March, 19th in History

[Spiritus Temporis]

Events

Friday 19, 2004:
Taiwanese president Chen Shui-ban is shot just before the country's presidential election on March 20. See 3-19 Shooting Incident.

Wednesday 19, 2003:
The invasion of Iraq begins (with the time difference, it actually begins on March 20 at 0100 UTC)

Tuesday 19, 2002:
U.S. invasion of Afghanistan: Operation Anaconda ends (started on March 2) after killing 500 Taliban and al Qaeda fighters with 11 allied troop fatalities.

Thursday 19, 1987:
Following a scandal involving Jessica Hahn, televangelist Jim Bakker resigns from the PTL.

Friday 19, 1982:
Falklands War: Argentines land on South Georgia Island, precipitating war.

Thursday 19, 1981:
Three workers are killed and five injured during a test of the Space Shuttle Columbia.

Monday 19, 1979:
The United States House of Representatives begins broadcasting its day-to-day business via the cable television network C-SPAN.

Sunday 19, 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).

Sunday 19, 1972:
India and Bangladesh sign a friendship treaty.

Tuesday 19, 1963:
Saxophonist Stan Getz records Getz/Gilberto, including The Girl from Ipanema, sung by Astrud and João Gilberto.

Monday 19, 1962:
Algerian War of Independence: A ceasefire takes effect.

Wednesday 19, 1958:
A fire in a loft building in New York, New York kills 24 people.

Friday 19, 1954:
Joey Giardello knocks out Willie Tory in round seven at Madison Square Garden in the first televised prize boxing fight shown in color.

Thursday 19, 1953:
Academy Awards are first televised.

Tuesday 19, 1946:
French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique and Réunion become overseas départements of France.

Monday 19, 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.

Sunday 19, 1944:
World War II: Nazi forces occupy Hungary.

Thursday 19, 1942:
The Thoroughbred Racing Association is established in Chicago, Illinois.

Thursday 19, 1931:
Gambling is legalized in Nevada.

Saturday 19, 1932:
Sydney Harbour Bridge opens.

Friday 19, 1920:
The United States Senate rejects the Treaty of Versailles for the second time (first time was on November 19, 1919).

Tuesday 19, 1918:
The U.S. Congress establishes time zones and approves daylight saving time.

Sunday 19, 1916:
Eight American planes take off in pursuit of Pancho Villa, the first United States air-combat mission in history.

Friday 19, 1915:
Pluto is photographed for the first time but was not recognized as a planet.

Thursday 19, 1914:
Giuseppe Mercalli, Italian volcanologist (b. 1850)

Sunday 19, 1865:
American Civil War: The Battle of Bentonville begins. By the end of the battle two days later the Confederate forces have retreated from Greenville, North Carolina.

Tuesday 19, 1861:
The First Taranaki War ends in New Zealand.

Saturday 19, 1831:
The City Bank of New York becomes the site of the first bank robbery in United States history ($245,000 taken).

Wednesday 19, 1687:
Explorer Robert Cavelier de La Salle, searching for the mouth of the Mississippi River, is murdered by his own men.

Sunday 19, 1279:
A Mongolian victory in the Battle of Yamen ends the Song Dynasty in China.

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/19-march/on-this-day.html


People born on March 19

1969:
Connor Trinneer, American actor (b: March 19, 1969) (Biography of Connor Trinneer)

1962:
Ivan Calderon, Puerto Rican baseball player (b: March 19, 1962 ; d: December 27, 2003) (Biography of Ivan Calderón (baseball player))

1955:
Bruce Willis, American actor (b: March 19, 1955) (Biography of Bruce Willis)

1953:
Ricky Wilson, American musician (The B-52's) (b: March 19, 1953) (Biography of Ricky Wilson (The B52's))

1947:
Glenn Close, American actress (b: March 19, 1947) (Biography of Glenn Close)

1944:
Said Musa, Prime Minister of Belize (b: March 19, 1944) (Biography of Said Musa)
Sirhan Sirhan, Palestinian-born assassin (b: March 19, 1944) (Biography of Sirhan Sirhan)

1943:
Mario Monti, Italian politician (b: March 19, 1943) (Biography of Mario Monti)

1939:
Joe Kapp, American football star (b: March 19, 1939) (Biography of Joe Kapp)

1937:
Clarence "Frogman" Henry, American musician (b: March 19, 1937) (Biography of Clarence "Frogman" Henry)
Egon Krenz, President of East Germany (b: March 19, 1937) (Biography of Egon Krenz)

1936:
Ursula Andress, Swiss actress (b: March 19, 1936) (Biography of Ursula Andress)

1935:
Renée Taylor, American actress (b: March 19, 1935) (Biography of Renée Taylor)

1933:
Philip Roth, American author (b: March 19, 1933) (Biography of Philip Roth)

1930:
Ornette Coleman, American musician (b: March 19, 1930) (Biography of Ornette Coleman)

1928:
Hans Küng, Swiss theologian (b: March 19, 1928) (Biography of Hans Küng)
Patrick McGoohan, American-born actor (b: March 19, 1928) (Biography of Patrick McGoohan)

1927:
Richie Ashburn, American baseball player (b: March 19, 1927) (Biography of Richie Ashburn)

1925:
Brent Scowcroft, United States National Security Advisor (b: March 19, 1925) (Biography of Brent Scowcroft)

1923:
Pamela Britton, American actress (b: March 19, 1923) (Biography of Pamela Britton)

1921:
Tommy Cooper, Welsh comedy magician (b: March 19, 1921 ; d: April 15, 1984) (Biography of Tommy Cooper)

1920:
Kjell Aukrust, Norwegian author (b: March 19, 1920 ; d: December 24, 2002) (Biography of Kjell Aukrust)

1917:
Dinu Lipatti, Romanisn pianist (b: March 19, 1917 ; d: December 2, 1950) (Biography of Dinu Lipatti)

1916:
Eric Christmas, British actor (b: March 19, 1916 ; d: July 22, 2000) (Biography of Eric Christmas)
Irving Wallace, American novelist (b: March 19, 1916) (Biography of Irving Wallace)

1914:
Jay Berwanger, American football star, winner of the first Heisman Trophy (b: March 19, 1914 ; d: June 26, 2002) (Biography of Jay Berwanger)

1909:
Louis Hayward, British actor (b: March 19, 1909) (Biography of Louis Hayward)

1906:
Adolf Eichmann, Nazi official (b: March 19, 1906 ; d: May 31, 1962) (Biography of Adolf Eichmann)

1905:
Albert Speer, Nazi official (b: March 19, 1905 ; d: September 1, 1981) (Biography of Albert Speer)

1904:
John Sirica, American judge (b: March 19, 1904) (Biography of John Sirica)

1900:
Frédéric Joliot, French physicist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (b: March 19, 1900 ; d: August 14, 1958) (Biography of Frédéric Joliot)

1894:
Joe Venuti, jazz musician and violinist (b: March 19, 1894) (Biography of Joe Venuti)
Moms Mabley, American comedienne (b: March 19, 1894 ; d: May 23, 1975) (Biography of Moms Mabley)

1892:
James Van Fleet, American general (b: March 19, 1892 ; d: September 23, 1992) (Biography of James Van Fleet)

1891:
Earl Warren, Chief Justice of the United States (b: March 19, 1891 ; d: July 9, 1974) (Biography of Earl Warren)

1888:
Josef Albers, German artist (b: March 19, 1888 ; d: March 26, 1976) (Biography of Josef Albers)

1883:
Walter Haworth, British chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b: March 19, 1883 ; d: March 19, 1950) (Biography of Walter Haworth)
Joseph Stilwell, U.S. general (b: March 19, 1883 ; d: October 12, 1946) (Biography of Joseph Stilwell)

1873:
Max Reger, German composer (b: March 19, 1873 ; d: May 11, 1916) (Biography of Max Reger)

1871:
Schofield Haigh, English cricketer (b: March 19, 1871 ; d: February 27, 1921) (Biography of Schofield Haigh)

1865:
William Morton Wheeler, American entomologist, myrmecologist, pioneer in ethology (b: March 19, 1865) (Biography of William Morton Wheeler)

1864:
Charles Marion Russell, American artist (b: March 19, 1864) (Biography of Charles Marion Russell)

1851:
William Henry Stark, Business leader (b: March 19, 1851 ; d: October 8, 1936) (Biography of William Henry Stark)

1849:
Alfred von Tirpitz, German sailor (b: March 19, 1849) (Biography of Alfred von Tirpitz)

1848:
Wyatt Earp, American policeman and gunfighter (b: March 19, 1848 ; d: January 13, 1929) (Biography of Wyatt Earp)

1824:
William Allingham, Irish author (b: March 19, 1824 ; d: November 18, 1889) (Biography of William Allingham)

1813:
David Livingstone, Scottish missionary and explorer (b: March 19, 1813 ; d: May 1, 1873) (Biography of David Livingstone)

1778:
Edward Pakenham, British general (b: March 19, 1778 ; d: January 8, 1815) (Biography of Edward Pakenham)

1721:
Tobias Smollett, Scottish novelist (b: March 19, 1721 ; d: September 17, 1771) (Biography of Tobias Smollett)

1684:
Jean Astruc, French physician and scholar (b: March 19, 1684 ; d: May 5, 1766) (Biography of Jean Astruc)

1488:
Johannes Magnus, last Catholic Archbishop of Sweden (b: March 19, 1488 ; d: March 22, 1544) (Biography of Johannes Magnus)

1434:
Ashikaga Yoshikatsu, Japanese shogun (b. 1443) (b: March 19, 1434 ; d: August 16, 1443) (Biography of Ashikaga Yoshikatsu)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/19-march/births.html

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People who died on March 19

2005:
John De Lorean, American auto maker (b: January 6, 1925 ; d: March 19, 2005) (Biography of John De Lorean)

2004:
Mitchell Sharp (d: March 19, 2004) (Biography of Mitchell Sharp)

2003:
Michael Mathias Prechtl, German illustrator (b: April 26, 1926 ; d: March 19, 2003) (Biography of Michael Mathias Prechtl)

1997:
Willem de Kooning, Dutch painter (b: April 24, 1904 ; d: March 19, 1997) (Biography of Willem de Kooning)

1990:
Andrew Wood, American musician (b: January 8, 1966 ; d: March 19, 1990) (Biography of Andrew Wood)

1989:
Alan Civil, English French horn player (b: July 13, 1929 ; d: March 19, 1989) (Biography of Alan Civil)

1987:
Louis, 7th duc de Broglie, French physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b: August 15, 1892 ; d: March 19, 1987) (Biography of Louis, 7th duc de Broglie)

1982:
Randy Rhoads (d: March 19, 1982) (Biography of Randy Rhoads)

1980:
Tamara de Lempicka (d: March 19, 1980) (Biography of Tamara de Lempicka)

1978:
Gaston Julia, French mathematician (b: February 3, 1893 ; d: March 19, 1978) (Biography of Gaston Julia)

1976:
Albert Dieudonné, French actor, screenwriter and novelist (b: November 26, 1889 ; d: March 19, 1976) (Biography of Albert Dieudonné)
Paul Kossoff, British guitarist (Free) (b: September 14, 1950 ; d: March 19, 1976) (Biography of Paul Kossoff)

1974:
Edward Platt, American actor (b: February 14, 1916 ; d: March 19, 1974) (Biography of Edward Platt)

1950:
Walter Haworth, British chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b: March 19, 1883 ; d: March 19, 1950) (Biography of Walter Haworth)
Edgar Rice Burroughs, American writer (b: September 1, 1875 ; d: March 19, 1950) (Biography of Edgar Rice Burroughs)

1945:
Friedrich Fromm (d: March 19, 1945) (Biography of Friedrich Fromm)

1944:
William Hale Thompson (d: March 19, 1944) (Biography of William Hale Thompson)

1943:
Frank Nitti (d: March 19, 1943) (Biography of Frank Nitti)

1942:
Clinton Hart Merriam, American ornithologist (b: December 5, 1855 ; d: March 19, 1942) (Biography of Clinton Hart Merriam)

1939:
Lloyd L. Gaines (d: March 19, 1939) (Biography of Lloyd L. Gaines)

1721:
Pope Clement XI (b: July 23, 1649 ; d: March 19, 1721) (Biography of Pope Clement XI)

1717:
John Campbell, 1st Earl of Breadalbane and Holland (d: March 19, 1717) (Biography of John Campbell, 1st Earl of Breadalbane and Holland)

1711:
Thomas Ken (d: March 19, 1711) (Biography of Thomas Ken)

1697:
Nicolaus Bruhns (d: March 19, 1697) (Biography of Nicolaus Bruhns)

1687:
Robert Cavelier de La Salle, French explorer (b: November 22, 1643 ; d: March 19, 1687) (Biography of Robert Cavelier de La Salle)

1683:
Thomas Killigrew (d: March 19, 1683) (Biography of Thomas Killigrew)

1649:
Gerhard Johann Vossius (d: March 19, 1649) (Biography of Gerhard Johann Vossius)

1637:
Peter Pazmany, Hungarian cardinal and statesman (b: October 4, 1570 ; d: March 19, 1637) (Biography of Peter Pazmany)

1623:
Uesugi Kagekatsu, Japanese samurai and warlord (b: January 8, 1556 ; d: March 19, 1623) (Biography of Uesugi Kagekatsu)

1286:
King Alexander III of Scotland (b: September 4, 1241 ; d: March 19, 1286) (Biography of Alexander III of Scotland)

1263:
Hugh of St Cher (d: March 19, 1263) (Biography of Hugh of St Cher)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/19-march/deaths.html