March 16 in History

Historical Events on March 16

1782 American Revolutionary War: Spanish troops capture the British-held island of Roatán.

1864 American Civil War: During the Red River Campaign, Union troops reach Alexandria, Louisiana.

1917 World War I: A German auxiliary cruiser is sunk in the Action of 16 March 1917.

1945 World War II: The Battle of Iwo Jima ended, but small pockets of Japanese resistance persisted.

1958 The Ford Motor Company produces its 50 millionth automobile, the Thunderbird, averaging almost a million cars a year since the company's founding.

1968 Vietnam War: My Lai Massacre occurs; between 347 and 500 Vietnamese villagers (men, women, and children) are killed by American troops.

1968 General Motors produces its 100 millionth automobile, the Oldsmobile Toronado.

1989 In Egypt, a 4,400-year-old mummy is found near the Pyramid of Cheops.

2005 Israel officially hands over Jericho to Palestinian control.

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Famous Birthdays on March 16

1751 James Madison

1926 Jerry Lewis

1959 Jens Stoltenberg

1989 Theo Walcott

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Famous Deaths on March 16

AD 37 Tiberius

1971 Thomas E. Dewey

1983 Arthur Godfrey

2008 Bill Brown (cricketer)

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