A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.
March 16: Day of the Week
March 16, 2024 was the 76th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 290 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Saturday.
If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Doyōbi.
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Here’s the March calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.
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Zodiac & Birthstone
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 Event(s)
597 BC
Babylonians captured Jerusalem, replaced Jehoiachin with Zedekiah as king.
1621
Samoset, a Mohegan, visited the settlers of Plymouth Colony and greets them, “Welcome, Englishmen! My name is Samoset.”
1802
The Army Corps of Engineers is established to found and operate the United States Military Academy at West Point.
1924
In accordance with the Treaty of Rome, Fiume became annexed as part of Italy.
1926
History of Rocketry: Robert Goddard launched the first liquid-fueled rocket, at Auburn, Massachusetts.
1939
From Prague Castle, Hitler proclaimed Bohemia and Moravia a German protectorate.
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.
1958
The Ford Motor Company produced its 50 millionth automobile, the Thunderbird, averaging almost a million cars a year since the company’s founding.
1983
Demolition of the radio tower Ismaning, the last wooden radio tower in Germany.
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?
1751
James Madison, 4th President of the United States (d. 1836)
1773
Juan Ramón Balcarce, Argentine military leader and politician (d. 1836)
1774
Captain Matthew Flinders, English explorer (d. 1814)
1869
F. A. Forbes, Scottish author (d. 1936)
1901
Potti Sreeramulu, an Indian revolutionary (d. 1952)
1920
John Addison, British composer (d. 1998)
1941
Chuck Woolery, American game show host
1943
Kim Mu-saeng, South Korean actor (d. 2005)
1981
Danny Brown (rapper), American rapper
1984
Hosea Gear, New Zealand rugby player
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