UPI Almanac for Tuesday, March 16, 2021
On March 16, 1827, Freedom's Journal, the first Black-owned and -operated newspaper in the United States, was published in New York.
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On March 16, 1827, Freedom's Journal, the first Black-owned and -operated newspaper in the United States, was published in New York. File Photo courtesy of The Afro-American Press/Wikimedia
U.S. soldiers bring back the sand of the disembarkation beach at Iwo Jima, Japan, on March 19, 2016. On March 16, 1945, the Island was declared secure by U.S. forces in one of the major World War II conflicts in the Pacific. File Photo by Keizo Mori/UPI | License Photo