Page 6: Historical Events In March - 16

1926  On March - 16 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  On March - 16 robert Goddard launches 1st liquid fuel rocket, goes 184' (56 meters)   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

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  Congress passes Migratory Bird Conservation Act on March - 16.   

1935  On this day in history hitler orders German rearmament, violating Versailles Treaty   

1935  In Germany Hitler introduces conscription, renouncing the Treaty of Versailles on this day in history.   

1935  John J R Macleod, Scot/Canadian physiologist (Nobel 1923), dies at 58 on this day in history.   

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 March - 16.   

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

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

1938  Egon Friedell, writer, dies on March - 16.   

1939  On March - 16 germany occupies Czechoslovakia   

1939  Hungary annexes republic of Karpato-Ukraine on March - 16.   

1940  German air raid on British fleet base Scapa Flow on this day in history.   

1941  Blizzard hits North Dakota &Minnesota killing 60 on this day in history.   

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

1941  On this day in history national Gallery of Art opens in Washington DC   

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

1941  On this day in history john Murray, Canada oceanographer (Challenger), dies at 73   

1942  Alexander van Zemlinsky, Austrian composer (African Dance), dies at 69 on March - 16.   

1943  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 on this day in history.   

1943  On this day in history the ships Elin K (Norway) &Zaanland (Netherlands) torpedoed &sunk   

1943  Elin K (No) & Zaanland (Neth) torpedoed & sinks on March - 16.   

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

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1338  On March - 16 birth of thomas de Beauchamp, 12th Earl of Warwick (d. 1401)   

1445  Johann Geiler von Kaisersberg, Swiss-born preacher (d. 1510) was born on March - 16.   

1473  Henry IV the Pious, Duke of Saxony (d. 1541) was born on March - 16.   

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

1585  On this day in history birth of gerbrant A Bredero, Holland, poet/playwright (Klucht van de Koe)   

1609  On this day in history birth of michael Franck, composer   

1631  On this day in history birth of rené Le Bossu, French critic (d. 1680)   

1634  Contessa Marie Madeleine La Fayette, novelist was born on March - 16.   

0455  Death of Valentinian III, Roman Emperor (b. 419) on March - 16.   

1021  Death of Heribert of Cologne, Archbishop of Cologne and Chancellor of Emperor Otto III on this day in history.   

1037  On this day in history death of robert I, Archbishop of Rouen   

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

1322  Death of Humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford, English soldier (b. 1276) on this day in history.   

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 March - 16 death of ibrahim Pasha, grand-visier of Osmaanse Rich, murdered at about 45