March 16

Today in History
• 1190 - The Crusaders began the massacre of Jews in York, England
• 1660 - English Long Parliament disbands
• 1792 - King gustav iii of Sweden is shot by Count Jacob Johan Anckarström
• 1802 - The U.S. Congress established the West Point Military Academy in New York
• 1836 - The Republic of Texas approved a constitution
• 1871 - The State of Delaware enacted the first fertilizer law
• 1907 - The world's largest cruiser, the British Invincible was completed at Glasgow
• 1935 - Adolf Hitler orders German re-armament in violation of The Treaty of Versailles


Holidays - Traditional and Obscure
• Black Press Day
• Freedom of Information Day
• National Artichoke Day
• National Farm Rescuer Day
• National Panda Day
• National SBDC Day
• National Vaccination Day
• St. Urho's Day

Birthdays
• 1338 - Thomas de Beauchamp, 12th Earl of Warwick
• 1687 - Sophia Dorothea of Hanover, queen consort in Prussia
• 1739 - George Clymer, U.S. merchant, signed Declaration of Independence
• 1751 - James Madison, born in Port Conway, Virginia, D-R, 4th U.S. president
• 1774 - Matthew Flinders,English explorer, Navigator 1st to circumnavigate Australia
• 1787 - Georg Simon Ohm, physicist, discovered Ohm's Law
• 1849 - James E Smith, became father at 100 with woman 64 years younger
• 1912 - Pat Nixon, 1st lady, 1968-74