March 16: Unbelievable historical moments in history
Channel: Mr. Dearmon - US History Teacher
Date: 16/03/2024

Discover some of the most unbelievable historical moments that took place on March 16 throughout history. From major world events to lesser-known facts, this video will take you on a journey through time highlighting important events that have occurred on this date. Expand your knowledge and learn about the significance of March 16 in history!

597 BC Babylonians capture Jerusalem, replace Jehoiachin with Zedekiah as king
1521 Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan reaches the Philippines, landing at Homonhon Island after crossing the Pacific Ocean
1621 Native American chief visits colony of Plymouth, Massachusetts
1641 General court declares RI a democracy & adopts new constitution
1769 Louis-Antoine de Bougainville's expedition of two ships completes first French circumnavigation of the world arriving in Saint-Malo, France (also carried 1st woman to circumnavigate the world, Jeanne Baré).
1792 Denmark becomes the first nation to ban the transatlantic slave trade, for financial reasons. Doesn't go into effect until 1803 causing a frenzy of activity amongst slave traders who even receive financial support. An estimated 120,000 enslaved Africans were transported from Africa to the West Indies aboard vessels flying the Danish flag.
1802 1st US Military Academy at West Point is established through Congressional act (opened July 4, 1802)
1802 US Army Corps of Engineers established (2nd time)
1827 First US newspaper, "Freedom's Journal" owned and operated by African Americans begins publishing in New York City
1829 Ohio authorizes high school night classes
1830 London's re-organised police force (Scotland Yard)
1830 New York Stock Exchange slowest day ever (31 shares traded)
1836 Constitution of the Republic of Texas approved, legalises slavery
1850 Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter" published by Ticknor, Reed and Fields in Boston
1861 Arizona Territory votes to leave the Union (US Civil War)
1861 Confederate government appoints commissioners to Britain
1861 Edward Clark becomes Governor of Texas, replacing Sam Houston, who is evicted from the office for refusing to take an oath of loyalty to the Confederacy (US Civil War)
1870 Hiram R. Revels makes 1st official speech by an African American in the US Senate
1876 Nelly Saunders & Rose Harland fight 1st female boxing match (NY)
1882 U.S. Senate ratifies the Geneva Convention of 1864, legitimatizing the International Red Cross and the American Red Cross
1883 Susan Hayhurst becomes 1st US woman graduate of a pharmacy college
1915 Federal Trade Commission organizes
1926 Robert H. Goddard launches the first liquid-fueled rocket, goes 184' (56 meters)
1930 USS Constitution (Old Ironsides) floated out to become a national shrine
1934 Academy Award gold statuette 1st called Oscar in print by Sidney Skolsky
1934 US Congress passes Migratory Bird Conservation Act
1941 National Gallery of Art opens in Washington, D.C.
1955 President Eisenhower upholds the use of atomic weapons in case of war
1962 1st launching of Titan 2-rocket
1964 LBJ asks Congress to pass Economic Opportunity Act as part of his War on Poverty
1966 Gemini 8 launched with Neil Armstrong and David R. Scott aboard, conducts the 1st docking of two spacecraft in orbit, flight aborted after critical system failure with the crew returned safely to Earth
1968 Robert F. Kennedy announces presidential campaign
1974 1st performance at new Grand Ole Opry House at Opryland in Nashville
1975 US Mariner 10 makes 3rd & final fly-by of Mercury
1978 US Senate accepts Panama Canal treaty
1994 American figure skater Tonya Harding pleads guilty to felony attack on former Olympic teammate Nancy Kerrigan
1995 Mississippi House of Representatives formally abolishes slavery & ratifies 13th Amendment of US Constitution
1998 Pope John Paul II asks God for forgiveness for the inactivity and silence of some Roman Catholics during the H***caust
2005 Israel officially hands over Jericho to Palestinian control.
2016 US college student Otto Warmbier is sentenced to 15 years hard labor for trying to steal a political poster, in Pyongyang, North Korea
2022 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addresses US Congress remotely pleading for further aid against the Russian invasion

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