About March 19
March 19, 2023 is the 78th day of the year 2023 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 287 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday.
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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 328 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
- 1279 –A Mongolian victory Battle of Yamen ends the Song Dynasty in China.
- 1812 –The Cádiz Cortes promulgates the Spanish Constitution of 1812.
- 1853 –The Taiping reform movement occupies and makes Nanjing its capital until 1864.
- 1895 –Auguste and Louis Lumière record their first footage using their newly patented cinematograph.
- 1916 –Eight American planes take off in pursuit of Pancho Villa, the first United States air-combat mission in history.
- 1918 –The U.S. Congress establishes time zones and approves daylight saving time.
- 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.
- 1944 –World War II: Nazi forces occupy Hungary.
- 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.
- 1954 –Joey Giardello knocks out Willie Tory in round seven at Madison Square Garden in the first televised prize boxing fight shown in colour.
- 1958 –The Monarch Underwear Company fire leaves 24 dead and 15 injured.
- 1962 –Algerian War of Independence: A ceasefire takes effect.
- 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.
- 1982 –Falklands War: Argentinian forces land on South Georgia Island, precipitating war with the United Kingdom.
- 1987 –Televangelist Jim Bakker resigns as head of the PTL Club due to a brewing sex scandal; he hands over control to Jerry Falwell.
- 2003 –United States President George W. Bush orders the start of war against Iraq.
- 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.
- 2008 –GRB 080319B: A cosmic burst that is the farthest object visible to the naked eye is briefly observed.
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