| 16/3/2021 | German professional motor racing driver for BMW and Porsche, Sabine Schmitz, dies of cancer aged 51.The "Queen of the Nürburgring" was the only woman to win the epic 24-hour race at the storied Nürburgring track in Germany and a spirited participant on the BBC show “Top Gear.” |
| 16/3/2013 | 20-year old George Katidis scores the winning goal (84') in the 2-1 AEK’s victory against Veria at the Olympic Stadium and celebrates by giving a Nazi salute to the fans. His action will generate huge reactions even abroad, including AEK’s German coach Edvard Linen, while after the end of the game, Katidis will try to justify his actions by claiming that he did not know exactly what the salute symbolizes and that in no case he is a racist or pro-Nazi, publishing a statement assuming responsibility for his “stupid action”. Three days later, the Board of Directors of AEK will decide to terminate his contract until the end of the season. Katidis will continue his career in Novara Calcio of the Second Division Italy while AEK for the first time in the team’s history, we be relegated from Superleague, declaring bankruptcy as a Football SA. |
| 16/3/2000 | Sean Elliott of the San Antonio Spurs becomes the first athlete to play on professional level (San Antonio - Atlanta) after a kidney transplant |
| 16/3/2000 | For the first time in the greek basketball championship, a team (Sporting) goes through a whole game with the starting line-up (Sporting - Aris Salonica 73-76) |
| 16/3/1995 | Olympiacos beat CSSK 79-54 at Peace and Friendship Stadium to qualify for the Zaragoza Final Four. Having no players on the bench because of a sudden illness, CSSK finish the game with only 3 players. To maintain the balance Olympiacos coach Giannis Ioannidis withdraws his players one by one |
| 16/3/1994 | PAOK win the Korac Cup after defeating Stefanel 100-91 in Milan. Soulis Markopoulos becomes the first Greek coach to win a european title |
| 16/3/1993 | Aris Salonica win the European Cup Winners Cup as they beat Efes Pilsen 50-48 in Turin. This is the first european title in their history (Giannakis, Tarpley, Ioannou, Missounov, Vourtzoumis and Angelidis - Svi Serf, coach) |
| 16/3/1991 | For the first time three atletes from the same country (Kristi Yamaguchi, Tonya Harding and Nancy Kerrigan - USA) share the medals in an ice skating world championship |
| 16/3/1977 | With two goals by Thomas Mavros and one by Mimis Papaioannou, AEK wins QPR with 3-0 at Nea Philadelphia equaling the score of the first match. AEK's coach, Frantisek Fadrok, on 115', substitutes goalkeeper Lakis Stegioudas by Nikos Christidis, who is very expereinced in penalty kicks and who will finally save 2 kicks. AEK qualifies to the semi fianls of the UEFA Cup and this win is the most important in the team's history |
| 16/3/1956 | 37-year-old Joe Louis, world champion from 1937 to 1949, begins his professional career by knocking out Cowboy Rocky Lee. Former boxer Joe Walcott officiates the match |
| 16/3/1935 | Latvian chess player Aron Nimzowitsch (or Aaron Nimzovich) dies of cancer at the age of 48 in Copenhagen, where he moved after the 1917 Russian revolution and obtained the Danish citizenship. He is considered to by the third best player in the world behind Alexander Alekhine and Jose Raul Capablanca. He wrote three books on chess strategy: “My System” (1925), “Chess Praxis” and “The Blochade”. |
| 16/3/1889 | Notts County lose to Derby County 3-5. There is such confusion about the match that many people believe that it took place on November 19, 1888 and that the score was 2-5. The League was established in 1888 by William McGregor |
| 16/3/1876 | Nelly Saunders beats Rose Harland in the first women's boxing match in New York |
| 16/3/1872 | First English FA Cup final. Wanderers defeat Royal Engineers 1-0 at London's Kennington Oval in front of 20.000 spectators |
