Are you asking the question “What day of the week was I born?” Continue reading to find out what day of the week you were born.
Day Of The Week: March 16
March 16, 2024 is the 76th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 290 days remaining until the end of 2024. The day of the week is Saturday.
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
- 1190 –Massacre of Jews at Clifford’s Tower, York.
- 1322 –The Battle of Boroughbridge took place in the Despenser Wars.
- 1521 –Ferdinand Magellan reached the Philippines.
- 1865 –American Civil War: The Battle of Averasborough began as Confederate forces suffer irreplaceable casualties in the final months of the war.
- 1926 –History of Rocketry: Robert Goddard launched the first liquid-fueled rocket, at Auburn, Massachusetts.
- 1935 –Adolf Hitler ordered Germany to rearm herself in violation of the Versailles Treaty. Conscription is reintroduced to form the Wehrmacht.
- 1968 –Vietnam War: In the My Lai massacre, between 350 and 500 Vietnamese villagers (men, women, and children) are killed by American troops.
- 1978 –Former Italian Prime Minister Aldo Moro is kidnapped and is later killed by his captors.
- 1978 –Supertanker Amoco Cadiz split in two after running aground on the Portsall Rocks, three miles off the coast of Brittany, resulting in the 5th-largest oil spill in history.
- 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?
- 1856 –Napoléon Eugène, Prince Imperial, only child of Emperor Napoleon III of France (d. 1879)
- 1889 –Reggie Walker, South African athlete (d. 1951)
- 1920 –John Addison, British composer (d. 1998)
- 1922 –Harding Lemay, American television scriptwriter and playwright
- 1932 –Kurt Diemberger, Austrian mountaineer
- 1953 –Óscar Ramírez, Peruvian revolutionary
- 1964 –Patty Griffin, American singer and songwriter
- 1971 –Alan Tudyk, American actor
- 1980 –Felipe Reyes, Spanish basketball player
- 1981 –Curtis Granderson, American baseball player
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