Page 5: Historical Events In March - 19
Wednesday, 17 December 2025
1914 Stanley Cup Toronto Blueshirts (NHA) sweep Victoria Capitals (PCHA) in 3 game on this day in history. 

1914 Stanley Cup: Tor Blueshirts (NHA) sweep Vict Capitals (PCHA) in 3 game on this day in history. 

1914 On this day in history j Jay Berwanger, 1st Heisman Trophy winner (1935) 

1914 On this day in history stanley Cup: Toronto Blueshirts (NHA) sweep Victoria Capitals (PCHA) in 3 game 

1915 On March - 19 pluto photographed for first time (although unknown at the time) 

1915 On this day in history pluto photographed for 1st time (although unknown at the time) 

1915 Norman Yardley, English cricket captain (late 40's) on this day in history. 

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 March - 19. 

1917 Navy Department authorizes enrollment of women in Naval Reserve with ratings of yeoman, radio electrician, or other essential ratings on March - 19. 

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

1917 On this day in history uS Supreme Court upheld 8-hr work day for railroad employees 

1918 On this day in history congress authorizes time zones &approves daylight saving time 

1918 On March - 19 s Potter becomes first US pilot to shoot down a German seaplane 

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

1918 On this day in history willem H de Beaufort, Dutch historian/liberal politician, dies at 73 

1920 On March - 19 uS Senate rejects Treaty of Versailles for 2nd time refusing to ratify League of Nations' covenant (maintaining isolation policy) 

1921 On March - 19 italian Fascists shoot from the Parenzana train at a group of children in Strunjan (Slovenia): two children are killed, two mangled and three wounded. 

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

1925 On March - 19 angelo G Roncalli (Pope John XXIII) becomes a bishop 

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

1927 On this day in history bloody battles between communists & nazis in Berlin 

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

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

1930 On March - 19 nakagawa Soen accepted as a student of Katsube Keigaku Roshi 

1930 On this day in history arthur J Balfour, British theologist/premier (1902-05), dies at 81 

1931 On this day in history nevada legalizes gambling 

1932 On this day in history sydney Harbour Bridge officially opened by New South Wales Premier Jack Lang 

1932 The Sydney Harbour Bridge is opened on March - 19. 

1934 Anthony J Block, lawyer (Dutch strafproces), dies at 66 on March - 19. 

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 this day in history. 

1937 On this day in history pope Pius XI publishes encyclical Divini redemptoris against communism 

1937 On this day in history horacio Quiroga, Uruguayan author/poet, commits suicide at 58 

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