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March 16 is the 75th day of the year (76th in leap years) ... 1926 – History of Rocketry: Robert Goddard launches the first liquid-fueled rocket, at Auburn, ...
1926 - History of Rocketry: Robert Goddard launches the first liquid-fueled rocket, at Auburn, Massachusetts. 1942 - History of Rocketry: First V-2 rocket test launch (exploded at liftoff). 1945 - World War II: The Battle of Iwo Jima ends but small pockets of Japanese resistance persist.
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]
1962 – Flying Tiger Line Flight 739, a charter flight carrying U.S. and South Vietnamese soldiers, disappeared without a trace, prompting one of the largest searches in the history of the Pacific. 1968 – Vietnam War : American soldiers killed hundreds of unarmed civilians in the Sơn Mỹ village in the Sơn Tịnh District of South Vietnam .
Women's History Month. World Music Therapy Day. Zero Discrimination Day. ... March 15. World Consumer Rights Day. March 16. National Corn Dog Day. March 17. Evacuation Day. Saint Patrick's Day.
Significant, silly and celebratory—all of the observances and holidays in March. Happy March! Here’s to Women’s History Month, Easter and Saint Patrick’s Day
Disasters The Commission of Inquiry into the 2010–11 Queensland floods hands down its report with engineers at the Wivenhoe Dam outside Brisbane to be referred to the Crime and Misconduct Commission. (ABC News Australia) (News Limited) A tropical cyclone warning is issued for Western Australia's Pilbara and Kimberly regions as Cyclone Lua approaches at Category 3 strength. (TV New Zealand ...
16. What year did St. Patrick’s Day go from being a strictly holy day for Catholics to an official Irish holiday? Answer: 1903 17. Saint Patrick wasn't actually Irish like many think.