March 16th (1978) was a Thursday. It's the 75th day of the year (76th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 290 days left to the end of the year.
Historical Events for 16th March, 1978
» Former Italy known as Italian Prime Minister Aldo Moro is kidnapped and later killed by his captors.
» Supertanker 'Amoco Cadiz' splits in two after running aground on the Portsall Rocks, three miles off the coast of Brittany, resulting in the 5th-largest oil spill in history.