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This day in history: 19 March

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309 historical events, births and deaths are listed for 19 March.
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2023: The Swiss Government brokers a deal for UBS to buy out rival Credit Suisse in an attempt to calm the 2023 banking crisis.

Holidays and observances

Christian Observances: Alkmund of Derby

Christian Observances: Blessed Andrea Gallerani

Christian Observances: Blessed Marcel Callo

Christian Observances: Blessed Sibyllina Biscossi

Christian Observances: Earliest day on which Maundy Thursday can fall, while April 22 is the latest; celebrated on Thursday before Easter (Christianity)

Christian Observances: March 19 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Christian Observances: Saint Joseph (Western Christianity; if this date falls on Sunday, the feast is moved to Monday March 20) Saint Joseph's Day (Roman Catholicism and Anglican Communion) related observances: Falles, celebrated on the wee

Christian Observances: Saint Joseph (Western Christianity; if this date falls on Sunday, the feast is moved to Monday March 20) Saint Joseph's Day (Roman Catholicism and Anglican Communion) related observances: Father's Day (Spain, Portugal

Christian Observances: Saint Joseph (Western Christianity; if this date falls on Sunday, the feast is moved to Monday March 20) Saint Joseph's Day (Roman Catholicism and Anglican Communion) related observances: "Return of the Swallow", annu

Kashubian Unity Day (Poland)

Minna Canth's Birthday and the Day of Equality (Finland)

Events

2023The Swiss Government brokers a deal for UBS to buy out rival Credit Suisse in an attempt to calm the 2023 banking crisis.

2019The first President of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev, resigns from office after nearly three decades, leaving Senate Chairman Kassym-Jomart Tokayev as the acting President and successor.

2016An explosion occurs in Taksim Square in Istanbul, Turkey, killing five people and injuring 36.

2016Flydubai Flight 981 crashes while attempting to land at Rostov-on-Don international airport, killing all 62 on board.

2013A series of bombings and shootings kills at least 98 people and injures 240 others across Iraq.

2011Libyan Civil War: After the failure of Muammar Gaddafi's forces to take Benghazi, the French Air Force launches Opération Harmattan, beginning foreign military intervention in Libya.

2008GRB 080319B: A cosmic burst that is the farthest object visible to the naked eye is briefly observed.

2004Catalina affair: A Swedish DC-3 shot down by a Soviet MiG-15 in 1952 over the Baltic Sea is finally recovered after years of work.

2004March 19 Shooting Incident: The Republic of China (Taiwan) president Chen Shui-bian is shot just before the country's presidential election on March 20.

2004The Konginkangas bus disaster kills 23 and injures 14 people in Äänekoski, Finland.

2003United States President George W. Bush addresses the nation, announcing the invasion of Iraq.

1998An Ariana Afghan Airlines Boeing 727 crashes on approach to Kabul International Airport, killing all 45 on board.

1990The ethnic clashes of Târgu Mureș begin four days after the anniversary of the Revolutions of 1848 in the Austrian Empire.

1989The Egyptian flag is raised at Taba, marking the end of Israeli occupation since the Six Days War in 1967 and the Egypt–Israel peace treaty in 1979.

1982Falklands War: Argentinian forces land on South Georgia Island, precipitating war with the United Kingdom.

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

1969The 385-metre-tall (1,263 ft) TV-mast at Emley Moor transmitting station, United Kingdom, collapses due to ice build-up.

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 teenage diver and pioneer underwater archaeologist E. Lee Spence, exactly 102 years after its destructio

1964Over 500,000 Brazilians attend the March of the Family with God for Liberty, in protest against the government of João Goulart and against communism.

1962The Algerian War of Independence ends.

1958The Monarch Underwear Company fire leaves 24 dead and 15 injured.

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

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 US under her own power.

1944World War II: The German army occupies Hungary.

1943Frank Nitti, the Chicago Outfit Boss after Al Capone, commits suicide at the Chicago Central Railyard.

1932The Sydney Harbour Bridge is opened.

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.

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

1918The US Congress establishes time zones and approves daylight saving time.

1885Louis Riel declares a provisional government in Saskatchewan, beginning the North-West Rebellion.

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.

1831First documented bank heist in U.S. history, when burglars steal $245,000 (1831 values) from the City Bank (now Citibank) on Wall Street. Most of the money was recovered.

1824American explorer Benjamin Morrell departs Antarctica after a voyage later plagued by claims of fraud.

1812The Cortes of Cádiz promulgates the Spanish Constitution of 1812.

1808Charles IV, king of Spain, abdicates after riots and a popular revolt at the winter palace Aranjuez. His son, Ferdinand VII, takes the throne.

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

1649The House of Commons of England passes an act abolishing the House of Lords, declaring it "useless and dangerous to the people of England".

1563The Edict of Amboise is signed, ending the first phase of the French Wars of Religion and granting certain freedoms to the Huguenots.

1452Frederick III of Habsburg is the last Holy Roman Emperor crowned by medieval tradition in Rome by Pope Nicholas V.

Born on this day

1999Nico Collins, American football player

1998Caylee Cowan, American actress

1998Julian Love, American football player

1998Sakura Miyawaki, Japanese singer

1996Barbara Haas, Austrian tennis player

1996Quenton Nelson, American football player

1996Yung Gravy, American rapper

1995Héctor Bellerín, Spanish footballer

1995Julia Montes, Filipino actress

1993Hakim Ziyech, Moroccan footballer

1991Aleksandr Kokorin, Russian footballer

1990Anders Nilsson, Swedish ice hockey player

1990EJ Manuel, American football player

1988Ben Uzoh, Nigerian-American basketball player

1988Clayton Kershaw, American baseball player

1987AJ Lee, American wrestler and author

1987Michal Švec, Czech footballer

1987Miloš Teodosić, Serbian basketball player

1986Ahmad Bradshaw, American football player

1986Tyler Bozak, Canadian ice hockey player

1982Brad Jones, Australian footballer

1982Hana Kobayashi, Venezuelan singer

1982Jonathan Fanene, American football player

1982Landon Powell, American baseball player and manager

1981Casey Jacobsen, American basketball player and sportscaster

1981Kolo Touré, Ivorian footballer

1981Steve Cummings, English cyclist

1980Luca Ferri, Italian footballer

1980Mikuni Shimokawa, Japanese singer-songwriter

1980Taichi Ishikari, Japanese wrestler

1980Theo Von, American stand-up comedian

1979Christos Patsatzoglou, Greek footballer

1979Hedo Türkoğlu, Turkish basketball player

1979Ivan Ljubičić, Croatian tennis player

1979Sheldon Brown, American football player

1978Cydonie Mothersille, Jamaican-Caymanian sprinter

1977David Ross, American baseball player and manager

1976Alessandro Nesta, Italian footballer and manager

1976Andre Miller, American basketball player

1976Derek Chauvin, American criminal and former police officer

Died on this day

2026Chuck Norris, American martial artist and actor (born 1940)

2021Glynn Lunney, American engineer (born 1936)

2019William Whitfield, British architect (born 1920)

2016Jack Mansell, English footballer and manager (born 1927)

2016Roger Agnelli, Brazilian banker and businessman (born 1959)

2015Danny Schechter, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1942)

2015Gus Douglass, American farmer and politician (born 1927)

2015Safet Plakalo, Bosnian author and playwright (born 1950)

2014Fred Phelps, American lawyer, pastor, and activist, founded the Westboro Baptist Church (born 1929)

2014Heather Robertson, Canadian journalist and author (born 1942)

2014Joseph F. Weis, Jr., American lawyer and judge (born 1923)

2014Lawrence Walsh, Canadian-American lawyer, judge, and politician, 4th United States Deputy Attorney General (born 1912)

2014Patrick Joseph McGovern, American businessman, founded IDG (born 1937)

2014Robert S. Strauss, American diplomat, United States Ambassador to Russia (born 1918)

2012Hugo Munthe-Kaas, Norwegian intelligence agent (born 1922)

2012Jim Case, American director and producer (born 1927)

2012Ulu Grosbard, Belgian-American director and producer (born 1929)

2011Kym Bonython, Australian drummer and radio host (born 1920)

2009Maria Bergson, Austrian-American architect and interior designer (born 1914)

2008Arthur C. Clarke, English science fiction writer (born 1917)

2008Hugo Claus, Belgian author, poet, and playwright (born 1929)

2008Paul Scofield, English actor (born 1922)

2005John DeLorean, American engineer and businessman, founded the DeLorean Motor Company (born 1925)

2004Mitchell Sharp, Canadian economist and politician, 23rd Canadian Minister of Finance (born 1911)

2003Michael Mathias Prechtl, German soldier and illustrator (born 1926)

2000Joanne Weaver, American baseball player (born 1935)

2000Shafiq-ur-Rahman, Pakistani physician and author (born 1920)

1999Tofilau Eti Alesana, Samoan politician, 5th Prime Minister of Samoa (born 1924)

1998E. M. S. Namboodiripad, Indian theorist and politician, 1st Chief Minister of Kerala (born 1909)

1997Eugène Guillevic, French poet and author (born 1907)

Quote of the day

“Life is very short and anxious for those who forget the past, neglect the present, and fear the future.”

Seneca

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