THE DAY IN HISTORY · MARCH 16
March 16 in history
What happened on March 16: 2 moments from the Maps of History atlases, in 1922 and 1979, each linked to the map that shows it.
— Harry Thuku protest shooting
16 Mar 1922 — Outside Nairobi’s police lines, a crowd calls for Harry Thuku’s release. Police and settlers fire on the crowd, killing 21 people by the official count. Among the dead is Mary Muthoni Nyanjiru, who led the women.
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— Sino-Vietnamese War
17 Feb–16 Mar 1979 — China invaded northern Vietnam to punish it for invading Cambodia and for its treatment of the Hoa. Chinese forces took Lang Son before withdrawing. Tens of thousands of soldiers died, and the war accelerated the expulsion by sea of Hoa from the north.
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