EST. DECEMBER 1994 • 30+ YEARS ONLINE
yow.com 🐯
Owned continuously since 1994
TODAY IN HISTORY
March 16
Monday, March 16, 2026
Day 75 of 2026 | Week 12 | 284 days until Christmas 🎅
HISTORIC EVENTS
A fire breaks out in a nightclub in Kočani, North Macedonia, killing at least 59 people and injuring 155 others.
A 7.4-magnitude earthquake occurs off the coast of Fukushima, Japan, killing 4 people and injuring 225.
Mariupol theatre airstrike during the siege of Mariupol.
Atlanta spa shootings: Eight people are killed and one is injured in a trio of shootings at spas in and near Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. A suspect is arrested the same day.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average falls by 2,997.10, the single largest point drop in history and the second-largest percentage drop ever at 12.93%, an even greater crash than Black Monday (1929). This follows the U.S. Federal Reserve announcing that it will cut its target interest rate to 0–0.25%.
A bomb detonates in a bus carrying government employees in Peshawar, Pakistan, killing 15 and injuring at least 30.
Two suicide bombers detonate their explosives at a mosque during morning prayer on the outskirts of Maiduguri, Nigeria, killing 24 and injuring 18.
Crimea votes in a controversial referendum to secede from Ukraine to join Russia.
Former Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar becomes the first batter in history to score 100 centuries in international cricket.
The Kasubi Tombs, Uganda's only cultural World Heritage Site, are destroyed in a fire.
FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS
Dominican-Canadian Major League baseball player (Toronto Blue Jays; 5x All-Star
born in Yaoundé
American actress (Sierra James-Daddy's Little Girls)
Mexican actor (Babylon
American NFL placekicker (Pittsburgh Steelers; 2x Pro Bowl)
American rock bassist son of guitarist Eddie Van Halen and actress Valerie Bertinelli
American basketball forward (6 x NBA All-Star; 5 x All-NBA: NBA Rookie of the Year 2011; LA Clippers
French politician (France's youngest and 1st openly gay Prime Minister)
English soccer forward (47 caps; Arsenal 270 games)
American actress (Percy Jackson films; White Lotus; Mayfair Witches)
American athlete and adventurer
Australian supermodel (Valentino SS04
Finnish actress (Fallen Leaves)
born in Cloverdale
American football tight end (Second-team All-Pro 2003; Pro Bowl 2002
🎯 yow.com Connection
On March 9, 1994 - just months before yow.com would be registered - the internet was still in its infancy. There were only about 3,000 websites in existence, and most people accessed the web through 14.4kbps dial-up modems. Today, you're visiting a domain that has survived 30+ years of that incredible evolution.
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