MARCH 16
1978:Former Italian prime minister Aldo Moro is kidnapped by members of the
Italian left-wing terrorist group known as the Red Brigades, hours
before he was to sign a historic compromise between his Christian
Democratic Party and the Italian Communist Party. The Italian government
refuses to negotiate with his captors, and Moro will be found dead 55
days later.
1802: The United States Military Academy, founded by the U.S. Congress to train students in military science, is established at West Point, N.Y. Famous West Point graduates include Ulysses S. Grant, Robert E. Lee, George Armstrong Custer, Jefferson Davis, Douglas MacArthur and Dwight D. Eisenhower.
1961: Exactly 35 years after Robert Goddard launched the first liquid-fueled rocket, the Goddard Space Flight Center — a $27 million NASA research facility named in his honor — is dedicated in Greenbelt, Md. Goddard's pioneering rocket, known as "Nell," traveled 41 feet in the air during its 2.5-second flight on March 16, 1926.
1802: The United States Military Academy, founded by the U.S. Congress to train students in military science, is established at West Point, N.Y. Famous West Point graduates include Ulysses S. Grant, Robert E. Lee, George Armstrong Custer, Jefferson Davis, Douglas MacArthur and Dwight D. Eisenhower.
1961: Exactly 35 years after Robert Goddard launched the first liquid-fueled rocket, the Goddard Space Flight Center — a $27 million NASA research facility named in his honor — is dedicated in Greenbelt, Md. Goddard's pioneering rocket, known as "Nell," traveled 41 feet in the air during its 2.5-second flight on March 16, 1926.
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