Editing March 16 (section)

==Events==
===Pre-1600===
*[[1190]] &ndash; Massacre of Jews at [[York Castle|Clifford's Tower]], [[York]].<ref>{{cite web |title=The Massacre of the Jews at Clifford's Tower |url=https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/cliffords-tower-york/history-and-stories/massacre-of-the-jews/ |website=English Heritage |access-date=14 January 2020 |archive-date=5 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191105181332/https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/cliffords-tower-york/history-and-stories/massacre-of-the-jews/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1244]] &ndash; Over 200 [[Cathar]]s who refuse to recant are burnt to death after the [[Siege of Montségur|Fall of Montségur]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Fiona Duncan|title=France|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TJ3WAAAAMAAJ|date=1 February 2002|publisher=APA Publications|isbn=978-1-58573-291-3|page=298}}</ref>
*[[1355]] &ndash; 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>{{cite book|author=Denis Twitchett|title=The Cambridge History of China, Volume 7: The Ming Dynasty, 1368–1644, Part 1|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tyhT9SZRLS8C|date=1988|publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]]|isbn= 978-0-521-24332-2|page=42}}</ref>

===1601–1900===
*[[1621]] &ndash; [[Samoset]], an [[Abenaki]], visits the settlers of [[Plymouth Colony]] and greets them, "Welcome, Englishmen! My name is Samoset."
*[[1660]] &ndash; The [[Long Parliament]] of England is dissolved so as to prepare for the new [[Convention Parliament (1660)|Convention Parliament]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Cobbett's Parliamentary History of England: From the Norman Conquest, in 1066, to the Year, 1803. Volume 3 |date=1808 |publisher=R. Bagshaw |location=London |pages=1583–1584 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BRZDAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA1583 |via=Google Books |access-date=2021-09-07 |archive-date=2021-09-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210907000215/https://books.google.com/books?id=BRZDAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA1583 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1696]] &ndash; The Dutch [[Bombardment of Givet|bombard Givet]] during the [[Nine Years' War]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Childs|first=John|title=The Nine Years' War and the British Army |publisher= Manchester University Press |year= 1991|isbn= 0-7190-3461-2}}</ref>
*[[1792]] &ndash; King [[Gustav III of Sweden]] is shot; he dies on [[March 29]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Elgán |first1=Elisabeth |last2=Scobbie |first2=Irene |title=Historical Dictionary of Sweden |date=2015 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |location=Lanham, Maryland |isbn=978-1-4422-5071-0 |page=xxiii |edition=3rd |chapter=Chronology}}</ref>
*[[1802]] &ndash; The [[United States Army Corps of Engineers|Army Corps of Engineers]] is established to found and operate the [[United States Military Academy|United States Military Academy at West Point]].
*[[1815]] &ndash; [[William I of the Netherlands|Prince Willem]] proclaims himself King of the [[United Kingdom of the Netherlands]], the first [[constitutional monarchy|constitutional monarch]] in the Netherlands.
*[[1872]] &ndash; The [[Wanderers F.C.]] win the first [[FA Cup]], the oldest [[association football|football]] competition in the world, beating [[Royal Engineers A.F.C.]] 1–0 at [[The Oval]] in [[Kennington]], London.
*[[1898]] &ndash; In [[Melbourne]], the representatives of five colonies adopt a [[Constitution of Australia|constitution]], which would become the basis of the [[Commonwealth of Australia]].<ref>{{cite book |first=J.A. |last=La Nauze |title=The Making of the Australian Constitution |publisher=Melbourne University Press |year=1972 |location=Carlton, Vic. |isbn=0-522-84016-7}}</ref>{{Page needed|date=September 2021}}

===1901–present===
*[[1916]] &ndash; The 7th and 10th US cavalry regiments under [[John J. Pershing]] cross the [[US–Mexico border]] to join the hunt for [[Pancho Villa]].
*[[1918]] &ndash; [[Finnish Civil War]]: [[Battle of Länkipohja]] is infamous for its bloody aftermath as the [[Whites (Finland)|Whites]] execute 70–100 capitulated [[Finnish Socialist Workers' Republic|Reds]].
*[[1924]] &ndash; In accordance with the [[Treaty of Rome (1924)|Treaty of Rome]], [[Rijeka|Fiume]] becomes annexed as part of Italy.
*[[1925]] &ndash; An [[1925 Dali earthquake|earthquake]] (measuring around 7.0 magnitude) occurs in [[Dali, Yunnan|Dali]], China, killing an estimated 5,000 people.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Chen|first=X.L.|author2=Zhou Q.|author3= Ran H.|author4=Dong R.|name-list-style=amp|year=2012|title=Earthquake-triggered landslides in southwest China|journal=Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences|volume=12|issue=2|pages=351–363|doi=10.5194/nhess-12-351-2012|bibcode=2012NHESS..12..351C|doi-access=free}}</ref>
*[[1926]] &ndash; [[Rocket#Modern rocketry|History of Rocketry]]: [[Robert H. Goddard|Robert Goddard]] launches the first liquid-fueled [[rocket]], at [[Auburn, Massachusetts]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Kerrod |first1=Robin |title=Dawn of the space age |date=2005 |publisher=World Almanac Library |location=Milwaukee, WI |isbn=978-0-8368-5705-4 |page=11 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=srJDiIn5HvkC&pg=PA11}}</ref>
*[[1935]] &ndash; [[Adolf Hitler]] orders Germany to rearm itself in violation of the [[Treaty of Versailles]]. Conscription is reintroduced to form the [[Wehrmacht]].
*[[1936]] &ndash; Warmer-than-normal temperatures rapidly melt snow and ice on the upper [[Allegheny River|Allegheny]] and [[Monongahela River|Monongahela]] rivers, leading to [[Pittsburgh Flood of 1936|a major flood in Pittsburgh]].
*[[1939]] &ndash; From [[Prague Castle]], Hitler proclaims [[Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia|Bohemia and Moravia]] a German [[protectorate]].
*[[1941]] &ndash; [[Operation Appearance]] takes place to re-establish [[British Somaliland]]<ref>[http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/UN/India/RIN/RIN-4.html Operations in the Red Sea] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141109011749/http://ibiblio.org/hyperwar/UN/India/RIN/RIN-4.html|date=2014-11-09}}[http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/UN/India/RIN/index.html] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201221150642/http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/UN/India/RIN/index.html|date=2020-12-21}}</ref>
*[[1945]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: The [[Battle of Iwo Jima]] ends, but small pockets of Japanese resistance persist.
*  1945   &ndash; Ninety percent of [[Bombing of Würzburg in World War II|Würzburg, Germany]] is destroyed in only 20 minutes by British bombers, resulting in at least 4,000 deaths.<ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Jabado |editor1-first=Salwa |title=Fodor's 2011 Germany |date=2011 |publisher=Fodor's Travel |location=New York |isbn=978-1-4000-0489-8 |page=144 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Tdw0l50lYa4C&pg=PA144 |chapter=Würzburg |access-date=2021-09-15 |archive-date=2021-09-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210915234626/https://books.google.com/books?id=Tdw0l50lYa4C&pg=PA144 |url-status=live }}</ref> 
*[[1962]] &ndash; [[Flying Tiger Line Flight 739]] disappears in the western Pacific Ocean with all 107 aboard missing and presumed dead.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!-- no byline --> |title=Plane, 107 sought |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=bNgLAAAAIBAJ&sjid=8lYDAAAAIBAJ |access-date=4 September 2021 |work=[[Evening Independent]] |issue=95 |date=March 16, 1962 |page=1 |via=[[Google News]] }}{{Dead link|date=March 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Dowd |first1=Katie |title='He knew something': The Bay Area flight of Rangers that vanished |url=https://www.sfgate.com/sfhistory/article/flying-tiger-line-flight-739-vietnam-bay-area-16165978.php |access-date=4 September 2021 |work=[[SFGate]] |date=11 May 2021 |archive-date=3 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210903141507/https://www.sfgate.com/sfhistory/article/flying-tiger-line-flight-739-vietnam-bay-area-16165978.php |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1966]] &ndash; Launch of [[Gemini 8]] with astronauts [[Neil Armstrong]] and [[David Scott]]. It would perform the first docking of two spacecraft in orbit.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Wilkinson |first1=John |title=Probing the new solar system |date=2009 |publisher=[[CSIRO Publishing]] |location=Collingwood, Vic. |isbn=978-0-643-09949-4 |page=17 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=phJ-QQu-yc8C&pg=PA17 |chapter=Gemini program |access-date=2021-09-04 |archive-date=2021-09-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210904151314/https://books.google.com/books?id=phJ-QQu-yc8C&pg=PA17 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1968]] &ndash; [[Vietnam War]]: [[My Lai massacre]] occurs; between 347 and 500 [[Vietnam]]ese villagers are killed by American troops.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!-- no byline --> |title=Murder in the name of war - My Lai |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/64344.stm |access-date=4 September 2021 |work=[[BBC News]] |date=20 July 1998 |archive-date=17 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180117201719/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/64344.stm |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1969]] &ndash; A [[Viasa]] [[McDonnell Douglas DC-9]] [[Viasa Flight 742|crashes]] in [[Maracaibo]], Venezuela, killing 155.<ref>{{cite news |title=At least 150 die at least 150 die and 100 are injured as jet falls into a Venezuelan suburb |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1969/03/17/archives/at-least-150-die-and-100-are-injured-as-jet-falls-into-a-venezuelan.html |access-date=18 September 2021 |work=[[The New York Times]] |issue=40,595 |date=17 March 1969 |page=1 |archive-date=18 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210918224427/https://www.nytimes.com/1969/03/17/archives/at-least-150-die-and-100-are-injured-as-jet-falls-into-a-venezuelan.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Crashed plane said overloaded |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=luMpAAAAIBAJ&sjid=f8wEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4302,2691145 |access-date=18 September 2021 |work=Daytona Beach Morning Journal |issue=166 |date=12 July 1969 |page=2 |via=[[Google News Archive]]}}</ref>
*[[1977]] &ndash; Assassination of [[Kamal Jumblatt]], the main leader of the anti-government forces in the [[Lebanese Civil War]].
*[[1978]] &ndash; Former Italian Prime Minister [[Aldo Moro]] is kidnapped; he is later murdered by his captors.<ref>{{cite news |title=The chronology of the Moro case |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1978/05/10/archives/the-chronology-of-the-moro-case.html |access-date=16 September 2021 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=10 May 1978 |archive-date=16 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210916000302/https://www.nytimes.com/1978/05/10/archives/the-chronology-of-the-moro-case.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
*  1978   &ndash; A [[Balkan Bulgarian Airlines]] [[Tupolev Tu-134]] [[Balkan Bulgarian Airlines Flight 107|crashes]] near Gabare, [[Bulgaria]], killing 73.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19780316-0|title=ASN Aircraft accident Tupolev Tu-134 LZ-TUB Gabare|last=Ranter|first=Harro|website=aviation-safety.net|access-date=2020-01-03|archive-date=2020-06-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200629034700/https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19780316-0|url-status=live}}</ref>
*  1978   &ndash; 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>{{cite news |last1=Jonathan |first1=Kandell |title=Oil spill's long-term effect could be slight |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1978/03/31/archives/new-jersey-pages-oil-spills-longterm-effect-could-be-slight-110.html |access-date=3 October 2021 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=31 March 1978 |page=15 |archive-date=3 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211003173528/https://www.nytimes.com/1978/03/31/archives/new-jersey-pages-oil-spills-longterm-effect-could-be-slight-110.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1979]] &ndash; [[Sino-Vietnamese War]]: The [[People's Liberation Army]] crosses the border back into China, ending the war.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Goldstein |first1=Erik |title=Wars and peace treaties, 1816-1991 |date=1992 |publisher=Routledge |location=London |isbn=978-1-134-89912-8 |page=120 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KWWKAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA120 |access-date=2021-10-03 |archive-date=2021-10-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211003193429/https://books.google.com/books?id=KWWKAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA120 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1984]] &ndash; [[William Francis Buckley|William Buckley]], the CIA station chief in Lebanon, is kidnapped by [[Hezbollah]]; he later dies in captivity.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Smith |first1=W. Thomas Jr. |title=Encyclopedia of the Central Intelligence Agency |date=2003 |publisher=Facts On File |location=New York |isbn=978-1-4381-3018-7 |pages=34–35 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1Jc9wBsImOIC&pg=PA35 |chapter=Buckley, William (1928–1985) |access-date=2021-10-03 |archive-date=2021-10-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211003213840/https://books.google.com/books?id=1Jc9wBsImOIC&pg=PA35 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1985]] &ndash; [[Associated Press]] newsman [[Terry A. Anderson|Terry Anderson]] is taken hostage in [[Beirut]]; he is not released until December 1991.<ref name="Hedges 1991">{{cite news |last1=Hedges |first1=Chris |title=Anderson, last U.S. hostage, is freed by captors in Beirut |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/12/05/world/the-last-us-hostage-anderson-last-us-hostage-is-freed-by-captors-in-beirut.html |access-date=15 September 2021 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=5 December 1991 |archive-date=4 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201204123943/https://www.nytimes.com/1991/12/05/world/the-last-us-hostage-anderson-last-us-hostage-is-freed-by-captors-in-beirut.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1988]] &ndash; [[Iran–Contra affair]]: Lieutenant Colonel [[Oliver North]] and Vice Admiral [[John Poindexter]] are indicted on charges of [[conspiracy (criminal)|conspiracy]] to defraud the United States.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Shenon |first1=Philip |title=North, Poindexter and 2 others indicted on Iran-contra fraud and theft charges |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/03/17/world/north-poindexter-and-2-others-indicted-on-iran-contra-fraud-and-theft-charges.html |access-date=3 October 2021 |work=[[The New York Times]] |issue=47447 |date=17 March 1988 |page=1 |archive-date=30 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171030064011/http://www.nytimes.com/1988/03/17/world/north-poindexter-and-2-others-indicted-on-iran-contra-fraud-and-theft-charges.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
*  1988   &ndash; [[Halabja massacre|Halabja chemical attack]]: The [[Kurd]]ish town of [[Halabja]] in [[Iraq]] is attacked with a mix of [[List of highly toxic gases|poison gas]] and [[nerve agent]]s on the orders of Saddam Hussein, killing 5,000 people and injuring about 10,000 people.<ref>{{cite news |title=1988: Thousands die in Halabja gas attack |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/march/16/newsid_4304000/4304853.stm |access-date=17 September 2021 |work=[[BBC News]] |date=16 March 1988 |archive-date=10 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180210230111/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/march/16/newsid_4304000/4304853.stm |url-status=live }}</ref>
*  1988   &ndash; [[The Troubles]]: [[Ulster loyalism|Ulster loyalist]] militant [[Michael Stone (loyalist)|Michael Stone]] [[Milltown Cemetery attack|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]] &ndash; [[Mississippi]] formally ratifies the [[Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution]], becoming the last state to approve the abolition of [[slavery]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Waldron |first1=Ben |title=Mississippi officially abolishes slavery, ratifies 13th Amendment |url=https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2013/02/mississippi-officially-abolishes-slavery-ratifies-13th-amendment/ |access-date=31 August 2021 |work=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] |date=February 19, 2013 |language=en |archive-date=27 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130627203637/https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2013/02/mississippi-officially-abolishes-slavery-ratifies-13th-amendment/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The Thirteenth Amendment was officially ratified in 1865.
*[[2001]] &ndash; [[2001 Shijiazhuang bombings|A series of bomb blasts]] in the city of [[Shijiazhuang]], China kill 108 people and injure 38 others,<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-apr-19-mn-52954-story.html | title=4 Sentenced for blasts in China that killed 108 | work=[[Los Angeles Times]] | date=April 19, 2001 | access-date=2 August 2010 | last=Kuhn | first=Anthony | url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121001083600/http://articles.latimes.com/2001/apr/19/news/mn-52954 |archive-date=2012-10-01}}</ref> the biggest mass murder in China in decades.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gittings |first1=John |title=Manhunt for mass killer fails to pacify Chinese |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2001/mar/20/china.johngittings |access-date=10 September 2021 |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=20 March 2001 |archive-date=6 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306033202/http://www.theguardian.com/world/2001/mar/20/china.johngittings |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[2003]] &ndash; 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>{{cite news |author=<!-- no byline --> |title=American peace activist killed by army bulldozer in Rafah |url=https://www.haaretz.com/1.4854471 |access-date=10 September 2021 |work=[[Haaretz]] |date=March 17, 2003 |archive-date=2 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151202105333/http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/american-peace-activist-killed-by-army-bulldozer-in-rafah-1.16010 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[2005]] &ndash; [[Israel]] officially hands over [[Jericho]] to Palestinian control.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Strucke |first1=James |title=Israel hands over Jericho |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2005/mar/16/israel1 |access-date=12 September 2021 |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=16 March 2005 }}</ref>
*[[2010]] &ndash; The [[Kasubi Tombs]], Uganda's only cultural [[World Heritage Site]], are destroyed in a fire.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/8571719.stm|title=Uganda's Kasubi royal tombs gutted by fire|date=17 March 2010|publisher=BBC News|access-date=10 January 2024|archive-date=7 January 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120107064424/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8571719.stm|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[2012]] &ndash; Former Indian cricketer [[Sachin Tendulkar]] becomes the first batter in history to score [[List of international cricket centuries by Sachin Tendulkar|100 centuries]] in international cricket.<ref>{{cite news |title=First 100th International Century by Sachin Tendulkar |url=https://sports.ndtv.com/cricket/sachin-tendulkar-scored-his-100th-international-century-on-this-day-in-2012-2391736 |access-date=21 August 2023 |work=[[NDTV News]] |date=16 March 2012 |archive-date=22 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230822045428/https://sports.ndtv.com/cricket/sachin-tendulkar-scored-his-100th-international-century-on-this-day-in-2012-2391736 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[2014]] &ndash; [[Crimea]] votes in a controversial [[2014 Crimean status referendum|referendum]] to secede from [[Ukraine]] to join Russia.<ref>{{cite news |title=Crimea referendum: Voters 'back Russia union' |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26606097 |access-date=12 September 2021 |work=[[BBC News]] |date=16 March 2014 |archive-date=17 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180617132157/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26606097 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[2016]] &ndash; A [[2016 Peshawar bus bombing|bomb detonates]] in a bus carrying government employees in [[Peshawar]], Pakistan, killing 15 and injuring at least 30.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Boone |first1=Jon |title=Peshawar bomb kills at least 16 on bus for Pakistani government officials |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/mar/16/peshawar-bomb-kills-15-on-bus-carrying-pakistani-government-officials |access-date=15 September 2021 |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=16 March 2016}}</ref>
*  2016   &ndash; Two suicide bombers [[March 2016 Maiduguri bombings|detonate their explosives]] at a mosque during morning prayer on the outskirts of [[Maiduguri]], Nigeria, killing 24 and injuring 18.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Alfa |first1=Ismail |last2=Omirin |first2=Joshua |title=Rescuers: Female suicide bombers kill 24 at Nigerian mosque |url=https://apnews.com/article/c280ec9291154549b395f67e6ec50ffb |access-date=17 September 2021 |work=[[Associated Press]] |date=16 March 2016 |archive-date=18 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220518034114/https://apnews.com/article/c280ec9291154549b395f67e6ec50ffb |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[2020]] &ndash; The Dow Jones Industrial Average [[2020 stock market crash#Black Monday II (16 March)|falls by 2,997.10]], the single [[List of largest daily changes in the Dow Jones Industrial Average|largest point drop in history]] and the second-largest percentage drop ever at 12.93%, an even greater crash than [[Wall Street crash of 1929|Black Monday (1929)]]. This follows the [[Federal Reserve|U.S. Federal Reserve]] announcing that it will cut its target interest rate to 0–0.25%.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/pressreleases/monetary20200315a.htm|title=Federal Reserve issues FOMC statement|website=Federal Reserve|date=March 15, 2020|access-date=March 17, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200317021707/https://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/pressreleases/monetary20200315a.htm|archive-date=March 17, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[2021]] &ndash; [[2021 Atlanta spa shootings|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 state)|Georgia]], U.S. A suspect is arrested the same day.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynch |first1=Jamiel |last2=Almasy |first2=Steve |title=8 killed in shootings at 3 metro Atlanta spas. Police have 1 suspect in custody |url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/16/us/metro-atlanta-shootings/index.html |access-date=10 September 2021 |work=CNN |date=March 17, 2021 |archive-date=19 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210319053943/https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/16/us/metro-atlanta-shootings/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[2022]] &ndash; A [[2022 Fukushima earthquake|7.4-magnitude earthquake]] occurs off the coast of [[Fukushima Prefecture|Fukushima]], Japan, killing 4 people and injuring 225.<ref>{{cite web |title=At least four killed after 7.4-magnitude quake shakes east Japan |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/3/16/7-3-magnitude-quake-shakes-east-japan-triggers-tsunami-advisory |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=16 March 2022 |archive-date=16 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220316162931/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/3/16/7-3-magnitude-quake-shakes-east-japan-triggers-tsunami-advisory |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[2022]] &ndash; [[Mariupol theatre airstrike]] during the [[siege of Mariupol]].<ref name="ap">{{cite news |last1=Hinnant |first1=Lori |last2=Chernov |first2=Mstyslav |last3=Stepanenko |first3=Vasilisa |date=4 May 2022 |title=AP evidence points to 600 dead in Mariupol theater airstrike |url=https://apnews.com/article/Russia-ukraine-war-mariupol-theater-c321a196fbd568899841b506afcac7a1 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220504121004/https://apnews.com/article/Russia-ukraine-war-mariupol-theater-c321a196fbd568899841b506afcac7a1 |archive-date=4 May 2022 |access-date=2022-06-16 |work=[[Associated Press]] |df=dmy-all}}</ref>
*[[2025]] - A [[Kočani nightclub fire|fire breaks out]] in a nightclub in [[Kočani]], [[North Macedonia]], killing at least 59 people and injuring 155 others.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hagan |first=Rachel |date=2025-03-16 |title=North Macedonia nightclub fire claims more than 50 lives in Kocani town |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c70wdedp20wo |access-date=2025-03-16 |website=www.bbc.com |language=en-GB}}</ref>