Right now is Sunday, March 16, the seventy fifth day of 2025. There are 290 days left within the 12 months.
Right now in historical past:
On March 16, 1968, in the course of the Vietnam Warfare, U.S. Military troopers attempting to find Viet Cong fighters and sympathizers killed as many as 500 unarmed villagers in two hamlets of Son My village, in what grew to become generally known as the My Lai bloodbath.
Additionally on this date:
In 1802, President Thomas Jefferson signed a measure authorizing the institution of the US Army Academy at West Level, New York.
In 1935, Adolf Hitler broke the navy phrases set by the Treaty of Versailles by ordering the rearming of Germany and resuming navy conscription.
In 1968, Sen. Robert F. Kennedy of New York introduced his candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination.
In 1972, in a nationally broadcast deal with, President Richard Nixon known as for a moratorium on court-ordered college busing to realize racial desegregation.
In 1984, William Buckley, the CIA station chief in Beirut, was kidnapped by Hezbollah militants; he could be tortured by his captors and killed in 1985.
In 1985, Related Press correspondent Terry Anderson was kidnapped in Beirut by Hezbollah militants; he would spend practically seven years in captivity earlier than being freed in December 1991.
In 1994, determine skater Tonya Harding pleaded responsible in Portland, Oregon, to conspiracy to hinder prosecution for masking up an assault on rival Nancy Kerrigan, avoiding jail however drawing a $100,000 positive and three years of probation.
In 2016, President Barack Obama nominated Merrick Garland to take the seat of Supreme Courtroom Justice Antonin Scalia, who had died the earlier month. Republicans who managed the Senate would persist with their pledge to go away the seat empty till after the presidential election; they confirmed Trump nominee Neil Gorsuch in April 2017.
In 2020, international shares plunged amid coronavirus considerations, with the Dow Jones Industrial Common falling 2,997 factors (12.9%), the biggest level drop and second-largest single-day proportion decline in historical past.
Right now’s Birthdays:
Enterprise government Sanford Weill is 92.
Actor Erik Estrada is 76.
Soccer Corridor of Famer Joe DeLamielleure is 74.
Actor Isabelle Huppert is 72.
Rock musician Nancy Wilson (Coronary heart) is 71.
Golf Corridor of Famer Hollis Stacy is 71.
Soccer Corridor of Famer Ozzie Newsome is 69.
Rapper-actor Taste Flav is 66.
Folks musician Patty Griffin is 61.
Actor Lauren Graham is 58.
Actor Judah Friedlander is 56.
Actor Alan Tudyk is 54.
Actor Alexandra Daddario is 39.
R&B singer Jhené Aiko is 37.
Rock musician Wolfgang Van Halen is 34.
NBA middle Joel Embiid is 31.
MLB first baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr. is 26.
Initially Revealed: March 16, 2025 at 4:00 AM EDT
