Historical Events For March - 19

1938  Toronto Maple Leafs score 8 goals in 5 minutes on March - 19.  

1939  Lloyd L. Gaines, American civil rights activist on this day in history.  

1940  On this day in history failed British air raid on German base at Sylt  

1940  On this day in history french government of Daladier, falls  

1940  On this day in history gustaaf Sap, Belgian minister of Economic Affairs, dies at 54  

1941  On this day in history jimmy Dorsey &his Orchestraestra record "Green Eyes" &"Maria Elena"  

1941  Jimmy Dorsey & Orch record "Green Eyes" & "Maria Elena" on March - 19.  

1942  FDR orders men between 45 &64 to register for non military duty on March - 19.  

1942  SecNav gave Civil Engineering Corps command of Seabees on this day in history.  

1942  Thoroughbred Racing Association of US formed in Chicago on March - 19.  

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1942  FDR orders men between 45 & 64 to register for non military duty on March - 19.  

1943  Airship Canadian Star torpedoed &sinks on March - 19.  

1943  On this day in history airship Canadian Star torpedoed & sinks  

1943  Vicente Ripolles, composer, dies at 75 on March - 19.  

1944  German Army invades Hungary on March - 19.  

1944  Tippett's oratorium "Child of Our Time", premieres in London on this day in history.  

1944  Tippett's oratorium "Child of Our Time," premieres in London on this day in history.  

1945  On this day in history 800 killed as Kamikaze attacked USS Franklin off Japan  

1945  Adolf Hitler issues Nero Decree destruction of German facilities on this day in history.  

1945  On this day in history british 36th division conquers Mogok (ruby mine)  

1945  US Task Force 58 attacks ships near Kobe/Kure on March - 19.  

1945  On this day in history fritz Fromm, German supreme commander of Reserve army, executed  

1945  Adolf Hitler issues Nero Decree: destruction of German facilities on March - 19.  

1946  French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique &Réunion become overseas departments on March - 19.  

1946  On March - 19 nicolai Schwernik succeeds Kalinin as President of USSR  

1946  Fr Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique & Reunion become overseas depts on March - 19.  

1946  Amir Hamzah, Indonesian poet (Buah Rindu), dies at 35 on this day in history.  

1947  On March - 19 belgian government of Spaak, forms  

1947  On March - 19 generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek conquers Jenan  

1947  Belgian govt of Spaak, forms on March - 19.  

1947  On March - 19 willem F J Pijper, Dutch composer/critic, dies at 52  

1948  Lee Savold KOs Gino Buonvino in 54 seconds at Madison Square Garden, New York NY on March - 19.  

1948  On this day in history lee Savold KOs Gino Buonvino in 54 seconds at MSG, NYC  

1949  First museum devoted exclusively to atomic energy, Oak Ridge TN on March - 19.  

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1434  Ashikaga Yoshikatsu, Japanese shogun (d. 1443) was born on March - 19.  

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 March - 19.  

1589  On March - 19 birth of william Bradford, gov of Plymouth colony for 30 years (baptized)  

1593  Georges de la Tour, French painter was born on March - 19.  

1601  On this day in history birth of alonzo Cano, Spanish painter/sculptor (Cathedral Granada)  

1604  On this day in history 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 March - 19.  

1263  On this day in history hugo of St-Cher/a S Caro, French cardinal, dies  

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

1286  On March - 19 death of king Alexander III of Scotland (b. 1241)  

1330  On March - 19 death of edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent, English politician (b. 1301)  

1406  On this day in history death of ibn Khaldun, Arab historian (b. 1332)  

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

1623  Death of Uesugi Kagekatsu, Japanese samurai and warlord (b. 1556) on March - 19.