355 Historic Events for March 16
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| 1900 |
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Sir Arthur Evans finds old city of Knossus
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| 1901 |
Birth |
Walter E Sch„fer, German playwright
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| 1902 |
Birth |
Lucie Rie, potter
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| 1903 |
Birth |
Nikolai Lopatnikoff, Revel Estonia, composer (Variaioni Concertanto)
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| 1903 |
Birth |
Mike Mansfield, (Sen-D-Mont) majority whip
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| 1903 |
Birth |
Morgan Conway, actor (Dick Tracy)
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| 1904 |
Birth |
Clive Morton, London England, actor (Goodbye Mr Chips, Moonraker)
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| 1906 |
Birth |
Francisco Ayala, writer
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| 1906 |
Birth |
Henny Youngman, London England, comedian (Take my wife please)
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| 1907 |
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1st 1st-class cricket game between NSW and Western Australia
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| 1908 |
Birth |
Robert Rossen director/writer (Hustler, All the King's Men, Mambo)
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| 1909 |
Death |
George Thorndike Angell, lawyer (ASPCA), dies at 85
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| 1910 |
Birth |
Aladar Gerevich, Hungary, sabres (Olympic-gold-1948)
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| 1910 |
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Barney Oldfield sets land speed record of 131.7 mph at Daytona
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| 1910 |
Death |
Eduard FW Pflger, German physiologist, dies at 80
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| 1910 |
Birth |
Norman Wooland, Dusseldorf Germany, actor (Hamlet)
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| 1910 |
Birth |
Martijn Lijnema, boer/resistance fighter (WW II)
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| 1910 |
Birth |
Iftikhar Ali Khan, cricketer (Nawab of Pataudi, England and India)
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| 1910 |
Birth |
Andrew Miller-Jones, British TV pioneer
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| 1911 |
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Stanley Cup: Ottawa Senators beat Port Arthur (Ont) 13-4
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| 1912 |
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Mrs William Howard Taft plants 1st cherry tree in Wash DC
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| 1912 |
Birth |
Patricia Nixon, [Thelma Catherine], Ely Nevada, 1st lady (1968-74)
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| 1914 |
Death |
John Murray, piloted HMS Challenger to Christmas Island, dies
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| 1914 |
Death |
Gaston Calmette, editor (Le Figaro), killed by Mme Caillaux at 55
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| 1915 |
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Brit battle cruisers Inflexible and Irresistible hit mines in Dardanelle
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