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GO3  March 16 in military history: 597BC - The Babylonians capture Jerusalem 1865 - Battle of Averasboro, NC. The Confederate military action on the Smith plantation four miles south of the village of Averasboro was and is of considerable significance. The battle resulted from a deliberate, well-planned, and well-executed Confederate tactical military maneuver in force--the first since the beginning of Sherman's march. The action was designed to delay and to damage General Sherman's progress, and it did both under the able and experienced leadership of General William J. Hardee. Painting: Battle of Averasboro. 1916 - The new Dutch passenger liner 'Tubatina' is torpedoed off the Netherlands, Germany denies responsibility despite recovery of portions of the torpedo 1935 - Hitler announces German rearmament, after years of covert efforts under the Weimar Republic, in violation of the Treaty of Versailles. 1941 - The Pennsylvania Railroad's Cleveland-Pittsburgh express is derailed near Baden, Pa. by Ukrainian fascists acting in German pay; 5 dead,. about 114 injured 1945 - Iwo Jima: organized Japanese resistance ends, mopping up continues. 1968 - My Lai Massacre, perhaps 450 die 1985 - Hezbollah terrorists capture Associated Press correspondent Terry Anderson, hold him until 1991    March 16 at 07:55 EST .    3 people like this.