Historical Events In March - 19

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

1939  On this day in history lloyd L. Gaines, American civil rights activist  

1940  Failed British air raid on German base at Sylt on March - 19.  

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

1940  Gustaaf Sap, Belgian minister of Economic Affairs, dies at 54 on this day in history.  

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

1941  On March - 19 jimmy Dorsey & Orch record "Green Eyes" & "Maria Elena"  

1942  On this day in history fDR orders men between 45 &64 to register for non military duty  

1942  On this day in history secNav gave Civil Engineering Corps command of Seabees  

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

1942  FDR orders men between 45 & 64 to register for non military duty on this day in history.  

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

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

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

1944  On March - 19 german Army invades Hungary.  

1944  On this day in history tippett's oratorium "Child of Our Time", premieres in London  

1944  On March - 19 tippett's oratorium "Child of Our Time," premieres in London  

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

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

1945  British 36th division conquers Mogok (ruby mine) on this day in history.  

1945  On this day in history uS Task Force 58 attacks ships near Kobe/Kure  

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 March - 19 french Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique &Réunion become overseas departments  

1946  Nicolai Schwernik succeeds Kalinin as President of USSR on March - 19.  

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

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

1947  Belgian government of Spaak, forms on this day in history.  

1947  Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek conquers Jenan on March - 19.  

1947  On March - 19 belgian govt of Spaak, forms  

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

1948  On March - 19 lee Savold KOs Gino Buonvino in 54 seconds at Madison Square Garden, New York NY  

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

1949  On this day in history first museum devoted exclusively to atomic energy, Oak Ridge TN  

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1434  On March - 19 birth of ashikaga Yoshikatsu, Japanese shogun (d. 1443)  

1488  Johannes Magnus, last Catholic Archbishop of Sweden (d. 1544) was born on this day in history.  

1503  Benedetto Varchi, Ital humanist/historian (Storia Fiorentina) was born on March - 19.  

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

1593  On March - 19 birth of georges de la Tour, French painter  

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

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

1610  Hasegawa Tohaku, Japanese painter was born on March - 19.  

1238  On this day in history death of duke Henry I of Poland (b. 1163)  

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 this day in history.  

1286  Death of King Alexander III of Scotland (b. 1241) on this day in history.  

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

1406  Death of Ibn Khaldun, Arab historian (b. 1332) on March - 19.  

1556  Lieven van der Maude, [Ammonius], South Netherlands poet, dies at 70 on this day in history.  

1623  On this day in history death of uesugi Kagekatsu, Japanese samurai and warlord (b. 1556)