Discover what happened on March 16 with me summaries of major events, anniversaries, famous births and notable deaths.
On March 16, 1926, American Robert H. Goddard successfully launches the world’s first liquid-fueled rocket at Auburn, Massachusetts, the first man to give hope to dreams of space travel.
On March 16, 1968, a platoon of American soldiers brutally kills as many as 500 unarmed civilians at My Lai, one of a cluster of small villages located near the northern coast of South Vietnam.
