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
- 1279 –A Mongolian victory Battle of Yamen ends the Song Dynasty in China.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1920 –The United States Senate rejects the Treaty of Versailles for the second time (the first time was on November 19, 1919).
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1943 –Frank Nitti, the Chicago Outfit Boss after Al Capone, commits suicide at the Chicago Central Railyard.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1946 –French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique and Réunion become overseas départements of France.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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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