Historical Events For March - 19

1938  On March - 19 toronto Maple Leafs score 8 goals in 5 minutes  

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

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

1940  On March - 19 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 this day in history.  

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

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

1942  On this day in history thoroughbred Racing Association of US formed in Chicago  

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

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

1943  On March - 19 airship Canadian Star torpedoed & sinks  

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

1944  German Army invades Hungary on this day in history.  

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

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

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

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

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

1945  On March - 19 uS Task Force 58 attacks ships near Kobe/Kure  

1945  Fritz Fromm, German supreme commander of Reserve army, executed on this day in history.  

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

1946  French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique &Réunion become overseas departments on this day in history.  

1946  Nicolai Schwernik succeeds Kalinin as President of USSR on this day in history.  

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 March - 19.  

1947  On March - 19 belgian government of Spaak, forms  

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

1947  On this day in history belgian govt of Spaak, forms  

1947  Willem F J Pijper, Dutch composer/critic, dies at 52 on this day in history.  

1948  On this day in history 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 March - 19 first museum devoted exclusively to atomic energy, Oak Ridge TN  

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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  On March - 19 birth of benedetto Varchi, Ital humanist/historian (Storia Fiorentina)  

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

1604  Johan IV, composer/king of Portugal (1640-56) was born on this day in history.  

1610  On this day in history birth of hasegawa Tohaku, Japanese painter  

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

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

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

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

1330  Death of Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent, English politician (b. 1301) on March - 19.  

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 March - 19.  

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