Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/March 16

March 16:

Aldo Moro, during his detention by Red Brigades

• 1815 - William I proclaimed himself King of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands, the first constitutional monarch in the Netherlands.
• 1872 - Wanderers F.C. won the first FA Cup, the oldest football competition in the world, beating Royal Engineers A.F.C. 1-0 at The Oval in Kennington, London.
• 1935 - Conscription was re-introduced in Nazi Germany, and the German military was renamed Wehrmacht.
• 1968 - Vietnam War: American soldiers killed 347 civilians in My Lai, Vietnam.
• 1978 - Former Prime Minister of Italy Aldo Moro (pictured) was kidnapped in Rome by Mario Moretti and the Red Brigades.

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