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March 19 is the 78th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (79th in Leap Year s). There are 287 days remaining.
Events
- 1279 - A Mongol ian victory in the Battle Of Yamen ends the Song Dynasty in China .
- 1687 - Explorer Robert Cavelier De La Salle , searching for the mouth of the Mississippi River , is murdered by his own men.
- 1831 - The City Bank Of New York becomes the site of the first Bank Robbery in United States History ($245,000 taken).
- 1861 - The First Taranaki War ends in New Zealand .
- begins. By the end of the battle two days later the Confederate forces have retreated from Greenville, North Carolina .
- 1915 - Pluto is photographed for the first time but was not recognized as a Planet .
- 1916 - Eight American planes take off in pursuit of Pancho Villa , the first United States air-combat mission in history.
- 1918 - The U.S. Congress establishes Time Zone s and approves Daylight Saving Time .
- 1920 - The United States Senate rejects the Treaty Of Versailles for the second time (first time was on November 19 , 1919 ).
- 1921 - Italian Fascists shoot from a Train to a group of children in Strunjan ( Slovenia ): two children are killed, two mangled, three wounded.
- 1931 - Gambling is legalized in Nevada .
- 1931 - The Harrisburg Symphony Orchestra played its first concert in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania .
- 1942 - The Thoroughbred Racing Association is established in Chicago, Illinois .
- forces occupy Hungary .
- , a Dive Bomber hits the Aircraft Carrier USS ''Franklin'' , killing 800 of her crew and crippling the ship.
- 1945 - World War II: Adolf Hitler issues his " Nero Decree " ordering all industries, military installations, shops, transportation facilities and communications facilities in Germany be destroyed.
- 1946 - French Guiana , Guadeloupe , Martinique and Réunion become Overseas ''départements'' of France .
- 1953 - Academy Awards are first televised.
- 1954 - Joey Giardello knocks out Willie Tory in round seven at Madison Square Garden in the first Televised prize Boxing fight shown in color.
- 1958 - A fire in a loft building in New York , New York kills 24 people.
- 1962 - Algerian War Of Independence : A ceasefire takes effect.
- 1962 - Bob Dylan releases his first, self-titled album.
- 1972 - India and Bangladesh sign a friendship Treaty .
- 1978 - UN Security Council Resolution 425 and 426 were passed, calling upon Israel immediately to cease its military action and withdraw Its Forces from all Lebanese territory ( Operation Litani ), and established the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon ( UNIFIL ).
- 1979 - The United States House Of Representatives begins broadcasting its day-to-day business via the cable television network C-SPAN .
- 1981 - Three workers are killed and five injured during a test of the Space Shuttle Columbia .
- land on South Georgia Island, precipitating war.
- ends (started on March 2 ) after killing 500 Taliban and Al Qaeda fighters with 11 allied troop fatalities.
Births
- 1434 - Ashikaga Yoshikatsu , Japanese shogun (d. 1443 )
- 1488 - Johannes Magnus , last Catholic Archbishop of Sweden (d. 1544 )
- 1684 - Jean Astruc , French physician and scholar (d. 1766 )
- 1721 - Tobias Smollett , Scottish novelist (d. 1771 )
- 1734 - Thomas McKean , American lawyer and signer of the Declaration of Independence (d. 1817 )
- 1778 - Edward Pakenham , British general (d. 1815 )
- 1813 - David Livingstone , Scottish missionary and explorer (d. 1873 )
- 1821 - Richard Francis Burton , British explorer, diplomat and author (d. 1890 )
- 1824 or 1828 - William Allingham , Irish author (d. 1889 )
- 1829 - Carl Frederik Tietgen , Danish financier and industrialist (d. 1901 )
- 1848 - Wyatt Earp , American policeman and gunfighter (d. 1929 )
- 1849 - Alfred Von Tirpitz , German sailor (d. 1930 )
- 1851 - William Henry Stark , American business leader (d. 1936 )
- 1864 - Charles Marion Russell , American artist (d. 1926 )
- 1865 - William Morton Wheeler , American entomologist, myrmecologist, pioneer in ethology (d. 1937 )
- 1871 - Schofield Haigh , British cricketer (d. 1921 )
- 1872 - Sergei Diaghilev , Russian ballet impresario (d. 1929 )
- 1873 - Max Reger , German composer (d. 1916 )
- 1883 - Walter Haworth , British chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1950 )
- 1883 - Joseph Stilwell , U.S. general (d. 1946 )
- 1888 - Josef Albers , German artist (d. 1976 )
- 1891 - Earl Warren , Chief Justice Of The United States (d. 1974 )
- 1892 - James Van Fleet , American general (d. 1992 )
- 1894 - Moms Mabley , American comedian (d. 1975 )
- 1894 - Joe Venuti , American musician (d. 1978 )
- 1900 - Frédéric Joliot , French physicist, recipient of the Nobel Prize In Chemistry (d. 1958 )
- 1904 - John Sirica , American judge (d. 1992 )
- 1905 - Albert Speer , Nazi official (d. 1981 )
- 1906 - Adolf Eichmann , Nazi official (d. 1962 )
- 1909 - Louis Hayward , British actor (d. 1985 )
- 1909 - Attilio Demaria , Argentinian footballer
- 1914 - Jay Berwanger , American football player (d. 2002 )
- 1916 - Eric Christmas , British actor (d. 2000 )
- 1916 - Irving Wallace , American novelist (d. 1990 )
- 1917 - Dinu Lipatti , Romanian pianist (d. 1950 )
- 1917 - Laszlo Szabo , Hungarian chess player (d. 1998 )
- 1920 - Kjell Aukrust , Norwegian author (d. 2002 )
- 1921 - Tommy Cooper , Welsh comedy magician (d. 1984 )
- 1923 - Pamela Britton , American actress (d. 1974 )
- 1924 - Mary Wimbush , British actress (d. 2005 )
- 1927 - Richie Ashburn , American baseball player (d. 1997 )
- 1928 - Hans Küng , Swiss theologian
- 1928 - Patrick McGoohan , American-born actor
- 1930 - Ornette Coleman , American musician
- 1933 - Philip Roth , American author
- 1936 - Ursula Andress , Swiss actress
- 1936 - Birthe Wilke , Danish singer
- 1937 - Clarence "Frogman" Henry , American musician
- 1937 - Egon Krenz , President of East Germany
- 1939 - Joe Kapp , American football player
- 1943 - Mario J. Molina , Mexican chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1943 - Mario Monti , Italian politician
- 1944 - Said Musa , Prime Minister Of Belize
- 1944 - Sirhan Sirhan , Palestinian-born assassin
- 1947 - Glenn Close , American actress
- 1947 - Marinho Peres , Brazilian football player
- 1953 - Ricky Wilson , American musician ( The B-52's ) (d. 1985 )
- 1955 - Bruce Willis , American actor
- 1962 - Ivan Calderon , Puerto Rican baseball player (d. 2003 )
- 1964 - Yoko Kanno , Japanese composer
- 1966 - James "Big Jim" Wright , American record producer
- 1969 - Connor Trinneer , American actor
- 1969 - Mana (musician) , Japanese guitarist ( Malice Mizer and Moi Dix Mois )
- 1975 - Vivian Hsu , Taiwanese singer, actress and model
- 1980 - Mikuni Shimokawa , Japanese singer
- 1981 - Kolo Touré , Ivorian footballer
Deaths
- 1238 - Duke Henry I Of Poland (b. 1163 )
- 1263 - Hugh Of St Cher , French cardinal
- 1279 - Emperor Bing Of Song China (b. 1271 )
- 1286 - King Alexander III Of Scotland (b. 1241 )
- 1330 - Edmund Of Woodstock, 1st Earl Of Kent , English politician (executed) (b. 1301 )
- 1406 - Ibn Khaldun , Tunisian historian (b. 1332 )
- 1623 - Uesugi Kagekatsu , Japanese samurai and warlord (b. 1556 )
- 1637 - Péter Pázmány , Hungarian cardinal and statesman (b. 1570 )
- 1649 - Gerhard Johann Vossius , German classical scholar and theologian (b. 1577 )
- 1683 - Thomas Killigrew , English dramatist (b. 1612 )
- 1687 - Robert Cavelier De La Salle , French explorer (b. 1643 )
- 1697 - Nicolaus Bruhns , German organist and composer (b. 1665 )
- 1711 - Thomas Ken , English bishop and hymn-writer (b. 1637 )
- 1717 - John Campbell, 1st Earl Of Breadalbane And Holland , Scottish royalist
- 1721 - Pope Clement XI (b. 1649 )
- 1796 - Hugh Palliser , British naval officer and administrator (b. 1722 )
- 1871 - Wilhelm Karl Ritter Von Haidinger , Austrian mineralogist (b. 1795 )
- 1914 - Giuseppe Mercalli , Italian volcanologist (b. 1850 )
- 1930 - Arthur Balfour , Prime Minister Of The United Kingdom (b. 1848 )
- 1939 - Lloyd L. Gaines , American civil rights activist
- 1942 - Clinton Hart Merriam , American zoologist (b. 1855 )
- 1943 - Frank Nitti , American gangster (b. 1883 )
- 1944 - William Hale Thompson , American mayor of Chicago (b. 1869 )
- 1945 - Friedrich Fromm , German Nazi official (b. 1888 )
- 1950 - Edgar Rice Burroughs , American author (b. 1875 )
- 1950 - Walter Haworth , British chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1883 )
- 1974 - Edward Platt , American actor (b. 1916 )
- 1976 - Albert Dieudonné , French actor, screenwriter and novelist (b. 1889 )
- 1976 - Paul Kossoff , British guitarist ( Free ) (b. 1950 )
- 1978 - Gaston Julia , French mathematician (b. 1893 )
- 1979 - Richard Beckinsale , British actor (b. 1947 )
- 1982 - Randy Rhoads , American guitarist ( Quiet Riot , Ozzy ) (b. 1956 )
- 1987 - Louis, 7th Duc De Broglie , French physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1892 )
- 1989 - Alan Civil , English French horn player (b. 1929 )
- 1990 - Andrew Wood , American musician ( Mother Love Bone ) (b. 1966 )
- 1995 - Yasuo Yamada , Japanese Voice Actor (b. 1932 )
- 1997 - Willem De Kooning , Dutch artist (b. 1904 )
- 1999 - Jaime Sabines , Mexican poet (b. 1926 )
- 2003 - Michael Mathias Prechtl , German illustrator (b. 1926 )
- 2004 - Mitchell Sharp , Canadian politician (b. 1911 )
- 2005 - John De Lorean , American automobile engineer (b. 1925 )
Holidays and observances
External links
March 18 - March 20 - February 19 - April 19 -- Listing Of All Days
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