What are the important events that happened on March 16? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
March 16: Facts & Myths About This Day
March 16 is the 75th day of the year 2023 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 290 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is March 3, 2023 – a Thursday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,678,924,800 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘heptacontapentagon’ day.
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Pisces is the zodiac 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 331 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 3,737 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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March 16 Historical Events
- 1782 –American Revolutionary War: Spanish troops capture the British-held island of Roatán.
- 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.
- 1924 –In accordance with the Treaty of Rome, Fiume became annexed as part of Italy.
- 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.
- 1940 –First person killed in a German bombing raid on the UK in World War II during a raid on Scapa Flow in the Orkney Islands, James Isbister.
- 1942 –The first V-2 rocket test launch. It exploded at lift-off.
- 1968 –General Motors produced its 100 millionth automobile, the Oldsmobile Toronado.
- 1976 –British Prime Minister Harold Wilson resigned, citing personal reasons.
- 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.
Who were born on March 16?
- 1631 –René Le Bossu, French critic (d. 1680)
- 1865 –Patsy Donovan, American baseball player (d. 1953)
- 1928 –Christa Ludwig, German mezzo-soprano
- 1940 –Bernardo Bertolucci, Italian film director
- 1947 –Baek Yoon-sik, South Korean actor
- 1953 –Isabelle Huppert, French actress
- 1955 –Bruno Barreto, Brazilian film director
- 1958 –Kate Worley, American comic book writer (d. 2004)
- 1959 –Jens Stoltenberg, Prime Minister of Norway
- 1964 –Gore Verbinski, American movie director
Who died on March 16?
- 1457 –László Hunyadi, Hungarian statesman and warrior (b. 1433)
- 1679 –John Leverett, Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony (b. 1616)
- 1737 –Benjamin Wadsworth, President of Harvard University (b. 1670)
- 1898 –Aubrey Beardsley, British artist (b. 1872)
- 1926 –Sergeant Stubby, decorated World War I dog
- 1957 –Constantin Brâncuşi, Romanian sculptor (b. 1876)
- 1996 –Charlie Barnett, American actor (b. 1954)
- 1998 –Derek Harold Richard Barton, British chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1918)
- 2003 –Ronald Ferguson, father of Sarah, Duchess of York (b. 1931)
- 2008 –Bill Brown, Australian cricketer (b. 1912)
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