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03/16/1900
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Sir Arthur Evans finds old city of Knossus
Type: Event
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03/16/1901
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Walter E Sch„fer, German playwright
Type: Birth
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03/16/1902
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Lucie Rie, potter
Type: Birth
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03/16/1903
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Nikolai Lopatnikoff, Revel Estonia, composer (Variaioni Concertanto)
Type: Birth
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03/16/1903
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Mike Mansfield, (Sen-D-Mont) majority whip
Type: Birth
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03/16/1903
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Morgan Conway, actor (Dick Tracy)
Type: Birth
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03/16/1904
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Clive Morton, London England, actor (Goodbye Mr Chips, Moonraker)
Type: Birth
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03/16/1906
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Francisco Ayala, writer
Type: Birth
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03/16/1906
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Henny Youngman, London England, comedian (Take my wife please)
Type: Birth
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03/16/1907
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1st 1st-class cricket game between NSW and Western Australia
Type: Event
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03/16/1908
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Robert Rossen director/writer (Hustler, All the King's Men, Mambo)
Type: Birth
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03/16/1909
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George Thorndike Angell, lawyer (ASPCA), dies at 85
Type: Death
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03/16/1910
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Aladar Gerevich, Hungary, sabres (Olympic-gold-1948)
Type: Birth
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03/16/1910
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Barney Oldfield sets land speed record of 131.7 mph at Daytona
Type: Event
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03/16/1910
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Eduard FW Pflger, German physiologist, dies at 80
Type: Death
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03/16/1910
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Norman Wooland, Dusseldorf Germany, actor (Hamlet)
Type: Birth
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03/16/1910
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Martijn Lijnema, boer/resistance fighter (WW II)
Type: Birth
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03/16/1910
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Iftikhar Ali Khan, cricketer (Nawab of Pataudi, England and India)
Type: Birth
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03/16/1910
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Andrew Miller-Jones, British TV pioneer
Type: Birth
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03/16/1911
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Stanley Cup: Ottawa Senators beat Port Arthur (Ont) 13-4
Type: Event
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03/16/1912
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Mrs William Howard Taft plants 1st cherry tree in Wash DC
Type: Event
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03/16/1912
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Patricia Nixon, [Thelma Catherine], Ely Nevada, 1st lady (1968-74)
Type: Birth
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03/16/1914
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John Murray, piloted HMS Challenger to Christmas Island, dies
Type: Death
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03/16/1914
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Gaston Calmette, editor (Le Figaro), killed by Mme Caillaux at 55
Type: Death
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03/16/1915
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Brit battle cruisers Inflexible and Irresistible hit mines in Dardanelle
Type: Event
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03/16/1915
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Federal Trade Commission organizes
Type: Event
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03/16/1916
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James Barries' "Kiss for Cinderella," premieres in London
Type: Event
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03/16/1916
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Lloyd McBride, union president (United Steelworkers)
Type: Birth
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03/16/1916
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US and Canada sign migratory bird treaty
Type: Event
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03/16/1918
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Aldo E van Eyck, Dutch architect (City Hall)
Type: Birth
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03/16/1918
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Geoffrey O'Hara's "K-K-K-Katy" song published
Type: Event
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03/16/1918
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Howard Boatwright, composer
Type: Birth
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03/16/1919
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Sigurd von Koch, composer, dies at 39
Type: Death
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03/16/1919
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Erno Kiraly, composer
Type: Birth
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03/16/1919
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Frank Wedekind's "Elius Erweckung," premieres in Hamburg
Type: Event
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03/16/1920
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Leo McKern, Sydney Aust, actor (Blue Lagoon, Help, Mouse that Roared)
Type: Birth
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03/16/1920
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John Addison, Surrey England, composer (Tom Jones-Acad Award)
Type: Birth
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03/16/1920
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1 Acre Park also known as Baby Park in the Bronx renamed Melrose Park
Type: Event
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03/16/1920
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Percy Mansell, cricketer (leg-spin all-rounder in 13 Tests for S Afr)
Type: Birth
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03/16/1922
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Geoffrey Freeman Allen, railway writer
Type: Birth
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03/16/1922
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Sultan Fuad I crowned king of Egypt, England recognizes Egypt
Type: Event
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03/16/1922
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WKY-AM in Oklahoma City OK begins radio transmissions
Type: Event
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03/16/1922
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Harding Lemay, North Bangor NY, headwriter (Another World)
Type: Birth
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03/16/1923
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George Bean, cricketer (92 runs in 3 Tests for Eng v Aust)
Type: Birth
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03/16/1923
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Hugo von Hofmannsthal's "Der Unbestechliche," premieres in Vienna
Type: Event
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03/16/1925
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Cornell Borchers, Germany, actress (Big Lift, Floodtide, Istanbul)
Type: Birth
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03/16/1926
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Robert Goddard launches 1st liquid fuel rocket, goes 184' (56 meters)
Type: Event
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03/16/1926
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Jerry Lewis, [Levitch], comedian/fund raiser (MDA), loved in France
Type: Birth
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03/16/1927
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Vladimir M Komarov, Moscow Russia, cosmonaut (Voshkod I Soyuz 1)
Type: Birth
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03/16/1927
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Karlheinz Boehm, Germany, actor (Face of Fear, Peeping Tom, Unnatural)
Type: Birth
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