What are the important events that happened on March 19? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

March 19: Facts & Myths About This Day

March 19 is the 78^th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 287 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is March 6, 2025 – a Wednesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 29,039,040 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘heptacontaoctagon’ day.

Pisces is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Aquamarine is the modern birthstone for this month. Jade is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 335 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,471 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

It’s uncommon for the March equinox to fall on this day. The last time it did was in 1796 and the next will be in 2044.

March 19 Historical Events

• 1918 –
  The U.S. Congress establishes time zones and approves daylight saving time.
• 1921 –
  Irish War of Independence: One of the biggest engagements of the war takes place at Crossbarry, County Cork. About 100 Irish Republican Army (IRA) volunteers escape an attempt by over 1,300 British forces to encircle them.
• 1931 –
  Gambling is legalized in Nevada.
• 1945 –
  World War II: Adolf Hitler issues his “Nero Decree” ordering all industries, military installations, shops, transportation facilities and communications facilities in Germany to be destroyed.
• 1945 –
  World War II: Off the coast of Japan, a dive bomber hits the aircraft carrier USS Franklin, killing 724 of her crew. Badly damaged, the ship is able to return to the U.S. under her own power.
• 1946 –
  French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique and Réunion become overseas départements of France.
• 1954 –
  Joey Giardello knocks out Willie Tory in round seven at Madison Square Garden in the first televised prize boxing fight shown in colour.
• 1958 –
  The Monarch Underwear Company fire leaves 24 dead and 15 injured.
• 1979 –
  The United States House of Representatives begins broadcasting its day-to-day business via the cable television network C-SPAN.
• 2004 –
  3-19 Shooting Incident: Taiwanese president Chen Shui-bian is shot just before the country’s presidential election on March 20.

Who were born on March 19?

• 1590 –
  William Bradford, Pilgrim and First Governor of the Plymouth Colony (d. 1657)
• 1883 –
  Walter Haworth, British chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1950)
• 1905 –
  Albert Speer, German architect (d. 1981)
• 1932 –
  Gay Brewer, American golfer (d. 2007)
• 1946 –
  Ruth Pointer, American singer (Pointer Sisters)
• 1954 –
  Cho Kwang-Rae, South Korean football manager
• 1954 –
  Indu Shahani, Indian educator
• 1967 –
  Katia Tiutiunnik, Australian violist and composer
• 1971 –
  Nadja Auermann, German supermodel
• 1976 –
  Alessandro Nesta, Italian footballer

Who died on March 19?

• 1238 –
  Duke Henry I of Poland (b. 1163)
• 1286 –
  King Alexander III of Scotland (b. 1241)
• 1612 –
  Sophia Olelkovich Radziwill, Belarusian saint (b. 1585)
• 1914 –
  Giuseppe Mercalli, Italian volcanologist (b. 1850)
• 1916 –
  Vasily Surikov, Russian painter (b. 1848)
• 1930 –
  Arthur Balfour, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1848)
• 1939 –
  Lloyd L. Gaines, American civil rights activist (b. 1911)
• 1950 –
  Edgar Rice Burroughs, American author (b. 1875)
• 1979 –
  Richard Beckinsale, English actor (b. 1947)
• 2003 –
  Émile Genest, Canadian actor (b. 1921)