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Events on the 19th of March in history

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19 Mar 0721 -BC- 1st recorded lunar eclipse; Location, Babylon
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19 Mar 1227 Count Ugolino of Segna elected Pope Gregory IX
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19 Mar 1279 A Mongolian victory at the Battle of Yamen ends the Song dynasty in China.
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19 Mar 1452 Frederick III of Hapsburg crowned Roman German Emperor
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19 Mar 1524 Giovanni de Varrazano of France sights land around area of Carolinas
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19 Mar 1540 Court of Holland names Amsterdam sheriff John Hubrechtsz a "heretic"
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19 Mar 1563 The Edict of Amboise is signed, ending the first phase of the French Wars of Religion and granting certain freedoms to the Huguenots.
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19 Mar 1563 Peace of Amboise; Rights for Huguenots
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19 Mar 1571 Spanish troops occupy Manila
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19 Mar 1628 Massachusetts colony founded by Englishmen
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19 Mar 1644 200 members of Peking imperial family/court commit suicide
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19 Mar 1649 The House of Commons of England passes an act abolishing the House of Lords, declaring it "useless and dangerous to the people of England".
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19 Mar 1682 Nationally Council accept independence of French church
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19 Mar 1687 Explorer Robert Cavelier de La Salle, searching for the mouth of the Mississippi River, is murdered by his own men.
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19 Mar 1702 James II's daughter Anne Stuart becomes queen of England
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19 Mar 1748 English Naturalization Act passes granting Jews right to colonize US
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19 Mar 1775 4 people buried by avalanche for 37 days, 3 survive (Italy)
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19 Mar 1775 Poland & Prussia sign trade agreement
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19 Mar 1799 Joseph Haydn's "Die Sch
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19 Mar 1803 Johann von Schillers "Die Braut von Messina, " premieres in Weimar
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19 Mar 1812 The Cádiz Cortes promulgates the Spanish Constitution of 1812.
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19 Mar 1822 Boston, Mass incorporated as a city
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19 Mar 1831 1st US bank robbery (City Bank, New York/$245,000)
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19 Mar 1853 The Taiping reform movement occupies and makes Nanjing its capital until 1864.
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19 Mar 1859 Opera "Faust" by Charles Gounod premieres in Paris
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19 Mar 1861 The First Taranaki War ends in New Zealand.
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19 Mar 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.
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19 Mar 1864 Opera "Mireille" premieres in Paris
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19 Mar 1864 Charles Fran
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19 Mar 1865 Battle of Bentonville-Confederates retreat from Greenville, North Carolina
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19 Mar 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.
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19 Mar 1866 Immigrant ship Monarch of the Seas sinks in Liverpool; 738 die
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19 Mar 1870 The opera "Guarany, " premieres in Milan
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19 Mar 1870 Ant
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19 Mar 1877 Australia beat England by 45 runs in very 1st Test match
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19 Mar 1883 Jan Matzeliger invents 1st machine to manufacture entire shoes
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19 Mar 1885 Louis Riel declares a provisional government in Saskatchewan, beginning the North-West Rebellion.
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19 Mar 1885 Louis Riel returns to Canada, proclaims provisional government, Saskatchewan
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19 Mar 1892 3 brothers Hearne play in same Test Cricket England vs SA (Cape Town)
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19 Mar 1895 Auguste and Louis Lumière record their first footage using their newly patented cinematograph.
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19 Mar 1895 Los Angeles Railway established to provide streetcar service
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19 Mar 1897 Yale defeated Penn, 30-10 in 1st major college basketball game
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19 Mar 1906 Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari's "Quattro Rusteghi" premieres in Munich
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19 Mar 1907 18.8 cm precipitation at Lewer's Ranch NV (state record)
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19 Mar 1914 Stanley Cup: Toronto Blueshirts (NHA) sweep Victoria Capitals (PCHA) in 3 game
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19 Mar 1915 Pluto photographed for 1st time (although unknown at the time)
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19 Mar 1917 US Supreme Court upheld 8-hour work day for railroad employees (Adamson Act)
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19 Mar 1918 The U.S. Congress establishes time zones and approves daylight saving time.
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19 Mar 1918 Congress authorizes time zones & approves daylight saving time
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19 Mar 1918 S Potter becomes 1st US pilot to shoot down a German seaplane
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19 Mar 1920 The United States Senate rejects the Treaty of Versailles for the second time (the first time was on November 19, 1919).
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19 Mar 1920 US Senate rejects Treaty of Versailles for 2nd time refusing to ratify League of Nations' covenant (maintaining isolation policy)
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19 Mar 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.
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19 Mar 1925 Angelo G Roncalli (Pope John XXIII) becomes a bishop
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19 Mar 1927 Bloody battles between communists & Nazis in Berlin
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19 Mar 1928 "Amos & Andy" debuts on radio (NBC Blue Network-WMAQ Chicago)
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19 Mar 1930 Nakagawa Soen accepted as a student of Katsube Keigaku Roshi
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19 Mar 1931 Gambling is legalized in Nevada.
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19 Mar 1931 Nevada legalizes gambling
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19 Mar 1932 The Sydney Harbour Bridge is opened.
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19 Mar 1937 Pope Pius XI publishes encyclical Divini redemptoris against communism
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19 Mar 1938 Toronto Maple Leafs score 8 goals in 5 minutes
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19 Mar 1940 Failed British air raid on German base at Sylt
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19 Mar 1940 French government of Daladier, falls
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19 Mar 1941 Jimmy Dorsey and Orchestra record "Green Eyes" and"Maria Elena"
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19 Mar 1941 World War II: The 99th Pursuit Squadron also known as the Tuskegee Airmen, the first all-black unit of the US Army Air Corps, is activated.
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19 Mar 1941 Jimmy Dorsey & his Orchestraestra record "Green Eyes" & "Maria Elena"
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19 Mar 1942 FDR orders men between 45 & 64 to register for non military duty
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19 Mar 1942 Thoroughbred Racing Association of US formed in Chicago
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19 Mar 1943 Frank Nitti, the Chicago Outfit Boss after Al Capone, commits suicide at the Chicago Central Railyard.
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19 Mar 1943 Airship Canadian Star torpedoed & sinks
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19 Mar 1944 World War II: Nazi forces occupy Hungary.
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19 Mar 1944 Tippett's oratorium "Child of Our Time" premieres in London
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19 Mar 1945 Hitler orders all German factories destroyed
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19 Mar 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.
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19 Mar 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.
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19 Mar 1945 800 killed as Kamikaze attacked USS Franklin off Japan
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19 Mar 1945 Adolf Hitler issues Nero Decree: destruction of German facilities
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19 Mar 1945 British 36th division conquers Mogok (ruby mine)
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19 Mar 1945 US Task Force 58 attacks ships near Kobe/Kure
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19 Mar 1946 Nicolai Schwernik succeeds Kalinin as President of the USSR
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19 Mar 1946 French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique and Réunion become overseas départements of France.
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19 Mar 1946 French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique & R
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19 Mar 1947 Belgian government of Spaak, forms
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19 Mar 1947 Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek conquers Jenan
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19 Mar 1948 Lee Savold KOs Gino Buonvino in 54 seconds at Madison Square Garden, New York NY
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19 Mar 1949 1st museum devoted exclusively to atomic energy, Oak Ridge, Tennessee
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19 Mar 1950 5th US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Babe Didrikson-Zaharias
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19 Mar 1950 City College of New York defeats Bradley to win the NIT
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19 Mar 1951 Herman Wouk's "Caine Mutiny" is published
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19 Mar 1953 25th Academy Awards - "Greatest Show on Earth, " Gary Cooper and Shirley Booth win (1st time televised)
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19 Mar 1953 Tennessee Williams' "Camino Real" premieres in New York NY
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19 Mar 1954 1st color telecast of a prize fight, Giardello vs. Troy in Madison Square Garden, New York City
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19 Mar 1954 1st rocket-driven sled on rails was tested in Alamogordo, New Mexico
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19 Mar 1954 Weekes, Worrell and Walcott complete tons in innings vs. England
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19 Mar 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.
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19 Mar 1954 Joey Giardello knocks out Willie Tory in round seven at Madison Square Garden in the first televised prize boxing fight shown in colour.
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19 Mar 1954 US Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Tenley Albright
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19 Mar 1954 US Men's Figure Skating Championship won by Hayes A Jenkins
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19 Mar 1955 17th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: San Francisco beats La Salle 77-63
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19 Mar 1956 Biggest NBA margin of victory: Minnesota Lakers-133, St Louis Hawks-75
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19 Mar 1957 Indians reject Boston's offer of $1 million for Herb Score
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19 Mar 1958 The Monarch Underwear Company fire leaves 24 dead and 15 injured.
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19 Mar 1958 Britain's 1st planetarium opens at Madame Tussaud's in London
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19 Mar 1958 Sobers completes a century in each innings vs Pakistan
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19 Mar 1959 "1st Impressions" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 84 performances
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19 Mar 1960 22nd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Ohio State beats California 75-55
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19 Mar 1962 "All American" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 80 performances
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19 Mar 1962 The Algerian War of Independence against the French ends.
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19 Mar 1962 Highly influential artist, Bob Dylan releases his first album, Bob Dylan, on Columbia Records label.
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19 Mar 1962 Archbishop Suenens of Mechelen-Brussels appointed cardinal
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19 Mar 1964 Sean Connery's 1st day of shooting on "Goldfinger"
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19 Mar 1965 Stoica becomes President and Ceausescu party leader of Romania
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19 Mar 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 teenage diver and pioneer underwater archaeologist E. Lee Spence, exactly 102 years after its destruction.
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19 Mar 1965 Chivu Stoica becomes President of the Council of Romanian People's Republic & Nicolae Ceausescu appointed 1st Secretary of Romanian communist party
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19 Mar 1965 Indonesia nationalizes all foreign oil companies
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19 Mar 1965 Rembrandt's "Titus" sells for then record
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19 Mar 1966 "Pousse Cafe" closes at 46th St. Theater NYC after 3 performances
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19 Mar 1966 Texas Western becomes the first college basketball team to win the Final four with an all-black starting lineup.
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19 Mar 1966 28th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Texas Western beats Kentucky 72-65
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19 Mar 1966 Belgium government of Vanden Boeynants begins
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19 Mar 1967 French Somaliland (Djibouti) votes to continue association with France
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19 Mar 1967 Marilynn Smith wins LPGA St Petersburg Orange Golf Classic
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19 Mar 1968 Howard University students seize administration building
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19 Mar 1969 The 385 metres (1,263 ft) tall TV-mast at Emley Moor transmitting station, United Kingdom, collapses due to ice build-up.
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19 Mar 1969 British invade Anguilla
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19 Mar 1969 Chicago 8 indicted in aftermath of Chicago Democratic convention
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19 Mar 1970 W German chancellor and E German Premier Willy Brandt meet
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19 Mar 1970 West German Chancellor Willy Brandt & East German Premier Willi Stoph meet
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19 Mar 1971 Philadelphia 76ers outscore Cincinnati Royals 90-8 in 1 half
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19 Mar 1972 "To Live Another Summer" closes at Helen Hayes NYC after 173 performances
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19 Mar 1972 Carol Mann wins LPGA Orange Blossom Golf Classic
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19 Mar 1972 India & Bangladesh sign friendship treaty
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19 Mar 1972 Los Angeles Lakers beat Golden State Warriors, 162-99, by then record 63 points
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19 Mar 1973 Dean tells Nixon, "There is a cancer growing on the Presidency"
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19 Mar 1974 Jefferson Starship begins their 1st tour
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19 Mar 1975 Pennsylvania is 1st state to allow girls to compete with boys in High School sports
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19 Mar 1976 Princess Margaret separates from the Earl of Snowdon, after 16 years
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19 Mar 1977 "Side by Side by Sondheim" closes at Music Box NYC after 390 performances
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19 Mar 1977 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
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19 Mar 1977 Jevgeni Kulikov skates world record 1000 meter (1:15.33)
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19 Mar 1978 50,000 demonstrate in Amsterdam against neutron bomb
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19 Mar 1978 Sally Little wins LPGA Kathryn Crosby/Honda Civic Golf Classic
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19 Mar 1979 The United States House of Representatives begins broadcasting its day-to-day business via the cable television network C-SPAN.
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19 Mar 1979 House of Representatives begins live TV broadcasts via C-SPAN
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19 Mar 1981 2 workers killed in space shuttle Columbia accident
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19 Mar 1981 Buffalo Sabres beat Toronto Maple Leafs 14-4
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19 Mar 1981 Emmy 8th Daytime Awards: Susan Lucci loses for 2nd time
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19 Mar 1982 Falklands War: Argentinian forces land on South Georgia Island, precipitating war with the United Kingdom.
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19 Mar 1982 National Guard jet tanker crashes killing 27
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19 Mar 1984 "Kate & Allie, " premieres
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19 Mar 1984 "Kate & Allie" premieres
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19 Mar 1984 John J O'Connor named 8th archbishop of New York
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19 Mar 1984 KSD-AM in St Louis MO changes call letters to KUSA
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19 Mar 1984 Mobil oil tanker spills 200,000 gallons into Columbia River
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19 Mar 1984 Pitcher Denny McLain, indicted on various charges of racketeering
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19 Mar 1984 STS 41-C vehicle moves to launch pad
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19 Mar 1985 "Spin Magazine" begins publishing
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19 Mar 1985 "Spin Magazine" begins publishing
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19 Mar 1985 New South Wales wins cricket Sheffield Shield by beating Queensland by 1 wicket
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19 Mar 1985 Senate votes 55-45, to authorize production of the MX missile
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19 Mar 1987 Televangelist Jim Bakker resigns as head of the PTL Club due to a brewing sex scandal; he hands over control to Jerry Falwell.
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19 Mar 1987 Bonnie Blair skates ladies world record 500 meter (39.43 seconds)
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19 Mar 1987 Fred Currey acquires Greyhound Bus Company
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19 Mar 1987 Hassanali inaugurated as President of Trinidad & Tobago
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19 Mar 1987 PTL leader Jim Bakker resigns after sex scandal with Jessica Hahn
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19 Mar 1987 Yvonne van Gennip skates ladies world record 3 km (4:16.85)
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19 Mar 1988 2 British soldiers lynched in Belfast North Ireland
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19 Mar 1988 Yvonne van Gennip skates un-official world record 10 km (15: 5.25)
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19 Mar 1989 Ice Pairs Championship at Paris won by E Gordeeva and S Grinkov (USSR)
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19 Mar 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.
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19 Mar 1989 Boeing V-22 Osprey VTOL aircraft makes maiden flight
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19 Mar 1989 Lori Garbacz wins Circle K LPGA Golf Open Tucson
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19 Mar 1989 World Ice Dance Championship in Paris France won by M Klimova & S Ponomarenko (USR)
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19 Mar 1989 World Ice Pairs Figure Skating Championship in Paris France won by E Gordeeva & S Grinkov (USSR)
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19 Mar 1989 World Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Paris France won by Midori Ito (Japan)
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19 Mar 1989 World Men's Figure Skating Championship in Paris France won by Kurt Browning (Canada)
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19 Mar 1990 The ethnic clashes of Târgu Mureș begin four days after the anniversary of the Revolutions of 1848 in the Austrian Empire.
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19 Mar 1990 1st world ice hockey tournament for women held (Ottawa)
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19 Mar 1991 Kansas City Royals announce they are putting Bo Jackson on waivers
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19 Mar 1991 NFL owners strip Phoenix of 1993 Super Bowl game due to Arizona not recognizing Martin Luther King Day
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19 Mar 1991 Sacramento Kings set NBA record of 29 consecutive road loses
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19 Mar 1991 St Louis Blue Brett Hull is 3rd NHLer to score 80 goals in a season
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19 Mar 1992 "Master Builder" opens at Belasco Theater NYC for 45 performances
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19 Mar 1992 British Prince Andrew & Princess Sarah Ferguson announce separation
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19 Mar 1993 Ice Pairs Championship at Prague won by I Brasseur and L Eisler (CAN)
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19 Mar 1993 Supreme Court Justice Byron R White announced plans to retire
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19 Mar 1993 World Ice Dance Championship in Prague won by M Usova & A Zhulin (Russia)
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19 Mar 1993 World Ice Pairs Figure Skating Championship in Prague won by I Brasseur & L Eisler (Canada)
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19 Mar 1993 World Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Prague won by Oksana Baiul (Ukraine)
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19 Mar 1994 2500 kilograms of cocaine intercepted in Zeewolde Netherlands
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19 Mar 1994 Lara scores 167 for West Indies vs England at Georgetown
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19 Mar 1994 Largest omelet (1,383
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19 Mar 1994 New Jersey Devils club record 41st win of the season
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19 Mar 1995 "Translations" opens at Plymouth Theater NYC for 25 performances
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19 Mar 1995 "Uncle Vanya" closes at Circle in the Square Theater NYC after 29 performances
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19 Mar 1995 Arizona outside of Phoenix begins using new area code 520
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19 Mar 1995 NBA New York Knicks beat the New York Nets in 100th meeting (Knicks 53 Nets 47)
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19 Mar 1995 5 die by poison gas in Japanese subway
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19 Mar 1995 Arizona begins using new area code 520 outside of Phoenix
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19 Mar 1995 Bonnie Blair skates female world record point total (156.450)
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19 Mar 1995 Finland Social-Democratic Party wins parliamentary election
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19 Mar 1995 Laura Davis wins LPGA Standard Register PING Golf Tournament
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19 Mar 1995 Michael Jordan rejoins Chicago Bulls after 17 months, beats Pacers
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19 Mar 1995 Neil Marshall skates world record 3 km (3: 4.08)
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19 Mar 1996 Winnie Mandela divorces Nelson after 38 years of marrage
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19 Mar 1997 Ice Pairs won by Mandy Woetzel and Ingo Steuer (GER)
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19 Mar 1997 Major League Baseball announces 5 year/$50M deal with Pepsi
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19 Mar 1997 Supreme Court hears Internet indecency arguments
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19 Mar 1998 "Ah Wilderness!, " opens at Vivian Beaumont theater
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19 Mar 2002 Zimbabwe is suspended from the Commonwealth on charges of human rights abuses and of electoral fraud, following a turbulent presidential election.
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19 Mar 2004 3-19 shooting incident: Taiwanese president Chen Shui-bian is shot just before the country's presidential election on March 20.
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19 Mar 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.
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19 Mar 2004 Konginkangas bus disaster: A semi-trailer truck and a bus crash head-on in Äänekoski, Finland. A total of 24 people are killed and 13 injured.
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19 Mar 2008 GRB 080319B: A cosmic burst that is the farthest object visible to the naked eye is briefly observed.
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19 Mar 2011 Libyan Civil War: After the failure of Muammar Gaddafi's forces to take Benghazi, French Air Force launches Opération Harmattan, beginning foreign military intervention in Libya.
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19 Mar 2013 A series of bombings and shootings kills at least 98 people and injures 240 others across Iraq.
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