About March 19
March 19, 2024 is the 79th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 287 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.
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Pisces is the sun sign of a person born on this day. Aquamarine is the modern birthstone for this month. Jade is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 316 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
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.
What Happened On March 19
- 1687 –Explorer Robert Cavelier de La Salle, searching for the mouth of the Mississippi River, is murdered by his own men.
- 1853 –The Taiping reform movement occupies and makes Nanjing its capital until 1864.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1918 –The U.S. Congress establishes time zones and approves daylight saving time.
- 1931 –Gambling is legalized in Nevada.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 2002 –Zimbabwe is suspended from the Commonwealth on charges of human rights abuses and of electoral fraud, following a turbulent presidential election.
- 2004 –3-19 Shooting Incident: Taiwanese president Chen Shui-bian is shot just before the country’s presidential election on March 20.
- 2004 –Konginkangas bus disaster: A semi-trailer truck and a bus crash head-on in Äänekoski, Finland. 24 people are killed and 13 injured.
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