March 16

What happened on March 16 in history

3 events fall on March 16, from 1521 to 1968. Read them below, then try to place a historical scene yourself — guess where in the world it happened and in what year.

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Events on March 16

  1. 1521

    Magellan's expedition reaches the Philippines

    The circumnavigation makes landfall in the archipelago where its captain will die.

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  2. 1926

    The first liquid-fuelled rocket

    Robert Goddard's rocket climbs twelve metres over a Massachusetts field.

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  3. 1968

    The My Lai massacre

    American soldiers kill hundreds of Vietnamese villagers, revealed to the world a year later.

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