世界历史上的3月16日
今天是3月16日,2024年的第75天,2024年还剩291天,(2024是闰年,366天)。
1521
麦哲伦环球航行抵达菲律宾
葡萄牙航海家费迪南德·麦哲伦在环游全球时悬挂西班牙国旗航行,抵达菲律宾,为西班牙赢得了太平洋岛屿的第一个联盟。
Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan, sailing under the Spanish flag on his circumnavigation of the globe, reached the Philippines, securing the first alliance in the Pacific Islands for Spain.
1968
美军制造美莱村大屠杀
1968年的这一天,在越南战争期间,一群美国士兵被派去执行搜索和摧毁任务,在被认为是越共据点的美莱小村庄杀害了多达500名手无寸铁的村民,主要是妇女和儿童。
My Lai Massacre
On this day in 1968, during the Vietnam War, U.S. soldiers dispatched on a search-and-destroy mission killed as many as 500 unarmed villagers in the hamlet of My Lai, considered a stronghold of the Viet Cong.
1978
法国海岸发生油轮泄漏事件
Amoco Cadiz油轮搁浅并断成两部分,在法国布列塔尼海岸释放了近6900万加仑的轻质原油;它当时是世界上最大的漏油事件。
The Amoco Cadiz tanker ran aground and broke in two, releasing nearly 69 million gallons of light crude oil off the coast of Brittany, France; it was then the largest oil spill in the world.
2014
克里米亚并入俄罗斯
在一次全民公投中,克里米亚投票决定脱离乌克兰并加入俄罗斯联邦;尽管受到许多国家的反对,俄罗斯后来吞并了该地区。
In a popular referendum, Crimea voted to secede from Ukraineand join the Russian Federation; despite opposition from numerous countries, Russia later annexed the region.