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March 16 is the 75th day of the year (76th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 290 days remain until the end of the year. Events. Pre-1600. 934 – ...
Events. 1802 - The United States Military Academy West Point is established.; 1861 - Edward Clark became Governor of Texas, replacing Sam Houston, who was evicted from the office for refusing to take an oath of loyalty to the Confederacy.
March 15. World Consumer Rights Day. March 16. National Corn Dog Day. March 17. Evacuation Day. Saint Patrick's Day. World Sleep Day. March 18. National Biodiesel Day. Awkward Moments Day. March 19.
March is the third month of the year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. Its length is 31 days. Its length is 31 days. In the Northern Hemisphere , the meteorological beginning of spring occurs on the first day of March.
Latvian Legion in 1943. The idea of a Remembrance Day for the Latvian legionnaires was raised in exile by the Daugavas Vanagi [] veterans' organization in 1952. The date of 16 March was chosen because in 1944 both divisions of the Latvian Legion, the 15th (1st Latvian) and the 19th (2nd Latvian) fought alongside each other, for the first and only time, against the Red Army.
Abraham Lincoln was born on this day in 1809 in Kentucky. He would go on to rank among the best presidents in U.S. history, and he still makes news headlines when referenced by today's politicians ...
The Romans did not number each day of a month from the first to the last day. Instead, they counted back from three fixed points of the month: the Nones (the 5th or 7th, eight days before the Ides), the Ides (the 13th for most months, but the 15th in March, May, July, and October), and the Kalends (1st of the following month).
Butte, Montana holds such a celebration each March 16. [15] Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada, just northeast of Minnesota, is another location where St. Urho's Day is joyfully celebrated on the weekend nearest to March 16. [16] The Finlandia Club is the headquarters for all that is Finnish in northern Ontario. [17]