March 16 - The Day in History

March 16 : General Interest
1802: U.S. Military Academy established

The United States Military Academy--the first military school in the United States--is founded by Congress for the purpose of educating and training young men in the theory and practice of military science... read more


American Revolution
1751 : "Father of the Constitution" is born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/father-of-the-constitution-is-born

Automotive
2003 : Craven edges out Busch in closest NASCAR finish
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/craven-edges-out-busch-in-closest-nascar-finish

Civil War
1865 : Confederates swept aside at the Battle of Averasboro
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/battle-of-averasboro-north-carolina

Cold War
1988 : Reagan orders troops into Honduras
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/reagan-orders-troops-into-honduras

Crime
1881 : A virtuous woman turns murderous
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/a-virtuous-woman-turns-murderous

Disaster
1978 : Supertanker wrecks off French coast
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/supertanker-wrecks-off-french-coast

General Interest
1926 : First liquid-fueled rocket
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/first-liquid-fueled-rocket
1968 : My Lai massacre takes place in Vietnam
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/my-lai-massacre-takes-place-in-vietnam
1985 : Terry Anderson kidnapped
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/terry-anderson-kidnapped

Hollywood
2005 : Robert Blake acquitted of wife's murder
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/robert-blake-acquitted-of-wifes-murder

Literary
1850 : The Scarlet Letter is published
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-scarlet-letter-is-published

Music
1970 : Motown soul singer Tammi Terrell dies
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/motown-soul-singer-tammi-terrell-dies

Old West
1903 : Judge Roy Bean dies
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/judge-roy-bean-dies

Presidential
1751 : James Madison is born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/james-madison-is-born

Sports
1953 : Baseball owners give Veeck cold shoulder
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/baseball-owners-give-veeck-cold-shoulder

Vietnam War
1968 : U.S. troops massacre South Vietnamese
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/us-troops-massacre-south-vietnamese
1975 : South Vietnamese flee Pleiku and Kontum
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/south-vietnamese-flee-pleiku-and-kontum

World War I
1916 : German Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz resigns
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/german-admiral-alfred-von-tirpitz-resigns

World War II
1945 : Fighting on Iwo Jima ends
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/fighting-on-iwo-jima-ends