On this day in History - March 16

1802 – The Army Corps of Engineers is established to found and operate the United States Military Academy at West Point.

1926 – History of rocketry: Robert Goddard launches the first liquid-fueled rocket, at Auburn, Massachusetts.

1945 – World War II: The Battle of Iwo Jima ends, but small pockets of Japanese resistance persist.

1995 – Mississippi formally ratifies the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, becoming the last state to approve the abolition of slavery. The Thirteenth Amendment was officially ratified in 1865.