Historical Events For March - 19

1938  Toronto Maple Leafs score 8 goals in 5 minutes on this day in history.  

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  French government of Daladier, falls on this day in history.  

1940  Gustaaf Sap, Belgian minister of Economic Affairs, dies at 54 on March - 19.  

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

1941  Jimmy Dorsey & Orch record "Green Eyes" & "Maria Elena" on this day in history.  

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

1942  On March - 19 secNav gave Civil Engineering Corps command of Seabees  

1942  On March - 19 thoroughbred Racing Association of US formed in Chicago  

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1942  On March - 19 fDR orders men between 45 & 64 to register for non military duty  

1943  Airship Canadian Star torpedoed &sinks on this day in history.  

1943  Airship Canadian Star torpedoed & sinks on this day in history.  

1943  Vicente Ripolles, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.  

1944  On March - 19 german Army invades Hungary.  

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 March - 19.  

1945  800 killed as Kamikaze attacked USS Franklin off Japan on March - 19.  

1945  On March - 19 adolf Hitler issues Nero Decree destruction of German facilities  

1945  British 36th division conquers Mogok (ruby mine) on March - 19.  

1945  US Task Force 58 attacks ships near Kobe/Kure on this day in history.  

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

1945  On March - 19 adolf Hitler issues Nero Decree: destruction of German facilities  

1946  On this day in history french Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique &Réunion become overseas departments  

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

1946  Fr Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique & Reunion become overseas depts on this day in history.  

1946  On this day in history amir Hamzah, Indonesian poet (Buah Rindu), dies at 35  

1947  On March - 19 belgian government of Spaak, forms  

1947  On this day in history generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek conquers Jenan  

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

1947  On this day in history willem F J Pijper, Dutch composer/critic, dies at 52  

1948  On this day in history lee Savold KOs Gino Buonvino in 54 seconds at Madison Square Garden, New York NY  

1948  Lee Savold KOs Gino Buonvino in 54 seconds at MSG, NYC on March - 19.  

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 this day in history.  

1488  On this day in history 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 March - 19 birth of william Bradford, gov of Plymouth colony for 30 years (baptized)  

1593  On this day in history birth of georges de la Tour, French painter  

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  On March - 19 death of duke Henry I of Poland (b. 1163)  

1263  On March - 19 hugo of St-Cher/a S Caro, French cardinal, dies  

1279  On this day in history death of emperor Bing of Song China (b. 1271)  

1286  Death of King Alexander III of Scotland (b. 1241) on March - 19.  

1330  On this day in history death of edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent, English politician (b. 1301)  

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 this day in history death of uesugi Kagekatsu, Japanese samurai and warlord (b. 1556)