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March 16th
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March 16th is the 75th day of the year (76th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar.  There are 290 days remaining until
the end of the calendar year.

Births
1751
- James Madison, 4th U.S. President
1926 - Charles Goodell, former Senator (New York)
1926 - Jerry Lewis, comedian, actor, television personality
1949 - Erik Estrada, actor (CHiPs)
1951 - Joe DeLamielleure, Hall of Fame offensive guard
1959 - Flavor Flav, rapper, television personality
1956 - Ozzie Newsome, Hall of Fame tight end
1967 - Lauren Graham, actress (Gilmore Girls)

Deaths
1970
- Tammi Terrell, singer ("Ain't No Mountain High Enough")
1971 - Thomas E. Dewey, New York Governor, presidential candidate
2008 - Ola Brunkert, drummer (ABBA)

Events
1802
- The United States Military Academy at West Point is established.
1850 - Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel The Scarlet Letter is published.
1861 - After Sam Houston was evicted from the office of Governor of Texas for refusing a Confederacy loyalty oath, Edward
Clark is named as is his replacement.
1865 - The Battle of Averasborough begins to take place where the Confederate forces suffer an exceptional amount of
casualties in the final months of the American Civil War.
1867 - The discovery of antiseptic surgery is first described by a Joseph Lister article in The Lancet.
1916 - John J. Pershing leads the 7th and 10th U.S. cavalry regiments across the United States and Mexican border to join
the search for Pancho Villa.
1926 - The first liquid-fueled rocked is launched by Robert Goddard in Auburn, Massachusetts .
1945 - Although small pockets of resistance persist, the major Battle of Iwo Jima comes to an end.
1958 - The 50th million Ford Motor Company automobile is manufactured, a Thunderbird.
1963 - Peter, Paul and Mary release their single "Puff, the Magic Dragon".
1964 - The Beatles release their single "Can't Buy Me Love" in the United States.
1966 - Gemini 8 is launched from Cape Canaveral , Florida , becoming the 12th manned American space flight and first
space docking with the Agena Target Vehicle.
1968 - My Lai Massacre takes place during the Vietnam War where nearly 500 Vietnamese villagers are killed by U.S. troops.
1968 - The 100th million automobile is manufactured by General Motors, the Oldsmobile Toronado.
1978 - One of the largest oil spills in history occurs when supertanker Amoco Cadiz crashes on the Portsall Rocks, three
miles off the coast of Brittany, France .
1984 - CIA Station chief in Beirut, Lebanon, William Buckley, is kidnapped by Islamic fundamentalists and later dies in
captivity.
1985 - Terry Anderson, an Associated Press reporter, is taken hostage in Beirut .  He is later released on December 4th,
1991.
1988 - The Kurdish town of Halabjah is attacked by the Iraqi government with poison gas and nerve agents killing 5,000.
1988 - Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North and Vice Admiral John Poindexter are indicted on charges of conspiracy to commit
fraud against the United States in the Iran-Contra Affair.
1994 - Tonya Harding pled guilty to charges related to the attack on her competitor Nancy Kerrigan.
1995 - Mississippi formally ratifies the Thirteenth Amendment, becoming the final state to approve the abolition of slavery
130 years after the Amendment was officially ratified.
1995 - Norman Thagard becomes the first American to visit the Russian space station Mir.
1998 - The Vatican issues "We Remember: A Reflection on the Shoah" expressing remorse for the cowardice of some
Christians during World War II.
2003 - As part of worldwide protests against the Iraq Invasion, the largest coordinated vigil takes place.
2005 - Actor Robert Blake is acquitte dof the murder of his wife Bonnie Lee Bakley.
Calendar
January
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31
February
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29
March
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31
April
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30
May
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31
June
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30
July
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31
August
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31
September
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30
October
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31
November
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30
December
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31
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