Associated Press newsman Terry Anderson is taken hostage in Beirut; he is not released until December 1991. Date: March 16, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 16 📅 Events on this day in 1985 📅 On This Day (Today)

The Troubles: Ulster loyalist militant Michael Stone attacks a Provisional IRA funeral in Belfast with pistols and grenades. Three persons, one of them a member of PIRA, are killed, and more than 60 others are wounded. Date: March 16, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 16 📅 Events on this…

Halabja chemical attack: The Kurdish town of Halabja in Iraq is attacked with a mix of poison gas and nerve agents on the orders of Saddam Hussein, killing 5,000 people and injuring about 10,000 people. Date: March 16, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 16 📅 Events on this day…

Iran–Contra affair: Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North and Vice Admiral John Poindexter are indicted on charges of conspiracy to defraud the United States. Date: March 16, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 16 📅 Events on this day in 1988 📅 On This Day (Today)

Mississippi formally ratifies the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, becoming the last state to approve the abolition of slavery. The Thirteenth Amendment was officially ratified in 1865. Date: March 16, 1995 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 16 📅 Events on this day in 1995 📅 On This Day…

A series of bomb blasts in the city of Shijiazhuang, China kill 108 people and injure 38 others, the biggest mass murder in China in decades. Date: March 16, 2001 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 16 📅 Events on this day in 2001 📅 On This Day (Today)

Sofia Gubaidulina's Johannes-Ostern is premiered, together with her earlier Johannes-Passion, at Hamburg's Michaeliskirche, performed by soloists, choir and orchestra from the Mariinsky Theatre combined with NDR choir and orchestra, conducted by Valery Gergiev. Date: March 16, 2002 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 16 📅 Events on this day in 2002…

American activist Rachel Corrie is killed in Rafah by being run over by an Israel Defense Forces bulldozer while trying to obstruct the demolition of a home. Date: March 16, 2003 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 16 📅 Events on this day in 2003 📅 On This Day (Today)

Israel officially hands over Jericho to Palestinian control. Date: March 16, 2005 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 16 📅 Events on this day in 2005 📅 On This Day (Today)

The Kasubi Tombs, Uganda's only cultural World Heritage Site, are destroyed in a fire. Date: March 16, 2010 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 16 📅 Events on this day in 2010 📅 On This Day (Today)