These are just some of the events that happened on March 16th.

597 BC, Babylonians capture Jerusalem and replace Jehoiachin with Zedekiah as king.

1802, West Point military academy was established.

1861, Edward Clark became Governor of Texas, replacing Sam Houston who was evicted from the office for refusing to take an oath of loyalty to the Confederacy.

1872, The first British Football Association Cup Final was played at the Kennington Oval, London.

1926, The first rocket propelled by liquid oxygen and gasoline was successfully fired by Dr. Robert H. Goddard of Massachusetts.

1935, Adolf Hitler renounced the Versailles Treaty and introduced conscription.

1963, About 11,000 were killed when Mount Agung erupted on the Indonesian island of Bali.

1970, Motown singer Tammi Terrell died of a brain tumor in Philadelphia at the age of 24.

1971, Simon & Garfunkle were the first winners of the Grammy "triple crown" when their Bridge Over Troubled Waters was named best song, album and record of the year on the first televised Grammy presentation.

1973, Queen Elizabeth II opened the new London Bridge.

1985, Associated Press journalist Terry Anderson was taken hostage in Beirut.  He wouldn't be released until December 4, 1991.

1988, Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North and Vice Admiral John Poindexter were indicted on charges of conspiracy to defraud the United States.

1991, Seven members of Reba McEntire's band and her road manager were killed when their private plane crashed in a mountain area near California's border with Mexico. The singer took a separate plane.

2005, Israel officially handed over Jericho to Palestinian control.