9 History Lessons + 6 Births & 5 Deaths for March 16, 2025
Today’s History:
- 597 B.C. – Babylonians capture Jerusalem, replacing King Jehoiachin with Zedekiah as king.
- 1521 – Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan reaches the Philippines during his circumnavigation of the globe.
- 1802 – U.S. President Thomas Jefferson signs legislation establishing the United States Military Academy at West Point.
- 1861 – Edward Clark becomes Governor of Texas, replacing Sam Houston, who was evicted from office for refusing to take an oath of allegiance to the Confederacy.
- 1926 – Robert Goddard launches the first liquid-fueled rocket in Auburn, Massachusetts.
- 1935 – Adolf Hitler orders Germany to rearm in violation of the Treaty of Versailles.
- 1968 – During the Vietnam War, U.S. soldiers kill as many as 500 unarmed villagers in the My Lai Massacre.
- 1968 – Senator Robert F. Kennedy announces his candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination.
- 2020 – Historic stock market plunge amid coronavirus fears.
Today’s Birthdays:
- 1944 – Erik Estrada, American actor known for his role in “CHiPs” (81).
- 1949 – Victor Garber, Canadian actor known for roles in “Titanic” and “Alias” (76).
- 1957 – Nancy Wilson, American musician and member of the rock band Heart (68).
- 1967 – Lauren Graham, American actress known for “Gilmore Girls” and “Parenthood” (58).
- 1991 – Wolfgang Van Halen, American musician and bassist for Van Halen (34).
- 1994 – Joel Embiid, Cameroonian professional basketball player for the Philadelphia 76ers (31).
Today’s Deaths:
- 37 – Tiberius, Roman Emperor (age 77).
- 1940 – Selma Lagerlöf, Swedish author and first female Nobel laureate in Literature (age 81).
- 1971 – Thomas E. Dewey, American lawyer, prosecutor, and Governor of New York (age 68).
- 1975 – T-Bone Walker, American blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter (age 64).
- 1991 – Margaret Dumont, American actress known for her roles as the comic foil to the Marx Brothers in seven of their film.
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