March 16

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Events

Pre-1600

1190 – Massacre of Jews at Clifford's Tower, York.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1244 – Over 200 Cathars who refuse to recant are burnt to death after the Fall of Montségur.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1355 – Amidst the Red Turban Rebellions, Han Lin'er, a claimed descendant of Emperor Huizong of Song, is proclaimed emperor of the restored Song dynasty in Bozhou.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

1601–1900

1621 – Samoset, an Abenaki, visits the settlers of Plymouth Colony and greets them, "Welcome, Englishmen! My name is Samoset."
1660 – The Long Parliament of England is dissolved so as to prepare for the new Convention Parliament.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1696 – The Dutch bombard Givet during the Nine Years' War.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1792 – King Gustav III of Sweden is shot; he dies on March 29.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1802 – The Army Corps of Engineers is established to found and operate the United States Military Academy at West Point.
1815 – Prince Willem proclaims himself King of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands, the first constitutional monarch in the Netherlands.
1872 – The Wanderers F.C. win the first FA Cup, the oldest football competition in the world, beating Royal Engineers A.F.C. 1–0 at The Oval in Kennington, London.
1898 – In Melbourne, the representatives of five colonies adopt a constitution, which would become the basis of the Commonwealth of Australia.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>Template:Page needed

1901–present

1916 – The 7th and 10th US cavalry regiments under John J. Pershing cross the US–Mexico border to join the hunt for Pancho Villa.
1918 – Finnish Civil War: Battle of Länkipohja is infamous for its bloody aftermath as the Whites execute 70–100 capitulated Reds.
1924 – In accordance with the Treaty of Rome, Fiume becomes annexed as part of Italy.
1925 – An earthquake (measuring around 7.0 magnitude) occurs in Dali, China, killing an estimated 5,000 people.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
1926 – History of Rocketry: Robert Goddard launches the first liquid-fueled rocket, at Auburn, Massachusetts.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1935 – Adolf Hitler orders Germany to rearm itself in violation of the Treaty of Versailles. Conscription is reintroduced to form the Wehrmacht.
1936 – Warmer-than-normal temperatures rapidly melt snow and ice on the upper Allegheny and Monongahela rivers, leading to a major flood in Pittsburgh.
1939 – From Prague Castle, Hitler proclaims Bohemia and Moravia a German protectorate.
1941 – Operation Appearance takes place to re-establish British Somaliland<ref>Operations in the Red Sea Template:Webarchive [1] Template:Webarchive</ref>
1945 – World War II: The Battle of Iwo Jima ends, but small pockets of Japanese resistance persist.
1945 – Ninety percent of Würzburg, Germany is destroyed in only 20 minutes by British bombers, resulting in at least 4,000 deaths.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1962 – Flying Tiger Line Flight 739 disappears in the western Pacific Ocean with all 107 aboard missing and presumed dead.<ref>Template:Cite news Template:Dead link</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1966 – Launch of Gemini 8 with astronauts Neil Armstrong and David Scott. It would perform the first docking of two spacecraft in orbit.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1968 – Vietnam War: My Lai massacre occurs; between 347 and 500 Vietnamese villagers are killed by American troops.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1969 – A Viasa McDonnell Douglas DC-9 crashes in Maracaibo, Venezuela, killing 155.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1977 – Assassination of Kamal Jumblatt, the main leader of the anti-government forces in the Lebanese Civil War.
1978 – Former Italian Prime Minister Aldo Moro is kidnapped; he is later murdered by his captors.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1978 – A Balkan Bulgarian Airlines Tupolev Tu-134 crashes near Gabare, Bulgaria, killing 73.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1978 – 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.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1979 – Sino-Vietnamese War: The People's Liberation Army crosses the border back into China, ending the war.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1984 – William Buckley, the CIA station chief in Lebanon, is kidnapped by Hezbollah; he later dies in captivity.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1985 – Associated Press newsman Terry Anderson is taken hostage in Beirut; he is not released until December 1991.<ref name="Hedges 1991">Template:Cite news</ref>
1988 – Iran–Contra affair: Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North and Vice Admiral John Poindexter are indicted on charges of conspiracy to defraud the United States.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1988 – 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.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1988 – 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.
1995 – Mississippi formally ratifies the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, becoming the last state to approve the abolition of slavery.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The Thirteenth Amendment was officially ratified in 1865.
2001 – A series of bomb blasts in the city of Shijiazhuang, China kill 108 people and injure 38 others,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> the biggest mass murder in China in decades.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2003 – 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.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2005 – Israel officially hands over Jericho to Palestinian control.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2010 – The Kasubi Tombs, Uganda's only cultural World Heritage Site, are destroyed in a fire.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2012 – Former Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar becomes the first batter in history to score 100 centuries in international cricket.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2014 – Crimea votes in a controversial referendum to secede from Ukraine to join Russia.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2016 – A bomb detonates in a bus carrying government employees in Peshawar, Pakistan, killing 15 and injuring at least 30.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2016 – Two suicide bombers detonate their explosives at a mosque during morning prayer on the outskirts of Maiduguri, Nigeria, killing 24 and injuring 18.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2020 – The Dow Jones Industrial Average falls by 2,997.10, the single largest point drop in history and the second-largest percentage drop ever at 12.93%, an even greater crash than Black Monday (1929). This follows the U.S. Federal Reserve announcing that it will cut its target interest rate to 0–0.25%.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2021 – Atlanta spa shootings: Eight people are killed and one is injured in a trio of shootings at spas in and near Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. A suspect is arrested the same day.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2022 – A 7.4-magnitude earthquake occurs off the coast of Fukushima, Japan, killing 4 people and injuring 225.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2022 – Mariupol theatre airstrike during the siege of Mariupol.<ref name="ap">Template:Cite news</ref>
2025 - A fire breaks out in a nightclub in Kočani, North Macedonia, killing at least 59 people and injuring 155 others.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Births

Pre-1600

1399 – The Xuande Emperor, ruler of Ming China (d. 1435)
1445 – Johann Geiler von Kaysersberg, Swiss priest and theologian (d. 1510)<ref>Template:EB1911</ref>
1465 – Kunigunde of Austria, Duchess of Bavaria (d. 1520)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1473 – Henry IV, Duke of Saxony (d. 1541)
1559 – Amar Singh I, successor of Maharana Pratap of Mewar (d. 1620)
1581 – Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, Dutch historian and poet (d. 1647)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1585 – Gerbrand Bredero, Dutch poet and playwright (d. 1618)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1590 – Ii Naotaka, Japanese daimyō (d. 1659)
1596 – Ebba Brahe, Swedish countess (d. 1674)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

1601–1900

1609 – Michael Franck, German poet and composer of hymns (d. 1667)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1609 – Agostino Mitelli, Italian painter (d. 1660)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1621 – Georg Neumark, German poet and composer of hymns (d. 1681)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1631 – René Le Bossu, French literary critic (d. 1680)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1638 – François Crépieul, Jesuit missionary (d. 1702)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1654 – Andreas Acoluthus, German scholar (d. 1704)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1670 – François de Franquetot de Coigny, French general (d. 1759)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1673 – Jean Bouhier, French jurist and scholar (d. 1746)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1687 – Sophia Dorothea of Hanover, queen consort of Frederick William I (d. 1757)
1693 – Malhar Rao Holkar, Indian nobleman (d. 1766)
1701 – Daniel Lorenz Salthenius, Swedish theologian (d. 1750)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1729 – Maria Louise Albertine (d. 1818)<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
1741 – Carlo Amoretti, Italian scientist (d. 1816)
1744 – Nicolas-Germain Léonard, Guadeloupean poet and novelist (d. 1793)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1750 – Caroline Herschel, German-English astronomer (d. 1848)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1751 – James Madison, American academic and politician, 4th President of the United States (d. 1836)
1753 – François Amédée Doppet, French general (d. 1799)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1760 – Johann Heinrich Meyer, Swiss painter and writer (d. 1832)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1766 – Jean-Frédéric Waldeck, French antiquarian, cartographer, artist and explorer (d. 1875)<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
1771 – Antoine-Jean Gros, French painter (d. 1835)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1773 – Juan Ramón Balcarce, Argentinian general and politician, 6th Governor of Buenos Aires Province (d. 1836)
1774 – Matthew Flinders, English navigator and cartographer (d. 1814)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1789 – Francis Rawdon Chesney, English general and explorer (d. 1872)<ref>Template:Cite DNB</ref>
1789 – Georg Ohm, German physicist and mathematician (d. 1854)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1794 – Ami Boué, Austrian geologist and ethnographer (d. 1881)<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1797 – Alaric Alexander Watts, English poet and journalist (d. 1864)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1799 – Anna Atkins, English botanist and photographer (d. 1871)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1800 – Emperor Ninkō of Japan (d. 1846)
1805 – Ernst von Lasaulx, German philologist and politician (d. 1861)<ref>Template:Catholic Encyclopedia</ref>
1806 – Félix De Vigne, Belgian painter (d. 1862)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1808 – Hannah T. King, British-born American writer and pioneer (d. 1886)<ref name="HolmesDuniway1995">Template:Cite book</ref>
1813 – Gaëtan de Rochebouët, French prime minister (d. 1899)<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
1819 – José Paranhos, Brazilian politician (d. 1880)
1820 – Enrico Tamberlik, Italian tenor (d. 1889)<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
1821 – Eduard Heine, German mathematician and academic (d. 1881)
1822 – Rosa Bonheur, French painter and sculptor (d. 1899)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1822 – John Pope, American general (d. 1892)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1823 – William Henry Monk, English organist and composer (d. 1889)<ref>Template:Cite DNB</ref>
1825 – Camilo Castelo Branco, Portuguese writer (d. 1890)
1828 – Émile Deshayes de Marcère, French politician (d. 1918)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1834 – James Hector, Scottish geologist and surgeon (d. 1907)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1836 – Andrew Smith Hallidie, English-American engineer and inventor (d. 1900)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1839 – Sully Prudhomme, French poet and critic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1907)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1839 – John Butler Yeats, Irish painter (d. 1922)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1840 – Shibusawa Eiichi, Japanese industrialist (d. 1931)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1840 – Georg von der Gabelentz, German linguist and sinologist (d. 1893)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1845 – Umegatani Tōtarō I, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 15th Yokozuna (d. 1928)
1846 – Gösta Mittag-Leffler, Swedish mathematician and academic (d. 1927)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1846 – Rebecca Cole, American physician and social reformer (d. 1922)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1846 – Jurgis Bielinis, Lithuanian book smuggler (d. 1918)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1848 – Axel Heiberg, Norwegian financier and diplomat (d. 1932)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1851 – Otto Bardenhewer, German theologian (d. 1935)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1851 – Martinus Beijerinck, Dutch microbiologist and botanist (d. 1931)<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
1856 – Napoléon, Prince Imperial of France (d. 1879)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1857 – Charles Harding Firth, English historian (d. 1936)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite odnb</ref>
1859 – Alexander Stepanovich Popov, Russian physicist and inventor (d. 1906)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1865 – Patsy Donovan, Irish-American baseball player and manager (d. 1953)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1869 – Willy Burmester, German violinist (d. 1933)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1871 – Hans Merensky, South African geologist and philanthropist (d. 1951)
1871 – Frantz Reichel, French rugby player and hurdler (d. 1932)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1874 – Frédéric François-Marsal, French prime minister (d. 1958)
1877 – Léo-Ernest Ouimet, Canadian director and producer (d. 1972)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1878 – Clemens August Graf von Galen, German cardinal (d. 1946)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1878 – Paul Jouve, French painter (d. 1973)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1881 – Fannie Charles Dillon, American composer (d. 1947)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1882 – James Lightbody, American runner (d. 1953)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1883 – Ethel Anderson, Australian poet, author, and painter (d. 1958)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1884 – Eric P. Kelly, American journalist and author (d. 1960)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1885 – Giacomo Benvenuti, Italian composer and musicologist (d. 1943)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1885 – Sydney Chaplin, English actor (d. 1965)
1886 – Herbert Lindström, Swedish tug of war player (d. 1951)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1887 – Emilio Lunghi, Italian runner (d. 1925)
1887 – S. Stillman Berry, American marine zoologist (1984)<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
1889 – Reggie Walker, South African athlete (d. 1951)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1892 – César Vallejo, Peruvian poet (d. 1938)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1895 – Ernest Labrousse, French historian (d. 1988)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1897 – Antonio Donghi, Italian painter (d. 1963)
1897 – Conrad Nagel, American actor (d. 1970)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1900 – Cyril Hume, American novelist and screenwriter (d. 1966)<ref name="Durward 1938">Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1900 – Mencha Karnicheva, Macedonian revolutionary and assassin (d. 1964)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

1901–present

1901 – Alexis Chantraine, Belgian footballer (d. 1987)
1903 – Mike Mansfield, American politician and diplomat, 22nd United States Ambassador to Japan (d. 2001)
1904 – Buddy Myer, American baseball player (d. 1974)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1906 – Francisco Ayala, Spanish sociologist, author, and translator (d. 2009)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1906 – Maurice Turnbull, Welsh-English cricketer and rugby player (d. 1944)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1906 – Lloyd Waner, American baseball player (d. 1982)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1906 – Henny Youngman, English-American violinist and comedian (d. 1998)
1908 – René Daumal, French author and poet (d. 1944)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1908 – Ernest Rogez, French water polo player (d. 1986)
1908 – Robert Rossen, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1966)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1909 – Don Raye, American songwriter (d. 1985)<ref name="LarkinGE">Template:Cite book</ref>
1910 – Aladár Gerevich, Hungarian fencer (d. 1991)
1910 – Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi, Indian-English cricketer and politician, 8th Nawab of Pataudi (d. 1952)
1911 – Pierre Harmel, Belgian lawyer and diplomat, Prime Minister of Belgium (d. 2009)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1911 – Josef Mengele, German physician, captain and mass-murderer (d. 1979)<ref name="UPI">Template:Cite web</ref>
1911 – Philip Pavia, American painter and sculptor (d. 2005)
1912 – Pat Nixon, American teacher, First Lady of the United States (d. 1993)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1913 – Rémy Raffalli, French soldier (d. 1952)
1915 – Kunihiko Kodaira, Japanese mathematician (d. 1997)<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
1916 – Mercedes McCambridge, American actress (d. 2004)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1916 – Tsutomu Yamaguchi, Japanese engineer and businessman (d. 2010)
1917 – Mehrdad Pahlbod, Iranian politician (d. 2018)
1917 – Laure Pillay, Mauritian lawyer and jurist (d. 2017)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1917 – Louis C. Wyman, American lawyer and politician (d. 2002)
1918 – Frederick Reines, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1998)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1918 – Aldo van Eyck, Dutch architect (d. 1999)
1920 – John Addison, English-American soldier and composer (d. 1998)
1920 – Sid Fleischman, American author and screenwriter (d. 2010)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1920 – Traudl Junge, German secretary (d. 2002)
1920 – Leo McKern, Australian-English actor (d. 2002)
1922 – Harding Lemay, American screenwriter and playwright (d. 2018)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1923 – Heinz Wallberg, German conductor (d. 2004)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1925 – Cornell Borchers, Lithuanian-German actress and singer (d. 2014)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1925 – Mary Hinkson, American dancer and choreographer (d. 2014)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1925 – Ervin Kassai, Hungarian basketball player and referee (d. 2012)
1925 – Luis E. Miramontes, Mexican chemist and engineer (d. 2004)
1926 – Charles Goodell, American lawyer and politician (d. 1987)
1926 – Jerry Lewis, American actor and comedian (d. 2017)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1927 – Vladimir Komarov, Russian pilot, engineer, and cosmonaut (d. 1967)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1927 – Daniel Patrick Moynihan, American sociologist and politician, 12th United States Ambassador to the United Nations (d. 2003)<ref name="UPI"/>
1927 – Olga San Juan, American actress and dancer (d. 2009)
1928 – Wakanohana Kanji I, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 45th Yokozuna (d. 2010)
1928 – Christa Ludwig, German opera singer (d. 2021)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1929 – Betty Johnson, American singer (d. 2022)
1929 – Tihomir Novakov, Serbian-American physicist and academic (d. 2015)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1929 – Nadja Tiller, Austrian actress (d. 2023)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1930 – Tommy Flanagan, American pianist and composer (d. 2001)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1930 – Minoru Miki, Japanese composer (d. 2011)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1931 – Augusto Boal, Brazilian theatre director, writer and politician (d. 2009)
1931 – Alan Heyman, American-South Korean musicologist and composer (d. 2014)
1931 – Anthony Kenny, English philosopher and academic
1931 – John Munro, Canadian lawyer and politician, 22nd Canadian Minister of Labour (d. 2003)
1932 – Don Blasingame, American baseball player and manager (d. 2005)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1932 – Walter Cunningham, American astronaut (d. 2023)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1932 – Kurt Diemberger, Austrian mountaineer and author<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1932 – Herbert Marx, Canadian politician (d. 2020)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1933 – Keith Critchlow, English architect and academic, co-founded Temenos Academy (d. 2020)
1933 – Sanford I. Weill, American banker, financier, and philanthropist
1934 – Jean Cournoyer, Canadian politician<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1934 – Ray Hnatyshyn, Canadian lawyer and politician, 24th Governor General of Canada (d. 2002)
1934 – Roger Norrington, English violinist and conductor
1934 – Howard Schnellenberger, American football player and coach (d. 2021)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1935 – Teresa Berganza, Spanish soprano and actress (d. 2022)
1935 – Pepe Cáceres, Colombian bullfighter (d. 1987)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1936 – Raymond Vahan Damadian, Armenian-American inventor, invented the MRI (d. 2022)
1936 – Fred Neil, American folk singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2001)
1937 – David Frith, English historian, journalist, and author
1937 – Attilio Nicora, Italian cardinal (d. 2017)
1937 – Amos Tversky, Israeli-American psychologist and academic (d. 1996)
1938 – Carlos Bilardo, Argentinian footballer and manager
1939 – Yvon Côté, Canadian politician and teacher<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1940 – Vagif Mustafazadeh, Azerbaijani pianist and composer (d. 1979)
1940 – Jan Pronk, Dutch academic and politician, Dutch Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment
1940 – Keith Rowe, English guitarist
1940 – Kaak, Indian cartoonist (d. 2025)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1941 – Bernardo Bertolucci, Italian director and screenwriter (d. 2018)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1941 – Robert Guéï, Ivorian soldier and politician, 3rd President of Côte d'Ivoire (d. 2002)
1941 – Chuck Woolery, American game show host and television personality (d. 2024)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1942 – Roger Crozier, Canadian-American ice hockey player (d. 1996)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1942 – Jean-Pierre Schosteck, French politician
1942 – James Soong, Chinese-Taiwanese politician, Governor of Taiwan Province
1942 – Gijs van Lennep, Dutch race car driver
1942 – Jerry Jeff Walker, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2020)<ref name="UPI"/>
1943 – Álvaro de Soto, Peruvian diplomat
1943 – Ursula Goodenough, American biologist, zoologist, and author
1943 – Hans Heyer, German race car driver
1943 – Harry van Hoof, Dutch conductor, composer, and music arranger (d. 2024)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1944 – Andrew S. Tanenbaum, American computer scientist and academic
1945 – Douglas Ahlstedt, American tenor (d. 2023)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1946 – Sigmund Groven, Norwegian harmonica player and composer
1946 – Mary Kaldor, English economist and academic
1946 – J. Z. Knight, American New Age teacher and author
1946 – Guesch Patti, French singer
1948 – Michael Owen Bruce, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1948 – Richard Desjardins, Canadian singer-songwriter and director
1948 – Catherine Quéré, French politician
1949 – Erik Estrada, American actor<ref name="AP">Template:Cite web</ref>
1949 – Victor Garber, Canadian actor and singer<ref name="AP"/>
1949 – Elliott Murphy, American-French singer-songwriter and journalist
1950 – Peter Forster, English bishop
1950 – Kate Nelligan, Canadian actress<ref name="UPI"/>
1950 – Edhem Šljivo, Bosnian footballer
1951 – Ray Benson, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer<ref name="AP"/>
1951 – Abdelmajid Bourebbou, Algerian footballer
1951 – Oddvar Brå, Norwegian skier
1951 – Joe DeLamielleure, American football player
1951 – Alexandre Gonzalez, French long-distance runner
1953 – Claus Peter Flor, German conductor
1953 – Isabelle Huppert, French actress<ref name="UPI"/>
1953 – Rainer Knaak, German chess player
1953 – Richard Stallman, American computer scientist and programmer
1954 – David Heath, English politician
1954 – Colin Ireland, English serial killer (d. 2012)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1954 – Jimmy Nail, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
1954 – Tim O'Brien, American singer-songwriter and guitarist<ref name="AP"/>
1954 – Dav Whatmore, Sri Lankan-Australian cricketer and coach
1954 – Nancy Wilson, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actress<ref name="AP"/>
1955 – Svetlana Alexeeva, Russian ice dancer and coach
1955 – Rimantas Astrauskas, Lithuanian physicist
1955 – Bruno Barreto, Brazilian director, producer, and screenwriter
1955 – Linda Lepomme, Belgian actress and singer
1955 – Bob Ley, American sports anchor and reporter
1955 – Andy Scott, Canadian politician (d. 2013)
1955 – Jiro Watanabe, Japanese boxer
1956 – Ozzie Newsome, American football player and executive<ref name="UPI"/>
1956 – Clifton Powell, American actor, director, and producer<ref name="AP"/>
1956 – Yoriko Shono, Japanese writer
1956 – Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf, Swiss lawyer and politician
1958 – Jorge Ramos, Mexican-American journalist and author<ref>"Biography" Template:Webarchive. jorgeramos.com. Retrieved September 4, 2017.</ref>
1958 – Phillip Wilcher, Australian pianist and composer
1958 – Kate Worley, American author (d. 2004)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1959 – Michael J. Bloomfield, American astronaut
1959 – Sebastian Currier, American composer and educator
1959 – Greg Dyer, Australian cricketer
1959 – Flavor Flav, American rapper and actor<ref name="AP"/>
1959 – Charles Hudson, American baseball player
1959 – Steve Marker, American musician
1959 – Jens Stoltenberg, Norwegian economist and politician, 27th Prime Minister of Norway, 13th Secretary General of NATO<ref name="UPI"/>
1959 – Scott L. Schwartz, American actor stuntman and wrestler (d. 2024)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1960 – Jenny Eclair, English comedian, actress and screenwriter
1960 – John Hemming, English businessman and politician<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1960 – Duane Sutter, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1961 – Todd McFarlane, Canadian author, illustrator, and businessman, founded McFarlane Toys
1962 – Franck Fréon, French race car driver
1962 – Liliane Gaschet, French athlete
1963 – Jerome Flynn, English actor and singer<ref name="AP"/>
1963 – Kevin Smith, New Zealand actor and singer (d. 2002)
1964 – Patty Griffin, American singer-songwriter<ref name="AP"/>
1964 – Jaclyn Jose, Filipino actress (d. 2024)
1964 – Pascal Richard, Swiss racing cyclist
1964 – Gore Verbinski, American director, producer, and screenwriter<ref name="UPI"/>
1965 – Steve Armstrong, American wrestler
1965 – Sergei Bazarevich, Russian basketball player and coach<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1965 – Cindy Brown, American basketball player
1965 – Mark Carney, Canadian-English economist and politician, Prime Minister of Canada
1965 – Cristiana Reali, Italian-Brazilian actress
1966 – H.P. Baxxter, German musician<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1966 – Chrissy Redden, Canadian cross-country cyclist<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1967 – Tracy Bonham, American singer and violinist<ref name="AP"/>
1967 – John Darnielle, American musician and novelist
1967 – Lauren Graham, American actress and producer<ref name="AP"/>
1967 – Ronnie McCoury, American bluegrass mandolin player, singer and songwriter
1967 – Heidi Zurbriggen, Swiss alpine skier
1969 – Judah Friedlander, American comedian and actor<ref name="AP"/>
1969 – Ottis Gibson, Barbadian cricketer and coach
1969 – Alina Ivanova, Russian athlete
1969 – Evangelos Koronios, Greek basketball player and coach
1970 – Joakim Berg, Swedish singer-songwriter and guitarist
1971 – Greg Johnson, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2019)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1971 – Alan Tudyk, American actor<ref name="AP"/>
1972 – Ismaïl Sghyr, French-Moroccan long-distance runner
1973 – Tim Kang, American actor<ref name="AP"/>
1973 – Andrey Mizurov, Kazakhstani road bicycle racer
1973 – Vonda Ward, American boxer
1974 – Georgios Anatolakis, Greek footballer and politician
1974 – Anne Charrier, French actress
1974 – Heath Streak, Zimbabwean cricketer (d. 2023)
1975 – Luciano Castro, Argentine actor
1975 – Sienna Guillory, English model and actress
1975 – Lionel Torres, French archer
1976 – Blu Cantrell, American singer-songwriter and producer<ref name="AP"/>
1976 – Zhu Chen, Qatari chess Grandmaster
1976 – Kim Johnsson, Swedish ice hockey player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1976 – Leila Lejeune, French handballer
1976 – Susanne Ljungskog, Swedish cyclist
1976 – Abraham Núñez, Dominican baseball player
1977 – Mónica Cruz, Spanish actress and dancer
1977 – Thomas Rupprath, German swimmer
1978 – Brooke Burns, American fashion model, television personality, and actress<ref name="AP"/>
1978 – Annett Renneberg, German actress and singer
1979 – Tyler Arnason, American ice hockey player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1979 – Hee-seop Choi, South Korean baseball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1979 – Christina Liebherr, Swiss equestrian
1979 – Rashad Moore, American football player
1979 – Sébastien Ostertag, French handball player
1979 – Leena Peisa, Finnish keyboard player and songwriter
1979 – Andrei Stepanov, Estonian footballer
1980 – Todd Heap, American football player
1980 – Felipe Reyes, Spanish basketball player
1981 – Andrew Bree, Irish swimmer
1981 – Danny Brown, American rapper<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1981 – Curtis Granderson, American baseball player
1982 – Julia Letlow, American politician<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1981 – Julien Mazet, French road bicycle racer
1981 – Fabiana Murer, Brazilian pole vaulter
1982 – Miguel Comminges, Guadeloupean footballer
1982 – Riley Cote, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1982 – Jesús Del Nero, Spanish road bicycle racer
1982 – Brian Wilson, American baseball player
1983 – Stephen Drew, American baseball player
1983 – Brandon League, American baseball player
1983 – Nicolas Rousseau, French road bicycle racer
1983 – Tramon Williams, American football player
1984 – Aisling Bea, Irish comedienne and actress
1984 – Levi Brown, American football player
1984 – Sharon Cherop, Kenyan long-distance runner
1984 – Hosea Gear, New Zealand rugby player
1984 – Brandon Prust, Canadian ice hockey player
1985 – Teddy Atine-Venel, French athlete
1985 – Eddy Lover, Panamanian singer-songwriter
1985 – Aleksei Sokirskiy, Russian hammer thrower
1986 – Alexandra Daddario, American actress<ref name="AP"/>
1986 – Toney Douglas, American basketball player
1986 – Kenny Dykstra, American wrestler
1986 – T. J. Jordan, American basketball player
1986 – Boaz Solossa, Indonesian footballer
1986 – Daisuke Takahashi, Japanese figure skater
1987 – Fabien Lemoine, French football player
1988 – Jhené Aiko, American singer-songwriter and rapper<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1988 – Jessica Gregg, Canadian speed skater<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1988 – Patrick Herrmann, German footballer
1988 – Agustín Marchesín, Argentinian footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1988 – Jiří Tlustý, Czech ice hockey player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1989 – Blake Griffin, American basketball player
1989 – Jung So-min, South Korean actress
1989 – Magalie Pottier, French racing cyclist
1989 – Theo Walcott, English footballer
1990 – Andre Young, American basketball player
1991 – Chris Boswell, American football player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1991 – Reggie Bullock, American basketball player
1991 – Admir Mehmedi, Swiss footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1991 – Wolfgang Van Halen, American bassist<ref name="AP"/>
1992 – Tim Hardaway Jr., American basketball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1992 – Brett Davern, American actor<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1993 – George Ford, English rugby union player
1993 – Marine Lorphelin, French model and beauty queen, Miss France 2013
1994 – Camilo, Colombian singer<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
1994 – Joel Embiid, Cameroonian basketball player
1994 – Sierra McClain, American actress<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1995 – Inga Janulevičiūtė, Lithuanian figure skater
1996 – Ajiona Alexus, American actress and singer<ref name="UPI"/>
1996 – Ivan Toney, English footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1997 – Dominic Calvert-Lewin, English footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1997 – Florian Neuhaus, German footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1997 – Tyrel Jackson Williams, American actor<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1999 – Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Canadian baseball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2000 – Jalen Smith, American basketball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2001 – Kyle Hamilton, American football player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Deaths

Pre-1600

AD 37 – Tiberius, Roman emperor (b. 42 BC)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
455 – Valentinian III, Roman emperor (assassinated;<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> b. 419)
455 – Heraclius, Roman courtier (primicerius sacri cubiculi )
842 – Xiao Mian, chancellor of the Tang dynasty
933 – Takin al-Khazari, Egyptian commander and politician, Abbasid Governor of Egypt
943 – Pi Guangye, Chinese official and chancellor (b. 877)
1021 – Heribert of Cologne, German archbishop and saint (b. 970)<ref name=CatholicEncy>Template:Cite CE1913</ref>
1072 – Adalbert of Hamburg, German archbishop (b. 1000)
1181 – Henry I, Count of Champagne
1185 – Baldwin IV of Jerusalem (b. 1161)
1279 – Jeanne of Dammartin, Queen consort of Castile and León (b. 1216)
1405 – Margaret III, Countess of Flanders (b. 1350)
1410 – John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset, French-English admiral and politician, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (b. 1373)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1457 – Ladislaus Hunyadi, Hungarian politician (b. 1433)
1485 – Anne Neville, queen of Richard III of England (b. 1456)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1559 – Anthony St. Leger, English-Irish politician Lord Deputy of Ireland (b. 1496)

1601–1900

1649 – Jean de Brébeuf, French-Canadian missionary and saint (b. 1593)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1679 – John Leverett, English general and politician, 19th Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony (b. 1616)
1698 – Leonora Christina Ulfeldt, Danish countess, author of Jammers Minde (b. 1621)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1721 – James Craggs the Elder, English politician, Postmaster General of the United Kingdom (b. 1657)
1736 – Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Italian composer (b. 1710)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1737 – Benjamin Wadsworth, American minister and academic (b. 1670)
1738 – George Bähr, German architect, designed the Dresden Frauenkirche (b. 1666)
1747 – Christian August, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst (b. 1690)
1804 – Henrik Gabriel Porthan, Finnish professor and historian (b. 1739)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1838 – Nathaniel Bowditch, American ocean navigator and mathematician (b. 1773)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1841 – Félix Savart, French physicist and psychologist (b. 1791)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1868 – David Wilmot, American politician, sponsor of Wilmot Proviso (b. 1814)
1884 – Art Croft, American baseball player (b. 1855)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1888 – Hippolyte Carnot, French politician (b. 1801)<ref>Template:EB1911</ref>
1892 – Samuel F. Miller, American politician (b. 1827)<ref>Template:CongBio</ref>
1898 – Aubrey Beardsley, English author and illustrator (b. 1872)<ref>Template:Cite ODNB</ref>
1899 – Joseph Medill, American journalist and politician, 26th Mayor of Chicago (b. 1823)

1901–present

1903 – Roy Bean, American justice of the peace (b. 1825)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1907 – John O'Leary, Irish republican and journalist (b. 1830)<ref>Template:Cite book Template:Dead link</ref>
1912 – Max Burckhard, Austrian theater director (b. 1854)
1914 – Gaston Calmette, French journalist (b. 1858)
1914 – Charles Albert Gobat, Swiss lawyer and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1843)
1914 – John Murray, Scottish oceanographer, biologist, and limnologist (b. 1841)
1925 – August von Wassermann, German bacteriologist and hygienist (b. 1866)<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
1930 – Miguel Primo de Rivera, Spanish general and politician, Prime Minister of Spain (b. 1870)
1935 – John Macleod, Scottish physician and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1876)
1935 – Aron Nimzowitsch, Latvian-Danish chess player (b. 1886)
1936 – Marguerite Durand, French actress, journalist, and activist (b. 1864)
1937 – Austen Chamberlain, English politician, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1863)
1937 – Alexander von Staël-Holstein, Estonian orientalist and sinologist (b. 1877)
1940 – Selma Lagerlöf, Swedish author and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1858)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1945 – Börries von Münchhausen, German poet (b. 1874)
1955 – Nicolas de Staël, French-Russian painter and illustrator (b. 1914)
1957 – Constantin Brâncuși, Romanian-French sculptor, painter, and photographer (b. 1876)
1958 – Leon Cadore, American baseball player (b. 1891)
1961 – Chen Geng, Chinese general and politician (b. 1903)
1961 – Václav Talich, Czech violinist and conductor (b. 1883)
1963 – Laura Adams Armer, American author and photographer (b. 1874)
1965 – Alice Herz, German activist (b. 1882)
1967 – Thomas MacGreevy, Irish poet (b. 1893)
1968 – Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Italian-American pianist and composer (b. 1895)
1968 – Gunnar Ekelöf, Swedish poet and translator (b. 1907)
1970 – Tammi Terrell, American singer (b. 1945)
1971 – Bebe Daniels, American actress (b. 1901)
1971 – Thomas E. Dewey, American lawyer and politician, 47th Governor of New York (b. 1902)
1972 – Pie Traynor, American baseball player (b. 1898)
1975 – T-Bone Walker, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1910)
1977 – Kamal Jumblatt, Lebanese lawyer and politician (b. 1917)
1979 – Jean Monnet, French economist and politician (b. 1888)
1980 – Tamara de Lempicka, Polish-American painter (b. 1898)
1983 – Arthur Godfrey, American actor and television host (b. 1903)
1983 – Fred Rose, Polish-Canadian politician (b. 1907)
1985 – Roger Sessions, American composer, critic, and educator (b. 1896)
1985 – Eddie Shore, Canadian-American ice hockey player (b. 1902)
1988 – Jigger Statz, American baseball player (b. 1897)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1988 – Mickey Thompson, American race car driver (b. 1928)
1990 – Ernst Bacon, American pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1898)
1991 – Chris Austin, American country singer (b. 1964)
1991 – Jean Bellette, Australian artist (b. 1908)
1992 – Yves Rocard, French physicist and engineer (b. 1903)
1994 – Eric Show, American baseball player (b. 1956)
1998 – Derek Barton, English-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1918)
1998 – Esther Bubley, American photographer (b. 1921)
1999 – Gratien Gélinas, Canadian actor, director, and playwright (b. 1909)
2000 – Thomas Ferebee, American colonel and pilot (b. 1918)
2000 – Pavel Prudnikau, Belarusian poet and author (b. 1911)
2000 – Michael Starr, Canadian judge and politician, 16th Canadian Minister of Labour (b. 1910)
2000 – Carlos Velázquez, Puerto Rican pitcher (b. 1948)
2001 – Bob Wollek, French race car driver (b. 1943)
2003 – Rachel Corrie, American activist (b. 1979)
2003 – Ronald Ferguson, English captain, polo player, and manager (b. 1931)
2004 – Vilém Tauský, Czech conductor and composer (b. 1910)
2005 – Todd Bell, American football player (b. 1958)
2005 – Ralph Erskine, English architect, designed The London Ark (b. 1914)
2005 – Dick Radatz, American baseball player (b. 1937)
2007 – Manjural Islam Rana, Bangladeshi cricketer (b. 1984)
2008 – Bill Brown, Australian cricketer and soldier (b. 1912)
2008 – Ivan Dixon, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1931)
2008 – Gary Hart, American wrestler and manager (b. 1942)
2010 – Ksenija Pajčin, Serbian singer, dancer and model (b. 1977)
2011 – Richard Wirthlin, American religious leader (b. 1931)
2012 – Donald E. Hillman, American colonel and pilot (b. 1918)
2012 – Takaaki Yoshimoto, Japanese poet, philosopher, and critic (b. 1924)
2013 – Jamal Nazrul Islam, Bangladeshi physicist and cosmologist (b. 1939)
2013 – José Alfredo Martínez de Hoz, Argentinian economist and politician, Minister of Economy of Argentina (b. 1925)
2013 – Yadier Pedroso, Cuban pitcher (b. 1986)
2013 – Ruchoma Shain, American-born teacher and author (b. 1914)
2013 – Marina Solodkin, Russian-Israeli academic and politician (b. 1952)
2013 – Frank Thornton, English actor (b. 1921)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2014 – Gary Bettenhausen, American race car driver (b. 1941)
2014 – Donald Crothers, American chemist and academic (b. 1937)
2014 – Yulisa Pat Amadu Maddy, Sierra Leonean author, poet, and playwright (b. 1936)
2014 – Steve Moore, English author and illustrator (b. 1949)
2014 – Alexander Pochinok, Russian economist and politician (b. 1958)
2015 – Jack Haley, American basketball player and sportscaster (b. 1964)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2015 – Don Robertson, American pianist and composer (b. 1922)
2016 – Alexander Esenin-Volpin, Russian-American mathematician and poet (b. 1924)
2016 – Frank Sinatra Jr., American singer and actor (b. 1944)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2017 – Lewis Rowland, American neurologist (b. 1925)<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
2018 – Louise Slaughter, Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York (b. 1929)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2019 – Dick Dale, American surf-rock guitarist, singer, and songwriter (b. 1937)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2025 – Émilie Dequenne, Belgian actress (b. 1981)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2025 – Jesse Colin Young, American singer and songwriter (b. 1941)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Holidays and observances

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Saint Urho

Christian feast day:
- Abbán<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Finian Lobhar (Finian the Leper)
- Heribert of Cologne.<ref name=CatholicEncy/>
- Hilarius of Aquileia
- Julian of Antioch
- March 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Day of the Book Smugglers (Lithuania)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Remembrance day of the Latvian legionnaires (Latvia)
Saint Urho's Day (Finnish Americans and Finnish Canadians)

References

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External links

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