Page 7: Historical Events In March - 16

1945  On March - 16 uS defeats Japan at Iwo Jima   

1945  On this day in history allies secure Iwo Jima   

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

1946  On March - 16 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.   

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

1946  On March - 16 marius HLW "Max" Blokzijl, Dutch Nazi propagandist, executed at 61   

1947  On March - 16 convair Liner, first US twin-engine pressurized airplane, tested   

1947  Convair Liner, 1st US twin-engine pressurized airplane, tested on this day in history.   

1949  KFMB TV channel 8 in San Diego, CA (CBS) begins broadcasting on this day in history.   

1950  On March - 16 1st annual National Book Awards   

1952  On March - 16 1870 mm rain in Cilaos, Réunion (world record)   

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

1953  On March - 16 aL rejects Bill Veeck's request to move St Louis Browns to Baltimore   

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

1955  President Eisenhower upheld the use of atomic weapons in case of war on this day in history.   

1955  Josephine Kroesen appointed as 1st Dutch female judge on March - 16.   

1955  Mayhew Lake, composer, dies at 75 on March - 16.   

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  US Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Tenley Albright on March - 16.   

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

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

1957  Andreanof Islands, Alaska a 7.0 earthquake occured One of the Largest Earthquakes in the United States on this day in history.   

1957  On this day in history mosa Pijade, Yugoslavian MP (communist), dies at 67   

1957  On March - 16 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 this day in history.   

1958  On this day in 1958 the Ford Motor Company produced its 50,000,000th car, a Thunderbird on March - 16.   

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

1959  On this day in history iraq &USSR sign economic/technical treaty   

1959  John Sailling, last documented Civil War vet, dies at 111 on March - 16.   

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  US Super-Constellation disappears above Pacific Ocean, kills 167 on this day in history.   

1962  John Owen Jones, composer, dies at 85 on March - 16.   

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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  On March - 16 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  Gerbrant A Bredero, Holland, poet/playwright (Klucht van de Koe) was born on this day in history.   

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

1631  René Le Bossu, French critic (d. 1680) was born on this day in history.   

1634  On March - 16 birth of contessa Marie Madeleine La Fayette, novelist   

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

1021  On this day in history death of heribert of Cologne, Archbishop of Cologne and Chancellor of Emperor Otto III   

1037  Death of Robert I, Archbishop of Rouen on March - 16.   

1072  On March - 16 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  Death of John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset (b. 1373) on March - 16.   

1485  Death of Anne Neville, queen of Richard III of England (b. 1456) on March - 16.   

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