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March 16: Day Of The Week

March 16, 2013 is the 75^th day of the year 2013 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 290 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.

If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is samedi.

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Pisces is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Aquamarine is the modern birthstone for this month. Jade is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

March 16 Historical Events

• 1660 –
  The Long Parliament dissolved.
• 1689 –
  The 23rd Regiment of Foot or Royal Welch Fusiliers is founded.
• 1818 –
  Second Battle of Cancha Rayada – Spanish forces defeated Chileans under José de San Martín.
• 1872 –
  The Wanderers F.C. won 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.
• 1912 –
  Lawrence Oates, an ill member of Robert Falcon Scott’s South Pole expedition, left the tent to die, saying: “I am just going outside and may be some time.”
• 1939 –
  Marriage of Princess Fawzia of Egypt to Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran.
• 1940 –
  First person killed in a German bombing raid on the UK in World War II during a raid on Scapa Flow in the Orkney Islands, James Isbister.
• 1942 –
  The first V-2 rocket test launch. It exploded at lift-off.
• 1958 –
  The Ford Motor Company produced its 50 millionth automobile, the Thunderbird, averaging almost a million cars a year since the company’s founding.
• 1995 –
  Mississippi formally ratified the Thirteenth Amendment, becoming the last state to approve the abolition of slavery. The Thirteenth Amendment is officially ratified in 1865.

Who were born on March 16?

• 1581 –
  Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, Dutch historian and writer (d. 1647)
• 1917 –
  Samael Aun Weor, Colombian writer (d. 1977)
• 1930 –
  Tommy Flanagan, American jazz pianist (d. 2001)
• 1935 –
  Teresa Berganza, Spanish soprano
• 1947 –
  Ramzan Paskayev, Chechen accordionist
• 1951 –
  Joe DeLamielleure, American football player
• 1958 –
  Jorge Ramos, Mexican TV anchor
• 1966 –
  Hans Peter Geerdes, German musician (Scooter)
• 1974 –
  Georgios Anatolakis, Greek footballer
• 1979 –
  Rashad Moore, American football player

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