In Melbourne, the representatives of five colonies adopt a constitution, which would become the basis of the Commonwealth of Australia. The adoption of the Constitution…
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16 March 1898
In Melbourne, the representatives of five colonies adopt a constitution, which would become the basis of the Commonwealth of Australia. The Constitution of Australia, which…
16 March 1978
Former Italian Prime Minister Aldo Moro is kidnapped; he is later murdered by his captors Aldo Moro was an Italian statesman who played a significant…
16 March 1898
In Melbourne, the representatives of five colonies adopt a constitution, which would become the basis of the Commonwealth of Australia. Australia has a written constitution,…
16 March 1978
Supertanker Amoco Cadiz splits in two after running aground on the Portsall Rocks, three miles off the coast of Brittany, resulting in the largest oil…
16 March 1898
In Melbourne the representatives of five colonies adopted a constitution, which would become the basis of the Commonwealth of Australia. The Australian colonies—New South Wales,…
16 March 1978
Former Italian Prime Minister Aldo Moro is kidnapped. (He is later murdered by his captors.) [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aldo_Moro’]
16 March 1976
The British Prime Minister Harold Wilson resigns. On 16 March 1976 Harold Wilson caused a political sensation when he announced he was to resign, just…
16 March 1988
Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North and Vice Admiral John Poindexter are indicted on charges of conspiracy to defraud the United States during the so-called Iran-Contra affair…..