Page 7: Historical Events In March - 16

1945  US defeats Japan at Iwo Jima on March - 16.   

1945  Allies secure Iwo Jima on this day in history.   

1945  On this day in history pierre Drieu la Rochelle, French writer/poet, commits suicide at 52   

1946  On this day in history 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 this day in history marius HLW "Max" Blokzijl, Dutch Nazi propagandist, executed at 61   

1947  Convair Liner, first US twin-engine pressurized airplane, tested on March - 16.   

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

1949  On this day in history kFMB TV channel 8 in San Diego, CA (CBS) begins broadcasting   

1950  1st annual National Book Awards on March - 16.   

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

1952  1870 mm rain in Cilaos, Reunion (world record) on this day in history.   

1953  On this day in history aL rejects Bill Veeck's request to move St Louis Browns to Baltimore   

1955  On March - 16 josephine Kroesen appointed as first Dutch female judge   

1955  On March - 16 president Eisenhower upheld the use of atomic weapons in case of war   

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

1955  On March - 16 mayhew Lake, composer, dies at 75   

1956  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 on this day in history.   

1956  On March - 16 uS Men's Figure Skating Championship won by Hayes A Jenkins   

1956  US Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Tenley Albright on this day in history.   

1956  On this day in history joseph John Richards, composer, dies at 77   

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

1957  On March - 16 andreanof Islands, Alaska a 7.0 earthquake occured One of the Largest Earthquakes in the United States   

1957  On March - 16 mosa Pijade, Yugoslavian MP (communist), dies at 67   

1957  On this day in history 9th Emmy Awards: Phil Silvers Show, Robert Young &Loretta Young   

1958  On March - 16 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   

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

1958  On this day in history leon J Cadore, pitched the 26 inning game, dies at 65   

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

1959  On March - 16 john Sailling, last documented Civil War vet, dies at 111   

1961  On this day in history 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  On this day in history the first launching of Titan 2-rocket   

1962  On March - 16 uS Super-Constellation disappears above Pacific Ocean, kills 167   

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 this day in history.   

1473  Henry IV the Pious, Duke of Saxony (d. 1541) was born on this day in history.   

1581  Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, Dutch historian and writer (d. 1647) was born on this day in history.   

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

1609  On March - 16 birth of michael Franck, composer   

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

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

0455  On this day in history death of valentinian III, Roman Emperor (b. 419)   

1021  On March - 16 death of heribert of Cologne, Archbishop of Cologne and Chancellor of Emperor Otto III   

1037  On March - 16 death of robert I, Archbishop of Rouen   

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

1485  On this day in history death of anne Neville, queen of Richard III of England (b. 1456)   

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