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What happend on 19. March in History
In our data base we found 318 events happened on 19. March:
• 1238: Duke Henry I of Poland (b. 1163) [category: Deaths]
• 1263: Hugh of St Cher, French cardinal [category: Deaths]
• 1279: Emperor Bing of Song China (b. 1271) [category: Deaths]
• 1279: A Mongolian victory Battle of Yamen ends the Song Dynasty in China. [category: Events]
• 1286: King Alexander III of Scotland (b. 1241) [category: Deaths]
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• 1330: Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent, English politician (b. 1301) [category: Deaths]
• 1406: Ibn Khaldun, Arab historian (b. 1332) [category: Deaths]
• 1434: Ashikaga Yoshikatsu, Japanese shogun (d. 1443) [category: Births]
• 1488: Johannes Magnus, Swedish religious figure (d. 1544) [category: Births]
• 1534: José de Anchieta, Spanish missionary (d. 1597) [category: Births]
• 1590: William Bradford, English colonial settler and politician (d. 1657) [category: Births]
• 1593: Georges de La Tour, French artist (d. 1652) [category: Births]
• 1601: Alonzo Cano, Spanish painter, architect and sculptor (d. 1667) [category: Births]
• 1612: Sophia Olelkovich Radziwill, Belarusian saint (b. 1585) [category: Deaths]
• 1623: Uesugi Kagekatsu, Japanese samurai and warlord (b. 1556) [category: Deaths]
• 1637: Péter Pázmány, Hungarian cardinal and statesman (b. 1570) [category: Deaths]
• 1649: Gerhard Johann Vossius, German classical scholar and theologian (b. 1577) [category: Deaths]
• 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". [category: Events]
• 1661: Francesco Gasparini, Italian composer and teacher (d. 1727) [category: Births]
• 1683: Thomas Killigrew, English dramatist (b. 1612) [category: Deaths]
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• 1684: Jean Astruc, French physician and scholar (d. 1766) [category: Births]
• 1687: Robert Cavelier de La Salle, French explorer (b. 1643) [category: Deaths]
• 1687: Explorer Robert Cavelier de La Salle, searching for the mouth of the Mississippi River, is murdered by his own men. [category: Events]
• 1697: Nicolaus Bruhns, German organist and composer (b. 1665) [category: Deaths]
• 1711: Thomas Ken, English bishop and hymn-writer (b. 1637) [category: Deaths]
• 1717: John Campbell, 1st Earl of Breadalbane and Holland, Scottish royalist (b. 1636) [category: Deaths]
• 1721: Tobias Smollett, Scottish novelist (d. 1771) [category: Births]
• 1721: Pope Clement XI (b. 1649) [category: Deaths]
• 1734: Thomas McKean, American lawyer and signatory of the American Declaration of Independence (d. 1817) [category: Births]
• 1739: Charles-François Lebrun, duc de Plaisance, French statesman (d. 1824) [category: Births]
• 1742: Túpac Amaru II, Incan revolutionary (d. 1781) [category: Births]
• 1748: Elias Hicks, American Quaker preacher and abolitionist (d. 1830) [category: Births]
• 1749: Princess Louisa of Great Britain (d. 1768) [category: Births]
• 1778: Edward Pakenham, British general (d. 1815) [category: Births]
• 1783: Frederick Cornwallis, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1713) [category: Deaths]
• 1796: Hugh Palliser, British naval officer and administrator (b. 1722) [category: Deaths]
• 1812: The Cádiz Cortes promulgates the Spanish Constitution of 1812. [category: Events]
• 1813: David Livingstone, Scottish missionary and explorer (d. 1873) [category: Births]
• 1816: Philip Mazzei, Italian physician (b. 1730) [category: Deaths]
• 1821: Richard Francis Burton, British explorer, diplomat and author (d. 1890) [category: Births]
• 1823: Princess Adelgunde of Bavaria (d. 1914) [category: Births]
• 1824: William Allingham, Irish author (d. 1889) [category: Births]
• 1829: Carl Frederik Tietgen, Danish financier and industrialist (d. 1901) [category: Births]
• 1848: Wyatt Earp, American marshall (d. 1929) [category: Births]
• 1849: Alfred von Tirpitz, German admiral (d. 1930) [category: Births]
• 1851: William Henry Stark, American business leader (d. 1936) [category: Births]
• 1853: The Taiping reform movement occupies and makes Nanjing its capital until 1864. [category: Events]
• 1860: William Jennings Bryan, American statesman (d. 1925) [category: Births]
• 1861: Lomer Gouin, Canadian politician (d. 1929) [category: Births]
• 1861: The First Taranaki War ends in New Zealand. [category: Events]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1864: Charles Marion Russell, American artist (d. 1926) [category: Births]
• 1865: William Morton Wheeler, American entomologist and myrmecologist (d. 1937) [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1871: Schofield Haigh, British cricketer (d. 1921) [category: Births]
• 1871: Wilhelm Karl Ritter von Haidinger, Austrian mineralogist (b. 1795) [category: Deaths]
• 1873: Max Reger, German composer (d. 1916) [category: Births]
• 1878: Henricus Tromp, Dutch rower (d. 1962) [category: Births]
• 1881: Edith Nourse Rogers, American politician (d. 1960) [category: Births]
• 1883: Joseph Stilwell, American general (d. 1946) [category: Births]
• 1883: Walter Haworth, British chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1950) [category: Births]
• 1885: Louis Riel declares a Provisional Government in Saskatchewan, beginning the North-West Rebellion. [category: Events]
• 1888: Josef Albers, German artist (d. 1976) [category: Births]
• 1888: Léon Scieur, Belgian cyclist (d. 1969) [category: Births]
• 1891: Earl Warren, American politician and Supreme Court chief justice (d. 1974) [category: Births]
• 1892: James Van Fleet, American general (d. 1992) [category: Births]
• 1894: Moms Mabley, American comedian (d. 1975) [category: Births]
• 1895: Auguste and Louis Lumière record their first footage using their newly patented cinematograph. [category: Events]
• 1897: Antoine Thomson d'Abbadie, French geographer (b. 1810) [category: Deaths]
• 1898: Karl Theodor Bleek, German politician (d. 1969) [category: Births]
• 1900: Frédéric Joliot, French physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1958) [category: Births]
• 1900: Charles-Louis Hanon, French composer (b. 1819) [category: Deaths]
• 1900: John Bingham, American politician and lawyer (b. 1815) [category: Deaths]
• 1901: Joseph "Jo" Mielziner, American theatrical scenic, and lighting designer (d. 1976) [category: Births]
• 1902: Louisa Ghijs, Belgian stage actress (d. 1985) [category: Births]
• 1904: John Sirica, American judge (d. 1992) [category: Births]
• 1905: Albert Speer, German architect (d. 1981) [category: Births]
• 1905: Joe Rollino, American weightlifter and boxer (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1906: Adolf Eichmann, German nazi officer and war criminal (d. 1962) [category: Births]
• 1909: Attilio Demaría, Argentinian footballer (d. 1990) [category: Births]
• 1909: Louis Hayward, British actor (d. 1985) [category: Births]
• 1910: Joseph Carroll, American general (d. 1991) [category: Births]
• 1911: Simone Renant, French actress (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1914: Fred Clark, American film actor (d. 1968) [category: Births]
• 1914: Jay Berwanger, American football player (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1914: Leonidas Alaoglu, Greek-Canadian mathematician (d. 1981) [category: Births]
• 1914: Giuseppe Mercalli, Italian volcanologist (b. 1850) [category: Deaths]
• 1915: Patricia Morison, American actress [category: Births]
• 1915: Robert G. Cole, American Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1944) [category: Births]
• 1916: Eric Christmas, British actor (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1916: Irving Wallace, American author (d. 1990) [category: Births]
• 1916: Vasily Surikov, Russian painter (b. 1848) [category: Deaths]
• 1917: Laszlo Szabo, Hungarian chess player (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1917: Peggy Ahern, American actress (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1918: The U.S. Congress establishes time zones and approves daylight saving time. [category: Events]
• 1920: Kjell Aukrust, Norwegian author (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1920: Laurent Noël, Canadian bishop [category: Births]
• 1920: Paul Hagen, Danish actor (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1920: Tige Andrews, American actor (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1920: The United States Senate rejects the Treaty of Versailles for the second time (the first time was on November 19, 1919). [category: Events]
• 1921: Tommy Cooper, Welsh magician (d. 1984) [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1921: Italian Fascists shoot from the Parenzana train at a group of children in Strunjan (Slovenia): two children are killed and five wounded. [category: Events]
• 1923: Benito Jacovitti, Italian comic artist (d. 1997) [category: Births]
• 1923: Betty Goodwin, Canadian sculptor and painter (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1923: Giuseppe Rotunno, Italian cinematographer [category: Births]
• 1923: Henry Morgentaler, Canadian gynecologist [category: Births]
• 1923: Pamela Britton, American actress (d. 1974) [category: Births]
• 1924: Joe Gaetjens, Haitian-American footballer (d. c. 1964) [category: Births]
• 1924: Mary Wimbush, British actress (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1925: Brent Scowcroft, American military officer and diplomat [category: Births]
• 1927: Richie Ashburn, American baseball player (d. 1997) [category: Births]
• 1928: Hans Küng, Swiss theologian [category: Births]
• 1928: Patrick McGoohan, American actor (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1929: Miquel Martí i Pol, Catalan poet (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1930: Eugene Selznick, American volleyball player [category: Births]
• 1930: Gualtiero Marchesi, Italian chef [category: Births]
• 1930: Ornette Coleman, American jazz musician [category: Births]
• 1930: Arthur Balfour, British politician and statesman, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1848) [category: Deaths]
• 1931: Gambling is legalized in Nevada. [category: Events]
• 1932: Gay Brewer, American golfer (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1932: The Sydney Harbour Bridge is opened. [category: Events]
• 1933: Philip Roth, American author [category: Births]
• 1933: Phyllis Newman, American actress and singer [category: Births]
• 1933: Renée Taylor, American actress [category: Births]
• 1933: Richard Williams, Canadian animator [category: Births]
• 1935: Burt Metcalfe, Canadian-American actor, producer, director. [category: Births]
• 1935: Nancy Malone, American actress [category: Births]
• 1936: Birthe Wilke, Danish singer [category: Births]
• 1936: Ursula Andress, Swiss actress [category: Births]
• 1937: Clarence "Frogman" Henry, American singer and pianist [category: Births]
• 1937: Egon Krenz, German politician, last President of East Germany [category: Births]
• 1939: Joe Kapp, American football player [category: Births]
• 1939: Lloyd L. Gaines, American civil rights activist (b. 1911) [category: Deaths]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1942: Richard Dobson, American singer and songwriter [category: Births]
• 1942: Clinton Hart Merriam, American zoologist (b. 1855) [category: Deaths]
• 1943: Mario J. Molina, Mexican chemist, Nobel laureate [category: Births]
• 1943: Mario Monti, Italian politician [category: Births]
• 1943: Vern Schuppan, Australian racing driver [category: Births]
• 1943: Frank Nitti, American gangster (b. 1883) [category: Deaths]
• 1943: Frank Nitti, the Chicago Outfit Boss after Al Capone, commits suicide at the Chicago Central Railyard. [category: Events]
• 1944: Said Musa, Belizean lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Belize [category: Births]
• 1944: Sirhan Sirhan, Palestinian-born assassin [category: Births]
• 1944: William Hale Thompson, American mayor of Chicago (b. 1869) [category: Deaths]
• 1944: World War II: Nazi forces occupy Hungary. [category: Events]
• 1945: Stefanos Kiriakidis, Greek actor [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1946: Bigas Luna, Spanish film director [category: Births]
• 1946: Jack Schaeffer, American singer (Royale Monarchs) [category: Births]
• 1946: Paul Atkinson, English guitarist (The Zombies) (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1946: Ruth Pointer, American musician and producer (Pointer Sisters) [category: Births]
• 1946: French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique and Réunion become overseas départements of France. [category: Events]
• 1947: Glenn Close, American actress [category: Births]
• 1947: Marinho Peres, Brazilian football player [category: Births]
• 1948: Vincent van der Bijl, South African cricketer [category: Births]
• 1949: Hirofumi Hirano, Japanese politician [category: Births]
• 1949: Valery Leontiev, Russian singer [category: Births]
• 1949: James Somerville, British admiral (b. 1882) [category: Deaths]
• 1950: Edgar Rice Burroughs, American author (b. 1875) [category: Deaths]
• 1950: Walter Haworth, British chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1883) [category: Deaths]
• 1952: Harvey Weinstein, American film producer [category: Births]
• 1952: Warren Lees, New Zealand cricketer and coach [category: Births]
• 1952: Wolfgang Ambros, Austrian singer-songwriter (Austria3) [category: Births]
• 1953: Billy Sheehan, American bassist (Mr. Big and Niacin) [category: Births]
• 1953: Ricky Wilson, American musician (The B-52's) (d. 1985) [category: Births]
• 1954: Cho Kwang-Rae, South Korean football manager [category: Births]
• 1954: Indu Shahani, Indian educator [category: Births]
• 1954: Jill Abramson, American journalist [category: Births]
• 1954: Joey Giardello knocks out Willie Tory in round seven at Madison Square Garden in the first televised prize boxing fight shown in colour. [category: Events]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1955: Bruce Willis, American actor [category: Births]
• 1955: Simon Yam, Hong Kong actor [category: Births]
• 1956: Yegor Gaidar, Russian politician and economist [category: Births]
• 1958: Andy Reid, American football coach [category: Births]
• 1958: Hellmer Hermandsen, Norwegian rifle shooter (b. 1871) [category: Deaths]
• 1958: The Monarch Underwear Company fire leaves 24 dead and 15 injured. [category: Events]
• 1959: Terry Hall, British singer (The Specials, Fun Boy Three, The Colourfield, and Vegas) [category: Births]
• 1960: Eliane Elias, Brazilian jazz musician and composer [category: Births]
• 1960: Simo Aalto, Finnish magician [category: Births]
• 1961: Jos Lansink, Dutch-Belgian equestrian [category: Births]
• 1962: Iván Calderón, Puerto Rican baseball player (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1962: Jim Korderas, American wrestling referee [category: Births]
• 1962: Highly influential artist, Bob Dylan releases his first album, Bob Dylan, on Columbia Records label. [category: Events]
• 1963: Mary Scheer, American actress and comedian [category: Births]
• 1963: Neil LaBute, American playwright and filmmaker [category: Births]
• 1964: Jake Weber, British actor [category: Births]
• 1964: Yoko Kanno, Japanese composer [category: Births]
• 1965: Fred Stoller, American actor and comedian [category: Births]
• 1965: Kevin F. Harris, American composer and graphic artist [category: Births]
• 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 then teenage diver and pioneer underwater archaeologist E. Lee Spence, exactly 102 years after its destruction. [category: Events]
• 1966: Andy Sinton, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1966: Texas Western becomes the first college basketball team to win the Final Four with an all-black starting lineup. [category: Events]
• 1967: Katia Tiutiunnik, Australian violist and composer [category: Births]
• 1967: Michael Bletsas, Greek engineer [category: Births]
• 1967: Vladimir Konstantinov, Russian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1968: Mots'eoa Senyane, Lesotho diplomat [category: Births]
• 1968: Tyrone Hill, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1969: Connor Trinneer, American actor [category: Births]
• 1969: Gary Jules, American singer and songwriter [category: Births]
• 1969: Tom McRae, British singer and songwriter [category: Births]
• 1969: The 385 metres (1,263 ft) tall TV-mast at Emley Moor, United Kingdom, collapses due to ice build-up. [category: Events]
• 1970: Gert Bettens, Belgian guitarist (K's Choice) [category: Births]
• 1970: Michael Krumm, German race car driver [category: Births]
• 1971: Nadja Auermann, German supermodel [category: Births]
• 1971: Sébastien Godefroid, Belgian sailor [category: Births]
• 1972: Nathan Quarry, American mixed martial arts fighter [category: Births]
• 1973: Brant Bjork, American musician (Kyuss and Fu Manchu) [category: Births]
• 1973: Bun B (Bernard Freeman), American rapper (UGK) [category: Births]
• 1973: Simmone Jade Mackinnon, Australian actress [category: Births]
• 1974: Marcel Tiemann, German racing driver [category: Births]
• 1974: Vida Guerra, Cuban-American swimsuit model [category: Births]
• 1974: Anne Klein, American fashion designer (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 1974: Edward Platt, American actor (b. 1916) [category: Deaths]
• 1975: Antonio Daniels, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1975: Brann Dailor, American drummer (Mastodon, Lethargy, and Today is the Day) [category: Births]
• 1975: Lucie Laurier, Canadian actress [category: Births]
• 1975: Mason Jennings, American singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1975: Matthew Richardson, Australian rules footballer [category: Births]
• 1975: Vivian Hsu, Taiwanese singer, actress and model [category: Births]
• 1976: Alessandro Nesta, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1976: Andre Miller, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1976: Rachel Blanchard, Canadian actress [category: Births]
• 1976: Stelios Sfakianakis, Greek footballer [category: Births]
• 1976: Albert Dieudonné, French actor and novelist (b. 1889) [category: Deaths]
• 1976: Paul Kossoff, English guitarist (Free, Black Cat Bones, and Back Street Crawler) (b. 1950) [category: Deaths]
• 1977: Fayez Banihammad, 9/11 hijacker (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1977: Jorma Taccone, American writer and comedian [category: Births]
• 1977: Willaim L. Laurence, Lithuanian-born journalist (b. 1888) [category: Deaths]
• 1978: Gaston Julia, French mathematician (b. 1893) [category: Deaths]
• 1979: Abby Brammell, American actress [category: Births]
• 1979: Christos Patsatzoglou, Greek footballer [category: Births]
• 1979: Hedo Türkoğlu, Turkish basketball player [category: Births]
• 1979: Hee-Seop Choi, Korean baseball player [category: Births]
• 1979: Ivan Ljubičić, Croatian tennis player [category: Births]
• 1979: Sheldon Brown, American football player [category: Births]
• 1979: Richard Beckinsale, English actor (b. 1947) [category: Deaths]
• 1979: The United States House of Representatives begins broadcasting its day-to-day business via the cable television network C-SPAN. [category: Events]
• 1980: Luca Ferri, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1980: Mikuni Shimokawa, Japanese singer (NapsaQ and Checkicco) [category: Births]
• 1981: Kim Rae Won, South Korean actor and model [category: Births]
• 1981: Kolo Touré, Ivorian footballer [category: Births]
• 1981: Marcel Cadieux, Canadian civil servant and diplomat (b. 1915) [category: Deaths]
• 1982: Brad Jones, Australian footballer [category: Births]
• 1982: Eduardo Saverin, Brazilian entrepreneur, co-founder of Facebook [category: Births]
• 1982: Jonathan Fanene, American football player [category: Births]
• 1982: Matt Littler, British actor [category: Births]
• 1982: Alan Badel, British actor (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 1982: Randy Rhoads, American guitarist (Quiet Riot) (b. 1956) [category: Deaths]
• 1982: Falklands War: Argentinian forces land on South Georgia Island, precipitating war with the United Kingdom. [category: Events]
• 1983: Ana Rezende, Brazilian film director and musician (CSS) [category: Births]
• 1983: Evan Bourne (Matthew Joseph Korklan), American wrestler [category: Births]
• 1984: Tanushree Dutta, Indian actress [category: Births]
• 1984: Garry Winogrand, American photographer (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 1985: E. J. Viso (Ernesto José Viso Lossada), Venezuelan racing driver [category: Births]
• 1986: Tyler Bozak, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1987: AJ Lee (April Jeanette Mendez), American professional wrestler [category: Births]
• 1987: Alexander Metz, German rugby player [category: Births]
• 1987: Josie Loren (Josie Lopez), American actress [category: Births]
• 1987: Lee Jooyeon, South Korean singer and actress (After School) [category: Births]
• 1987: Michal Švec, Czech footballer [category: Births]
• 1987: Miloš Teodosić, Serbian basketball player [category: Births]
• 1987: Louis, 7th duc de Broglie, French physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1892) [category: Deaths]
• 1987: Televangelist Jim Bakker resigns as head of the PTL Club due to a brewing sex scandal; he hands over control to Jerry Falwell. [category: Events]
• 1988: Clayton Kershaw, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1988: Bun Cook, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1904) [category: Deaths]
• 1989: Craig Lamar Traylor, American actor [category: Births]
• 1989: Alan Civil, English French horn player (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1990: Andrew Wood, American singer (Malfunkshun and Mother Love Bone) (b. 1966) [category: Deaths]
• 1990: The ethnic clashes of Târgu Mureş begin four days after the anniversary of the Revolutions of 1848 in the Habsburg areas. [category: Events]
• 1991: Aleksandr Kokorin, Russian footballer [category: Births]
• 1992: Cesare Danova, American actor (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 1995: Philip Daniel Bolden, American actor [category: Births]
• 1995: Yasuo Yamada, Japanese voice actor (b. 1932) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: Barbara Haas, Austrian tennis player [category: Births]
• 1997: Rūta Meilutytė, Lithuanian swimmer [category: Births]
• 1997: Eugène Guillevic, French poet (b. 1907) [category: Deaths]
• 1997: Willem de Kooning, Dutch-born painter (b. 1904) [category: Deaths]
• 1998: E.M.S. Namboodiripad, Indian Communist politician, former Chief Minister of Kerala (b. 1909) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: Jaime Sabines, Mexican poet (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: Tofilau Eti Alesana, former Prime Minister of Samoa (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 2000: Joanne Weaver, American baseball player (b. 1935) [category: Deaths]
• 2000: Shafiq-ur-Rehman (humorist), Pakistani humorist and writer [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Charles K. Johnson, President of the Flat Earth Society (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Zimbabwe is suspended from the Commonwealth on charges of human rights abuses and of electoral fraud, following a turbulent presidential election. [category: Events]
• 2003: Michael Mathias Prechtl, German illustrator (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Émile Genest, Canadian actor (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: United States President George W. Bush orders the start of war against Iraq. [category: Events]
• 2004: Mitchell Sharp, Canadian politician (b. 1911) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: 3-19 Shooting Incident: Taiwanese president Chen Shui-bian is shot just before the country's presidential election on March 20. [category: Events]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 2004: Konginkangas bus disaster: A semi-trailer truck and a bus crash head-on in Äänekoski, Finland. 24 people are killed and 13 injured. [category: Events]
• 2005: John DeLorean, American automobile engineer (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Prince Abdullah bin Ali of Jordan [category: Births]
• 2007: Calvert DeForest, American actor (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Luther Ingram, American singer and songwriter (b. 1937) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Hugo Claus, Belgian writer (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Paul Scofield, English actor (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Raghuvaran, Indian actor (b. 1958) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Sir Arthur C. Clarke, English author and inventor (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: GRB 080319B: A cosmic burst that is the farthest object visible to the naked eye is briefly observed. [category: Events]
• 2009: Ion Dolănescu, Romanian singer and politician (b. 1944) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Kym Bonython, Australian radio broadcaster, jazz musician, speedway promoter (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 2012: Clancy Lyall, American soldier (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Earliest day on which Maundy Thursday can fall, while April 22 is the latest; celebrated on Thursday before Easter. (Christianity) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Father's Day (Spain, Portugal, Belgium, Italy, Honduras, and Bolivia) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Joseph of Nazareth (Western Christianity) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Las Fallas, celebrated on the week leading to March 19. (Valencia) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: March 19 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Minna Canth's Birthday (Finland) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Return of the Swallow, annual observance of the swallows' return to Mission San Juan Capistrano in California. [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Saint Joseph's Day (Roman Catholicism and Church of England) related observances: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: The Kashubians' Unity Day. [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: The first day of Quinquatria, held in honor of Minerva. (Roman Empire) [category: Holidays and observances]