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16 March 2016 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 16 March 2016 was a Wednesday.
- Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
- The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “Work” by Rihanna featuring Drake.
- Top Film of 2016
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2016 was Captain America: Civil War.
- Top-Rated TV Show
- “The Big Bang Theory” (CBS) was No. 1 in the Nielsen ratings for the 2016–17 season.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 16 March is Pisces.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 16 March 2016 fell in the Year of the Monkey.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for March is Aquamarine.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 16 March 2016 was First Quarter.
On this day: 16 March
- 2005 Israel officially hands over Jericho to Palestinian control.
- 2010 The Kasubi Tombs, Uganda's only cultural World Heritage Site, are destroyed in a fire.
- 2012 Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar becomes the first batter in history to score 100 centuries in international cricket.
- 2014 Crimea votes in a controversial referendum to secede from Ukraine to join Russia.
- 2022 Mariupol theatre airstrike during the siege of Mariupol.
Famous people born on March 16
- Mark Carney, Canadian economist and politician, Prime Minister of Canada (born 1965)
- Alexandra Daddario, American actress (born 1986)
- Lauren Graham, American actress and producer (born 1967)
- Alan Tudyk, American actor (born 1971)
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Events of 2016 in the United States
A selection from Wikipedia's '2016 in the United States'. Not a complete list.
- January 10 – 73rd Golden Globe Awards: The Revenant wins the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama, with Leonardo DiCaprio winning the award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama and Alejandro G. Iñárritu winning Best Director.
- January 14 – The nominees for the 88th Academy Awards are announced at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, California. The nominees for Best Picture are The Big Short, Bridge of Spies, Brooklyn, Mad Max: Fury Road, The Martian, The Revenant, Room, and Spotlight.
- March 4 – Walt Disney Animation Studios' 55th feature film, Zootopia, is released in theatres to acclaim as the studio's most critically well-received film since 1994's The Lion King.
Life in the US in 2016
President
Barack Obama
Gas (per gallon)
$2.14
Loaf of Bread
$1.99
Average House
$307,800
Weekly Wage
$843
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