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Notable anniversaries in history for today: March 16
- 250th: 1774 - Birth of Matthew Flinders English navigator/cartographer (coast Australia).
- 90th: 1934 - US Congress passes Migratory Bird Conservation Act.
- 80th: 1944 - Vichy Internal minister Pucheu sentenced to death.
- 70th: 1954 - Birth of Dav Whatmore; cricket player (Colombo Australia bat 1979, Sri Lanka coach 1995-).
- 70th: 1954 - Birth of Hollis Stacy in Savannah, Georgia, USA; LPGA golfer (US Open 1977, 1978).
- 70th: 1954 - Birth of Jimmy Nail; singer/actor (Evita, Spender, Howling II).
- 70th: 1954 - Birth of Nancy Wilson in San Francisco, California, USA; rocker (Heart - "These Dreams", "Never", "What about Love").
- 60th: 1964 - Nicholas Joy, actor (Boss Lady), dies at age 80.
- 60th: 1964 - Paul Hornung and Alex Karras reinstated in NFL after one year suspension.
- 50th: 1974 - First performance at new Grand Ole Opry House at Opryland in Nashville, Tennessee.
- 50th: 1974 - Birth of Heath Streak; cricket player (Zimbabwean pace bowler 1993-).
- 50th: 1974 - Birth of Lamont Burns; guard (New York Jets).
- 40th: 1984 - Birth of Hosea Gear, New Zealand Rugby Union player.
- 40th: 1984 - Islamic Jihad gunmen kidnap William Buckley, US Central Intelligence Agency station chief in Beirut, Lebanon (later dies in captivity).
- 40th: 1984 - South Africa and Mozambique sign non-attack treaty.
- 30th: 1994 - Moravcik forms Slovakia government.
- 30th: 1994 - In Portland, Oregon, Tonya Harding pleads guilty to conspiracy to hinder prosecution for trying to cover-up an attack on figure skating rival Nancy Kerrigan. She is fined $100,000 and banned from the sport.
- 25th: 1999 - Sony Online Entertainment releases the EverQuest game for personal computers in the USA.
- 15th: 2009 - Jo Jackson wins the 400m freestyle in a new world record time of 4:00.66 at the British Swimming Championships.
- 10th: 2014 - A referendum on the status of Crimea is held.
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