March 16, 1959 (Monday)
- Born Flavor Flav, American rapper (as William Jonathan Drayton, Jr.), in Roosevelt, New York, and Jens Stoltenberg, Prime Minister of Norway, in Oslo
- Died: John B. Salling, 112, American Civil War veteran, in Kingsport, Tennessee. His death left one surviving veteran claimant, Walter Williams of Houston, whose age and service were later disputed.
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Famous quotes containing the word march:
“‘Oh beat the drum slowly and play the fife lowly,
Play the Dead March as you carry me along;
Take me to the green valley, there lay the sod o’er me,
For I’m a young cowboy and I know I’ve done wrong.”
—Unknown. As I Walked Out in the Streets of Laredo (l. 5–8)