Today is Saturday, March 16, the 75th day of 2019. There are 290 days left in the year.
1517 — Pope Leo X signs 5th Council of Lateranen
1660 — English Long Parliament disbands
1802 — Law signed to establish U.S. Military Academy (West Point)
1822 — Composer Gioacchino Rossini marries Spanish soprano
1827 — First U.S. black newspaper, Freedom's Journal begins publishing in New York City
1900 — Sir Arthur Evans finds old city of Knossus
1907 — First first-class cricket game between New South Wales and Western Australia
1915 — The Federal Trade Commission organizes