Saturday, March 16, 2024

History for March 16

History for March 16 - On-This-Day.com 
James Madison 1751 - Fourth president of the United States.
  • 1802 - The U.S. Congress established the West Point Military Academy in New York.
  • 1926 - Physicist Robert H. Goddard launched the first liquid-fuel rocket.
  • 1950 - Congress voted to remove federal taxes on oleomargarine.
  • 1964 - U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson submitted a $1 billion war on poverty program to Congress.
  • 1978 - Italian politician Aldo Moro was kidnapped by left-wing urban guerrillas. Moro was later murdered by the group.
  • 1998 - Rwanda began mass trials for 1994 genocide with 125,000 suspects for 500,000 murders.
  • 1999 - The 20 members of the European Union's European Commission announced their resignations amid allegations of corruption and financial mismanagement.

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