3/16/1774
'Matthew Flinders, English navigator who explored the coast of Australia, was born3/16/1787
'Georg Ohm, German physicist, was born3/16/1900
'Chicago, KC, Minn, Milwaukee, Indianapolis, Detroit, Cleve and Buffalo3/16/1900
'Sir Arthur Evans finds old city of Knossus3/16/1900
'AL meets in Chicago, Ban Johnson announces that an AL team will be in3/16/1907
'1st 1st-class cricket game between NSW and Western Australia3/16/1910
'Barney Oldfield sets land speed record of 131.7 mph at Daytona3/16/1911
'Stanley Cup3/16/1912
'Mrs William Howard Taft plants 1st cherry tree in Wash DC3/16/1926
'The first rocket fueled by gasoline and liquid oxygen was successfully launched by US physicist Robert Goddard3/16/1973
'In Britain, the new London Bridge was opened