Historical Events In March - 16
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1979 On March - 16 cBS-TV airs "Wings Over the World" with Paul McCartney
1979 On March - 16 jean Monnet, French economist/CEO (ECSC), dies at 90
1980 On this day in history joanne Carner wins LPGA Honda Civic Golf Classic
1983 On March - 16 arthur Godfrey, TV host (Arthur Godrey Show), dies at 79
1984 Gunmen kidnap William Buckley, CIA station chief in Beirut on this day in history.
1984 South-Africa &Mozambique sign non attack treaty on this day in history.
1985 On this day in history associated Press correspondent Terry Anderson taken hostage in Beirut
1985 On March - 16 denny McLain, pitcher; convicted of racketeering, sentenced to 25 years
1985 On March - 16 in the Leeward Islands a 6.8 earthquake injured 6 and damage (VI) on Guadeloupe. Minor damage on Montserrat. Also felt on Antigua, St. Kitts and Puerto Rico.
1985 Roger Huntington Sessions, US composer (Black Masks), dies at 88 on March - 16.
1987 Scott McKay, actor (Guest in House, 30 Seconds over Tokyo), dies at 71 on this day in history.
1988 On this day in history as part of the Iran-Contra affair, Lieutenant Colonel Oliver L. North and Vice Admiral John M. Poindexter of the National Security Council (NSC) are indicted on charges of conspiracy to defraud the United States
1988 On March - 16 federal grand jury indicts Marine Lt. Col. Oliver L. North &Navy Vice Adm. John M. Poindexter in Iran-Contra affair
1988 North-Ireland Protestant fires on Catholic funeral, 3 killed on March - 16.
1988 On March - 16 uS sends 3000 soldiers to Nicaragua's neighbor Honduras
1988 Dorothy Adams Foulger, actress (Laura, Devil Commands), dies at 88 on March - 16.
1990 Ernst Bacon, composer, dies at 91 on March - 16.
1991 7 members of Reba McEntire's band are killed in a plane crash on this day in history.
1991 On this day in history new York Lotto pays $33.3 million to one winner (#s are 18-21-32-33-35-38)
1991 On this day in history 7 members of Reba McIntire's band, killed in a plane crash
1992 Matt Keough, in the dugout, is hit flush in the head by a batted ball on March - 16.
1992 On this day in history renzhong Weangn, China politician (1934-45), dies
1993 Edmonton, Alberta Police use pepper spray and batons to control over 100 youths who attacked passers-by in the Eaton Centre and Edmonton Centre malls, after a screening of the rap movie spoof CB4 on March - 16.
1993 On March - 16 chishu Ryu, Japanese actor (Autumn Afternoon), dies of cancer at 86
1994 Moravcik forms Slovakia government on this day in history.
1994 Tonya Harding pleads guilty to felony attack on Nancy Kerrigan on March - 16.
1995 On March - 16 dow-Jones hits record 4069.15
1995 On this day in history mississippi House of Representatives ratifies 13th Amendement-formally abolishes slavery
1995 World best 7th wicket stand 461 by Bhupinder Singh Jr &P Dharmani on March - 16.
1995 On March - 16 albert Maurice Hackett, playwright/screenwriter, dies at 95
1996 On March - 16 mike Tyson KOs Frank Bruno in 2nd round
1997 On March - 16 donna Andrews wins LPGA Welch's/Circle K Championship
2005 On this day in history ripudaman Singh Malik and Ajaib Singh Bagri, accused of the bombing of the Air India Flight 182 in 1985, are found not guilty on all counts.
2010 On this day in history the Kasubi Tombs, Uganda's only cultural World Heritage Site, are destroyed by fire.
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