On This Day:
Monday March 16, 2015 This is the 75th day of the year, with 290 days remaining in 2015. Fact of the Day: presidential terms Franklin D. Roosevelt served longest as U.S. President, in office for 12 years, 39 days (1933-1945). The shortest term in office was 32 days by William Henry Harrison (March 4-April 4, 1841).
Holidays Feast day of St. Finan Lobur, St. Abraham Kidunaia, St. Julian of Antioch, St. Eusebia of Hamage, St. Heribert of Cologne, St. Urho, and St. Gregory Makar.
Events 1521 - Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan reached the Philippines; he was killed by natives the following month.
1534 - England severed relations with the Roman Catholic Church.
1802 - Congress authorized the establishment of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York.
1833 - Susan Hayhurst became the first woman to graduate from a pharmacy college (Philadelphia College of Pharmacy).
1850 - Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel, "The Scarlet Letter," was published.
1910 - Harry Houdini became the first man to fly an airplane in Australia.
1915 - The Federal Trade Commission was organized.
1926 - American Robert H. Goddard successfully launched the world's first liquid-fueled rocket, at Auburn, Massachusetts.
1945 - During World War II, the Allies secured Iwo Jima.
1968 - During the Vietnam War, the My Lai Massacre was carried out by U.S. troops under the command of Lieutenant William L. Calley, Jr.
1978 - Italian politician Aldo Moro was kidnapped by left-wing urban guerrillas, who later murdered him.
1985 - Terry Anderson, chief Middle East correspondent for The Associated Press, was abducted in Beirut; he was released in December 1991.
Births 1751 - James Madison, 4th President of the United States of America (1809-1817).
1774 - Matthew Flinders, English navigator who explored Australia's coast.
1789 - George S. Ohm, German physicist.
1868 - Maxim Gorky, Russian playwright, novelist.
1906 - Henny Youngman, American comedian.
1926 - Jerry Lewis (Joseph Levitch), American comedian, actor, telethon sponsor.
Deaths 1937 - Austen Chamberlain, British politician who negotiated the Locarno Pact.
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