What are the important events that happened on March 19, 2004? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
March 19, 2004: Facts & Myths About This Day
March 19, 2004 is the 79th day of the year 2004 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 287 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is March 6, 2004 – a Friday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,079,654,400 seconds 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.
If a person born on this day saved a Dime every day starting at age 4, then by now that person has accumulated $588.10. (Assuming this person is still alive today.)
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.
Monkey is the mythical animal and Wood is the element for this person if we consider the very old art of Chinese astrology.
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March 19, 2004 Historical Events
- 2004 –3-19 Shooting Incident: Taiwanese president Chen Shui-bian is shot just before the country’s presidential election on March 20.
- 2004 –A Swedish DC-3 shot down by a Russian MiG-15 in 1952 over the Baltic Sea is finally recovered after years of work. The remains of the three crewmen are left in place, pending further investigations.
- 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 died on March 19, 2004?
- 2004 –Mitchell Sharp, Canadian politician (b. 1911)
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