Once Upon A Time – March 16 – 1968 – General Motors Produces Its 100 Millionth Automobile, The Oldsmobile Toronado

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

1527 Battle of Khanua: Mughal Emperor Babur defeats Rajput forces led by Rana Sanga consolidating Mughal power

1660 English Long Parliament disbands

1792 King gustav iii of Sweden is shot by Count Jacob Johan Anckarström at a masked ball at the Opera; he dies on March 29

1867 First publication of an article by Joseph Lister outlining the discovery of antiseptic surgery, in “The Lancet”

1935 Adolf Hitler orders German re-armament in violation of The Treaty of Versailles

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1934 6th Academy Awards: “Cavalcade” and its director Frank Lloyd, Charles Laughton (The Private Life of Henry VIII), and Katharine Hepburn (Morning Glory) win; host Will Rogers announces “Come and get it, Frank” and Frank Capra gets up

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1894 Jules Massenet’s opera “Thaïs” premieres in Paris, includes piece “Méditation” for violin and orchestra

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1872 1st English FA Cup Final, Kennington Oval, London: Wanderers defeat Royal Engineers, 1-0; Morton Betts scores winner

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1900 Sir Arthur Evans rediscovers the bronze age city of Knossos in Crete, home of the legendary Minotaur

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1968 General Motors produces its 100 millionth automobile, the Oldsmobile Toronado