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 79th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 287 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is March 6, 2024 – a Tuesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 28,513,440 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 ‘heptacontaenneagon’ 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 316 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 4,106 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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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
- 1812 –The Cádiz Cortes promulgates the Spanish Constitution of 1812.
- 1853 –The Taiping reform movement occupies and makes Nanjing its capital until 1864.
- 1861 –The First Taranaki War ends in New Zealand.
- 1885 –Louis Riel declares a Provisional Government in Saskatchewan, beginning the North-West Rebellion.
- 1916 –Eight American planes take off in pursuit of Pancho Villa, the first United States air-combat mission in history.
- 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.
- 2003 –United States President George W. Bush orders the start of war against Iraq.
- 2004 –Konginkangas bus disaster: A semi-trailer truck and a bus crash head-on in Äänekoski, Finland. 24 people are killed and 13 injured.
Who were born on March 19?
- 1593 –Georges de la Tour, French artist (d. 1652)
- 1749 –Princess Louisa of Great Britain (d. 1768)
- 1898 –Karl Theodor Bleek, German politician (d. 1969)
- 1916 –Irving Wallace, American novelist (d. 1990)
- 1936 –Ursula Andress, Swiss actress
- 1968 –Tyrone Hill, American basketball player
- 1970 –Michael Krumm, German race car driver
- 1973 –Bun B, American rapper (UGK)
- 1974 –Vida Guerra, Cuban-American swimsuit model
- 1982 –Jonathan Fanene, American football player
Who died on March 19?
- 1612 –Sophia Olelkovich Radziwill, Belarusian saint (b. 1585)
- 1796 –Hugh Palliser, British naval officer and administrator (b. 1722)
- 1916 –Vasily Surikov, Russian painter (b. 1848)
- 1943 –Frank Nitti, American gangster (b. 1883)
- 1950 –Walter Haworth, British chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1883)
- 1990 –Andrew Wood, American singer (Mother Love Bone) (b. 1966)
- 1995 –Yasuo Yamada, Japanese voice actor (b. 1932)
- 2001 –Charles K. Johnson, President of the Flat Earth Society (b. 1924)
- 2003 –Michael Mathias Prechtl, German illustrator (b. 1926)
- 2004 –Mitchell Sharp, Canadian politician (b. 1911)
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