March 16: Zodiac, Trivia, Birthdays and Holidays

March 16th marks the 75th day of the Gregorian calendar year (or the 76th in case of leap years). There are 290 days remaining until the end of the year. People born on this day are under the sign of Pisces. Famous birthdays on this day include Monica Cruz (1977), Isabelle Huppert (1953) and Jhene (pop singer) (1988).
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Holidays

St. Urho's Day - the fictional patron saint of Finnish immigrants to the US, created by Richard Mattson in 1956
Latvia - The controversial Latvia Legions are celebrated in Latvia, where about 140,000 men joined the Waffen SS National Legions during World War II, trying to defend Latvia. Since February 23, 2000, this day is no longer an official celebration day.
Saint Heribert of Cologne (died 1021)
Saint Eusebia (+680)
Saint Benedicta (+1260)
Saint Agapitus
The first day of the Bacchanalia in ancient Rome
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Events

2019 Eight people are killed and 15,000 left homeless by a fire in a Nigerian refugee camp. These are refugees from ongoing conflict with Boko Haram.
2018 2017-18 North Korea crisis, 2018 inter-Korean Summit, North Korea-South Korea Relations: South Korea states they want to have high-level talks before the summit. (Reuters)South Korea-United States Relations: South Korea and the United States have announced that the Foal Eagle military drills and Key Resolve will be reduced and shortened.
2017 Piratery off Somalia's coast: The Somali pirates who hijacked the Aris 13 (a United Arab Emirates-owned oil tanker), released it without condition.
2016 War in North-West Pakistan 2016 Peshawar Bus Bombing: 15 people were killed and at least 54 others were injured when a bomb was detonated in a bus carrying officials in Peshawar.
2015 Libyan Civil War: About 20 medical staff from the Ibn Sina Hospital, Sirte, are being held hostage by the Islamic State.
2014 2014 Crimean referendum: Crimea voters overwhelmingly vote to leave Ukraine and join Russia. The United States, the European Union and Ukraine condemn the referendum which didn't give voters the choice of the status quo.
2013 British Lance Corporal James Ashworth, who was protecting his fellow soldiers from a grenade explosion in southern Afghanistan, died while trying to save them from the same fate in 2012. He will be presented with the Victoria Cross.
2012 2011-2012 Syrian Uprising: Protests known by activists as ampquotThe Friday For International Military Interventionampquot spread across the northern city Aleppo, to the central areas of Hama and Homs and to the southern province of Daraa.
2011 Arab Spring
2010 The Kasubi Tombs in Uganda, Uganda's sole cultural World Heritage Site are now extinct. Allvoices.com
2009 Andry Rajoelina, a former Antanarivo Mayor, demands that President Marc Ravalomanana be arrested by Madagascar's military. This is after soldiers from the Army seize a presidential palace.
2008 JP Morgan Chase buys American investment bank Bear Stearns for $2 per share. This totals $236 million. Bear Stearns' share price was $200 in mid-2006. The Federal Reserve offers a loan of US$30 Billion and announced that it will loan directly to brokers and investment banks.
2007 Three suicide attacks with chlorine gas in Anbar province result in the deaths of two police officers from Iraq and many more injuries or illnesses.
2006 Today, thousands of anti-government protesters in Thailand continue to rally against Thaksin Shinawatra, the current Thai Prime Minister. They demand that he resign from his post. Sondhi Limthongkul (opposition leader) declared that he and his party will continue to protest all day until the PM resigns.
2005 Officially, Israel handed Jericho over to Palestinian control.
2004 Kriss Donald, a fifteen-year-old Scottish boy, was abducted by a Pakistani gang and tortured to death in an attack on Glasgow racially motivated.
2003 At a summit held in the Azores Islands, the leaders of Spain, Britain, Portugal and the United States meet. The U.S. President Bush calls March 17 "the moment of truth" meaning that the "coalition for the willing" will attempt to get a resolution from U.N. Security Council. This would give Iraq the ultimatum to either disarm immediately or to be disarmed by force.
2000 The Dow Jones Industrial Average gains 499.19 points (4.93%), its second-largest point gain in a single day.
1999 Sony Online Entertainment releases the EverQuest game for personal computers in the USA.
1997 Toshiba Senior Golf Classic
1996 Mike Tyson knocks out Frank Bruno in second round.
1995 Dow-Jones hits record 4069.15
1994 In Portland, Oregon, Tonya Harding pleads guilty to conspiracy to hinder prosecution for trying to cover-up an attack on figure skating rival Nancy Kerrigan. She is fined $100,000 and banned from the sport.
1992 Matt Keough, in the dugout, is hit flush in the head by a batted ball.
1991 7 of Reba McEntire band members are killed in a plane crash
1989 The Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union approves agricultural reforms allowing farmers the right to lease state-owned farms for life.
1988 North-Ireland Protestant fires on Catholic funeral, three killed.
1986 Chris Johnson wins LPGA GNA / Glendale Federal Golf Classic
1985 Denny McLain, pitcher, convicted of racketeering, sentenced to 25 years.
1984 Gunmen kidnap William Buckley, CIA station chief in Beirut
1983 Smallest crowd (1814) at Cleveland Coliseum for NBA game, Cleveland Caviliers versus New Jersey Nets.
1982 In Newport, Rhode Island, Claus von Bnlow is found guilty of the attempted murder of his wife.
1980 Joanne Carner wins LPGA Honda Civic Golf Classic.
1979 CBS-TV airs Wings Over the World with Paul McCartney
1978 Amoco Cadiz spills 223,000 tons of crude oil off French coast
1977 US President Jimmy Carter pleads for Palestinian homeland.
1976 British Prime Minister Harold Wilson resigned, citing personal reasons.
1975 Lieutenant closes at Lyceum Theater NYC after 9 performances
1974 First performance at new Grand Ole Opry House at Opryland in Nashville, Tennessee.
1972 John andYoko are served with deportation papers
1971 KDCD TV channel 18 in Midland, TX (IND) suspends broadcasting
1970 New English Bible published
1969 1776 opens at 46th St. Theater NYC for 1217 performances
1968 My Lai massacre occurs (Vietnam War); 450 die
1967 Pirate Radio Station 333 (Radio Britain) ship breaks down
1966 Gemini 8 launched with Armstrong and Scott; aborted after 6.5 orbits.
1965 Police clash with 600 SNCC marchers in Montgomery, Alabama.
1964 KCOY TV channel 12 in Santa Maria, CA (CBS) begins broadcasting
1963 Mount Agung erupted on Bali killing 11,000.
1962 US Super-Constellation disappears above Pacific Ocean, kills 167.
1959 Iraq and the USSR sign economic / technical treaty
1958 Beverly Hanson wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship.
1957 9th Emmy Awards: Phil Silvers Show, Robert Young and Loretta Young
1956 US Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Tenley Albright.
1955 US President Dwight Eisenhower upholds the use of atomic weapons in case of war.
1952 Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship.
1950 1st annual National Book Awards
1949 KFMB TV channel 8 in San Diego, CA (CBS) begins broadcasting
1948 The largest flood in the history of Brampton, Ontario, occurs.
1947 Convair Liner, first US twin-engine pressurized airplane, tested.
1946 Would-Be Gentleman closes at Booth Theater NYC after 77 performances
1945 Allies secure Iwo Jima
1944 Vichy Internal minister Pucheu sentenced to death.
1943 Elin K (No) andZaanland (Neth) torpedoed andsinks
1942 The first V-2 rocket test launch. It exploded at lift-off.
1941 National Gallery of Art opens in Washington DC
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.
1939 Germany occupies Czechoslovakia
1938 Temple defeats Colorado to win 1st NIT
1937 All but one senior fouls out of a scrimmage game between seniors and sophomores, but he holds on to win the game 35-32
1935 Hitler orders German rearmament, violating Versailles Treaty
1934 US Congress passes Migratory Bird Conservation Act.
1931 Genootschap Onze Taal (Our Language) organizes (Netherlands).
1930 USS Constitution (Old Ironsides) floated out to become a national shrine.
1929 WHP-AM in Harrisburg PA begins radio transmissions
1926 History of Rocketry: Robert Goddard launched the first liquid-fueled rocket, at Auburn, Massachusetts.
1924 In accordance with the Treaty of Rome, Fiume became annexed as part of Italy.
1922 WKY-AM in Oklahoma City OK begins radio transmissions
1920 1 Acre Park also known as Baby Park in the Bronx renamed Melrose Park.
1916 The 7th and 10th US cavalry regiments under John J. Pershing crossed the US-Mexico border to join the hunt for Pancho Villa.
1915 British battle cruisers Inflexible and Irresistible hit mines in Dardanelle.
1912 Mrs William Howard Taft plants first cherry tree in Washington DC.
1911 Stanley Cup: Ottawa Senators beat Port Arthur (Ontario) 13-4.
1910 Barney Oldfield sets land speed record of 131.7 mph at Daytona.
1900 AL meets in Chicago, Ban Johnson announces that an AL team will be in
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