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Day Of The Week: March 16
March 16, 2025 is the 75th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 290 days remaining until the end of 2025. The day of the week is Sunday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Pisces is your zodiac sign. Aquamarine is your modern birthstone. Jade is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Historical Events: March 16
- 1322 –The Battle of Boroughbridge took place in the Despenser Wars.
- 1521 –Ferdinand Magellan reached the Philippines.
- 1689 –The 23rd Regiment of Foot or Royal Welch Fusiliers is founded.
- 1812 –Battle of Badajoz (March 16 – April 6) – British and Portuguese forces besieged and defeated French garrison during Peninsular War.
- 1900 –Sir Arthur Evans purchased the land around the ruins of Knossos, the largest Bronze Age archaeological site on Crete.
- 1916 –The 7th and 10th US cavalry regiments under John J. Pershing crossed the US-Mexico border to join the hunt for Pancho Villa.
- 1940 –First person killed in a German bombing raid on the UK in World War II during a raid on Scapa Flow in the Orkney Islands, James Isbister.
- 1968 –Vietnam War: In the My Lai massacre, between 350 and 500 Vietnamese villagers (men, women, and children) are killed by American troops.
- 1983 –Demolition of the radio tower Ismaning, the last wooden radio tower in Germany.
- 1995 –Mississippi formally ratified the Thirteenth Amendment, becoming the last state to approve the abolition of slavery. The Thirteenth Amendment is officially ratified in 1865.
Who were born on March 16?
- 1851 –Martinus Beijerinck, Dutch microbiologist and botanist (d. 1931)
- 1859 –Alexander Stepanovich Popov, Russian physicist (d. 1906)
- 1917 –Samael Aun Weor, Colombian writer (d. 1977)
- 1920 –Leo McKern, Australian actor (d. 2002)
- 1925 –Luis E. Miramontes, Mexican chemist (d. 2004)
- 1926 –Jerry Lewis, American comedian
- 1979 –Leena Peisa, Finnish musician (Lordi)
- 1981 –Yoav Ziv, Israeli footballer
- 1982 –Riley Cote, Canadian hockey player
- 1989 –Theo Walcott, English footballer
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