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National days, ongoing national weeks and months, and global observances for March 16, 2026. Plus historical events and birthdays.
These observances run for a full week; this calendar day falls inside the week.
These observances last the full month; this date is part of that month-long celebration.
Showing the first 12 on this date; there are more month-long observances. See the full months list for March.
Events that occurred on March 16 throughout history
President Thomas Jefferson signs the Military Peace Establishment Act establishing the Army Corps of Engineers and the United States Military Academy known as West Point.
Editors Samuel E. Cornish and John B. Russwurm publish the first issue of Freedom's Journal in New York City. The newspaper is the first in the United States owned and operated by African Americans.
Ticknor, Reed & Fields publishes Nathaniel Hawthorn's historical fiction set in colonial America, The Scarlet Letter.
It is rocket science. Robert Goddard launched the first liquid-fueled rocket in the United States. The launch took place in a field in Auburn, Massachusetts. Goddard's experiment led to modern rocket propulsion that makes space flight possible, and that's why NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland is named in his honor.
