Historical Events In March - 19

1914  On March - 19 stanley Cup Toronto Blueshirts (NHA) sweep Victoria Capitals (PCHA) in 3 game   

1914  Stanley Cup: Tor Blueshirts (NHA) sweep Vict Capitals (PCHA) in 3 game on March - 19.   

1914  J Jay Berwanger, 1st Heisman Trophy winner (1935) on this day in history.   

1914  On March - 19 stanley Cup: Toronto Blueshirts (NHA) sweep Victoria Capitals (PCHA) in 3 game   

1915  On this day in history pluto photographed for first time (although unknown at the time)   

1915  Pluto photographed for 1st time (although unknown at the time) on this day in history.   

1915  On this day in history norman Yardley, English cricket captain (late 40's)   

1916  First U.S. Air Combat Mission Begins Eight Curtiss "Jenny" planes of the First Aero Squadron take off from Columbus, Mexico, in the first combat air mission in U.S. history on this day in history.   

1917  Navy Department authorizes enrollment of women in Naval Reserve with ratings of yeoman, radio electrician, or other essential ratings on this day in history.   

1917  On this day in history uS Supreme Court upheld 8-hour work day for railroad employees (Adamson Act)   

1917  US Supreme Court upheld 8-hr work day for railroad employees on this day in history.   

1918  On March - 19 congress authorizes time zones &approves daylight saving time   

1918  S Potter becomes first US pilot to shoot down a German seaplane on March - 19.   

1918  Congress authorizes time zones & approves daylight saving time on this day in history.   

1918  Willem H de Beaufort, Dutch historian/liberal politician, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1920  US Senate rejects Treaty of Versailles for 2nd time refusing to ratify League of Nations' covenant (maintaining isolation policy) on this day in history.   

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 on March - 19.   

1924  On this day in history charles Villiers Stanford, Irish composer/author, dies at 71   

1925  On this day in history angelo G Roncalli (Pope John XXIII) becomes a bishop   

1927  Bloody battles between communists &Nazis in Berlin on this day in history.   

1927  Bloody battles between communists & nazis in Berlin on March - 19.   

1928  "Amos &Andy" debuts on radio (NBC Blue Network-WMAQ Chicago) on this day in history.   

1928  On March - 19 "Amos & Andy" debuts on radio (NBC Blue Network-WMAQ Chicago)   

1930  On this day in history nakagawa Soen accepted as a student of Katsube Keigaku Roshi   

1930  Arthur J Balfour, British theologist/premier (1902-05), dies at 81 on March - 19.   

1931  On this day in history nevada legalizes gambling   

1932  Sydney Harbour Bridge officially opened by New South Wales Premier Jack Lang on March - 19.   

1932  The Sydney Harbour Bridge is opened on this day in history.   

1934  Anthony J Block, lawyer (Dutch strafproces), dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1936  The birth of Ursula Andress, Film actress on March - 19.   

1936  John Larkin IV, actor/writer (Charlie Chan in Panama), dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1937  Commons passes bill banning Canadian enlistment in the Spanish Civil War on March - 19.   

1937  On March - 19 pope Pius XI publishes encyclical Divini redemptoris against communism   

1937  Horacio Quiroga, Uruguayan author/poet, commits suicide at 58 on this day in history.   

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1434  On this day in history birth of ashikaga Yoshikatsu, Japanese shogun (d. 1443)   

1488  On March - 19 birth of johannes Magnus, last Catholic Archbishop of Sweden (d. 1544)   

1503  Benedetto Varchi, Ital humanist/historian (Storia Fiorentina) was born on this day in history.   

1589  On this day in history birth of william Bradford, gov of Plymouth colony for 30 years (baptized)   

1593  Georges de la Tour, French painter was born on this day in history.   

1601  On March - 19 birth of alonzo Cano, Spanish painter/sculptor (Cathedral Granada)   

1604  On March - 19 birth of johan IV, composer/king of Portugal (1640-56)   

1610  On March - 19 birth of hasegawa Tohaku, Japanese painter   

1238  Death of Duke Henry I of Poland (b. 1163) on this day in history.   

1263  Hugo of St-Cher/a S Caro, French cardinal, dies on March - 19.   

1279  Death of Emperor Bing of Song China (b. 1271) on March - 19.   

1286  On this day in history death of king Alexander III of Scotland (b. 1241)   

1330  Death of Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent, English politician (b. 1301) on this day in history.   

1406  On March - 19 death of ibn Khaldun, Arab historian (b. 1332)   

1556  On March - 19 lieven van der Maude, [Ammonius], South Netherlands poet, dies at 70   

1623  On March - 19 death of uesugi Kagekatsu, Japanese samurai and warlord (b. 1556)