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Notable anniversaries in history for today: March 19
- 500th: 1524 - Giovanni de Varrazano of France sights land around area of Carolinas.
- 150th: 1874 - Birth of Arthur Hoyt in Georgetown, Colorado, USA; actor (Gold Dust Gertie, Goldie Get Along).
- 90th: 1934 - Anthony J Block, lawyer (Dutch strafproces), dies at age 66.
- 90th: 1934 - Birth of Börge Andersen in Denmark; Danish Chess Champion (1967, 1968).
- 80th: 1944 - Birth of Myung-Wha Chung in Seoul, Korea; cellist (Chung Sisters).
- 80th: 1944 - German troops enter Budapest, Hungary.
- 70th: 1954 - First color telecast of a prize fight, Giardello versus Troy in Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, USA.
- 70th: 1954 - First rocket-driven sled on rails is tested in Alamogordo, New Mexico, USA.
- 70th: 1954 - US Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Tenley Albright.
- 70th: 1954 - US Men's Figure Skating Championship won by Hayes A Jenkins.
- 70th: 1954 - Weekes, Worrell and Walcott complete tons in innings versus England.
- 50th: 1974 - Birth of Jennifer Lynn Drayton in Saginaw, Michigan, USA; Miss Michigan-America (1996).
- 50th: 1974 - Birth of John Coppinger in El Paso, Texas, USA; pitcher (Baltimore Orioles).
- 50th: 1974 - Hertha Kuusinen, Finnish communist/daughter of Otto K, dies at age 70.
- 50th: 1974 - Jefferson Starship begins their first tour.
- 40th: 1984 - Mobil oil tanker spills 200,000 gallons into Columbia River.
- 40th: 1984 - In Western Uzbekistan, a magnitude 7.1 earthquake occurs.
- 40th: 1984 - CBS debuts TV sitcom Kate and Allie, starring Jane Curtin and Susan Saint James.
- 40th: 1984 - John J O'Connor named 8th archbishop of New York.
- 30th: 1994 - 2500 kilograms of cocaine intercepted in Zeewolde, Netherlands.
- 30th: 1994 - Giuseppe Diana, Italian anti-mafia priest, murdered.
- 30th: 1994 - Jose Coronel Urtecho, poet, dies at age 87.
- 30th: 1994 - Lara scores 167 for West Indies versus England at Georgetown.
- 30th: 1994 - Largest omelet (1,383 square feet) made with 160,000 eggs in Yokohama, Japan.
- 30th: 1994 - New Jersey Devils club record 41st win of the season.
- 20th: 2004 - The United Nations launches a political corruption investigation due to the scandal over its Iraqi Oil for Food program.
- 15th: 2009 - The Pearl Carpet of Baroda, that was commissioned in India 150 years ago to decorate the tomb of the Prophet Muhammad in Medina, sells for US$5.458 million at an auction in Doha, Qatar.
- 5th: 2019 - Nursultan Nazarbayev resigns as President of Kazakhstan after 29 years in office and appoints Kassym-Jomart Tokayev as acting president.
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