March 19 - What happened today?

Home What happened today in history? Blamepro's Almanac for March 19
In the headlines today:

2003	US president George W. Bush announces a "decapitation attack" on Iraq's leadership. Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein ignores a 48-hour deadline to disarm, choosing instead to face military action by the international coalition.
2000	Bill Clinton makes the first US presidential visit to India in 22 years during a tour of Asian nations.
1977	After seven years on TV, the last episode of The Mary Tyler Moore Show is aired.
1976	Britain's Princess Margaret and her husband, the Earl of Snowdon, are separated after 16 years of marriage.
1975	Pennsylvania becomes the first state in the US to allow girls to compete on boys high school sports teams.
1953	The Academy Awards show is broadcast on TV for the first time (NBC).
1951	The state of Washington names the Willow Goldfinch as its state bird.
1951	Herman Wouk's The Caine Mutiny is published.
1949	The American Museum of Atomic Energy opens in Oak Ridge, TN.
1945	Nearly 800 people die when Kamikaze planes plow into the US aircraft carrier Franklin off the Japanese coast during WWII. Despite heavy damage, the carrier managed to make it back to port.
1945	Adolph Hitler orders German military facilities destroyed so they can't be used by the Allies during WWII.
1931	Gambling becomes legal in Nevada.
1918	Daylight Saving Time is approved by the US Congress. We now remember to spring ahead and fall back when we set our clocks on or off of Daylight Savings Time.
1917	The US Supreme Court upholds a lower court decision allowing an 8-hour work day for railroad employees.
1859	Faust, the opera by Charles Gounod, debuts in Paris.
1831	The first bank robbery in US history takes place when gunmen make off with nearly $250,000 from New York's City Bank.
235	Maximinus is proclaimed Emperor by the Roman army. (He would be assassinated by his troops three years later.)

Born today:

1970 Gert Bettens - singer (K's Choice)

1959 Terry Hall - singer (The Specials)

1955 Bruce Willis - actor

1952 Derek Longmuir - drummer (The Bay City Rollers)

1947 Glenn Close - actress

1946

Paul Atkinson - rock guitarist (The Zombies)
(photo credit: Disky Records)

1946 Ruth Pointer - singer (Pointer Sisters)

1939 Joe Kapp - NFL quarterback

1937 Clarence 'Frogman' Henry - singer

1936 Ursula Andress - actress

1935 Renee Taylor - actress

1933 Philip Roth - author

1932 Gay Brewer, Jr. - golf champion

1930 Ornette Coleman - musician, composer

1928 Hans Kung - theologian

1928 Patrick McGoohan - actor, director

1927 Richie Ashburn - MLB baseball player, sportscaster

1925 Brent Scowcroft - former US national security advisor

1923 Tige Andrews - actor

1916 Irving Wallace - author

1904 John Sirica - Watergate trial judge

1892 James Van Fleet - US 4 Star General

1891 Earl Warren - 14th US Supreme Court Chief Justice

1882 Gaston Lachaise - French sculptor

1881 Edith Nourse Rogers - WAAC creator, US congresswoman

1864 Charles M. Russell - Western artist

1860 William Jennings Bryan - US politician, attorney

1848 Wyatt Earp - lawman, gunfighter

1847 Albert Ryder - artist

1821 Richard Burton - explorer

1813 Dr. David Livingstone - missionary, explorer

1734 Thomas McKean - signed Declaration of Independence

1589 William Bradford - Governor of Plymouth Colony

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