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March 16
Graeco-RomanScience
Observed on March 16, 2026
- Laylat al-QadrIslamic
Laylat al-Qadr, the Night of Power, widely marked on the 27th of Ramadan among the last ten nights.
Follows the lunar Hijri calendar; the observed date can vary by a day with the moon sighting.
- 37 CEGraeco-Roman · died
Tiberius, the second Roman emperor, died at Misenum on the Bay of Naples, clearing the way for his grand-nephew Caligula to take power.
- 1926 CEScience
On a farm in Auburn, Massachusetts, Robert Goddard launched the first liquid-fuelled rocket, a brief flight that opened the way to modern rocketry.
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