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Historical Events
on March 16th
- Lead Story
- U.S. Military Academy established,1802
- American Revolution
- "Father of the Constitution" is born,1751
- Automotive
- Craven edges out Busch in closest NASCAR finish,2003
- Civil War
- Battle of Averasboro, North Carolina,1865
- Cold War
- Reagan orders troops into Honduras,1988
- Crime
- A virtuous woman turns murderous,1881
- Disaster
- Supertanker wrecks off French coast,1978
- General Interest
- First liquid-fueled rocket,1926
- My Lai massacre takes place in Vietnam,1968
- Terry Anderson kidnapped,1985
- Hollywood
- Robert Blake acquitted of wife’s murder,2005
- Literary
- The Scarlet Letter is published,1850
- Music
- Motown soul singer Tammi Terrell dies,1970
- Old West
- Judge Roy Bean dies,1903
- Presidential
- James Madison is born,1751
- Sports
- Baseball owners give Veeck cold shoulder,1953
- Vietnam War
- U.S. troops massacre South Vietnamese,1968
- South Vietnamese flee Pleiku and Kontum,1975
- World War I
- German Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz resigns,1916
- World War II
- Fighting on Iwo Jima ends,1945
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