On this day …
March 16, 2017
- In 1792, King Gustav III of Sweden was shot; he died 13 days later.
- In 1802, the Army Corps of Engineers was founded.
- In 1870, the first version of Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet received its premiere.
- In 1916, U.S. Army troops under the command of Gen. John J. Pershing crossed into Mexico in pursuit of Pancho Villa.
- In 1926, Robert Goddard launched the world’s first liquid-fueled rocket in Auburn.
- In 1968, General Motors produced its 100 millionth automobile.
- In 1976, British Prime Minister Harold Wilson resigned.
- In 1988, as part of the Iran-Contra scandal, Lt. Col. Oliver North and Adm. John Poindexter were indicted on charges of conspiracy to defraud the United States.
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