Historical Events In March - 19

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

1939  On March - 19 lloyd L. Gaines, American civil rights activist  

1940  On March - 19 failed British air raid on German base at Sylt  

1940  On March - 19 french government of Daladier, falls  

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  On this day in history jimmy Dorsey & Orch record "Green Eyes" & "Maria Elena"  

1942  On March - 19 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  

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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 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 March - 19.  

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

1945  On this day in history 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 March - 19.  

1945  Fritz Fromm, German supreme commander of Reserve army, executed on March - 19.  

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  On this day in history fr Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique & Reunion become overseas depts  

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  Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek conquers Jenan on this day in history.  

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

1947  Willem F J Pijper, Dutch composer/critic, dies at 52 on March - 19.  

1948  Lee Savold KOs Gino Buonvino in 54 seconds at Madison Square Garden, New York NY on this day in history.  

1948  Lee Savold KOs Gino Buonvino in 54 seconds at MSG, NYC on this day in history.  

1949  First museum devoted exclusively to atomic energy, Oak Ridge TN on this day in history.  

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

1589  William Bradford, gov of Plymouth colony for 30 years (baptized) was born on this day in history.  

1593  Georges de la Tour, French painter was born on this day in history.  

1601  Alonzo Cano, Spanish painter/sculptor (Cathedral Granada) was born on this day in history.  

1604  On this day in history birth of johan IV, composer/king of Portugal (1640-56)  

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

1238  Death of Duke Henry I of Poland (b. 1163) on March - 19.  

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  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 this day in history 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)