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 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.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is March 3, 2024 – a Saturday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,710,547,200 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 ‘heptacontahexagon’ 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 319 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 4,103 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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March 16 Historical Events
- 597 BC –Babylonians captured Jerusalem, replaced Jehoiachin with Zedekiah as king.
- 37 –Caligula became Roman Emperor after the death of his great uncle, Tiberius.
- 1689 –The 23rd Regiment of Foot or Royal Welch Fusiliers is founded.
- 1782 –American Revolutionary War: Spanish troops capture the British-held island of Roatán.
- 1792 –King Gustav III of Sweden is shot; he died on March 29.
- 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.
- 1924 –In accordance with the Treaty of Rome, Fiume became annexed as part of Italy.
- 1945 –World War II: The Battle of Iwo Jima ended, but small pockets of Japanese resistance persisted.
- 1963 –Mount Agung erupted on Bali killing 11,000.
- 1968 –General Motors produced its 100 millionth automobile, the Oldsmobile Toronado.
Who were born on March 16?
- 1631 –René Le Bossu, French critic (d. 1680)
- 1654 –Andreas Acoluthus, German orientalist (d. 1704)
- 1839 –René François Armand Sully-Prudhomme, French writer and Nobel laureate (d. 1907)
- 1845 –Umegatani Tōtarō I, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 15th Yokozuna (d. 1928)
- 1916 –Tsutomu Yamaguchi, Japanese Businessman, and Survivor of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Atomic Bombings (d.2010)
- 1927 –Vladimir Komarov, Soviet cosmonaut (d. 1967)
- 1943 –Kim Mu-saeng, South Korean actor (d. 2005)
- 1961 –Michiru Oshima, Japanese composer
- 1965 –Belén Rueda, Spanish actress
- 1979 –Rashad Moore, American football player
Who died on March 16?
- 1679 –John Leverett, Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony (b. 1616)
- 1888 –Hippolyte Carnot, French statesman (b. 1801)
- 1926 –Sergeant Stubby, decorated World War I dog
- 1940 –Selma Lagerlöf, Swedish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1858)
- 1983 –Arthur Godfrey, American actor and television host (b. 1903)
- 1993 –Johnny Cymbal, American singer and producer (b. 1945)
- 2001 –Norma MacMillan, Canadian actress (b. 1921)
- 2006 –David Feintuch, American sci-fi author (b. 1944)
- 2008 –Gary Hart, American professional wrestling manager and wrestler (b. 1942)
- 2008 –John Hewer, English actor (b. 1922)
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