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March 16 Deaths in History - March 16 Birthdays - March 16 Events
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March 16, 2004 William H. Pickering, rocket scientist, manager of the Mariner missions to Venus and Mars in the '60s, dies at 93 March 16, 2003 Rachel Corrie, American Activist March 16, 1998 Derek Harold Richard Barton, British Scientist March 16, 1996 Joseph Lee Pope, singer, dies at 62 March 16, 1996 Olive Netta Parsons, co-founder (Collet's bookshop), dies at 104 March 16, 1996 Peter Clemoes, Anglo-Saxon scholar, dies at 76 March 16, 1995 Albert Maurice Hackett, playwright/screenwriter, dies at 95 March 16, 1995 Clan Fraser of Lovat, soldier/Landowner, dies at 83 March 16, 1995 Lord Lovat, [Shimi], Scottish landowner, dies at 83 March 16, 1995 Sydney Simone, band leader, dies at 80 March 16, 1993 Chishu Ryu, Japanese actor (Autumn Afternoon), dies of cancer at 86 March 16, 1993 Djilalli Lyabes, Algerian minister of Higher Education, murdered March 16, 1993 Don Randolph, actor (Harem Girl), dies of pneumonia at 87 March 16, 1993 Giovanni Testori, Italian writer (Arialda), dies at 69 March 16, 1993 Mohammed Hussein Nagdi, Iran diplomat/resistance fighter, murdered March 16, 1992 Renzhong Weangn, China politician (1934-45), dies March 16, 1991 7 members of Reba McIntire's band, killed in a plane crash March 16, 1991 Jan H van Roijen, Dutch diplomat/Foreign Minister, dies at 85 March 16, 1991 Wim van den Brink, Dutch actor (Turkish Fruit, Red Sien), dies March 16, 1990 Ernst Bacon, composer, dies at 91 March 16, 1988 Dorothy Adams Foulger, actress (Laura, Devil Commands), dies at 88 March 16, 1987 Scott McKay, actor (Guest in House, 30 Seconds over Tokyo), dies at 71 March 16, 1985 B V A Roling, Dutch lawyer (WW II Tokyo trials), dies at 78 March 16, 1985 Roger Huntington Sessions, U.S. composer (Black Masks), dies at 88 March 16, 1983 Arthur Godfrey, TV host (Arthur Godrey Show), dies at 79 March 16, 1979 Jean Monnet, French economist/CEO (ECSC), dies at 90 March 16, 1978 Aldo Moro, 5 times PM of Italy, assassinated by terrorists March 16, 1975 T-Bone Walker, blues guitarist (Funky Town, Well Done), dies at 64 March 16, 1973 Carl Benton Reid, actor (Trap, Underwater City), dies at 79 March 16, 1973 M Revis, [Willem Fisherman), author (People that Mutiny), dies at 68 March 16, 1972 Harold "Pie" Traynor, hall of fame 3rd baseman (Pirates), dies at 72 March 16, 1971 Bebe Daniels, actress (Silver Dollar, My Past), dies at 70 March 16, 1971 Thomas E Dewey, U.S. president candidate (R 1944, 48), dies at 68 March 16, 1970 Arthur Adamov, Russian/French playwright, dies at 61 March 16, 1970 Tammi Terrell, singer (You're All I Need), dies of brain tumor at 24 March 16, 1968 June Collyer, actress (June-Stu Erwin Show), dies at 60 March 16, 1968 Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, composer, dies at 72 March 16, 1967 James Friskin, composer, dies at 80 March 16, 1964 Nicholas Joy, actor (Boss Lady), dies at 80 March 16, 1963 William Beveridge, English Economist March 16, 1962 John Owen Jones, composer, dies at 85 March 16, 1959 John Sailling, last documented Civil War vet, dies at 111 March 16, 1958 Leon J Cadore, pitched the 26 inning game, dies at 65 March 16, 1957 Mosa Pijade, Yugoslavian MP (communist), dies at 67 March 16, 1956 Joseph John Richards, composer, dies at 77 March 16, 1955 Mayhew Lake, composer, dies at 75 March 16, 1946 Marius HLW "Max" Blokzijl, Dutch Nazi propagandist, executed at 61 March 16, 1945 Borries von Munchhausen, writer, dies March 16, 1945 Pierre Drieu la Rochelle, French writer/poet, commits suicide at 52 March 16, 1942 Alexander van Zemlinsky, Austrian composer (African Dance), dies at 69 March 16, 1941 John Murray, Canada oceanographer (Challenger), dies at 73 March 16, 1940 Selma O Lagerlof, Swed author (Nils Holgersson, Nobel-09), dies at 81 March 16, 1938 Egon Friedell, writer, dies March 16, 1937 J Austen Chamberlain, English Min of For affairs (Nobel), dies at 73 March 16, 1935 John J R Macleod, Scot/Canadian physiologist (Nobel 1923), dies at 58 March 16, 1935 Aaron Nimzovich, Latvian Celebrity March 16, 1933 Alfred Her, Hungarian mathematician, dies at 47 March 16, 1930 Miguel Primo de Riveray Orbaneja, Sp dictator (1923-30), dies at 60 March 16, 1919 Sigurd von Koch, composer, dies at 39 March 16, 1914 Gaston Calmette, editor (Le Figaro), killed by Mme Caillaux at 55 March 16, 1914 John Murray, piloted HMS Challenger to Christmas Island, dies March 16, 1910 Eduard FW Pfluger, German physiologist, dies at 80 March 16, 1909 George Thorndike Angell, lawyer (ASPCA), dies at 85 March 16, 1898 Aubrey (Vincent) Beardsley, English illustrator (Salome), dies at 23 March 16, 1887 Emanuel Kania, composer, dies at 59 March 16, 1882 Charles R Darwin, English naturalist (Origin of species), dies at 73 March 16, 1881 Modest P Mussorgsky, Russian composer (Boris Godunov), dies at 42 March 16, 1878 William Banting, English undertaker, dies March 16, 1868 David Wilmot, American Activist March 16, 1867 Benjamin Hanby, composer, dies at 33 March 16, 1843 Anton R Falck, Dutch minister of Education/Colonies, dies at 65 March 16, 1841 Felix Savart, French surgeon/physicist, dies at 49 March 16, 1838 Nathaniel Bowditch, astronomer/navigation expert, dies at 64 March 16, 1819 Nicolas Sejan, composer, dies at 73 March 16, 1806 Giuseppe Colla, composer, dies at 74 March 16, 1804 Francisco marquis Albergati Capacelli, Italian playwright, dies at 75 March 16, 1738 Georg Baehr, German master builder (Frauenkirche, Dresden), dies at 72 March 16, 1736 Giovanni B Pergolesi, Italian composer (Stabat Mater), dies at 26 March 16, 1629 Emilia of Nassau, daughter of Willem of Orange, dies at 59 March 16, 1536 Ibrahim Pasha, grand-visier of Osmaanse Rich, murdered at about 45 March 16, 1072 Adalbert, archbishop of Bremen-Hamburg, dies March 16, 37 Tiberius Claudius Nero, emperor of Rome (14-37), dies at 77 |