Today in History
March 19 - Today in History
By Staff
Mar 19, 2011 - 12:00:00 AM

1227 - Count Ugolino of Segna elected Pope Gregory IX
1452 - Frederick III of Hapsburg crowned Roman German Emperor
1524 - Giovanni de Varrazano of France sights land around area of Carolinas
1540 - Court of Holland names Amsterdam sheriff John Hubrechtsz a "heretic"
1563 - Peace of Amboise: Rights for Huguenots
1571 - Spanish troops occupy Manila
1628 - Massachusetts colony founded by Englishmen
1644 - 200 members of Peking imperial family/court commit suicide
1644 - Si Sang, last Ming-emperor of China, commits suicide
1682 - Nationally Council accept independence of French church
1702 - Willem III Henry, [Dutch William], king of England/Scot, dies at 51
1702 - James II's daughter Anne Stuart becomes queen of England
1721 - Clement XI, [Giovanni F Albani], Italian Pope (1700-21), dies at 71
1748 - English Naturalization Act passes granting Jews right to colonize US
1775 - 4 people buried by avalanche for 37 days, 3 survive (Italy)
1775 - Poland and Prussia sign trade agreement
1822 - Boston, Massachusetts incorporated as a city
1831 - 1st US bank robbery (City Bank, NY/$245,000)
1865 - Battle of Bentonville-Confederates retreat from Greenville, North Carolina
1866 - Immigrant ship Monarch of the Seas sinks in Liverpool; 738 die
1883 - Jan Matzeliger invents 1st machine to manufacture entire shoes
1885 - Louis Riel returns to Canada, proclaims provisional government, Saskatchewan
1915 - Pluto photographed for 1st time (although unknown at the time)
1917 - US Supreme Court upheld 8-hr work day for railroad employees
1918 - Congress authorizes time zones and approves daylight saving time
1918 - S Potter becomes 1st US pilot to shoot down a German seaplane
1920 - US Senate rejects Treaty of Versailles for 2nd time refusing to ratify League of Nations' covenant (maintaining isolation policy)
1925 - Angelo G Roncalli (Pope John XXIII) becomes a bishop
1927 - Bloody battles between communists and nazis in Berlin
1928 - "Amos and Andy" debuts on radio (NBC Blue Network-WMAQ Chicago)
1930 - Nakagawa Soen accepted as a student of Katsube Keigaku Roshi
1931 - Nevada legalizes gambling
1937 - Pope Pius XI publishes encyclical Divini redemptoris against communism
1938 - Toronto Maple Leafs score 8 goals in 5 minutes
1940 - Failed British air raid on German base at Sylt
1940 - French government of Daladier, falls
1941 - Jimmy Dorsey and Orch record "Green Eyes" and "Maria Elena"
1942 - FDR orders men between 45 and 64 to register for non military duty
1942 - Thoroughbred Racing Association of US formed in Chicago
1943 - Airship Canadian Star torpedoed and sinks
1945 - 800 killed as Kamikaze attacked USS Franklin off Japan
1945 - Adolf Hitler issues Nero Decree: destruction of German facilities
1945 - British 36th division conquers Mogok (ruby mine)
1945 - Hitler orders all German factories destroyed
1945 - US Task Force 58 attacks ships near Kobe/Kure
1946 - Nicolai Schwernik succeeds Kalinin as president of USSR
1947 - Belgian government of Spaak, forms
1947 - Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek conquers Jenan
1949 - 1st museum devoted exclusively to atomic energy, Oak Ridge, Tennessee
1950 - Edgar Rice Burroughs, sci-fi author (Tarzan of the Apes), dies at 74
1950 - 5th US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Babe Didrikson-Zaharias
1950 - City College of NY defeats Bradley to win the NIT
1953 - 25th Academy Awards - "Greatest Show on Earth," Gary Cooper and Shirley Booth win (1st time televised)
1954 - 1st color telecast of a prize fight, Giardello vs Troy in MSG, NYC 
1954 - 1st rocket-driven sled on rails was tested in Alamogordo, New Mexico
1954 - US Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Tenley Albright
1954 - US Mens Figure Skating championship won by Hayes A Jenkins
1954 - Weekes, Worrell and Walcott complete tons in innings v England
1955 - 17th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: SF beats La Salle 77-63
1956 - Biggest NBA margin of victory - Minn Lakers-133, St Louis Hawks-75
1957 - Indians reject Boston's offer of $1 million for Herb Score
1958 - Britain's 1st planetarium opens at Madame Tussaud's in London
1964 - Sean Connery's 1st day of shooting on "Goldfinger"
1965 - Indonesia nationalizes all foreign oil companies
1965 - Stoica becomes president and Ceausescu party leader of Romania
1966 - Belgium government of Vanden Boeynants begins
1967 - Fr Somaliland (Djibouti) votes to continue association with France
1967 - Marilynn Smith wins LPGA St Petersburg Orange Golf Classic
1969 - British invade Anguilla
1969 - Chicago 8 indicted in aftermath of Chicago Democratic convention
1970 - W German chancellor and E German premier Willy Brandt meet
1972 - Carol Mann wins LPGA Orange Blossom Golf Classic
1972 - India and Bangladesh sign friendship treaty
1972 - LA Lakers beat Golden State Warriors, 162-99, by then record 63 pts
1973 - Dean tells Nixon, "There is a cancer growing on the Presidency"
1974 - Jefferson Starship begins their 1st tour
1975 - Pennsylvania is first state to allow girls to compete with boys in HS sports
1976 - Princess Margaret separates from the Earl of Snowdon, after 16 years
1977 - France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1977 - Jevgeni Kulikov skates world record 1000m (1:15.33)
1978 - 50,000 demonstrate in Amsterdam against neutron bomb
1978 - Sally Little wins LPGA Kathryn Crosby/Honda Civic Golf Classic
1979 - House of Reps begins live TV broadcasts via C-SPAN
1981 - 2 workers killed in space shuttle Columbia accident
1981 - Buffalo Sabres beat Toronto Maple Leafs 14-4
1982 - National Guard jet tanker crashes killing 27
1984 - Mobil oil tanker spills 200,000 gallons into Columbia River
1984 - Pitcher Denny McLain, indicted on various charges of racketeering
1984 - STS 41-C vehicle moves to launch pad
1985 - Senate votes 55-45, to authorize production of the MX missile
1987 - Bonnie Blair skates ladies world record 500 m (39.43 sec)
1987 - Fred Currey acquires Greyhound Bus Company
1987 - Hassanali inaugurated as president of Trinidad and Tobago
1987 - PTL leader Jim Bakker resigns after sex scandal with Jessica Hahn
1987 - Yvonne van Gennip skates ladies world record 3 km (4:16.85)
1988 - 2 British soldiers lynched in Belfast, North Ireland
1988 - Yvonne van Gennip skates un-official world record 10 km (15:25.25)
1989 - Boeing B-22 Osprey VTOL aircraft makes maiden flight
1989 - Lori Garbacz wins Circle K LPGA Golf Open Tucson
1991 - KC Royals announce they are putting Bo Jackson on waivers
1991 - Sacramento Kings set NBA record of 29 consecutive road loses
1991 - St Louis Blue Brett Hull is 3rd NHLer to score 80 goals in a season
1991 - NFL owners strip Phoenix of 1993 Super Bowl game due to Arizona not recognizing Martin Luther King Day
1992 - British Prince Andrew and Princess Sarah Ferguson announce separation
1993 - Supreme Court Justice Byron R White announced plans to retire
1994 - Lara scores 167 for WI v England at Georgetown
1995 - 5 die by poison gas in Japanese subway
1995 - Arizona outside of Phoenix begins using new area code 520
1995 - Bonnie Blair skates female world record point total (156.450)
1995 - Finland Social-Democratic Party wins parliamentary election
1995 - Laura Davis wins LPGA Standard Register PING Golf Tournament
1995 - Michael Jordan rejoins Chicago Bulls after 17 months, beats Pacers
1995 - NBA NY Knicks beat NY Nets in 100th meeting (Knicks 53 Nets 47)
1995 - Neil Marshall skates world record 3 km (3:54.08)
1996 - Winnie Mandela divorces Nelson after 38 years of marrage
1997 - Major League Baseball announces 5 year/$50M deal with Pepsi
1997 - Supreme Court hears Internet indecency arguments
2003 - An American-led coalition launched a war against Iraq, beginning with the launch of U.S. cruise missiles and precision-guided bombs aimed at Saddam Hussein near Baghdad
2003 - Mahmoud Abbas accepted the new position of Palestinian prime minister

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