This week in history
March 16th.
Nothing landed on March 16 exactly, but 24 stories fall within the surrounding week and month.
The surrounding week
6 stories within seven days of 16 March
March 9, 1989Wikipedia · "Revolutions of 1989"Fall of the Iron CurtainGermany
March 10, 2000Wikipedia · "Dot-com bubble"Dotcom Bubble BurstsUnited States
March 11, 2011Wikipedia · "Fukushima nuclear accident"Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear DisasterJapan
March 11, 2004Wikipedia · "2004 Madrid train bombings"2004 Madrid Train BombingsSpain
March 20, 1815"Napoleon I" by tonynetone is licensed under CC BY 2.0. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/.Napoleon's Escape from ElbaFrance
March 21, 1960Wikipedia · "Sharpeville massacre"Sharpeville MassacreSouth Africa
Elsewhere in March
10 stories
March 3, 1913Wikipedia · "Woman Suffrage Procession"Women's Suffrage Parade in WashingtonUnited States
March 3, 1878Wikipedia · "Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878)"Russo-Turkish War and Fall of PlevnaOttoman Empire
March 7, 1965U.S. Department of Justice · via WikipediaBloody Sunday in SelmaUnited States
March 8, 2014Wikipedia · "Malaysia Airlines Flight 370"Malaysia Airlines Flight 370
March 8, 1917Wikipedia · "February Revolution"February Revolution Overthrows TsarRussian Empire
March 24, 1999Wikipedia · "NATO bombing of Yugoslavia"NATO Bombing of YugoslaviaYugoslavia
March 24, 1951Wikipedia · "Festival of Britain"Festival of BritainUnited Kingdom
March 25, 1911Wikipedia · "Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire"Triangle Shirtwaist Factory FireUnited States
Also in March
2 stories we can place in March, but not on a day
