Page 9: Historical Events In March - 16

1979  CBS-TV airs "Wings Over the World" with Paul McCartney on March - 16.   

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

1984  On March - 16 gunmen kidnap William Buckley, CIA station chief in Beirut   

1984  On this day in history south-Africa &Mozambique sign non attack treaty   

1985  On March - 16 associated Press correspondent Terry Anderson taken hostage in Beirut   

1985  On March - 16 denny McLain, pitcher; convicted of racketeering, sentenced to 25 years   

1985  On this day in history 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.   

1985  On March - 16 roger Huntington Sessions, US composer (Black Masks), dies at 88   

1987  On March - 16 scott McKay, actor (Guest in House, 30 Seconds over Tokyo), dies at 71   

1988  On this day in history 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  Federal grand jury indicts Marine Lt. Col. Oliver L. North &Navy Vice Adm. John M. Poindexter in Iran-Contra affair on March - 16.   

1988  North-Ireland Protestant fires on Catholic funeral, 3 killed on this day in history.   

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  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 March - 16.   

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

1992  On March - 16 matt Keough, in the dugout, is hit flush in the head by a batted ball   

1992  On March - 16 renzhong Weangn, China politician (1934-45), dies   

1993  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 on March - 16.   

1993  On March - 16 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 this day in history.   

1995  Dow-Jones hits record 4069.15 on this day in history.   

1995  On March - 16 mississippi House of Representatives ratifies 13th Amendement-formally abolishes slavery   

1995  World best 7th wicket stand 461 by Bhupinder Singh Jr &P Dharmani on March - 16.   

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

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

1997  Donna Andrews wins LPGA Welch's/Circle K Championship on this day in history.   

2005  On March - 16 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.   

2010  On March - 16 the Kasubi Tombs, Uganda's only cultural World Heritage Site, are destroyed by fire.   

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1338  On this day in history 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  Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, Dutch historian and writer (d. 1647) was born on March - 16.   

1585  On March - 16 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 March - 16 birth of rené Le Bossu, French critic (d. 1680)   

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

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  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1485  On March - 16 death of anne Neville, queen of Richard III of England (b. 1456)   

1536  On March - 16 death of ibrahim Pasha, grand-visier of Osmaanse Rich, murdered at about 45