1. In 1926, the city of Moorhead experienced its largest snowstorm on record, with 29.2 inches of snowfall accumulating over a three-day period from March 14 to March 16.

2. On March 16, 1956, the Minnesota Twins played their first game as a Major League Baseball team in an exhibition game against the New York Giants in Orlando, Florida.

3. The first state-sanctioned greyhound race in Minnesota took place on March 16, 1990, at the Canterbury Park racetrack in Shakopee.

4. In 2007, the Minnesota Timberwolves basketball team suffered a historic loss to the Boston Celtics, setting an NBA record for the worst home loss in history with a final score of 104-58.

5. On March 16, 2017, Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton signed a bill legalizing Sunday liquor sales in the state for the first time in more than 150 years, ending a longstanding ban on selling alcohol on Sundays.