What Happened In March 1916 In History

Historical Events for March, 1916

• 8th » World War I: A British Empire known as British force unsuccessfully attempts to relieve the siege of Kut (present-day Iraq) in the Battle of Dujaila.
• 9th » Mexican Revolution: Pancho Villa leads nearly 500 Mexican raiders in Battle of Columbus (1916) or an attack against the border town of Columbus, New Mexico.
• 11th » USS Nevada (BB-36) is commissioned as the first US Navy "super-dreadnought".
• 15th » President of the United States or President Woodrow Wilson sends 4,800 United States troops over the U.S.-Mexico border to Pancho Villa Expedition called pursue Pancho Villa.
• 16th » The 7th and 10th US cavalry regiments under John J. Pershing cross the US-Mexico border to join the hunt for Pancho Villa.
• 20th » Albert Einstein publishes his general relativity named general theory of relativity.
• 22nd » The last Emperor of China, Yuan Shikai, abdicates the throne and the Republic of China is restored.

Famous Birthdays on March in 1916

• 4th » William Alland, American actor, director, and producer (d. 1997)
• 4th » Maurice Argent, American actor (d. 1981)
• 4th » Giorgio Bassani, Italian author and poet (d. 2000)
• 4th » Hans Eysenck, German-English psychologist (d. 1997)
• 4th » Michael Howard (comedian) called Michael Howard, English actor (d. 1988)
• 5th » Jack Hamm, American illustrator (d. 1996)
• 8th » John W. Seybold, American businessman (d. 2004)
• 10th » Davie Fulton, Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 2000)
• 11th » Ezra Jack Keats, American author and illustrator (d. 1983)
• 11th » Harold Wilson, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1995)
• 13th » Lindy Boggs, American politician (d. 2013)
• 14th » Horton Foote, American author and screenwriter (d. 2009)
• 15th » Frank Coghlan, Jr., American actor and pilot (d. 2009)
• 15th » Fadil Hoxha, Kosovar politician, 2nd President of Kosovo (d. 2001)
• 15th » Harry James, American trumpet player, bandleader, and actor (d. 1983)
• 16th » Sapru (actor) known as Sapru, Indian actor (d. 1979)
• 16th » Mercedes McCambridge, American actress (d. 2004)
• 16th » Tsutomu Yamaguchi, Japanese engineer and businessman (d. 2010)
• 19th » Eric Christmas, English-Canadian actor (d. 2000)
• 19th » Irving Wallace, American author (d. 1990)
• 20th » Pierre Messmer, French politician, Prime Minister of France (d. 2007)
• 21st » Bismillah Khan, Indian shehnai player (d. 2006)
• 21st » Ken Wharton, English race car driver (d. 1957)
• 24th » Donald Hamilton, Swedish-American author (d. 2006)
• 24th » Harry B. Whittington, English palaeontologist (d. 2010)
• 25th » S. M. Pandit, Indian painter (d. 1993)
• 25th » Jean Rogers, American actress (d. 1991)
• 26th » Christian B. Anfinsen, American chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry known as Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1995)
• 26th » Bill Edrich, English cricketer (d. 1986)
• 26th » Sterling Hayden, American actor and author (d. 1986)
• 26th » Harry Rabinowitz, South African-American composer and conductor
• 27th » Heinz-Wilhelm Eck, German commander (d. 1945)
• 27th » Frank Pitelka, American ornithologist (d. 2003)
• 27th » Mario Tonelli, American football player (d. 2003)
• 29th » Peter Geach, English philosopher and academic (d. 2013)
• 29th » Eugene McCarthy, American poet and politician (d. 2005)
• 31st » Lucille Bliss, American voice actress (d. 2012)
• 31st » John H. Wood, Jr., American lawyer and judge (d. 1979)

Famous Deaths for March 1916

• 4th » Franz Marc, German painter (b. 1880)
• 12th » Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, Austrian author (b. 1830)
• 19th » Vasily Surikov, Russian painter (b. 1848)
• 20th » Ota Benga, Congolese-American model (b. 1884)
• 24th » Enrique Granados, Spanish pianist and composer (b. 1867)

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