About March 16
March 16, 2024 is the 76th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 290 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.
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Pisces is the sun sign of a person born on this day. Aquamarine is the modern birthstone for this month. Jade is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 319 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On March 16
- 37 –Caligula became Roman Emperor after the death of his great uncle, Tiberius.
- 1244 –Over 200 Cathars are burned after the Fall of Montségur
- 1521 –Ferdinand Magellan reached the Philippines.
- 1621 –Samoset, a Mohegan, visited the settlers of Plymouth Colony and greets them, “Welcome, Englishmen! My name is Samoset.”
- 1689 –The 23rd Regiment of Foot or Royal Welch Fusiliers is founded.
- 1792 –King Gustav III of Sweden is shot; he died on March 29.
- 1802 –The Army Corps of Engineers is established to found and operate the United States Military Academy at West Point.
- 1818 –Second Battle of Cancha Rayada – Spanish forces defeated Chileans under José de San Martín.
- 1861 –Edward Clark became Governor of Texas, replacing Sam Houston, who has been evicted from the office for refusing to take an oath of loyalty to the Confederacy.
- 1865 –American Civil War: The Battle of Averasborough began as Confederate forces suffer irreplaceable casualties in the final months of the war.
- 1872 –The Wanderers F.C. won the first FA Cup, the oldest football competition in the world, beating Royal Engineers A.F.C. 1-0 at The Oval in Kennington, London.
- 1912 –Lawrence Oates, an ill member of Robert Falcon Scott’s South Pole expedition, left the tent to die, saying: “I am just going outside and may be some time.”
- 1939 –From Prague Castle, Hitler proclaimed Bohemia and Moravia a German protectorate.
- 1939 –Marriage of Princess Fawzia of Egypt to Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran.
- 1942 –The first V-2 rocket test launch. It exploded at lift-off.
- 1962 –A Flying Tiger Line Super Constellation disappeared in the western Pacific Ocean, with 107 missing.
- 1966 –Launch of Gemini 8, the 12th manned American space flight and first space docking with the Agena Target Vehicle.
- 1968 –General Motors produced its 100 millionth automobile, the Oldsmobile Toronado.
- 1978 –Former Italian Prime Minister Aldo Moro is kidnapped and is later killed by his captors.
- 1995 –Mississippi formally ratified the Thirteenth Amendment, becoming the last state to approve the abolition of slavery. The Thirteenth Amendment is officially ratified in 1865.
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