Page 6: Historical Events In March - 16

1926  On this day in history the first man to give dreams of reaching the stars a glimpse of reality was Dr. Robert H. Goddard, who successfully launched the world's first liquid-fueled rocket at Auburn, Massachusetts   

1926  Robert Goddard launches 1st liquid fuel rocket, goes 184' (56 meters) on this day in history.   

1926  On this day in history jerry Lewis, [Levitch], comedian/fund raiser (MDA), loved in France   

1926  On this day in history sergeant Stubby, decorated World War I dog   

1929  WHP-AM in Harrisburg PA begins radio transmissions on March - 16.   

1930  On this day in history uSS Constitution (Old Ironsides) floated out to become a national shrine   

1930  USS Constitution (Old Ironsides) floated out to become a natl shrine on this day in history.   

1930  Miguel Primo de Riveray Orbaneja, Sp dictator (1923-30), dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1931  On March - 16 genootschap Onze Taal (Our Language) organizes (Netherlands)   

1931  Genootschap Onze Taal (Our Language) organizes (Neth) on March - 16.   

1933  On March - 16 hitler names Hjalmar Shaft, president of Bank of Germany   

1933  Alfred Her, Hungarian mathematician, dies at 47 on this day in history.   

1934  On this day in history congress passes Migratory Bird Conservation Act   

1935  Hitler orders German rearmament, violating Versailles Treaty on March - 16.   

1935  On this day in history in Germany Hitler introduces conscription, renouncing the Treaty of Versailles   

1935  On March - 16 john J R Macleod, Scot/Canadian physiologist (Nobel 1923), dies at 58   

1937  On March - 16 all but one senior fouls out of a scrimmage game between seniors & sophomores, but he holds on to win the game 35-32   

1937  J Austen Chamberlain, English Min of For affairs (Nobel), dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1938  Noël Coward's musical "Operette", premieres in London on this day in history.   

1938  On this day in history noel Coward's musical "Operette," premieres in London   

1938  On this day in history egon Friedell, writer, dies   

1939  On March - 16 germany occupies Czechoslovakia   

1939  Hungary annexes republic of Karpato-Ukraine on this day in history.   

1940  German air raid on British fleet base Scapa Flow on March - 16.   

1941  On March - 16 blizzard hits North Dakota &Minnesota killing 60   

1941  On this day in history dmitri Shostakovitch receives the Stalin Prize   

1941  National Gallery of Art opens in Washington DC on this day in history.   

1941  On this day in history blizzard hits North Dakota & Minnesota killing 60   

1941  John Murray, Canada oceanographer (Challenger), dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1942  Alexander van Zemlinsky, Austrian composer (African Dance), dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1943  On March - 16 flight Lieutenant WE Newton awarded posthumously the Victoria Cross Newton was the only member of the RAAF to win the Victoria Cross in the Pacific war   

1943  On March - 16 the ships Elin K (Norway) &Zaanland (Netherlands) torpedoed &sunk   

1943  On March - 16 elin K (No) & Zaanland (Neth) torpedoed & sinks   

1944  On this day in history vichy Internal minister Pucheu sentenced to death   

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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 March - 16 birth of henry IV the Pious, Duke of Saxony (d. 1541)   

1581  On this day in history birth of pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, Dutch historian and writer (d. 1647)   

1585  Gerbrant A Bredero, Holland, poet/playwright (Klucht van de Koe) was born on this day in history.   

1609  Michael Franck, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

1634  On this day in history birth of contessa Marie Madeleine La Fayette, novelist   

0455  Death of Valentinian III, Roman Emperor (b. 419) on this day in history.   

1021  Death of Heribert of Cologne, Archbishop of Cologne and Chancellor of Emperor Otto III on March - 16.   

1037  Death of Robert I, Archbishop of Rouen on this day in history.   

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

1322  On March - 16 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  On March - 16 death of anne Neville, queen of Richard III of England (b. 1456)   

1536  Death of Ibrahim Pasha, grand-visier of Osmaanse Rich, murdered at about 45 on this day in history.