Historical Events In March - 16

1945  US defeats Japan at Iwo Jima on this day in history.   

1945  Allies secure Iwo Jima on March - 16.   

1945  Pierre Drieu la Rochelle, French writer/poet, commits suicide at 52 on March - 16.   

1946  John Dick's headless, armless and legless torso found on Hamilton Mountain, leading to sensational trial of his wife Evelyn, later convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison on this day in history.   

1946  "Would-Be Gentleman" closes at Booth Theater NYC after 77 performances on March - 16.   

1946  Marius HLW "Max" Blokzijl, Dutch Nazi propagandist, executed at 61 on this day in history.   

1947  On this day in history convair Liner, first US twin-engine pressurized airplane, tested   

1947  On this day in history convair Liner, 1st US twin-engine pressurized airplane, tested   

1949  On this day in history kFMB TV channel 8 in San Diego, CA (CBS) begins broadcasting   

1950  On this day in history 1st annual National Book Awards   

1952  On this day in history 1870 mm rain in Cilaos, Réunion (world record)   

1952  1870 mm rain in Cilaos, Reunion (world record) on March - 16.   

1953  On this day in history aL rejects Bill Veeck's request to move St Louis Browns to Baltimore   

1955  Josephine Kroesen appointed as first Dutch female judge on March - 16.   

1955  President Eisenhower upheld the use of atomic weapons in case of war on March - 16.   

1955  On this day in history josephine Kroesen appointed as 1st Dutch female judge   

1955  On March - 16 mayhew Lake, composer, dies at 75   

1956  On this day in history in Lebanon, two 6.0 eathquakes approximately 9 minutes apart. 136 killed, 6,000 houses destroyed and 17,000 damaged in 400 villages in the Chouf region.   

1956  On this day in history uS Men's Figure Skating Championship won by Hayes A Jenkins   

1956  On March - 16 uS Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Tenley Albright   

1956  Joseph John Richards, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1957  On March - 16 9th Emmy Awards Phil Silvers Show, Robert Young &Loretta Young   

1957  On this day in history andreanof Islands, Alaska a 7.0 earthquake occured One of the Largest Earthquakes in the United States   

1957  Mosa Pijade, Yugoslavian MP (communist), dies at 67 on March - 16.   

1957  On this day in history 9th Emmy Awards: Phil Silvers Show, Robert Young &Loretta Young   

1958  In Beirut, Lebanon, Islamic militants kidnap American journalist Terry Anderson, and take him to the southern suburbs of the war-torn city where other Western hostages are being held in scattered dungeons under ruined building on March - 16.   

1958  On this day in 1958 the Ford Motor Company produced its 50,000,000th car, a Thunderbird on this day in history.   

1958  Leon J Cadore, pitched the 26 inning game, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1959  Iraq &USSR sign economic/technical treaty on this day in history.   

1959  John Sailling, last documented Civil War vet, dies at 111 on this day in history.   

1961  On March - 16 jaguar Cars Ltd. introduced the XK-E, or E-Type, at the Geneva Auto Show. Th E-Type was the successor to the C- and D-Type Jaguar that had earned the company’s reputation for racing excellenc   

1962  The first launching of Titan 2-rocket on March - 16.   

1962  On this day in history uS Super-Constellation disappears above Pacific Ocean, kills 167   

1962  John Owen Jones, composer, dies at 85 on this day in history.   

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1338  On this day in history birth of thomas de Beauchamp, 12th Earl of Warwick (d. 1401)   

1445  Johann Geiler von Kaisersberg, Swiss-born preacher (d. 1510) was born on this day in history.   

1473  On this day in history birth of henry IV the Pious, Duke of Saxony (d. 1541)   

1581  On March - 16 birth of pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, Dutch historian and writer (d. 1647)   

1585  On March - 16 birth of gerbrant A Bredero, Holland, poet/playwright (Klucht van de Koe)   

1609  Michael Franck, composer was born on March - 16.   

1631  On March - 16 birth of rené Le Bossu, French critic (d. 1680)   

1634  Contessa Marie Madeleine La Fayette, novelist was born on this day in history.   

0455  On March - 16 death of valentinian III, Roman Emperor (b. 419)   

1021  On March - 16 death of heribert of Cologne, Archbishop of Cologne and Chancellor of Emperor Otto III   

1037  On March - 16 death of robert I, Archbishop of Rouen   

1072  On this day in history adalbert, archbishop of Bremen-Hamburg, dies   

1322  On this day in history death of humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford, English soldier (b. 1276)   

1410  On this day in history death of john Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset (b. 1373)   

1485  Death of Anne Neville, queen of Richard III of England (b. 1456) on this day in history.   

1536  On this day in history death of ibrahim Pasha, grand-visier of Osmaanse Rich, murdered at about 45