Page 9: Historical Events In March - 16

1979  CBS-TV airs "Wings Over the World" with Paul McCartney on this day in history.   

1979  On March - 16 jean Monnet, French economist/CEO (ECSC), dies at 90   

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

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

1984  On this day in history gunmen kidnap William Buckley, CIA station chief in Beirut   

1984  On this day in history 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 March - 16.   

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

1988  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 on March - 16.   

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

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

1988  On March - 16 uS sends 3000 soldiers to Nicaragua's neighbor Honduras   

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

1990  Ernst Bacon, composer, dies at 91 on March - 16.   

1991  On this day in history 7 members of Reba McEntire's band are killed in a plane crash   

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

1991  On this day in history 7 members of Reba McIntire's band, killed in a plane crash   

1992  Matt Keough, in the dugout, is hit flush in the head by a batted ball on this day in history.   

1992  Renzhong Weangn, China politician (1934-45), dies on this day in history.   

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

1994  Moravcik forms Slovakia government on March - 16.   

1994  Tonya Harding pleads guilty to felony attack on Nancy Kerrigan on this day in history.   

1995  On this day in history dow-Jones hits record 4069.15   

1995  Mississippi House of Representatives ratifies 13th Amendement-formally abolishes slavery on this day in history.   

1995  On March - 16 world best 7th wicket stand 461 by Bhupinder Singh Jr &P Dharmani   

1995  On this day in history albert Maurice Hackett, playwright/screenwriter, dies at 95   

1996  Mike Tyson KOs Frank Bruno in 2nd round on March - 16.   

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 March - 16.   

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

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1338  Thomas de Beauchamp, 12th Earl of Warwick (d. 1401) was born on March - 16.   

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 March - 16.   

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

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

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

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

1021  Death of Heribert of Cologne, Archbishop of Cologne and Chancellor of Emperor Otto III on March - 16.   

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

1072  On March - 16 adalbert, archbishop of Bremen-Hamburg, dies   

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

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  Death of Ibrahim Pasha, grand-visier of Osmaanse Rich, murdered at about 45 on March - 16.