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Cache A Day – March 16th
March 16th is the 74th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 291 days remaining until the end of the year.
The entire month of March is National Small Press and Spiritual Wellness Month.
Today is National Curlew Day, Goddard Day, National Lips Appreciation Day, and St. Urho’s Day!
Historical events occurring on March 16th include:
1190 - The Crusaders began the massacre of Jews in York, England.
1521 - Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan reached the Philippines. He was killed the next month by natives.
1621 - Samoset walked into the settlement of Plymouth Colony, later Plymouth, MA. Samoset was a native from the Monhegan tribe in Maine who spoke English. He greeted the Pilgrims by saying, "Welcome, Englishmen! My name is Samoset."
1802 - The U.S. Congress established the West Point Military Academy in New York.
1836 - The Republic of Texas approved a constitution.
1850 - The novel "The Scarlet Letter," by Nathaniel Hawthorne, was published for the first time.
1871 - The State of Delaware enacted the first fertilizer law.
1882 - The U.S. Senate approved a treaty allowing the United States to join the Red Cross.
1883 - Susan Hayhurst graduated from the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy. She was the first woman pharmacy graduate.
1907 - The world's largest cruiser, the British Invincible was completed at Glasgow.
1909 - Cuba suffered its first revolt only six weeks after the inauguration of Gomez.
1913 - The 15,000-ton battleship Pennsylvania was launched at Newport News, VA.
1915 - The Federal Trade Commission began operation.
1917 - Russian Czar Nicholas II abdicated his throne.
1926 - Physicist Robert H. Goddard launched the first liquid-fuel rocket.
1935 - Adolf Hitler ordered a German rearmament and violated the Versailles Treaty.
1939 - Germany occupied the rest of Czechoslovakia.
1945 - Iwo Jima was declared secure by the Allies. However, small pockets of Japanese resistance still existed.
1950 - Congress voted to remove federal taxes on oleomargarine.
1964 - Paul Hornung and Alex Karras were reinstated to the NFL after an 11-month suspension for betting on football games.
1964 - U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson submitted a $1 billion war on poverty program to Congress.
1968 - U.S. troops in Vietnam destroyed a village consisting mostly of women and children. The event is known as the My-Lai massacre.
1978 - Italian politician Aldo Moro was kidnapped by left-wing urban guerrillas. Moro was later murdered by the group.
1982 - Russia announced they would halt their deployment of new nuclear missiles in Western Europe.
1985 - Terry Anderson, an Associated Press newsman, was taken hostage in Beirut. He was released in December 4, 1991.
1988 - Indictments were issued for Lt. Colonel Oliver North, Vice Admiral John Poindexter of the National Security Council, and two others for their involvement in the Iran-Contra affair.
1989 - In the U.S.S.R., the Central Committee approved Gorbachev's agrarian reform plan.
1993 - In France, ostrich meat was officially declared fit for human consumption.
1994 - Tonya Harding pled guilty in Portland, OR, to conspiracy to hinder prosecution for covering up the attack on her skating rival Nancy Kerrigan. She was fined $100,000. She was also banned from amateur figure skating.
1995 - NASA astronaut Norman Thagard became the first American to visit the Russian space station Mir.
1999 - The 20 members of the European Union's European Commission announced their resignations amid allegations of corruption and financial mismanagement.
Born on March 16th
James Madison 1751 - Fourth president of the United States. Born in Port Conway, VA.
George S. Ohm 1787
Rosa Bonheur 1822
Andrew S. Hallidie 1836
Maxim Gorkei 1861
Conrad Nagel 1896
Henny Youngman 1906
Josef Mengele 1911
Leo McKern 1920
Jerry Lewis 1926 - Actor, comedian
Carl Smith 1927
Ruby (Rueben) Braff 1927
Tommy Flanagan 1930
Betty Johnson 1932
R. Walter Cunningham 1932
Bernardo Bertolucci 1940 - Director
Chuck Woolery 1941 - Game show host ("Love Connection", "Lingo")
Jerry Jeff Walker 1942 - Singer, songwriter
Robin Williams 1947 - Country singer
Erik Estrada 1949 - Actor ("CHiPs")
Victor Garber 1949 - Actor
Kate Nelligan 1951 - Actress
Ray Benson 1951 - Country singer (Asleep at the Wheel)
Hollis Stacy 1954 - Golfer
Nancy Wilson 1954 - Musician (Heart)
Isabelle Huppert 1955
Ozzie Newsome 1956 - Football player
Flava Flav 1959 - Rapper (Public Enemy)
Jimmy DeGrasso 1963 - Musician (Megadeth)
Patty Griffin 1964 - Folk singer
Rodney Peete 1966 - Football player
Lauren Graham 1967 - Actress ("Gilmore Girls")
Brooke Burns 1978 - Actress ("Baywatch"), game show host ("Dog Eat Dog")
This Cache a Day Series will run all year for 2010. Caches will remain active for one year from date of placement (unless the site becomes otherwise unsuitable for a cache prior to that time).
Bonus points for finding the cache on the day it is released.
Double bonus points if it is your birthday! (Send me a note with your date of birth and I will include it in the cache listing.)
Triple bonus points for finding the entire series. (Ok, so that should be worth a lot more. We’ll figure out some suitable award for any survivors left at the end of the year)
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