What happened on March 19? There are more than 273 events that were made this day in history. Here are the important historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
Interesting Facts & Myths About March 19
March 19 is the 79th day of the year 2024. There are 287 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday. This day falls under the 12th week of the year 2024.
On this day in Brock, Nebraska 68320 sunrise occured at 07:26 AM and sunset occured at 07:36 PM (local time).
The zodiac sign of a person born on this day is Pisces. The modern birthstone for this month is Aquamarine while the mystical birthstone is Jade.
According to the Chinese calendar, there are 316 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year (January 29, 2025).
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It’s uncommon for the March equinox to fall on this day. The last time it did was in 1796 and the next will be in 2044.
Historical Events For March 19
- 1279A Mongolian victory Battle of Yamen ends the Song Dynasty in China.
- 1687Explorer Robert Cavelier de La Salle, searching for the mouth of the Mississippi River, is murdered by his own men.
- 1812The Cádiz Cortes promulgates the Spanish Constitution of 1812.
- 1853The Taiping reform movement occupies and makes Nanjing its capital until 1864.
- 1861The First Taranaki War ends in New Zealand.
- 1863The SS Georgiana, said to have been the most powerful Confederate cruiser, is destroyed on her maiden voyage with a cargo of munitions, medicines and merchandise then valued at over $1,000,000.
- 1865American Civil War: The Battle of Bentonville begins. By the end of the battle two days later, Confederate forces had retreated from Four Oaks, North Carolina.
- 1885Louis Riel declares a Provisional Government in Saskatchewan, beginning the North-West Rebellion.
- 1895Auguste and Louis Lumière record their first footage using their newly patented cinematograph.
- 1915Pluto is photographed for the first time but is not recognized as a planet.
- 1916Eight American planes take off in pursuit of Pancho Villa, the first United States air-combat mission in history.
- 1918The U.S. Congress establishes time zones and approves daylight saving time.
- 1920The United States Senate rejects the Treaty of Versailles for the second time (the first time was on November 19, 1919).
- 1921Irish War of Independence: One of the biggest engagements of the war takes place at Crossbarry, County Cork. About 100 Irish Republican Army (IRA) volunteers escape an attempt by over 1,300 British forces to encircle them.
- 1921Italian Fascists shoot from the Parenzana train at a group of children in Strunjan (Slovenia): two children are killed, two mangled and three wounded.
- 1931Gambling is legalized in Nevada.
- 1932The Sydney Harbour Bridge is opened.
- 1941World War II: The 99th Pursuit Squadron also known as the Tuskegee Airmen, the first all-black unit of the Army Air Corp, is activated.
- 1943Frank Nitti, the Chicago Outfit Boss after Al Capone, commits suicide at the Chicago Central Railyard.
- 1944World War II: Nazi forces occupy Hungary.
- 1945World War II: Adolf Hitler issues his “Nero Decree” ordering all industries, military installations, shops, transportation facilities and communications facilities in Germany to be destroyed.
- 1945World War II: Off the coast of Japan, a dive bomber hits the aircraft carrier USS Franklin, killing 724 of her crew. Badly damaged, the ship is able to return to the U.S. under her own power.
- 1946French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique and Réunion become overseas départements of France.
- 1954Joey Giardello knocks out Willie Tory in round seven at Madison Square Garden in the first televised prize boxing fight shown in colour.
- 1954Willie Mosconi sets a world record by running 526 consecutive balls without a miss during a straight pool exhibition at East High Billiard Club in Springfield, Ohio. The record still stands today.
- 1958The Monarch Underwear Company fire leaves 24 dead and 15 injured.
- 1962Algerian War of Independence: A ceasefire takes effect.
- 1965The wreck of the SS Georgiana, valued at over $50,000,000 and said to have been the most powerful Confederate cruiser, is discovered by then teenage diver and pioneer underwater archaeologist E. Lee Spence, exactly 102 years after its destruction.
- 1966Texas Western becomes the first college basketball team to win the Final Four with an all-black starting lineup.
- 1969The 385 m tall TV-mast at Emley Moor, United Kingdom, collapses due to ice build-up.
- 1979The United States House of Representatives begins broadcasting its day-to-day business via the cable television network C-SPAN.
- 1982Falklands War: Argentinian forces land on South Georgia Island, precipitating war with the United Kingdom.
- 1987Televangelist Jim Bakker resigns as head of the PTL Club due to a brewing sex scandal; he hands over control to Jerry Falwell.
- 1989The Egyptian Flag is raised on Taba, Egypt announcing the end of the Israeli occupation after the Yom Kippur War in 1973 and the peace negotiations in 1979.
- 1990The ethnic clashes of Târgu Mureş begin four days after the anniversary of the Revolutions of 1848 in the Habsburg areas.
- 2002Zimbabwe is suspended from the Commonwealth on charges of human rights abuses and of electoral fraud, following a turbulent presidential election.
- 2003United States President George W. Bush orders the start of war against Iraq.
- 20043-19 Shooting Incident: Taiwanese president Chen Shui-bian is shot just before the country’s presidential election on March 20.
- 2004A Swedish DC-3 shot down by a Russian MiG-15 in 1952 over the Baltic Sea is finally recovered after years of work. The remains of the three crewmen are left in place, pending further investigations.
- 2004Konginkangas bus disaster: A semi-trailer truck and a bus crash head-on in Äänekoski, Finland. 24 people are killed and 13 injured.
- 2008GRB 080319B: A cosmic burst that is the farthest object visible to the naked eye is briefly observed.
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Who Were Born On March 19?
- 1434Ashikaga Yoshikatsu, Japanese shogun (d. 1443)
- 1488Johannes Magnus, Swedish religious figure (d. 1544)
- 1534José de Anchieta, Spanish Jesuit missionary to Brazil (d. 1597)
- 1590William Bradford, Pilgrim and First Governor of the Plymouth Colony (d. 1657)
- 1593Georges de la Tour, French artist (d. 1652)
- 1684Jean Astruc, French physician and scholar (d. 1766)
- 1721Tobias Smollett, Scottish novelist (d. 1771)
- 1734Thomas McKean, American lawyer and signer of the Declaration of Independence (d. 1817)
- 1739Charles-François Lebrun, duc de Plaisance, Third Consul of France (d. 1824)
- 1742Túpac Amaru II, Incan revolutionary (d. 1781)
- 1749Princess Louisa of Great Britain (d. 1768)
- 1778Edward Pakenham, British general (d. 1815)
- 1813David Livingstone, Scottish missionary and explorer (d. 1873)
- 1821Richard Francis Burton, British explorer, diplomat and author (d. 1890)
- 1823Princess Adelgunde of Bavaria (d. 1914)
- 1829Carl Frederik Tietgen, Danish financier and industrialist (d. 1901)
- 1848Wyatt Earp, American policeman and gunfighter (d. 1929)
- 1849Alfred von Tirpitz, German World War I Admiral (d. 1930)
- 1851William Henry Stark, American business leader (d. 1936)
- 1860William Jennings Bryan, American statesman (d. 1925)
- 1861Lomer Gouin, Quebec politician (d. 1929)
- 1864Charles Marion Russell, American artist (d. 1926)
- 1865William Morton Wheeler, American entomologist and myrmecologist (d. 1937)
- 1871Schofield Haigh, British cricketer (d. 1921)
- 1873Max Reger, German composer (d. 1916)
- 1881Edith Nourse Rogers, American social welfare volunteer and politician (d. 1960)
- 1883Joseph Stilwell, American military officer (d. 1946)
- 1883Walter Haworth, British chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1950)
- 1888Josef Albers, German artist (d. 1976)
- 1888Léon Scieur, Belgian cyclist (d. 1969)
- 1891Earl Warren, American politician and jurist; 30th Governor of California; and 14th Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1974)
- 1892James Van Fleet, American military officer (d. 1992)
- 1894Moms Mabley, American comedian (d. 1975)
- 1898Karl Theodor Bleek, German politician (d. 1969)
- 1900Frédéric Joliot, French physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1958)
- 1902Louisa Ghijs, Belgian stage actress and wife of Johannes Heesters (d. 1985)
- 1904John Sirica, American judge (d. 1992)
- 1905Albert Speer, German architect (d. 1981)
- 1905Joe Rollino, American strongman, weightlifter, and boxer (d. 2010)
- 1909Attilio Demaría, Argentinian footballer (d. 1990)
- 1909Louis Hayward, British actor (d. 1985)
- 1910Joseph Carroll, American military officer (d. 1991)
- 1914Fred Clark, American film actor (d. 1968)
- 1914Jay Berwanger, American football player (d. 2002)
- 1914Leonidas Alaoglu, Greek-Canadian mathematician (d. 1981)
- 1915Patricia Morison, American actress
- 1915Robert G. Cole, American World War II soldier and Medal of Honor winner (d. 1944)
- 1916Eric Christmas, British actor (d. 2000)
- 1916Irving Wallace, American novelist (d. 1990)
- 1917Dinu Lipatti, Romanian pianist (d. 1950)
- 1917Laszlo Szabo, Hungarian chess player (d. 1998)
- 1920Kjell Aukrust, Norwegian author (d. 2002)
- 1920Paul Hagen, Danish actor (d. 2003)
- 1920Tige Andrews, American actor (d. 2007)
- 1921Tommy Cooper, Welsh comedy magician (d. 1984)
- 1923Benito Jacovitti, Italian comic artist (d. 1997)
- 1923Giuseppe Rotunno, Italian cinematographer
- 1923Henry Morgentaler, Canadian gynecologist
- 1923Pamela Britton, American actress (d. 1974)
- 1924Joe Gaetjens, Haitian-American footballer (d. c. 1964)
- 1924Mary Wimbush, British actress (d. 2005)
- 1925Brent Scowcroft, American former Cabinet member and military officer
- 1927Richie Ashburn, American baseball player (d. 1997)
- 1928Hans Küng, Swiss theologian
- 1928Patrick McGoohan, American actor (d. 2009)
- 1929Miquel Martí i Pol, Catalan poet (d. 2003)
- 1930Eugene Selznick, American volleyball player
- 1930Gualtiero Marchesi, Italian chef
- 1932Gay Brewer, American golfer (d. 2007)
- 1933Philip Roth, American author
- 1933Renée Taylor, American actress
- 1933Richard Williams, Canadian animator
- 1935Nancy Malone, American actress
- 1936Birthe Wilke, Danish singer
- 1936Ursula Andress, Swiss actress
- 1937Clarence “Frogman” Henry, American musician
- 1937Egon Krenz, last President of Communist East Germany
- 1939Joe Kapp, American football player
- 1942Richard Dobson, American singer and songwriter
- 1943Mario J. Molina, Mexican chemist, Nobel laureate
- 1943Mario Monti, Italian politician
- 1943Vern Schuppan, Australian racing driver
- 1944Said Musa, Prime Minister of Belize
- 1944Sirhan Sirhan, Palestinian-born assassin
- 1945Stefanos Kiriakidis, Greek actor
- 1946Bigas Luna, Spanish film director
- 1946Paul Atkinson, English guitarist (The Zombies) (d. 2004)
- 1946Ruth Pointer, American singer (Pointer Sisters)
- 1947Glenn Close, American actress
- 1947Marinho Peres, Brazilian football player
- 1948Vincent van der Bijl, South African cricketer
- 1949Hirofumi Hirano, Japanese politician and Chief Cabinet Secretary
- 1949Valery Leontiev, Russian pop singer
- 1952Harvey Weinstein, American film producer
- 1952Warren Lees, New Zealand Test wicket-keeper
- 1952Wolfgang Ambros, Austrian singer-songwriter
- 1953Billy Sheehan, American bassist (Mr. Big)
- 1953Ricky Wilson, American musician (The B-52's) (d. 1985)
- 1954Cho Kwang-Rae, South Korean football manager
- 1954Indu Shahani, Indian educator
- 1954Jill Abramson, American journalist
- 1955Bruce Willis, American actor
- 1955Simon Yam, Hong Kong actor
- 1956Yegor Gaidar, Russian politician and economist.
- 1958Andy Reid, American pro football coach
- 1959Terry Hall, British singer
- 1960Eliane Elias, Brazilian jazz musician and composer
- 1960Simo Aalto, Finnish magician
- 1961Jos Lansink, Dutch-Belgian equestrian
- 1962Iván Calderón, Puerto Rican baseball player (d. 2003)
- 1962Jim Korderas, American professional wrestling referee
- 1963Neil LaBute, American playwright and filmmaker
- 1964Jake Weber, British actor
- 1964Yoko Kanno, Japanese composer
- 1965Kevin F. Harris, American composer and graphic artist
- 1966Andy Sinton, English footballer
- 1967Katia Tiutiunnik, Australian violist and composer
- 1967Mary Scheer, American actress and comedian
- 1967Michael Bletsas, Greek engineer, Director of Computing at the MIT Media Lab
- 1967Vladimir Konstantinov, Russian ice hockey player
- 1968Mots'eoa Senyane, Lesotho diplomat
- 1968Tyrone Hill, American basketball player
- 1969Connor Trinneer, American actor
- 1969Gary Jules, American singer and songwriter
- 1969Tom McRae, British singer and songwriter
- 1970Michael Krumm, German race car driver
- 1971Nadja Auermann, German supermodel
- 1971Sébastien Godefroid, Belgian sailor
- 1973Bun B, American rapper (UGK)
- 1973Simmone Jade Mackinnon, Australian actress
- 1974Marcel Tiemann, German racing driver
- 1974Vida Guerra, Cuban-American swimsuit model
- 1975Antonio Daniels, American basketball player
- 1975Brann Dailor, American drummer
- 1975Matthew Richardson, Australian rules footballer
- 1975Vivian Hsu, Taiwanese singer, actress and model
- 1976Alessandro Nesta, Italian footballer
- 1976Andre Miller, American basketball player
- 1976Rachel Blanchard, Canadian actress
- 1976Stelios Sfakianakis, Greek footballer
- 1977Jorma Taccone, American writer and comedian
- 1979Christos Patsatzoglou, Greek footballer
- 1979Hedo Türkoğlu, Turkish basketball player
- 1979Hee-Seop Choi, Korean baseball player
- 1979Ivan Ljubičić, Croatian tennis player
- 1979Sheldon Brown, American football player
- 1980Don Sparrow, Canadian illustrator
- 1980Luca Ferri, Italian footballer
- 1980Mikuni Shimokawa, Japanese singer
- 1981Kim Rae Won, South Korean actor and model
- 1981Kolo Touré, Ivorian footballer
- 1982Brad Jones, Australian footballer
- 1982Eduardo Saverin, Brazilian entrepreneur
- 1982Jonathan Fanene, American football player
- 1982Matt Littler, British actor
- 1983Ana Rezende, Brazilian film director and musician (CSS)
- 1983Matt Sydal, American professional wrestler
- 1984Tanushree Dutta, Indian actress
- 1985E. J. Viso, Venezuelan racing driver
- 1986Tyler Bozak, Canadian-Ukrainian ice hockey player
- 1987Alexander Metz, German rugby player
- 1987April Jeanette, American wrestler
- 1987Josie Lopez, American actress
- 1987Michal Švec, Czech footballer
- 1987Milos Teodosic, Serbian basketball player
- 1988Clayton Kershaw, American baseball player
- 1989Craig Lamar Traylor, American actor
- 1999Tatum McCann, American actress
- 2007Prince Abdullah bin Ali of Jordan
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Who Died On March 19?
- 1238Duke Henry I of Poland (b. 1163)
- 1263Hugh of St Cher, French cardinal
- 1279Emperor Bing of Song China (b. 1271)
- 1286King Alexander III of Scotland (b. 1241)
- 1330Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent, English politician (b. 1301)
- 1406Ibn Khaldun, Arab historian (b. 1332)
- 1612Sophia Olelkovich Radziwill, Belarusian saint (b. 1585)
- 1623Uesugi Kagekatsu, Japanese samurai and warlord (b. 1556)
- 1637Péter Pázmány, Hungarian cardinal and statesman (b. 1570)
- 1649Gerhard Johann Vossius, German classical scholar and theologian (b. 1577)
- 1683Thomas Killigrew, English dramatist (b. 1612)
- 1687Robert Cavelier de La Salle, French explorer (b. 1643)
- 1697Nicolaus Bruhns, German organist and composer (b. 1665)
- 1711Thomas Ken, English bishop and hymn-writer (b. 1637)
- 1717John Campbell, 1st Earl of Breadalbane and Holland, Scottish royalist (b. 1636)
- 1721Pope Clement XI (b. 1649)
- 1783Frederick Cornwallis, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1713)
- 1796Hugh Palliser, British naval officer and administrator (b. 1722)
- 1816Philip Mazzei, Italian physician (b. 1730)
- 1871Wilhelm Karl Ritter von Haidinger, Austrian mineralogist (b. 1795)
- 1897Antoine Thomson d'Abbadie, French geographer (b. 1810)
- 1900Charles-Louis Hanon, French composer (b. 1819)
- 1900John Bingham, American politician and lawyer (b. 1815)
- 1914Giuseppe Mercalli, Italian volcanologist (b. 1850)
- 1916Vasily Surikov, Russian painter (b. 1848)
- 1930Arthur Balfour, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1848)
- 1939Lloyd L. Gaines, American civil rights activist (b. 1911)
- 1942Clinton Hart Merriam, American zoologist (b. 1855)
- 1943Frank Nitti, American gangster (b. 1883)
- 1944William Hale Thompson, American mayor of Chicago (b. 1869)
- 1950Edgar Rice Burroughs, American author (b. 1875)
- 1950Walter Haworth, British chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1883)
- 1974Anne Klein, American fashion designer (b. 1923)
- 1974Edward Platt, American actor (b. 1916)
- 1976Albert Dieudonné, French actor and novelist (b. 1889)
- 1976Paul Kossoff, English guitarist (Free) (b. 1950)
- 1978Gaston Julia, French mathematician (b. 1893)
- 1979Richard Beckinsale, English actor (b. 1947)
- 1982Alan Badel, British actor (b. 1923)
- 1982Randy Rhoads, American guitarist (Quiet Riot, Ozzy Osbourne) (b. 1956)
- 1984Garry Winogrand, American photographer (b. 1928)
- 1987Louis, 7th duc de Broglie, French physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1892)
- 1989Alan Civil, English French horn player (b. 1929)
- 1990Andrew Wood, American singer (Mother Love Bone) (b. 1966)
- 1992Cesare Danova, American television and film actor (b. 1926)
- 1995Yasuo Yamada, Japanese voice actor (b. 1932)
- 1997Willem de Kooning, Dutch-born painter (b. 1904)
- 1998E.M.S. Namboodiripad, Indian Communist politician, former Chief Minister of Kerala (b. 1909)
- 1999Jaime Sabines, Mexican poet (b. 1926)
- 1999Tofilau Eti Alesana, former Prime Minister of Samoa (b. 1924)
- 2000Joanne Weaver, American baseball player (b. 1935)
- 2001Charles K. Johnson, President of the Flat Earth Society (b. 1924)
- 2003Émile Genest, Canadian actor (b. 1921)
- 2003Michael Mathias Prechtl, German illustrator (b. 1926)
- 2004Mitchell Sharp, Canadian politician (b. 1911)
- 2005John DeLorean, American automobile engineer (b. 1925)
- 2007Calvert DeForest, American actor (b. 1921)
- 2007Luther Ingram, American soul singer and songwriter (b. 1937)
- 2008Hugo Claus, Belgian writer (b. 1929)
- 2008Raghuvaran, Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam actor (b. 1948)
- 2008Sir Arthur C. Clarke, English science fiction author and inventor (b. 1917)
- 2009Ion Dolănescu, Romanian singer and politician (b. 1944)
- 2011Kym Bonython, Australian radio broadcaster, jazz musician, speedway promoter (b. 1920)
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