Notable Historical Events on March 19th
March 19th Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1227 |
Count Ugolino of Segna elected Pope Gregory IX |
1279 |
A Mongolian victory at the naval Battle of Yamen ends the Song Dynasty in China. |
1452 |
Frederick III of Hapsburg crowned Holy Roman Emperor by Pope Nicholas V in Rome |
1524 |
Giovanni de Varrazano of France sights land around area of Carolinas |
1540 |
Court of Holland names Amsterdam sheriff John Hubrechtsz a "heretic" |
1563 |
Peace of Amboise: Rights for Huguenots |
1571 |
Spanish troops occupy Manila |
1628 |
Massachusetts Bay Colony granted land by England |
1644 |
200 members of Peking imperial family/court commit suicide in loyalty to the Emperor |
1682 |
Nationally Council accept independence of French church |
1687 |
Explorer Robert Cavelier de La Salle, searching for the mouth of the Mississippi River, is murdered by his own men. |
1702 |
James II's daughter Anne Stuart becomes queen of England |
1748 |
Naturalization Act passes granting Jews right to colonize north American colonies |
1775 |
4 people buried by avalanche for 37 days, 3 survive (Italy) |
1775 |
Poland & Prussia sign trade agreement |
1799 |
Joseph Haydn's "Die Schopfung" premieres in Vienna |
1803 |
Friedrich Schiller's "Die Braut von Messina" premieres in Weimar |
1822 |
Boston, Mass, incorporated as a city |
1831 |
1st US bank robbery (City Bank, NY/$245,000) |
1859 |
Opera "Faust" by Charles Gounod premieres in Paris |
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. The wreck was discovered on the same day and month, exactly 102 years later by then teenage diver and pioneer underwater archaeologist E. Lee Spence. |
1864 |
Opera "Mireille" premieres in Paris |
1865 |
Battle of Bentonville-Confederates retreat from Greenville NC |
1866 |
Immigrant ship Monarch of the Seas sinks in Liverpool; 738 die |
1870 |
The opera "Guarany" premieres in Milan |
1877 |
Australia beat England by 45 runs in very 1st Test match |
1883 |
Jan Matzeliger invents 1st machine to manufacture entire shoes |
1885 |
Louis Riel returns to Canada, proclaims provisional government, Sask |
1892 |
3 brothers Hearne play in same Test Cricket Eng v SA (Cape Town) |
1895 |
Los Angeles Railway established to provide streetcar service |
1897 |
Yale defeated Penn, 30-10 in 1st major college basketball game |
1906 |
Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari's "Quattro Rusteghi" premieres in Munich |
1907 |
18.8 cm precipitation at Lewer's Ranch, Nevada (state record) |
1914 |
Stanley Cup: Tor Blueshirts (NHA) sweep Vict Capitals (PCHA) in 3 game |
1915 |
Pluto photographed for 1st time (although unknown at the time) |
1917 |
US Supreme Court upheld 8-hr work day for railroad employees |
1918 |
US Congress authorizes time zones & approves daylight saving time |
1918 |
S Potter becomes 1st US pilot to shoot down a German seaplane |
1920 |
US Senate rejects Treaty of Versailles for 2nd time refusing to ratify League of Nations' covenant (maintaining isolation policy) |
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. |
1925 |
Angelo G Roncalli (later Pope John XXIII) becomes a bishop |
1927 |
Bloody battles between communists & nazis in Berlin |
1928 |
"Amos & Andy" debuts on radio (NBC Blue Network-WMAQ Chicago) |
1930 |
Nakagawa Soen accepted as a student of Katsube Keigaku Roshi |
1931 |
Nevada legalizes gambling |
1932 |
The Sydney Harbour Bridge is opened. |
1937 |
Pope Pius XI publishes encyclical Divini redemptoris against communism |
1937 |
Astronomer Fritz Zwicky publishes his research on stellar explosion in which he coins the term "supernova" and hypothesizes that they were the origin of cosmic rays |
1938 |
Toronto Maple Leafs score 8 goals in 5 minutes |
1940 |
Failed British air raid on German base at Sylt |
1940 |
French government of Daladier falls |
1941 |
Jimmy Dorsey & orchestra record "Green Eyes" & "Maria Elena" |
1942 |
FDR orders men between 45 & 64 to register for non military duty |
1942 |
Thoroughbred Racing Association of US formed in Chicago |
1943 |
Airship Canadian Star torpedoed & sinks |
1943 |
British 8th army opens assault on Mareth line, Tunisia |
1943 |
Frank Nitti, the Chicago Outfit Boss after Al Capone, commits suicide at the Chicago Central Railyard. |
1943 |
In their third match, Jake LaMotta finally defeats Jimmy Reeves by knocking him out in the sixth round |
1944 |
Tippett's oratorium "Child of Our Time" premieres in London |
1945 |
800 killed as Kamikaze attacked USS Franklin off Japan |
1945 |
Adolf Hitler issues "Nero Decree" to destroy all German factories |
1945 |
British 36th division conquers Mogok (ruby mine) |
1945 |
US Task Force 58 attacks ships near Kobe/Kure |
1946 |
French Guyana, Guadeloupe, Martinique & Reunion become overseas "departments" of France |
1946 |
Nicolai Schwernik succeeds Kalinin as president of USSR |
1947 |
Belgian government of Spaak forms |
1947 |
Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek conquers Jenan |
1948 |
Lee Savold KOs Gino Buonvino in 54 seconds at Madison Square Garden, NYC |
1949 |
1st museum devoted exclusively to atomic energy, Oak Ridge, Tn |
1950 |
5th US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Babe Didrikson-Zaharias |
1950 |
City College of NY defeats Bradley to win the NIT |
1951 |
Herman Wouk's "Caine Mutiny" published |
1953 |
Tennessee Williams' "Camino Real" premieres in NYC |
1953 |
25th Academy Awards - "Greatest Show on Earth", Gary Cooper & Shirley Booth win (1st time televised) |
1954 |
1st color telecast of a prize fight, Giardello vs Troy in Madison Square Garden, NYC |
1954 |
1st rocket-driven sled on rails tested in Alamogordo, NM |
1954 |
US Ladies' Figure Skating championship won by Tenley Albright |
1954 |
US Men's Figure Skating championship won by Hayes A Jenkins |
1954 |
Weekes, Worrell & Walcott complete centuries in innings v England |
1955 |
17th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: SF beats La Salle 77-63 |
1956 |
Biggest NBA margin of victory - Minn Lakers-133, St Louis Hawks-75 |
1957 |
Indians reject Boston's offer of $1 million for Herb Score |
1958 |
Britain's 1st planetarium opens at Madame Tussaud's in London |
1958 |
Gary Sobers completes a century in each innings v Pakistan |
1959 |
"1st Impressions" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 84 performances |
1960 |
"Redhead" closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 455 performances |
1960 |
22nd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Ohio State beats California 75-55 |
1962 |
"All American" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 80 performances |
1962 |
Archbishop Suenens of Mechelen-Brussels appointed cardinal |
1964 |
Sean Connery's 1st day of shooting on "Goldfinger" |
1965 |
Indonesia nationalizes all foreign oil companies |
1965 |
Rembrandt's "Titus" sells for then record 7,770,000 guilders |
1965 |
Stoica becomes president & Ceausescu party leader of Romania |
1965 |
The wreck of the SS Georgiana, valued at over $50,000,000 and said to have been the most powerful Confederate cruiser, was discovered by then teenage diver and pioneer underwater archaeologist E. Lee Spence exactly 102 years after its destruction. |
1966 |
"Pousse Cafe" closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 3 performances |
1966 |
28th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Texas Western beats Ky 72-65 |
1966 |
Belgium government of Vanden Boeynants begins |
1967 |
French Somaliland (Djibouti) votes to continue association with France |
1967 |
Marilynn Smith wins LPGA St Petersburg Orange Golf Classic |
1968 |
Howard University students seize administration building |
1969 |
British invade Anguilla |
1969 |
Chicago 8 indicted in aftermath of Chicago Democratic convention |
1969 |
The 385 metre tall TV-mast at Emley Moor, United Kingdom, collapses due to ice build- up. |
1970 |
W German chancellor & E German premier meet |
1971 |
Phila 76ers outscore Cincinnati Royals 90-8 in 1 half |
1972 |
"To Live Another Summer" closes at Helen Hayes NYC after 173 perfs |
1972 |
Carol Mann wins LPGA Orange Blossom Golf Classic |
1972 |
India & Bangladesh sign friendship treaty |
1972 |
LA Lakers beat Golden State Warriors, 162-99, by then record 63 pts |
1973 |
Dean tells Nixon, "There is a cancer growing on the Presidency" |
1974 |
Jefferson Starship begins their 1st tour |
1975 |
"Dr Jazz" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 5 performances |
1975 |
Penn is 1st state to allow girls to compete with boys in HS sports |
1977 |
France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island |
1977 |
Jevgeni Kulikov skates world record 1000m (1:15.33) |
1978 |
50,000 demonstrate in Amsterdam against neutron bomb |
1978 |
Sally Little wins LPGA Kathryn Crosby/Honda Civic Golf Classic |
1979 |
House of Reps begins live TV broadcasts via C-SPAN |
1981 |
-21] Emmy 8th Daytime Awards - Susan Lucci loses for 2nd time |
1981 |
2 workers killed in space shuttle Columbia accident |
1981 |
Buffalo Sabres beat Toronto Maple Leafs 14-4 |
1982 |
National Guard jet tanker crashes killing 27 |
1982 |
Falklands War: Argentinian forces land on South Georgia Island, precipitating war with the U.K.. |
1984 |
"Kate & Allie" premieres |
1984 |
John J O'Connor named 8th archbishop of NY |
1984 |
KSD-AM in St Louis MO changes call letters to KUSA |
1984 |
Mobil oil tanker spills 200,000 gallons into Columbia River |
1984 |
Pitcher Denny McLain indicted on charges of racketeering |
1984 |
STS 41-C vehicle moves to launch pad |
1985 |
"Spin Magazine" begins publishing |
1985 |
NSW wins cricket Sheffield Shield by beating Queensland by 1 wicket |
1985 |
Senate votes 55-45, to authorize production of the MX missile |
1987 |
Bonnie Blair skates ladies' world record 500 m (39.43 sec) |
1987 |
Fred Currey acquires Greyhound Bus Company |
1987 |
Hassanali inaugurated as president of Trinidad & Tobago |
1987 |
PTL leader Jim Bakker resigns after sex scandal with Jessica Hahn |
1987 |
Yvonne van Gennip skates ladies world record 3 km (4:16.85) |
1988 |
2 British soldiers lynched in Belfast, North Ireland |
1988 |
Yvonne van Gennip skates un-official world record 10 km (15:25.25) |
1989 |
Boeing B-22 Osprey VTOL aircraft makes maiden flight |
1989 |
Ice Dance Championship at Paris won by M Klimova & S Ponomarenko (USR) |
1989 |
Ice Pairs Championship at Paris won by E Gordeeva & S Grinkov (USSR) |
1989 |
Lori Garbacz wins Circle K LPGA Golf Open Tucson |
1989 |
Men's Figure Skating Championship in Paris won by Kurt Browning (CAN) |
1989 |
Worlds Ladies' Figure Skating Champ in Paris won by Midori Ito (Japan) |
1990 |
1st world ice hockey tournament for women held (Ottawa) |
1991 |
KC Royals announce they are putting Bo Jackson on waivers |
1991 |
Sacramento Kings set NBA record of 29 consecutive road loses |
1991 |
St Louis Blues Brett Hull is 3rd NHLer to score 80 goals in a season |
1991 |
NFL owners strip Phoenix of 1993 Super Bowl game due to Arizona Not recognizing Martin Luther King Day |
1991 |
Gorbachev says the Soviet Union will cut its oil exports by nearly half |
1992 |
"Master Builder" opens at Belasco Theater NYC for 45 performances |
1992 |
Britain's Prince Andrew & Sarah, Duchess of York, announce separation |
1993 |
Ice Dance Championship in Prague won by M Usova & A Zhulin (RUS) |
1993 |
Ice Pairs Championship in Prague won by I Brasseur & L Eisler (CAN) |
1993 |
US Supreme Court Justice Byron R White announced plans to retire |
1994 |
2500 kilograms of cocaine intercepted in Zeewolde, Netherlands |
1994 |
Lara scores 167 for WI v England at Georgetown |
1994 |
Largest omelet (1,383sq ft) made with 160,000 eggs in Yokohama, Japan |
1994 |
NJ Devils club record 41st win of the season |
1995 |
"Translations" opens at Plymouth Theater NYC for 25 performances |
1995 |
"Uncle Vanya" closes at Circle in Sq Theater NYC after 29 performances |
1995 |
5 die by poison gas in Japanese subway |
1995 |
Arizona outside of Phoenix begins using new area code 520 |
1995 |
Bonnie Blair skates female world record point total (156.450) |
1995 |
Finnish Social Democratic Party wins parliamentary election |
1995 |
Laura Davis wins LPGA Standard Register PING Golf Tournament |
1995 |
Michael Jordan rejoins Chicago Bulls after 17 months, beats Pacers |
1995 |
NBA NY Knicks beat NY Nets in 100th meeting (Knicks 53 Nets 47) |
1995 |
Neil Marshall skates world record 3 km (3:54.08) |
1997 |
Ice Pairs won by Mandy Woetzel & Ingo Steuer (GER) |
1997 |
Major League Baseball announces 5 year/$50M deal with Pepsi |
1997 |
US Supreme Court hears Internet indecency arguments |
1998 |
"Ah Wilderness!" opens at Vivian Beaumont theater |
2001 |
The Bank of Japan issued a monetary policy known as quantitative easing, which stimulated the Japanese economy after the burst of the dot-com bubble. |
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. |
2003 |
Invasion of Iraq by American and British led coalition begins without United Nations support and in defiance of world opinion |
2004 |
A truck and a bus crash head-on in Äänekoski, Finland. 24 people are killed and 13 injured. |
2004 |
A Swedish DC-3 shot down by a Russian MiG-15 in the 1950s is finally recovered after years of work. The remains of the crew are left in place, pending further investigations. |
2004 |
Taiwanese president Chen Shui-bian is shot just before the country's presidential election on March 20. |
2008 |
GRB 080319B: A cosmic burst that is the farthest object visible to the naked eye was briefly observed on this day. |
2012 |
Wendy's overtakes Burger King to become the second best selling hamburger chain |
2013 |
27 people are killed and 14 are injured in a bus crash in Maharashtra, India |
2013 |
16 people are killed by mudslides in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
2013 |
NASA's Mars rover Curiosity discovers further evidence of water-bearing minerals |
2014 |
Russia captures the Ukrainian naval base in Sevastopol |
2016 |
Belgian minister says of Paris suspect Abdeslam 'we got him' |
2016 |
UN condemns N Korea 'unacceptable' missile launches |
2016 |
Hulk Hogan Awarded $115 Million in Privacy Suit Against Gawker |
2017 |
North Korea 'conducts high-thrust engine test' |
2018 |
Putin, facing little opposition, wins Russian presidency again |
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