On this day, March 16, in 1521, Ferdinand Magellan spotted the island of Samar.
The official calendar of the Republic of the Philippines: an almanac of Philippine commemorations enlivened with illustrations and information. –Manila: Presidential Communications Development and Strategic Planning Office, [2014].
On this day in 1968, during the Vietnam War, the My Lai Massacre took place. 500 civilians were killed by American soldiers suspecting them to be Viet Cong.
https://www.britannica.com/on-this-day/March-16
On this day in 1819, Dr. John Bostock read his paper on allergy to the Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society.
https://www.todayinsci.com/3/3_16.htm
March is National Women’s Heart Health Month (Proclamation No. 1675, s. 2008)
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