On this day: U.S. soldiers kill and rape hundreds of unarmed civilians in 1968 My Lai massacre in Vietnam

Following are some of the major events to have occurred on March 16: 1917 – Russia’s Grand Duke Michael, brother of Tsar Nicholas II who had abdicated the day before, refused to take the throne. A provisional government under Prince Georgi Lvov took office. 1930 – Spanish dictator Primo de Rivera died. 1937 – Sir […]

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