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What happened in history on this day: March 19?
On March 19 in ...
- 1822 - Boston, Massachusetts, is incorporated as a city.
- 1831 - First US bank robbery: City Bank, New York, $245,000.
- 1865 - Battle of Bentonville - Confederates retreat from Greenville, North Carolina.
- 1867 - The former Charlotte Mint is re-opened as an assay office.
- 1907 - 18.8cm precipitation at Lewer's Ranch, Nevada, USA (state record).
- 1917 - US Supreme Court upholds 8-hour work day for railroad employees (Adamson Act).
- 1918 - US Congress authorizes time zones and approves daylight saving time.
- 1918 - S Potter becomes first US pilot to shoot down a German seaplane.
- 1920 - US Senate rejects Treaty of Versailles for second time refusing to ratify League of Nations' covenant (maintaining isolation policy).
- 1928 - Amos and Andy debuts on radio (NBC Blue Network-WMAQ Chicago).
- 1931 - Nevada legalizes casino gaming and most other forms of gambling. Nevada Governor Fred Balzar signs into law Assembly Bill 98, allowing faro, monte, roulette, keno, fan-tan, twenty-one, blackjack, seven-and-a-half, big injun, klondike, craps, stud poker, draw poker, or any card, dice, machine, at licensed establishments. Licensing fees for social games is set at US$25 per table per month, $50 for each mercantile game, $10 for each slot machine. Legal gambling age set at 21.
- 1936 - US President Franklin Roosevelt signs the Homestead National Monument of America legislation into law, for the creation of a national monument on the first land claimed under the Homestead Act in 1863.
- 1941 - President Franklin Roosevelt purchases the first war savings bond.
- 1942 - US President Franklin Roosevelt orders men between 45 and 64 to register for non-military duty.
- 1942 - Thoroughbred Racing Association of US formed in Chicago, Illinois.
- 1945 - 800 killed as Kamikaze attack USS Franklin off Japan.
- 1945 - US Task Force 58 attacks ships near Kobe/Kure.
- 1949 - First museum devoted exclusively to atomic energy opens in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA.
- 1954 - First rocket-driven sled on rails is tested in Alamogordo, New Mexico, USA.
- 1959 - Buena Vista releases Disney's live-action feature film The Shaggy Dog to theaters. This is Disney's first live-action comedy film. The film is based on the novel The Hound of Florence by Felix Salten.
- 1968 - Howard University students seize administration building.
- 1969 - Chicago 8 indicted in aftermath of Chicago Democratic convention.
- 1973 - Howard Dean tells US President Richard Nixon, "There is a cancer growing on the Presidency".
- 1979 - C-SPAN first begins broadcasting the US House of Representitives.
- 1981 - Three workers are killed and five injured during a test of the Space Shuttle Columbia.
- 1982 - National Guard jet tanker crashes killing 27.
- 1984 - Mobil oil tanker spills 200,000 gallons into Columbia River.
- 1984 - John J O'Connor named 8th archbishop of New York.
- 1985 - US Senate votes 55-45, to authorize production of the MX missile.
- 1987 - Fred Currey acquires Greyhound Bus Company.
- 1987 - In Charlotte, North Carolina, televangelist Jim Bakker, head of PTL Ministries, resigns after admitting an affair with church secretary Jessica Hahn.
- 1989 - Boeing V-22 Osprey VTOL (vertical take-off and landing) aircraft makes maiden flight.
- 1989 - In the Mexican Gulf off Louisiana, the South Pass 60 oil drilling platform explodes, killing 7.
- 1995 - Arizona begins using new area code 520 outside of Phoenix.
- 1996 - A barge ruptures as it sails through the Houston Ship Channel, spilling about 16,000 litres of fuel oil, creating an 8km oil slick in Galveston Bay, Texas.
- 2000 - U.S. President Bill Clinton arrives in New Delhi, India, for a state visit.
- 2003 - US President George Bush's 48-hour mandate for President Saddam Hussein and his sons to exit from Iraq expires. The first American cruise missiles and stealth bombers strike targets in Baghdad.
Births on March 19
- 1848 - Birth of Wyatt Earp in Monmouth, Illinois, USA; marshall-fought in Gunfight at the OK Corral (dies 1929).
- 1871 - Birth of Joseph McGinnity in Rock Island, Illinois, USA; baseball pitcher (New York Giants).
- 1874 - Birth of Arthur Hoyt in Georgetown, Colorado, USA; actor (Gold Dust Gertie, Goldie Get Along).
- 1891 - Birth of Earl Warren in California, USA; American politician (Governor-Republican-California), 14th supreme court chief justice (1953-69).
- 1894 - Birth of Jackie "Moms" Mabley in Brevard, South Carolina, USA; comedienne (Merv Griffin Show).
- 1897 - Birth of Betty Compson in Beaver, Utah, USA; actress (Millionaire Kid, Mad Youth).
- 1900 - Birth of Roy Roberts in Tampa, Florida, USA; actor (Petticoat Junction, The Lucy Show).
- 1907 - Birth of Kent Smith in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Peyton Place, Invaders).
- 1912 - Birth of Russ Case in Hamburg, Iowa, USA; orchestra leader (Julius La Rosa Show).
- 1923 - Birth of Tige Andrews in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actor (Captain Adam Greer - Mod Squad).
- 1925 - Birth of Brent Scowcroft in Ogden, Utah, USA; Lieutenant General (US Air Force)/National Security Council.
- 1928 - Birth of Patrick McGoohan in Astoria, New York, USA; actor (Number 6 - The Prisoner, Secret Agent).
- 1930 - Birth of Bill Henderson in Chicago, Illinois, USA; jazz singer (Torpedo - "Dreams").
- 1933 - Birth of Philip Roth in Newark, New Jersey, USA; novelist (Goodbye Columbus, Portnoy's Complaint).
- 1935 - Birth of Phyllis Newman in Jersey City, New Jersey, USA; actress (Coming of Age, TW3).
- 1935 - Birth of Renee Taylor in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Jack Paar Show, Mary Hartman, Nanny).
- 1947 - Birth of Glenn Close in Greenwich, Connecticut, USA; actress (The Big Chill, Fatal Attraction).
- 1947 - Birth of Vince Martino in Schenectady, New York, USA; WLAF offensive assistant (Barcelona Dragons).
- 1949 - Birth of Denny Albee in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA; actor (Dr Janssen - One Life to Live).
- 1953 - Birth of Ricky Wilson in Athens, Georgia, USA; rock guitarist (B-52's - "Rock Lobster", "Love Shack").
- 1955 - Birth of [Walter] Bruce Willis in PennsGrove, New Jersey, USA; actor (Moonlighting, Die Hard).
- 1959 - Birth of Shelly Burch in Tucson, Arizona, USA; actress (Delila - One Life to Live, Identity Crisis).
- 1974 - Birth of Jennifer Lynn Drayton in Saginaw, Michigan, USA; Miss Michigan-America (1996).
- 1974 - Birth of John Coppinger in El Paso, Texas, USA; pitcher (Baltimore Orioles).
- 1982 - Birth of Che'Vonne Burton; Miss Michigan Teen-USA (1997)/Miss Michigan-USA (2000).
Deaths on March 19
- 1907 - Thomas Bailey Aldrich, US writer (Stillwater Tragedy), dies at age 70.
- 1982 - Randy Rhoads, American heavy metal guitarist (Ozzy Osbourne), dies in plane crash at age 25 (born 1956).
- 2014 - Death of Fred Phelps, American pastor (born 1929).
- 2022 - Death of Scoey Mitchell at age 92 of kidney failure in Torrance, California, USA; actor, comedian (Barefoot in the Park film).
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