About March 16
March 16, 2024 is the 76th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 290 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.
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Pisces is the sun sign of a person born on this day. Aquamarine is the modern birthstone for this month. Jade is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 319 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On March 16
- 37 –Caligula became Roman Emperor after the death of his great uncle, Tiberius.
- 1244 –Over 200 Cathars are burned after the Fall of Montségur
- 1322 –The Battle of Boroughbridge took place in the Despenser Wars.
- 1521 –Ferdinand Magellan reached the Philippines.
- 1621 –Samoset, a Mohegan, visited the settlers of Plymouth Colony and greets them, “Welcome, Englishmen! My name is Samoset.”
- 1660 –The Long Parliament dissolved.
- 1802 –The Army Corps of Engineers is established to found and operate the United States Military Academy at West Point.
- 1812 –Battle of Badajoz (March 16 – April 6) – British and Portuguese forces besieged and defeated French garrison during Peninsular War.
- 1818 –Second Battle of Cancha Rayada – Spanish forces defeated Chileans under José de San Martín.
- 1872 –The Wanderers F.C. won the first FA Cup, the oldest football competition in the world, beating Royal Engineers A.F.C. 1-0 at The Oval in Kennington, London.
- 1912 –Lawrence Oates, an ill member of Robert Falcon Scott’s South Pole expedition, left the tent to die, saying: “I am just going outside and may be some time.”
- 1935 –Adolf Hitler ordered Germany to rearm herself in violation of the Versailles Treaty. Conscription is reintroduced to form the Wehrmacht.
- 1939 –Marriage of Princess Fawzia of Egypt to Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran.
- 1945 –Ninety percent of Würzburg, Germany is destroyed in only 20 minutes by British bombers. 5,000 are killed.
- 1950 –Communist Czechoslovakia’s ministry of foreign affairs asked nuncios of Vatican to leave the country.
- 1962 –A Flying Tiger Line Super Constellation disappeared in the western Pacific Ocean, with 107 missing.
- 1963 –Mount Agung erupted on Bali killing 11,000.
- 1978 –Former Italian Prime Minister Aldo Moro is kidnapped and is later killed by his captors.
- 1985 –Associated Press newsman Terry Anderson is taken hostage in Beirut. He is released on December 4, 1991.
- 1988 –Iran-Contra Affair: Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North and Vice Admiral John Poindexter are indicted on charges of conspiracy to defraud the United States.
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