Flying Tiger Line Flight 739 disappears in the western Pacific Ocean with all 107 aboard missing and presumed dead. Date: March 16, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 16 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅 On This Day (Today)

Launch of Gemini 8 with astronauts Neil Armstrong and David Scott. It would perform the first docking of two spacecraft in orbit. Date: March 16, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 16 📅 Events on this day in 1966 📅 On This Day (Today)

Vietnam War: My Lai massacre occurs; between 347 and 500 Vietnamese villagers are killed by American troops. Date: March 16, 1968 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 16 📅 Events on this day in 1968 📅 On This Day (Today)

A Viasa McDonnell Douglas DC-9 crashes in Maracaibo, Venezuela, killing 155. Date: March 16, 1969 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 16 📅 Events on this day in 1969 📅 On This Day (Today)

Assassination of Kamal Jumblatt, the main leader of the anti-government forces in the Lebanese Civil War. Date: March 16, 1977 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 16 📅 Events on this day in 1977 📅 On This Day (Today)

Supertanker Amoco Cadiz splits in two after running aground on the Portsall Rocks, three miles off the coast of Brittany, resulting in the largest oil spill in history at that time. Date: March 16, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 16 📅 Events on this day in 1978 📅 On…

A Balkan Bulgarian Airlines Tupolev Tu-134 crashes near Gabare, Bulgaria, killing 73. Date: March 16, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 16 📅 Events on this day in 1978 📅 On This Day (Today)

Former Italian Prime Minister Aldo Moro is kidnapped; he is later murdered by his captors. Date: March 16, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 16 📅 Events on this day in 1978 📅 On This Day (Today)

Sino-Vietnamese War: The People's Liberation Army crosses the border back into China, ending the war. Date: March 16, 1979 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 16 📅 Events on this day in 1979 📅 On This Day (Today)

William Buckley, the CIA station chief in Lebanon, is kidnapped by Hezbollah; he later dies in captivity. Date: March 16, 1984 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 16 📅 Events on this day in 1984 📅 On This Day (Today)