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This Day In History March 16


James Madison is born "Father of the Constitution" is born U.S. Military Academy established The Scarlet Letter is published Confederates swept aside at the Battle of Averasboro A virtuous woman turns murderous Judge Roy Bean dies German Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz resigns First liquid-fueled rocket Fighting on Iwo Jima ends Baseball owners give Veeck cold shoulder U.S. troops massacre South Vietnamese My Lai massacre takes place in Vietnam Motown soul singer Tammi Terrell dies South Vietnamese flee Pleiku and Kontum Supertanker wrecks off French coast Terry Anderson kidnapped Reagan orders troops into Honduras Craven edges out Busch in closest NASCAR finish Robert Blake acquitted of wife?s murder
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