1585 Gerbrand Bredero Holland, poet/playwright (Klucht van de Koe) 
1739 George Clymer signed Decl of Ind, Constitution 
1750 Caroline Lucretia Herchel Hanover, Germany, 1st mod woman astronomer 
1751 James Madison (D-R), 4th US president (1809-17) 
1787 Georg Simon Ohm physicist (discovered Ohm's Law) 
1822 Rosa Bonheur French landscape painter (Buffalo Bill) 
1836 Andrew S Hallidie inventor (cable car) 
1839 Ren‚ Sully Prudhomme France, poet, 1st Nobel winner (1901) 
1849 Rev James E Smith became father at 100 with woman 64 years younger 
1868 Maxim Gorkei USSR, dramatist (The Lower Depths) (3/28 NS) 
1896 Conrad Nagel Keokuk Iowa, actor (Celebrity Time) 
19-- Chuck Woolery Ky, TV game show host (Love Connection) 
1903 Mike Mansfield (Sen-D-Mont) majority whip 
1903 Nicolai Lopatnikoff Revel Estonia, composer (Variaioni Concertanto) 
1906 Henny Youngman comedian (Take my wife, please) 
1910 Aladar Gerevich Hungary, sabres (Olympic-gold-1948) 
1910 Norman Wooland Germany, actor (Hamlet) 
1912 Patricia Nixon Ely Nevada, 1st lady (1968-75) 
1916 Lloyd McBride union president (United Steelworkers) 
1920 John Addison Surrey England, composer (Tom Jones-Acad Award) 
1920 Leo McKern actor (Blue Lagoon, Help, Mouse that Roared) 
1922 Harding Lemay North Bangor NY, headwriter (Another World) 
1926 Jerry Lewis entertainer/fund raiser (MDA), loved in France 
1927 Daniel Patrick Moynihan UN ambassador/(Sen-D-NY) 
1927 Olga San Juan NYC, actress (Variety Girl, 1 Touch of Venus) 
1927 Vladimir M Komarov Moscow Russia, cosmonaut (Voshkod I Soyuz 1) 
1928 Christa Ludwig Berlin Germany, soprano (Vienna State Opera) 
1931 Betty Johnson Guilford County NC, singer (Jack Paar Show) 
1932 R Walter M Cunningham Creston Iowa, Col USMC/astronaut (Apollo 7) 
1937 David Del Tredici Cloverdale California, composer (1980 Pulitzer) 
1940 Bernardo Bertolucci Parma Italy, director (Last Tango in Paris) 
1942 Jerry Jeff Walker composer (Mr BoJangles) 
1946 Erik Estrada NYC, actor (CHiPs, Cross & Switchblade, Lightblast) 
1949 Victor Garber Montr‚al Qu‚bec, actor (Days & Nights of Molly Dodd) 
1951 Kate Nelligan London Ontario, actress (Bethune, Eye of the Needle) 
1954 Hollis Stacy Savannah Ga, LPGA golfer (US Open 1977,78) 
1954 Nancy Wilson SF, rocker (Heart-Never, Barracuda, What about Love) 
1955 Isabelle Huppert Paris France, actress (Cactus, Heaven's Gate) 
1957 Pearl Moore WBL guard (NY Stars) 
1963 Phung Vuong Saigon Vietnam, murderer (FBI Most Wanted List)
1990 Charles J. Mays born to Constance Lorain Mays and Paul R. Mays 
1991 Wolfgang Van Halen son of Eddie Van Halan & Valerie Bertinelli 
 

Deaths which occurred on March 16:

1838 Nathaniel Bowditch astronomer & navigation expert, dies 
1909 George Thorndike Angell lawyer (ASPCA), dies at 85 
1914 Gaston Calmette editor of Figaro, killed by Mme Caillaux 
1914 Sir John Murray piloted HMS Challenger to Christmas Island, dies 
1958 Leon J Cadore pitched the 26 inning game, dies at 65 
1959 John Sailling last documented Civil War vet, dies at 111 
1964 Nicholas Joy actor (Boss Lady), dies at 80 
1968 June Collyer actress (June-Stu Erwin Show), dies at 60 
1970 Tammi Terrell singer, dies at 23 of a brain tumor 
1972 Harold "Pie" Traynor baseball hall of fame 3rd baseman (Pirates) 
1975 T-Bone Walker blues guitarist (Funky Town, Well Done), dies at 64 
1978 Aldo Moro 5 times PM of Italy, assassinated by terrorists 
1983 Arthur Godfrey TV host (Arthur Godrey Show), dies at 79 
 

              Reported: MISSING in ACTION 
 
 

 1969    BARNES, CHARLES R.        FULLERTON  PA 
 1969    BATT,  MICHAEL L.        DEFIANCE  OH 
 1969    BOBE, RAYMOND E.        TARRANT  AL 
 1968    ERICKSON, DAVID WAYNE       MINNEAPOLIS  MN 
 1969    FOSTER, MARVIN L.         HUBBARD  TX 
 1968    KRAUSMAN, EDWARD L.         BURBANK  CA 
 1962    NAU, GEORGE            PACOIMA  CA 
 1971    SCRIVENER,  STEPHEN RUSSELL   TAMPA  FL 
 1971    SEELEY, DOUGLAS MILTON    MARIETTA  OH 
 1969    SMITH,  DAVID R.          DAYTON  OH 
 1966    UNDERWOOD, PAUL GERARD       HORNELL  NY 

Events that occurred on March 16:...

1079 Iran adopts solar Hijrah calendar 
1190 Crusades begin massacre of Jews of York England 
1621 1st Indian appears at Plymouth, Mass 
1802 Law signed to establish US Milt Academy (West Point, NY) 
1802 US army Corps of Engineers established (2nd time) 
1815 Willem I proclaimed king of the Netherlands, including Belgium 
1827 1st US black newspaper, "Freedom's Journal" (NYC), begins publishing 
1829 Ohio authorizes high school night classes 
1833 Susan Hayhurst becomes 1st US woman grad of a pharmacy college 
1865 Battle of Averasboro, NC 
1869 Hiram R Revels makes the 1st official speech by a black in the Senate 
1876 Nelly Saunders & Rose Harland fight 1st female boxing match (NY) 
1881 Barnum & Baily Circus debuts 
1882 US Senate ratifies treaty establishing the Red Cross 
1895 M Wolf discovers asteroid #401 Ottilia 
1897 Start of Sherlock Holmes "The Adventure of The Devil's Foot" (BG) 
1910 Barney Oldfield sets land speed record of 131.7 mph at Daytona 
1911 Ottawa Senators beat Port Arthur (Ont) 13-4 for the Stanley Cup 
1916 US & Canada sign Migratory bird treaty 
1920 1 Acre Park also known as Baby Park in the Bronx renamed Melrose Park 
1922 England recognizes Kingdom of Egypt under King Fuad I 
1922 WKY-AM in Oklahoma City OK begins radio transmissions 
1926 Robert Goddard launches 1st liquid fuel rocket, goes 184' (56 meters) 
1928 A Schwassmann discovers asteroid #1303 Luthera 
1929 WHP-AM in Harrisburg PA begins radio transmissions 
1931 C W Tombaugh discovers asteroid #3754 
1934 Congress passes Migratory Bird Conservation Act 
1935 Hitler orders German rearmament, violating Versailles Treaty 
1936 L Boyer discovers asteroids #1380 Volodia & #1392 Pierre 
1937 All but one senior fouls out of a scrimage game between seniors & 
           sophomores, but he holds on to win the game 35-32 
1938 Temple defeats Colorado to win 1st NIT 
1939 Germany occupies Czechoslovakia 
1939 NHL record 10 goals in 1 period-NY Rangers (7), NY Americans (3) & 
           a record 26 points in the 3rd period 
1941 Blizzard hits North Dakota & Minnesota killing 60 
1945 US defeats Japan at Iwo Jima 
1947 Convair Liner, 1st US twin-engine pressurized airplane, tested 
1957 Toronto Maple Leafs tie NHL record 37 points beating NY Rangers 14-1 
1964 Paul Hornung & Alex Karras reinstated in NFL after 1 year suspension 
1966 Gemini 8 launched with Armstrong & Scott, aborted after 6.5 orbits 
1967 Pirate Radio Station 333 (Radio Britain) ship breaks down 
1968 My-Lai massacre occurs (Vietnam War) 
1969 Boston Bruins scores a NHL record 8 goals in 1 period 
1969 Viasa DC-9 crashes at Maracaibo's Grano de Oro airport, killing 155 
1972 John & Yoko are served with deportation papers 
1972 T Gehrels discovers asteroid #2272 
1975 US Mariner 10 makes 3rd & final fly-by of Mercury 
1978 Amoco Cadiz spills 223,000 tons of crude oil 
1978 Soyuz 26 returns to Earth 
1979 CBS-TV airs "Wings Over the World" with Paul McCartney 
1980 C-I Lagerkvist discovers asteroids #2902 Westerlund & #3634 
1980 L Brozek discovers asteroid #3386 
1983 E Barr discovers asteroid #3445 
1983 Smallest crowd at Cleveland Coliseum (Cavs vs Nets-1,814) 
1985 Associated Press correspondent Terry Anderson taken hostage in Beirut 
1985 Denny McLain, pitcher; convicted of racketeering, sentenced to 25 yrs 
1988 Federal grand jury indicts North & Poindexter in Iran-Contra affair 
1991 7 of Reba McEntire band members are killed in a plane crash 
1991 Members of Irish Gay & Lesbian Organization march in NYC parade 
1991 NJ Net coach Bill Fitch is 4th coach to win 800 NBA games 
1992 Matt Keough, in the dugout, is hit flush in the head by a batted ball 
 
 
 
 
 

Holidays

Note: Some Holidays are only applicable on a given "day of the week"

Surinam : Holi Phagwah 
Umatilla, OR : Curlew Day 
 

Religious Observances

Christian : Feast of fictional St Urho, patron of Finland 
RC : Commemoration of SS Abraham, hermit, & Mary, penitant 
RC : Comm of St John de Br‚beuf & companions/martyrs 
 

Religious History 

597 BC According to certain archaeological calculations, the first conquest of Jerusalem by Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar occurred. In the Bible, the event is recorded in 2 Kings 24:1ff. and in 2
Chronicles 36:5-8. It is also implied in the early chapters of Jeremiah and Ezekiel. 
1621 Birth of George Neumark, German educator. Twice in life he lost everything: once by robbers and once by fire. As a poet, Neumark is best remembered as author of the hymn, "If Thou But Suffer God
to Guide Thee." 
1915 Birth of Dr. Robert H. Bowman, missions pioneer. In 1945, along with John Broger and William J. Roberts, Bowman helped found the Far East Broadcasting Company. Today FEBC reaches
thousands of Pacific island clusters with the Gospel through Christian radio. 
1952 The first religious program on TV, "This Week in Religion," debuted on Dumont television. It was the only ecumenical program of TV's early religious offerings, and ran for two years, last airing in
October 1954. 
1970 The complete text of the New English Bible was published, simultaneously, by the Oxford and Cambridge Presses. (The New Testament of the NEB had been first published in 1961.) 
 
 

Thought for the day :

" He is truly wise who gains wisdom from another`s mishap. "