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Celebrations and notable events that occurred on March 16, 2026.
Events that occurred on March 16 throughout history
President Thomas Jefferson signs the Military Peace Establishment Act establishing the Army Corps of Engineers and the United States Military Academy known as West Point.
Editors Samuel E. Cornish and John B. Russwurm publish the first issue of Freedom's Journal in New York City. The newspaper is the first in the United States owned and operated by African Americans.
Ticknor, Reed & Fields publishes Nathaniel Hawthorn's historical fiction set in colonial America, The Scarlet Letter.
It is rocket science. Robert Goddard launched the first liquid-fueled rocket in the United States. The launch took place in a field in Auburn, Massachusetts. Goddard's experiment led to modern rocket propulsion that makes space flight possible, and that's why NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland is named in his honor.
