Warmer-than-normal temperatures rapidly melt snow and ice on the upper Allegheny and Monongahela rivers, leading to a major flood in Pittsburgh. Date: March 16, 1936 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 16 📅 Events on this day in 1936 📅 On This Day (Today)
From Prague Castle, Hitler proclaims Bohemia and Moravia a German protectorate. Date: March 16, 1939 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 16 📅 Events on this day in 1939 📅 On This Day (Today)
Operation Appearance takes place to re-establish British Somaliland. Date: March 16, 1941 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 16 📅 Events on this day in 1941 📅 On This Day (Today)
World War II: Ninety percent of Würzburg, Germany is destroyed in only 20 minutes by British bombers, resulting in at least 4,000 deaths. Date: March 16, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 16 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 On This Day (Today)
World War II: The Battle of Iwo Jima ends, but small pockets of Japanese resistance persist. Date: March 16, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 16 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 On This Day (Today)
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)