Tuesday 16 March 2010
On this Day - 16 March
1660 The Long Parliament of England was dissolved, after sitting for 20 years 1802 The US Military Academy was established at West Point, New York State. 1872 The Wanderers beat the Royal Engineers 1 - 0 in the first FA Cup Final, at Kennington Oval. 1917 On Western Front, German troops withdrew to the specially constructed 'Hindenburg Line' between Arras and Soissons. 1926 The first rocket fuelled by petrol and liquid oxygen was successfully launched by US physicist Robert Goddard. 1973 The new London Bridge was opened. 1978 Red Brigade terrorists kidnapped former Italian Prime Minister Aldo Moro. 1993 In Britain, Chancellor Norman Lamont announced the imposition of the Value Added Tax on domestic fuel. 1996 British boxer Frank Bruno lost his world heavyweight boxing title to the American Mike Tyson.
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