| March 16th 1978 | | Soyuz 26 returns to Earth
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| March 16th 1978 | | US Senate accepts Panama Canal treaty
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| March 16th 1978 | | US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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| March 16th 1979 | | CBS-TV airs "Wings Over the World" with Paul McCartney
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| March 16th 1980 | | Joanne Carner wins LPGA Honda Civic Golf Classic
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| March 16th 1983 | | Smallest crowd at Cleveland Coliseum (Cavs vs Nets-1,814)
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| March 16th 1984 | | Gunmen kidnap William Buckley, CIA station chief in Beirut
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| March 16th 1984 | | South-Africa & Mozambique sign non attack treaty
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| March 16th 1985 | | Associated Press correspondent Terry Anderson taken hostage in Beirut
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| March 16th 1985 | | Denny McLain, pitcher; convicted of racketeering, sentenced to 25 yrs
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| March 16th 1986 | | Chris Johnson wins LPGA GNA/Glendale Federal Golf Classic
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| March 16th 1988 | | Federal grand jury indicts North & Poindexter in Iran-Contra affair
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| March 16th 1988 | | North-Ireland Protestant fires on Catholic funeral, 3 killed
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| March 16th 1988 | | US sends 3000 soldiers to Nicaragua's neighbor Honduras
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| March 16th 1991 | | 7 of Reba McEntire band members are killed in a plane crash
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