March 16: Remembrance Day of the Latvian LegionnairesCap badge of the Royal Welch Fusiliers934 Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period: Chinese general Meng Zhixiang proclaimed himself emperor and established Later Shu as a new state independent of Later Tang.1689 The Royal Welch Fusiliers (cap badge pictured), one of the oldest line-infantry regiments of the British Army, was founded.1819 The Bank for Savings in the City of New-York, the first savings bank in New York City, was incorporated.1984 William Buckley, the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency station chief in Beirut, Lebanon, was kidnapped by Islamic fundamentalists.1988 Michael Stone, an Ulster loyalist, attacked the funeral of three Provisional IRA members, killing three attendees and injuring at least sixty others.Alaric Alexander Watts (b.1797)Don Blasingame (b.1932)Douglas Ahlstedt (b.1945)Virginia Randolph (d.1958)More anniversaries: March 15March 16March 17ArchiveBy emailList of days of the yearAbout