| History By Day |
| March 16th |
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| About March 16th is the 75th day of the year (76th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 290 days remaining until the end of the calendar year. Births 1751 - James Madison, 4th U.S. President 1951 - Joe DeLamielleure, Hall of Fame offensive guard 1956 - Ozzie Newsome, Hall of Fame tight end 1967 - Lauren Graham, actress (Gilmore Girls) Deaths 2008 - Ola Brunkert, drummer (ABBA) Events 1861 – After Sam Houston was evicted from the office of Governor of Texas for refusing a Confederacy loyalty oath, Edward Clark is named as is his replacement. 1865 - The Battle of Averasborough begins to take place where the Confederate forces suffer an exceptional amount of casualties in the final months of the American Civil War. 1867 – The discovery of antiseptic surgery is first described by a Joseph Lister article in The Lancet. 1916 - John J. Pershing leads the 7th and 10th U.S. cavalry regiments across the United States and Mexican border to join the search for Pancho Villa. 1926 – The first liquid-fueled rocked is launched by Robert Goddard in Auburn , Massachusetts . 1945 – Although small pockets of resistance persist, the major Battle of Iwo Jima comes to an end. 1958 – The 50th million Ford Motor Company automobile is manufactured, a Thunderbird. 1966 – Gemini 8 is launched from Cape Canaveral , Florida , becoming the 12th manned American space flight and first space docking with the Agena Target Vehicle. 1968 - My Lai massacre takes place during the Vietnam War where nearly 500 Vietnamese villagers are killed by American troops. 1968 – The 100th million automobile is manufactured by General Motors, the Oldsmobile Toronado. 1978 – One of the largest oil spills in history occurs when supertanker Amoco Cadiz crashes on the Portsall Rocks, three miles off the coast of Brittany , France . 1984 – CIA Station chief in Beirut , Lebanon , William Buckley, is kidnapped by Islamic fundamentalists and later dies in captivity. 1985 - Terry Anderson, an Associated Press reporter, is taken hostage in Beirut . He is later released on December 4th, 1991. 1988 - Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North and Vice Admiral John Poindexter are indicted on charges of conspiracy to commit fraud against the United States in the Iran-Contra Affair. 1995 - Mississippi formally ratifies the Thirteenth Amendment, becoming the final state to approve the abolition of slavery 130 years after the Amendment was officially ratified. 2003 – As part of worldwide protests against the U.S. and Iraq War, the largest coordinated vigil takes place. |
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