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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 Morenci, Michigan 49256 sunrise will occur at 07:39 AM and sunset will occur at 07:49 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

  • 1279
    A Mongolian victory 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.
  • 1812
    The Cádiz Cortes promulgates the Spanish Constitution of 1812.
  • 1853
    The Taiping reform movement occupies and makes Nanjing its capital until 1864.
  • 1861
    The First Taranaki War ends in New Zealand.
  • 1863
    The 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.
  • 1865
    American 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.
  • 1885
    Louis Riel declares a Provisional Government in Saskatchewan, beginning the North-West Rebellion.
  • 1895
    Auguste and Louis Lumière record their first footage using their newly patented cinematograph.
  • 1915
    Pluto is photographed for the first time but is 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 zones and approves daylight saving time.
  • 1920
    The United States Senate rejects the Treaty of Versailles for the second time (the first time was on November 19, 1919).
  • 1921
    Irish 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.
  • 1921
    Italian Fascists shoot from the Parenzana train at a group of children in Strunjan (Slovenia): two children are killed, two mangled and three wounded.
  • 1931
    Gambling is legalized in Nevada.
  • 1932
    The Sydney Harbour Bridge is opened.
  • 1941
    World War II: The 99th Pursuit Squadron also known as the Tuskegee Airmen, the first all-black unit of the Army Air Corp, is activated.
  • 1943
    Frank Nitti, the Chicago Outfit Boss after Al Capone, commits suicide at the Chicago Central Railyard.
  • 1944
    World War II: Nazi forces occupy Hungary.
  • 1945
    World War II: Adolf Hitler issues his “Nero Decree” ordering all industries, military installations, shops, transportation facilities and communications facilities in Germany to be destroyed.
  • 1945
    World 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.
  • 1946
    French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique and Réunion become overseas départements of France.
  • 1954
    Joey Giardello knocks out Willie Tory in round seven at Madison Square Garden in the first televised prize boxing fight shown in colour.
  • 1954
    Willie 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.
  • 1958
    The Monarch Underwear Company fire leaves 24 dead and 15 injured.
  • 1962
    Algerian War of Independence: A ceasefire takes effect.
  • 1965
    The 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.
  • 1966
    Texas Western becomes the first college basketball team to win the Final Four with an all-black starting lineup.
  • 1969
    The 385 m tall TV-mast at Emley Moor, United Kingdom, collapses due to ice build-up.
  • 1979
    The United States House of Representatives begins broadcasting its day-to-day business via the cable television network C-SPAN.
  • 1982
    Falklands War: Argentinian forces land on South Georgia Island, precipitating war with the United Kingdom.
  • 1987
    Televangelist Jim Bakker resigns as head of the PTL Club due to a brewing sex scandal; he hands over control to Jerry Falwell.
  • 1989
    The 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.
  • 1990
    The ethnic clashes of Târgu Mureş begin four days after the anniversary of the Revolutions of 1848 in the Habsburg areas.
  • 2002
    Zimbabwe is suspended from the Commonwealth on charges of human rights abuses and of electoral fraud, following a turbulent presidential election.
  • 2003
    United States President George W. Bush orders the start of war against Iraq.
  • 2004
    3-19 Shooting Incident: Taiwanese president Chen Shui-bian is shot just before the country’s presidential election on March 20.
  • 2004
    A 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.
  • 2004
    Konginkangas bus disaster: A semi-trailer truck and a bus crash head-on in Äänekoski, Finland. 24 people are killed and 13 injured.
  • 2008
    GRB 080319B: A cosmic burst that is the farthest object visible to the naked eye is briefly observed.

Who Were Born On March 19?

  • 1434
    Ashikaga Yoshikatsu, Japanese shogun (d. 1443)
  • 1488
    Johannes Magnus, Swedish religious figure (d. 1544)
  • 1534
    José de Anchieta, Spanish Jesuit missionary to Brazil (d. 1597)
  • 1590
    William Bradford, Pilgrim and First Governor of the Plymouth Colony (d. 1657)
  • 1593
    Georges de la Tour, French artist (d. 1652)
  • 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)
  • 1739
    Charles-François Lebrun, duc de Plaisance, Third Consul of France (d. 1824)
  • 1742
    Túpac Amaru II, Incan revolutionary (d. 1781)
  • 1749
    Princess Louisa of Great Britain (d. 1768)
  • 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)
  • 1823
    Princess Adelgunde of Bavaria (d. 1914)
  • 1829
    Carl Frederik Tietgen, Danish financier and industrialist (d. 1901)
  • 1848
    Wyatt Earp, American policeman and gunfighter (d. 1929)
  • 1849
    Alfred von Tirpitz, German World War I Admiral (d. 1930)
  • 1851
    William Henry Stark, American business leader (d. 1936)
  • 1860
    William Jennings Bryan, American statesman (d. 1925)
  • 1861
    Lomer Gouin, Quebec politician (d. 1929)
  • 1864
    Charles Marion Russell, American artist (d. 1926)
  • 1865
    William Morton Wheeler, American entomologist and myrmecologist (d. 1937)
  • 1871
    Schofield Haigh, British cricketer (d. 1921)
  • 1873
    Max Reger, German composer (d. 1916)
  • 1881
    Edith Nourse Rogers, American social welfare volunteer and politician (d. 1960)
  • 1883
    Joseph Stilwell, American military officer (d. 1946)
  • 1883
    Walter Haworth, British chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1950)
  • 1888
    Josef Albers, German artist (d. 1976)
  • 1888
    Léon Scieur, Belgian cyclist (d. 1969)
  • 1891
    Earl Warren, American politician and jurist; 30th Governor of California; and 14th Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1974)
  • 1892
    James Van Fleet, American military officer (d. 1992)
  • 1894
    Moms Mabley, American comedian (d. 1975)
  • 1898
    Karl Theodor Bleek, German politician (d. 1969)
  • 1900
    Frédéric Joliot, French physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1958)
  • 1902
    Louisa Ghijs, Belgian stage actress and wife of Johannes Heesters (d. 1985)
  • 1904
    John Sirica, American judge (d. 1992)
  • 1905
    Albert Speer, German architect (d. 1981)
  • 1905
    Joe Rollino, American strongman, weightlifter, and boxer (d. 2010)
  • 1909
    Attilio Demaría, Argentinian footballer (d. 1990)
  • 1909
    Louis Hayward, British actor (d. 1985)
  • 1910
    Joseph Carroll, American military officer (d. 1991)
  • 1914
    Fred Clark, American film actor (d. 1968)
  • 1914
    Jay Berwanger, American football player (d. 2002)
  • 1914
    Leonidas Alaoglu, Greek-Canadian mathematician (d. 1981)
  • 1915
    Patricia Morison, American actress
  • 1915
    Robert G. Cole, American World War II soldier and Medal of Honor winner (d. 1944)
  • 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)
  • 1920
    Paul Hagen, Danish actor (d. 2003)
  • 1920
    Tige Andrews, American actor (d. 2007)
  • 1921
    Tommy Cooper, Welsh comedy magician (d. 1984)
  • 1923
    Benito Jacovitti, Italian comic artist (d. 1997)
  • 1923
    Giuseppe Rotunno, Italian cinematographer
  • 1923
    Henry Morgentaler, Canadian gynecologist
  • 1923
    Pamela Britton, American actress (d. 1974)
  • 1924
    Joe Gaetjens, Haitian-American footballer (d. c. 1964)
  • 1924
    Mary Wimbush, British actress (d. 2005)
  • 1925
    Brent Scowcroft, American former Cabinet member and military officer
  • 1927
    Richie Ashburn, American baseball player (d. 1997)
  • 1928
    Hans Küng, Swiss theologian
  • 1928
    Patrick McGoohan, American actor (d. 2009)
  • 1929
    Miquel Martí i Pol, Catalan poet (d. 2003)
  • 1930
    Eugene Selznick, American volleyball player
  • 1930
    Gualtiero Marchesi, Italian chef
  • 1932
    Gay Brewer, American golfer (d. 2007)
  • 1933
    Philip Roth, American author
  • 1933
    Renée Taylor, American actress
  • 1933
    Richard Williams, Canadian animator
  • 1935
    Nancy Malone, American actress
  • 1936
    Birthe Wilke, Danish singer
  • 1936
    Ursula Andress, Swiss actress
  • 1937
    Clarence “Frogman” Henry, American musician
  • 1937
    Egon Krenz, last President of Communist East Germany
  • 1939
    Joe Kapp, American football player
  • 1942
    Richard Dobson, American singer and songwriter
  • 1943
    Mario J. Molina, Mexican chemist, Nobel laureate
  • 1943
    Mario Monti, Italian politician
  • 1943
    Vern Schuppan, Australian racing driver
  • 1944
    Said Musa, Prime Minister of Belize
  • 1944
    Sirhan Sirhan, Palestinian-born assassin
  • 1945
    Stefanos Kiriakidis, Greek actor
  • 1946
    Bigas Luna, Spanish film director
  • 1946
    Paul Atkinson, English guitarist (The Zombies) (d. 2004)
  • 1946
    Ruth Pointer, American singer (Pointer Sisters)
  • 1947
    Glenn Close, American actress
  • 1947
    Marinho Peres, Brazilian football player
  • 1948
    Vincent van der Bijl, South African cricketer
  • 1949
    Hirofumi Hirano, Japanese politician and Chief Cabinet Secretary
  • 1949
    Valery Leontiev, Russian pop singer
  • 1952
    Harvey Weinstein, American film producer
  • 1952
    Warren Lees, New Zealand Test wicket-keeper
  • 1952
    Wolfgang Ambros, Austrian singer-songwriter
  • 1953
    Billy Sheehan, American bassist (Mr. Big)
  • 1953
    Ricky Wilson, American musician (The B-52's) (d. 1985)
  • 1954
    Cho Kwang-Rae, South Korean football manager
  • 1954
    Indu Shahani, Indian educator
  • 1954
    Jill Abramson, American journalist
  • 1955
    Bruce Willis, American actor
  • 1955
    Simon Yam, Hong Kong actor
  • 1956
    Yegor Gaidar, Russian politician and economist.
  • 1958
    Andy Reid, American pro football coach
  • 1959
    Terry Hall, British singer
  • 1960
    Eliane Elias, Brazilian jazz musician and composer
  • 1960
    Simo Aalto, Finnish magician
  • 1961
    Jos Lansink, Dutch-Belgian equestrian
  • 1962
    Iván Calderón, Puerto Rican baseball player (d. 2003)
  • 1962
    Jim Korderas, American professional wrestling referee
  • 1963
    Neil LaBute, American playwright and filmmaker
  • 1964
    Jake Weber, British actor
  • 1964
    Yoko Kanno, Japanese composer
  • 1965
    Kevin F. Harris, American composer and graphic artist
  • 1966
    Andy Sinton, English footballer
  • 1967
    Katia Tiutiunnik, Australian violist and composer
  • 1967
    Mary Scheer, American actress and comedian
  • 1967
    Michael Bletsas, Greek engineer, Director of Computing at the MIT Media Lab
  • 1967
    Vladimir Konstantinov, Russian ice hockey player
  • 1968
    Mots'eoa Senyane, Lesotho diplomat
  • 1968
    Tyrone Hill, American basketball player
  • 1969
    Connor Trinneer, American actor
  • 1969
    Gary Jules, American singer and songwriter
  • 1969
    Tom McRae, British singer and songwriter
  • 1970
    Michael Krumm, German race car driver
  • 1971
    Nadja Auermann, German supermodel
  • 1971
    Sébastien Godefroid, Belgian sailor
  • 1973
    Bun B, American rapper (UGK)
  • 1973
    Simmone Jade Mackinnon, Australian actress
  • 1974
    Marcel Tiemann, German racing driver
  • 1974
    Vida Guerra, Cuban-American swimsuit model
  • 1975
    Antonio Daniels, American basketball player
  • 1975
    Brann Dailor, American drummer
  • 1975
    Matthew Richardson, Australian rules footballer
  • 1975
    Vivian Hsu, Taiwanese singer, actress and model
  • 1976
    Alessandro Nesta, Italian footballer
  • 1976
    Andre Miller, American basketball player
  • 1976
    Rachel Blanchard, Canadian actress
  • 1976
    Stelios Sfakianakis, Greek footballer
  • 1977
    Jorma Taccone, American writer and comedian
  • 1979
    Christos Patsatzoglou, Greek footballer
  • 1979
    Hedo Türkoğlu, Turkish basketball player
  • 1979
    Hee-Seop Choi, Korean baseball player
  • 1979
    Ivan Ljubičić, Croatian tennis player
  • 1979
    Sheldon Brown, American football player
  • 1980
    Don Sparrow, Canadian illustrator
  • 1980
    Luca Ferri, Italian footballer
  • 1980
    Mikuni Shimokawa, Japanese singer
  • 1981
    Kim Rae Won, South Korean actor and model
  • 1981
    Kolo Touré, Ivorian footballer
  • 1982
    Brad Jones, Australian footballer
  • 1982
    Eduardo Saverin, Brazilian entrepreneur
  • 1982
    Jonathan Fanene, American football player
  • 1982
    Matt Littler, British actor
  • 1983
    Ana Rezende, Brazilian film director and musician (CSS)
  • 1983
    Matt Sydal, American professional wrestler
  • 1984
    Tanushree Dutta, Indian actress
  • 1985
    E. J. Viso, Venezuelan racing driver
  • 1986
    Tyler Bozak, Canadian-Ukrainian ice hockey player
  • 1987
    Alexander Metz, German rugby player
  • 1987
    April Jeanette, American wrestler
  • 1987
    Josie Lopez, American actress
  • 1987
    Michal Švec, Czech footballer
  • 1987
    Milos Teodosic, Serbian basketball player
  • 1988
    Clayton Kershaw, American baseball player
  • 1989
    Craig Lamar Traylor, American actor
  • 1999
    Tatum McCann, American actress
  • 2007
    Prince Abdullah bin Ali of Jordan

Who Died On March 19?

  • 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 (b. 1301)
  • 1406
    Ibn Khaldun, Arab historian (b. 1332)
  • 1612
    Sophia Olelkovich Radziwill, Belarusian saint (b. 1585)
  • 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 (b. 1636)
  • 1721
    Pope Clement XI (b. 1649)
  • 1783
    Frederick Cornwallis, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1713)
  • 1796
    Hugh Palliser, British naval officer and administrator (b. 1722)
  • 1816
    Philip Mazzei, Italian physician (b. 1730)
  • 1871
    Wilhelm Karl Ritter von Haidinger, Austrian mineralogist (b. 1795)
  • 1897
    Antoine Thomson d'Abbadie, French geographer (b. 1810)
  • 1900
    Charles-Louis Hanon, French composer (b. 1819)
  • 1900
    John Bingham, American politician and lawyer (b. 1815)
  • 1914
    Giuseppe Mercalli, Italian volcanologist (b. 1850)
  • 1916
    Vasily Surikov, Russian painter (b. 1848)
  • 1930
    Arthur Balfour, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1848)
  • 1939
    Lloyd L. Gaines, American civil rights activist (b. 1911)
  • 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)
  • 1950
    Edgar Rice Burroughs, American author (b. 1875)
  • 1950
    Walter Haworth, British chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1883)
  • 1974
    Anne Klein, American fashion designer (b. 1923)
  • 1974
    Edward Platt, American actor (b. 1916)
  • 1976
    Albert Dieudonné, French actor and novelist (b. 1889)
  • 1976
    Paul Kossoff, English guitarist (Free) (b. 1950)
  • 1978
    Gaston Julia, French mathematician (b. 1893)
  • 1979
    Richard Beckinsale, English actor (b. 1947)
  • 1982
    Alan Badel, British actor (b. 1923)
  • 1982
    Randy Rhoads, American guitarist (Quiet Riot, Ozzy Osbourne) (b. 1956)
  • 1984
    Garry Winogrand, American photographer (b. 1928)
  • 1987
    Louis, 7th duc de Broglie, French physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1892)
  • 1989
    Alan Civil, English French horn player (b. 1929)
  • 1990
    Andrew Wood, American singer (Mother Love Bone) (b. 1966)
  • 1992
    Cesare Danova, American television and film actor (b. 1926)
  • 1995
    Yasuo Yamada, Japanese voice actor (b. 1932)
  • 1997
    Willem de Kooning, Dutch-born painter (b. 1904)
  • 1998
    E.M.S. Namboodiripad, Indian Communist politician, former Chief Minister of Kerala (b. 1909)
  • 1999
    Jaime Sabines, Mexican poet (b. 1926)
  • 1999
    Tofilau Eti Alesana, former Prime Minister of Samoa (b. 1924)
  • 2000
    Joanne Weaver, American baseball player (b. 1935)
  • 2001
    Charles K. Johnson, President of the Flat Earth Society (b. 1924)
  • 2003
    Émile Genest, Canadian actor (b. 1921)
  • 2003
    Michael Mathias Prechtl, German illustrator (b. 1926)
  • 2004
    Mitchell Sharp, Canadian politician (b. 1911)
  • 2005
    John DeLorean, American automobile engineer (b. 1925)
  • 2007
    Calvert DeForest, American actor (b. 1921)
  • 2007
    Luther Ingram, American soul singer and songwriter (b. 1937)
  • 2008
    Hugo Claus, Belgian writer (b. 1929)
  • 2008
    Raghuvaran, Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam actor (b. 1948)
  • 2008
    Sir Arthur C. Clarke, English science fiction author and inventor (b. 1917)
  • 2009
    Ion Dolănescu, Romanian singer and politician (b. 1944)
  • 2011
    Kym Bonython, Australian radio broadcaster, jazz musician, speedway promoter (b. 1920)

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