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What Happened on March 16

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A poison gas attack kills 5000 civilians in the Kurdish town of Halabjah
The war crime was in all likelihood executed on the orders of Iraqi despot Saddam Hussein.

U.S. troops massacre hundreds of unarmed civilians in Vietnam
The 504 victims of the My Lai Massacre included many children and infants.

Alfred Hitchcock’s movie Psycho is premiered
The film starring Anthony Perkins and Janet Leigh is an all-time classic of the suspense movie genre.

  • 1986 Daisuke Takahashi
    Japanese figure skater
  • 1954 Nancy Wilson
    American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, actress
  • 1953 Richard Stallman
    American computer programmer
  • 1917 Samael Aun Weor
    Colombian author
  • 1912 Pat Nixon
    American educator, 39th First Lady of the United States
  • 2008 Bill Brown
    Australian cricketer
  • 2006 Minnie Pwerle
    Australian painter
  • 2003 Rachel Corrie
    American activist
  • 1983 Arthur Godfrey
    American radio, television host
  • 37 Tiberius
    Roman Emperor
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