Tukuk-OS📅 March 16
25 events · 12 births · 12 deaths
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What happened on March 16? Below are the notable events chosen by Wikipedia’s editors for this date, followed by celebrated births, deaths and the observances recognised around the world.
Events
- 2015 — Natalia Kills and Willy Moon were fired as judges on the second series of The X Factor New Zealand, following public backlash over comments they made to a contestant during the first live show.
Teddy SinclairWilly MoonThe X Factor (New Zealand TV series) series 2
- 2003 — American peace activist Rachel Corrie was crushed to death by an Israel Defense Forces armored bulldozer in Rafah while protesting the demolition of a Palestinian house.
- 2002 — Sofia Gubaidulina's Johannes-Ostern was premiered in Hamburg, together with her Johannes-Passion, by soloists, choirs and orchestras from the Mariinsky Theatre and the NDR.
Sofia GubaidulinaJohannes-OsternJohannes-Passion (Gubaidulina)
- 2001 — A series of bomb blasts in the city of Shijiazhuang, China, killed 108 people.
- 1988 — Iran–Iraq War: Iraqi forces began attacking the Kurdish town of Halabja with chemical weapons, killing up to 5,000 people.
- 1988 — Michael Stone, an Ulster loyalist, attacked the funeral of three Provisional IRA members, killing three attendees and injuring at least sixty others.
Michael Stone (loyalist)Ulster loyalismMilltown Cemetery attack
- 1984 — William Buckley, the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency station chief in Beirut, Lebanon, was kidnapped by Islamic fundamentalists.
- 1978 — Former Prime Minister of Italy Aldo Moro was kidnapped in Rome by Mario Moretti and the Red Brigades.
- 1968 — Vietnam War: American soldiers killed hundreds of unarmed civilians in the Sơn Mỹ village in the Sơn Tịnh District of South Vietnam.
- 1962 — Flying Tiger Line Flight 739, a charter flight carrying U.S. and South Vietnamese soldiers, disappeared without a trace, prompting one of the largest searches in the history of the Pacific.
- 1960 — African American civil rights activists in Savannah, Georgia, conducted a sit-in, commencing the Savannah Protest Movement.
- 1941 — World War II: Operation Appearance took place to re-establish British Somaliland in Africa.
- 1935 — Conscription was re-introduced in Germany by the Nazi regime, and the German military was renamed the Wehrmacht.
- 1872 — In the inaugural final of the FA Cup Wanderers defeated Royal Engineers 1–0 in London.
- 1819 — The Bank for Savings in the City of New-York, the first savings bank in New York City, was incorporated.
- 1802 — Congress passed the Military Peace Establishment Act, authorizing the establishment of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to operate the U.S. Military Academy (pictured) at West Point, New York.
United States CongressMilitary Peace Establishment ActUnited States Army Corps of Engineers
- 1782 — American Revolutionary War: Spain captured the island of Roatán from England off the coast of what is now Honduras.
- 1689 — The Royal Welch Fusiliers, one of the oldest line-infantry regiments of the British Army, was founded.
- 1660 — The Long Parliament, originally called by King Charles I of England in 1640 following the Bishops' Wars, dissolved itself.
- 1621 — Samoset, a member of the Abenaki tribe, walked into Plymouth Colony and greeted the Pilgrims in English.
- 1621 — Samoset, a member of the Abenaki tribe, walked into Plymouth Colony and greeted the Pilgrims in English (depicted).
- 1322 — Despenser War: A royalist army defeated troops loyal to Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster, in the Battle of Boroughbridge, which allowed King Edward II of England to hold on to power for another five years.
Despenser WarThomas, 2nd Earl of LancasterBattle of Boroughbridge
- 1190 — Around 150 Jews died inside York Castle, the majority committing mass suicide to avoid being killed by a mob.
- 934 — Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period: Chinese general Meng Zhixiang proclaimed himself emperor and established Later Shu as a new state independent of Later Tang.
Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms periodMeng ZhixiangLater Shu
- -597 — Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar II captured Jerusalem and installed Zedekiah as King of Judah.
Births
- 2001 — Kyle Hamilton, American football player
- 2000 — Jalen Smith, American basketball player
- 1999 — Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Canadian baseball player
- 1997 — Dominic Calvert-Lewin, English footballer
- 1997 — Florian Neuhaus, German footballer
- 1997 — Tyrel Jackson Williams, American actor
- 1996 — Ajiona Alexus, American actress and singer
- 1996 — Ivan Toney, English footballer
- 1996 — Tim David, Singaporean-born Australian cricketer
- 1995 — Inga Janulevičiūtė, Lithuanian figure skater
- 1994 — Camilo, Colombian singer
- 1994 — Joel Embiid, Cameroonian basketball player
Deaths
- 2025 — Émilie Dequenne, Belgian actress (born 1981)
- 2025 — Jesse Colin Young, American singer and songwriter (born 1941)
- 2019 — Dick Dale, American surf-rock guitarist, singer, and songwriter (born 1937)
- 2018 — Louise Slaughter, Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York (born 1929)
- 2017 — Lewis Rowland, American neurologist (born 1925)
- 2016 — Alexander Esenin-Volpin, Russian-American mathematician and poet (born 1924)
- 2016 — Frank Sinatra Jr., American singer and actor (born 1944)
- 2015 — Jack Haley, American basketball player and sportscaster (born 1964)
- 2015 — Don Robertson, American pianist and composer (born 1922)
- 2014 — Gary Bettenhausen, American race car driver (born 1941)
- 2014 — Donald Crothers, American chemist and academic (born 1937)
- 2014 — Yulisa Pat Amadu Maddy, Sierra Leonean author, poet, and playwright (born 1936)
Observances & holidays
- Christian feast day: Eusebia of Hamage
- Christian feast day: Finian Lobhar (Finian the Leper)
- Christian feast day: Heribert of Cologne
- Christian feast day: Hilarius of Aquileia
- Christian feast day: Jean de Brébeuf
- Christian feast day: Blessed John Amias and Robert Dalby
- Christian feast day: Julian of Antioch
- Christian feast day: March 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Day of the Book Smugglers (Lithuania)
- Remembrance day of the Latvian legionnaires (Latvia)
- Saint Urho's Day (Finnish Americans and Finnish Canadians)
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