What day of the week was March 16, 1945?

The day of the week March 16th, 1945 fell on was a Friday. There were 16 days until Easter Sunday.

Simeon Price the American golfer (b. 1882) died on this day in 1945. As did Börries von Münchhausen the German poet (b. 1874) .

World War II: The Battle of Iwo Jima ended the but small pockets of Japanese resistance persisted. Ninety percent of Würzburg the Germany is destroyed in only 20 minutes by British bombers. 5,000 are killed.