On this day, March 16

1521 Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan and his crew reached the Philippines, where Magellan was killed during a battle with natives the following month. 1802 President Thomas Jefferson signed a measure authorizing the establishment of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y. 1935 Adolf Hitler decided to break the military terms set by the Treaty of Versailles by ordering the rearming of Germany. 1945 During World War II, American forces declared they had secured Iwo Jima, although pockets of Japanese resistance remained. 1968 The My Lai massacre took place during the Vietnam War as U.S. Army soldiers hunting for Viet Cong fighters and sympathizers killed unarmed villagers in two hamlets of Son My village; estimates of the death toll vary from 347 to 504. 2004 China declared victory in its fight against bird flu, saying it had “stamped out” all its known cases. 2014 Crimeans voted to leave Ukraine and join Russia, overwhelmingly approving a referendum that sought to unite the strategically important Black Sea region with the country it was part of for some 250 years. 2020 Global stocks plunged again amid coronavirus concerns, with Wall Street seeing a 12% decline, its worst in more than 30 years; the S&P 500 was down 30% from its record set less than a month earlier. Today’s birthdays: Country singer Ray Walker (The Jordanaires), 89. Game show host Chuck Woolery, 82. Country singer Robin Williams, 76. Actor Erik Estrada, 74. Actor Victor Garber, 74. Country singer Ray Benson (Asleep at the Wheel), 72. Bluegrass musician Tim O’Brien (Hot Rize; Earls of Leicester), 69. Rock singer-musician Nancy Wilson (Heart), 69. World Golf Hall of Famer Hollis Stacy, 69. Actor Clifton Powell, 67. Rapper-actor Flavor Flav, 64. Rock musician Jimmy DeGrasso, 60. Actor Jerome Flynn, 60. Folk singer Patty Griffin, 59. Movie director Gore Verbinski, 59.