Page 9: Historical Events In March - 16

1979  On this day in history cBS-TV airs "Wings Over the World" with Paul McCartney   

1979  Jean Monnet, French economist/CEO (ECSC), dies at 90 on this day in history.   

1980  On March - 16 joanne Carner wins LPGA Honda Civic Golf Classic   

1983  Arthur Godfrey, TV host (Arthur Godrey Show), dies at 79 on March - 16.   

1984  Gunmen kidnap William Buckley, CIA station chief in Beirut on March - 16.   

1984  On March - 16 south-Africa &Mozambique sign non attack treaty   

1985  Associated Press correspondent Terry Anderson taken hostage in Beirut on this day in history.   

1985  Denny McLain, pitcher; convicted of racketeering, sentenced to 25 years on this day in history.   

1985  In the Leeward Islands a 6.8 earthquake injured 6 and damage (VI) on Guadeloupe. Minor damage on Montserrat. Also felt on Antigua, St. Kitts and Puerto Rico on this day in history.   

1985  Roger Huntington Sessions, US composer (Black Masks), dies at 88 on this day in history.   

1987  On this day in history scott McKay, actor (Guest in House, 30 Seconds over Tokyo), dies at 71   

1988  On March - 16 as part of the Iran-Contra affair, Lieutenant Colonel Oliver L. North and Vice Admiral John M. Poindexter of the National Security Council (NSC) are indicted on charges of conspiracy to defraud the United States   

1988  On this day in history federal grand jury indicts Marine Lt. Col. Oliver L. North &Navy Vice Adm. John M. Poindexter in Iran-Contra affair   

1988  North-Ireland Protestant fires on Catholic funeral, 3 killed on March - 16.   

1988  US sends 3000 soldiers to Nicaragua's neighbor Honduras on this day in history.   

1988  Dorothy Adams Foulger, actress (Laura, Devil Commands), dies at 88 on March - 16.   

1990  On this day in history ernst Bacon, composer, dies at 91   

1991  7 members of Reba McEntire's band are killed in a plane crash on March - 16.   

1991  On this day in history new York Lotto pays $33.3 million to one winner (#s are 18-21-32-33-35-38)   

1991  On March - 16 7 members of Reba McIntire's band, killed in a plane crash   

1992  On this day in history matt Keough, in the dugout, is hit flush in the head by a batted ball   

1992  Renzhong Weangn, China politician (1934-45), dies on March - 16.   

1993  On March - 16 edmonton, Alberta Police use pepper spray and batons to control over 100 youths who attacked passers-by in the Eaton Centre and Edmonton Centre malls, after a screening of the rap movie spoof CB4   

1993  On this day in history chishu Ryu, Japanese actor (Autumn Afternoon), dies of cancer at 86   

1994  Moravcik forms Slovakia government on this day in history.   

1994  Tonya Harding pleads guilty to felony attack on Nancy Kerrigan on March - 16.   

1995  Dow-Jones hits record 4069.15 on March - 16.   

1995  On this day in history mississippi House of Representatives ratifies 13th Amendement-formally abolishes slavery   

1995  On this day in history world best 7th wicket stand 461 by Bhupinder Singh Jr &P Dharmani   

1995  Albert Maurice Hackett, playwright/screenwriter, dies at 95 on this day in history.   

1996  On this day in history mike Tyson KOs Frank Bruno in 2nd round   

1997  On March - 16 donna Andrews wins LPGA Welch's/Circle K Championship   

2005  Ripudaman Singh Malik and Ajaib Singh Bagri, accused of the bombing of the Air India Flight 182 in 1985, are found not guilty on all counts on this day in history.   

2010  The Kasubi Tombs, Uganda's only cultural World Heritage Site, are destroyed by fire on this day in history.   

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

1445  On March - 16 birth of johann Geiler von Kaisersberg, Swiss-born preacher (d. 1510)   

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  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  On March - 16 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 this day in history.   

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

1072  Adalbert, archbishop of Bremen-Hamburg, dies on March - 16.   

1322  On March - 16 death of humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford, English soldier (b. 1276)   

1410  On March - 16 death of john Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset (b. 1373)   

1485  On this day in history 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 March - 16.