March 16 holidays in 2018

Historical Events on March 16

• 1782: During the American Revolutionary War, The British controlled island of Roatan is captured by Spanish forces.
• 1792: King Gustav III is shot.
• 1797: During the French Revolutionary Wars, the French defeat an Austrian column at the Battle of Valvasone.
• 1802: The Army Corps of Engineers is established to found the U.S Military Academy at West Point.
• 1865: The Battle of Averasborough begins during the American Civil War as Confederate losses begin to mount as the war approaches an end.
• 1926: At Auburn, Massachusetts, the first liquid-fueled rocket is launched by Robert Goddard.
• 1935: In violation of the Treaty of Versailles, Adolf Hitler orders Germany to begin producing arms again.
• 1939: Adolf Hitler proclaims that Moravia and Bohemia are owned and protected by Germany.
• 1945: Small groups of Japanese resistance continues even as the Battle of Iwo Jima ends on this day during World War II.
• 1945: British air forces destroy 9/10^th of the city of Wurzburg, Germany in approximately 20 minutes. 5,000 Germans are also killed.
• 1958: The 50 millionth car is manufactured by the Ford Motor Company.
• 1966: Gemini 8, the twelfth manned American space flight, is launched on this day.
• 1989: A four thousand year old mummy is discovered near the Cheops Pyramid in Egypt.
• 1995: The state of Mississippi becomes the last U.S State to approve the abolition of slavery when it ratified the 13^th That’s 130 years after the 13^th Amendment was passed.

Famous Birthdays on March 16

• American academic and 4^th President of the U.S., James Madison is born in 1751.
• English poet and journalist, Alaric Alexander Watts is born in 1797.
• German philologist Peter Ernst von Lasaulx is born in 1805.
• American comedian and actor, Jerry Lewis is born in 1926.
• American singer Betty Johnson is born in 1929.
• American actor Erik Estrada is born in 1949.
• Canadian actor Victor Garber is born in 1949.
• Canadian actress Kate Nelligan is born in 1950.
• French actress Isabelle Huppert is born in 1953.