355 Historic Events for March 16
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| 1938 |
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Egon Friedell, writer, dies
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| 1938 |
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Temple defeats Colorado to win 1st NIT
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| 1939 |
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Hungary annexes republic of Karpato-Ukraine
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Germany occupies Czechoslovakia
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| 1939 |
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NHL record 10 goals in 1 period-NY Rangers (7), NY Americans (3) and a record 26 points in the 3rd period
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| 1940 |
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German air raid on British fleet base Scapa Flow
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| 1940 |
Birth |
Bernardo Bertolucci, Parma Italy, director (Last Tango in Paris)
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| 1940 |
Birth |
Chuck Woolery, Ky, TV game show host (Love Connection)
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Jan P Pronk, Dutch politician (PvdA)
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| 1940 |
Birth |
Jan Schaefer, Dutch asst secretary of state (PvdA)
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| 1940 |
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Selma O Lagerl”f, Swed author (Nils Holgersson, Nobel-09), dies at 81
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| 1941 |
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Blizzard hits North Dakota and Minnesota killing 60
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| 1941 |
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National Gallery of Art opens in Wash DC
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| 1941 |
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John Murray, Canada oceanographer (Challenger), dies at 73
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| 1941 |
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Dmitri Shostakovitch receives the Stalin Prize
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| 1942 |
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Alexander van Zemlinsky, Austrian composer (African Dance), dies at 69
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| 1943 |
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Elin K (No) and Zaanland (Neth) torpedoed and sinks
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| 1944 |
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Vichy Internal minister Pucheu sentenced to death
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| 1945 |
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Allies secure Iwo Jima
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| 1945 |
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Pierre Drieu la Rochelle, French writer/poet, commits suicide at 52
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| 1945 |
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B”rries von Mnchhausen, writer, dies
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| 1946 |
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"Would-Be Gentleman" closes at Booth Theater NYC after 77 performances
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| 1946 |
Birth |
Erik Estrada, NYC, actor (CHiPs, Cross and Switchblade, Lightblast)
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| 1946 |
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Marius HLW "Max" Blokzijl, Dutch Nazi propagandist, executed at 61
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| 1947 |
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Convair Liner, 1st US twin-engine pressurized airplane, tested
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