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March 16th, 2008 (March 16 2008)DeathBill Brown, Australian cricketer (born in 1912)
March 16th, 2008 (March 16 2008)DeathOla Brunkert, Swedish session drummer for ABBA (born in 1946)
March 16th, 2008 (March 16 2008)DeathGary Hart, American professional wrestling manager and wrestler (born in 1942)
March 16th, 2008 (March 16 2008)DeathG. David Low, American astronaut (born in 1956)David Low Quotes
March 16th, 2008 (March 16 2008)DeathJohn Hewer, Actor famous for portraying Captain Birdseye in British commercials. (born in 1922)
March 16th, 1998 (March 16 1998)EventPope John Paul II asks God for forgiveness for the inactivity and silence of some Roman Catholics during the Holocaust.
March 16th, 1998 (March 16 1998)DeathDerek Harold Richard Barton, British chemist, Nobel laureate (born in 1918)
March 16th, 1988 (March 16 1988)EventIran-Contra Affair: Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North and Vice Admiral John Poindexter are indicted on charges of conspiracy to defraud the United States.
March 16th, 1988 (March 16 1988)EventHalabja poison gas attack: The Kurdish town of Halabjah in Iraq was attacked with a mix of poison gas and nerve agents, killing 5000 people and injured about 10000 people.
March 16th, 1978 (March 16 1978)EventFormer Italian Prime Minister Aldo Moro is kidnapped by left-wing terrorists and is later killed by his captors.
March 16th, 1978 (March 16 1978)EventSupertanker Amoco Cadiz splits in two after running aground on the Portsall Rocks, three miles off the coast of Brittany, resulting in the 5th-largest oil spill in history.
March 16th, 1968 (March 16 1968)EventVietnam War: In the My Lai massacre, between 350 and 500 Vietnamese villagers: men, women, and children are killed by American troops.
March 16th, 1968 (March 16 1968)EventGeneral Motors produces its 100 millionth automobile, the Oldsmobile Toronado.
March 16th, 1968 (March 16 1968)BirthAnanya Khare, Indian actress and teacher
March 16th, 1968 (March 16 1968)DeathMario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Italian composer (born in 1895)
March 16th, 1968 (March 16 1968)DeathGunnar Ekelof, Swedish poet and writer (born in 1907)
March 16th, 1958 (March 16 1958)EventThe Ford Motor Company produces its 50 millionth automobile, the Thunderbird, averaging almost a million cars a year since the company s founding.
March 16th, 1958 (March 16 1958)BirthJorge Ramos, Mexican TV anchor
March 16th, 1958 (March 16 1958)BirthKate Worley, American comic book writer (died in 2004)
March 16th, 1948 (March 16 1948)BirthMichael Bruce, American musician. Guitarist and keyboard player for Alice CooperAlice Cooper Quotes
March 16th, 1948 (March 16 1948)BirthMargaret Weis, American author
March 16th, 1948 (March 16 1948)BirthRichard Desjardins, Quebec singer, songwriter and film director
March 16th, 1928 (March 16 1928)BirthChrista Ludwig, German mezzo-soprano
March 16th, 1928 (March 16 1928)BirthKarlheinz Bohm, Austrian actor
March 16th, 1918 (March 16 1918)BirthFrederick Reines, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (died in 1998)
March 16th, 1908 (March 16 1908)BirthRene Daumal, French Surrealist writer (died in 1944)
March 16th, 1908 (March 16 1908)BirthRobert Rossen, American film director, screenwriter and producer (died in 1966)
March 16th, 1898 (March 16 1898)DeathAubrey Beardsley, British artist (born in 1872)
March 16th, 1888 (March 16 1888)DeathHippolyte Carnot, French statesman (born in 1801)
March 16th, 1878 (March 16 1878)BirthClemens August Graf von Galen, German archbishop and cardinal (died in 1946)
March 16th, 1818 (March 16 1818)EventBattle of Cancha RayadaSpanish forces defeat Chileans under Jose de San Martin.Jose de San Martin Quotes
March 16th, 1738 (March 16 1738)DeathGeorge Bahr, German architect (born in 1666)
March 16th, 1338 (March 16 1338)BirthThomas de Beauchamp, 12th Earl of Warwick (died in 1401)

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