage in Beirut
16 Mar 1985
MLB Pitcher Denny McLain convicted of racketeering sentenced to 25 yrs
16 Mar 1986
Christa Johnson wins LPGA GNAGlendale Federal Golf Classic
16 Mar 1988
Federal grand jury indicts North & Poindexter in Iran-Contra affair
16 Mar 1988
North Ireland Protestant fires on Catholic funeral 3 killed
16 Mar 1988
US sends 3000 soldiers to Nicaraguas neighbor Honduras
16 Mar 1988
Chemical attack on Kurdish town of Halabja by Iraqi forces kills 5000 civilians - largest ever chemical weapons attack
16 Mar 1991
Seven members of Reba McEntires band are killed in a plane crash
16 Mar 1991
Members of Irish Gay & Lesbian Organization march in NYC parade
16 Mar 1991
NJ Net coach Bill Fitch is 4th coach to win 800 NBA games
16 Mar 1991
NY Lotto pays 33.3 million to one winner (s are 18-21-32-33-35-38)
16 Mar 1991
Worlds Ladies Figure Skating Champ in Munich won by Kristi Yamaguchi
16 Mar 1992
Matt Keough in the dugout is hit flush in the head by a batted ball
16 Mar 1994
Tonya Harding pleads guilty to felony attack on Nancy Kerrigan
16 Mar 1995
Mississippi House of Representatives formally abolishes slavery & ratifies 13th Amendment
16 Mar 1995
World best 7th wkt stand 461 by Bhupinder Singh Jr & P Dharmani
16 Mar 1996
Montreal Canadians 1st game in their new arena (Bell Center)
16 Mar 1997
Donna Andrews wins LPGA WelchsCircle K Championship
16 Mar 1997
NJ Devils Dave Andreychuk is 26th NHL to score 500 goals
16 Mar 1997
Sandline affair On Bougainville Island soldiers of commander Jerry Singirok arrest Tim Spicer and his mercenaries of the Sandline International.
16 Mar 2003
The largest coordinated worldwide vigil takes place as part of the global protests against Iraq war.
16 Mar 2003
50th ACC Mens Basketball Tournament 12 Duke beats NC State 84-77
16 Mar 2003
44th SEC Mens Basketball Tournament Kentucky beats Mississippi State 64-57
16 Mar 2005
Israel officially hands over Jericho to Palestinian control.
16 Mar 2006
The United Nations General Assembly votes overwhelmingly to establish the UN Human Rights Council.
16 Mar 2008
55th ACC Mens Basketball Tournament 1 North Carolina beats 22 Clemson 86-81
16 Mar 2008
49th SEC Mens Basketball Tournament Georgia beats Arkansas 66-57
16 Mar 2012
Turkish NATO helicopter crashes into a house killing ten people in the outskirts of Kabul Afghanistan
16 Mar 2013
A 10 billion Cyprus bailout plan will wipe out 10% of the citizens bank deposits
16 Mar 2013
24 Pakistani Army soldiers are killed in Rawalpindi after their bus falls down a ravine
16 Mar 2013
Kim Yu-Na of South Korea wins the womens World Figure Skating Championships
16 Mar 2013
34th Big East Mens Basketball Tournament Louisville beats Syracuse 78-61
16 Mar 2013
Wales routs England by a record 30-3 at Millennium Stadium Cardiff to retain their Six Nation Rugby Championship Welsh winger Alex Cuthbert scores 2 tries and fullback Leigh Halfpenny lands 44 penalties
16 Mar 2014
Voters in Crimea vote overwhelmingly to leave Ukraine and rejoin Russia amid international condemnation of its design
16 Mar 2014
61st ACC Mens Basketball Tournament 6 Virginia beats 7 Duke 72-63
16 Mar 2014
55th SEC Mens Basketball Tournament Florida beats Kentucky 61-60
16 Mar 2016
US college student Otto Warmbier is sentenced to 15 years hard labour for trying to steal a political poster in Pyongyang North Korea
16 Mar 2018
Indian actor Irrfan Khan reveals he has been diagnosed with a neuroendocrine tumour
16 Mar 2018
Asias second-richest person Hong Kongs Li Ka-Shing announces his retirement at 89
16 Mar 1872
1st English FA Cup Final Kennington Oval London Wanderers defeat Royal Engineers 1-0 Morton Betts scores winner
16 Mar 1875
English FA Cup Final Replay Kennington Oval London Royal Engineers beat Old Etonians 2-0 after initial 1-1 draw
16 Mar 1935
Scotland beats England 10-7 at Murrayfield Edinburgh to allow Ireland to win the Home Nations Rugby Championship with a 2-1 record
16 Mar 1957
LPGA Titleholders Championship Womens Golf Augusta CC Patty Berg wins her 7th Titleholders title by 3 strokes from amateur Anne Quast
16 Mar 1957
England clinches its 15th Five Nations Rugby Championship the Grand Slam Triple Crown and Calcutta Cup with a 16-3 win over Scotland at Twickenham London
16 Mar 1958
LPGA Titleholders Championship Womens Golf Augusta CC Beverly Hanson wins by 5 strokes ahead of Betty Dodd
16 Mar 1963
England edges Scotland 10-8 at Twickenham London to win its 17th Five Nations Rugby Championship
16 Mar 1974
Both Wales (12-16 v England) and France (6-19 v Scotland) lose their final round matches handing Ireland their 8th Five Nations Rugby Championship
16 Mar 1991
England beats France 21-19 at Twickenham for its 19th outright Five Nations Rugby Championship 9th Grand Slam and 16th Triple Crown fullback Simon Hodgkinson 4 penalties and a conversion
16 Mar 1996
England beats Ireland 28-15 at Twickenham for a second consecutive Five Nations Rugby Championship and Triple Crown fly-half Paul Grayson lands 6 penalties a conversion and drop goal
16 Mar 2019
Beached dead whale found to have 88 pounds of plastic inside it including 40 pounds of plastic bags in Mabini Philippines
16 Mar 2020
Global infections and deaths from coronavirus CONVID-19 overtake those in China for the 1st time 86000 vs 80860 infections 3241 vs 3208 deaths according to John Hopkins Uni
16 Mar 1190
York Progrom Jews living in York England besieged in Cliffords Tower and massacred or commit suicide rather than submit to baptism
16 Mar 1934
Academy Award gold statuette 1st called Oscar in print by Sidney Skolsky
16 Mar 1996
Montreal Canadiens 1st game in their new arena (Bell Center)
16 Mar 2019
Beached dead whale found to have 88 pounds of plastic inside it including 40 pounds of plastic bags in Mabini Philippines
16 Mar 2020
Global infections and deaths from COVID-19 overtake those in China for the 1st time 86000 vs 80860 infections 3241 vs 3208 deaths according to John Hopkins Uni
16 Mar 2020
COVID-19 France orders a national lockdown US recommends meetings 10 or less 6 counties in San Francisco and surrounding counties told to shelter in place
16 Mar 2020
COVID-19 study by London Imperial College showing migration approach could lead to 25000 deaths in UK over 1 million in US prompts strategy changes from both countries
16 Mar 2020
Major League Baseball suspends remainder of Spring Training and delays start of regular season in response to COVID-19 pandemic return dependent on recommendations by Centers for Disease Control
16 Mar 1912
American first lady Helen Herron Taft plants the 1st cherry tree in Washington D.C.
16 Mar 1964
KCOY TV channel 12 in Santa Maria California (CBS) begins broadcasting
16 Mar 2021
French architects Anne Lacaton and Jean-Philippe Vassal win the Pritzker Prize for architecture
16 Mar 2021
Israeli researchers reveal re-discovery of 2000 year-old Dead Sea Scrolls 1st found in 60 years left by Jews fleeing Romans in Horror Cave Israel
16 Mar 2021
Gunman shots and kills eight people at three different spas in Atlanta Georgia
16 Mar 1190
York (England) Pogrom Jews seek refuge in Cliffords Tower which is then besieged by a mob about 150 people are massacred or commit suicide rather than submit to Christian baptism
16 Mar 1857
Stefano Ronchetti-Montevitis opera Pergolese premieres at La Scala in Milan Kingdom of Lombardy (now Italy)
16 Mar 1960
Dedication of National Observatory at Kitt Peak in the Quinlan Mountains of the Arizona-Sonoran Desert Tohono Oodham Nation lands of Arizona dedicated
16 Mar 1969
Sherman Edwards historical musical 1776 starring William Daniels and Ken Howard opens at 46th St Theater (transferring to the St. James and later the Majestic) NYC runs for 1217 performances winning 3 Tony Awards
16 Mar 1970
Oxford University Press and Cambridge University press co-publish The Old Testament of the New English Bible and Complete New English Bible incorporating the New Testament first published in 1961
16 Mar 1970
WNIN TV channel 9 in Evansville Indiana (PBS) begins broadcasting
16 Mar 1983
Smallest crowd of 1814 attend NBA Cavaliers vs. NY Nets game at Cleveland Coliseum
16 Mar 1995
Mississippi House of Representatives formally abolishes slavery & ratifies 13th Amendment of US Constitution [1]
16 Mar 2010
Parts of the Kasubi Tombs architectural treasure and burial site of the Buganda kings burns down in Kampala Uganda
16 Mar 1730
William IV Prince of Orange installed as Stadtholder of Drenthe
16 Mar 1769
Louis-Antoine de Bougainvilles expedition of two ships completes first French circumnavigation of the world arriving in Saint-Malo France (also carried 1st woman to circumnavigate the world Jeanne Bar) [1]
16 Mar 1792
Denmark becomes the first nation to ban the transatlantic slave trade for financial reasons. Doesnt go into effect until 1803 causing a frenzy of activity amongst slave traders who even receive financial support. An estimated 120000 enslaved Africans were transported from Africa to the West Indies aboard vessels flying the Danish flag. [1]
16 Mar 1933
Adolf Hitler names Hjalmar Schacht as President of Bank of Germany
16 Mar 1933
Hans Luther resigns as president of the Reichsbank and is appointed as German ambassador to the United States.
16 Mar 1966
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. star David McCallum receives huge welcome in London
16 Mar 2008
Dale Jarrett retires from points racing after the Food City 500
16 Mar 2008
Rock Musical Next to Normal by Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey premieres Off-Broadway at the Second Stage Theatre in New York (Pulitzer Prize for Drama 2010) [1]
16 Mar 2022
After 20 seasons as Foxs NFL lead broadcast team Joe Buck and Troy Aikman join ESPN as new lead commentators of Monday Night Football
16 Mar 2022
British-Iranians Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Anoosheh Ashoori return to the UK after being detained for five and six years on spying charges [1]
16 Mar 2022
US Federal Reserve raises interest rates for the first time since 2018 by a quarter of a point to help ease rising price inflation [1]
16 Mar 2023
Banking jitters continues as US Wall Street banks agree to deposit US30 billion in First Republic Bank as its stock plummets in the wake of the failure of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank
16 Mar 2023
Houston Zoo announces their oldest resident Mr Pickles (90) is finally a father with Mrs Pickles (53) the parents of three rare baby radiated tortoises named Dill Gherkin and Jalapeo [1]
16 Mar 1345
Holy Spirit glides above fire in The Miracle of Amsterdam (legend)
16 Mar 1641
General Court of Election declares Rhode Island a democracy and adopts a new constitution
16 Mar 1872
1st English FA Cup Final Wanderers defeat Royal Engineers 1-0 with Morton Betts scoring the winner at Kennington Oval London
16 Mar 1934
Academy Award gold statuette is first called an Oscar in print by Sidney Skolsky
16 Mar 1964
Green Bay Packers halfback Paul Hornung and Detroit Lions defensive tackle Alex Karras are reinstated in NFL after 1 year suspension for betting on football games
16 Mar 1968
General Motors produces its 100 millionth automobile an Oldsmobile Toronado
16 Mar 2003
Largest coordinated worldwide vigil takes place as part of global protests against the Iraq War
16 Mar 2020
Dow Jones Industrial Average falls 2997 points or 12.9% its largest single-day point loss and its second-largest percentage drop
16 Mar 1827
Freedoms Journal is the first US newspaper owned and operated by African Americans and begins publishing in New York City
16 Mar 1922
WKY-AM in Oklahoma City Oklahoma begins radio transmissions
16 Mar 1971
13th Grammy Awards Simon & Garfunkels Bridge Over Troubled Water and the Carpenters win
16 Mar 1974
1st performance at new Grand Ole Opry House at Opryland in Nashville Tennessee
16 Mar 1985
Associated Press correspondent Terry Anderson taken hostage in Beirut Lebanon
16 Mar 2021
Israeli researchers reveal the rediscovery of 2000-year-old Dead Sea Scrolls the first found in 60 years left by Jews fleeing Romans in Horror Cave Israel
16 Mar 2025
A fire caused by pyrotechnic devices at a nightclub hosting a concert in Kocani North Macedonia kills at least 59 people and injures 155 others [1]
16 Mar 2025
Asian Film Awards Payal Kapadias All We Imagine as Light wins Best Film Best Director Yoshida Daihachi acting awards to Sean Lau and Shahana Goswami [1]