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March 19 is the 78th day of the year (79th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 287 days remaining until the end of the year.

Events

• 1279 – A Mongolian victory in the Battle of Yamen ends the Song Dynasty in China.
• 1687 – Explorer Robert Cavelier de La Salle, searching for the mouth of the Mississippi River, is murdered by his own men.
• 1853 – The Taiping reform movement occupies and makes Nanjing its capital until 1864.
• 1861 – The First Taranaki War ends in New Zealand.
• 1863 – The SS Georgiana, said to have been the most powerful Confederate cruiser, is destroyed on her maiden voyage with a cargo of munitions, medicines and merchandise then valued at over $1,000,000.
• 1865 – American Civil War: The Battle of Bentonville begins. By the end of the battle two days later, Confederate forces had retreated from Four Oaks, North Carolina.
• 1866 – Hurricane causes major damages in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
• 1885 – Louis Riel declared a Provisional Government in Saskatchewan, beginning the North-West Rebellion.
• 1915 – Pluto is photographed for the first time but is not recognized as a planet.
• 1916 – Eight American planes take off in pursuit of Pancho Villa, the first United States air-combat mission in history.
• 1918 – The U.S. Congress establishes time zones and approves daylight saving time.
• 1920 – The United States Senate rejects the Treaty of Versailles for the second time (the first time was on November 19, 1919).
• 1921 – Irish War of Independence: One of the biggest engagements of the war took place at Crossbarry, County Cork. About 100 Irish Republican Army (IRA) volunteers escaped an attempt by over 1,300 British forces to encircle them.
• 1921 – Italian Fascists shoot from the Parenzana train at a group of children in Strunjan (Slovenia): two children are killed, two mangled and three wounded.
• 1931 – Gambling is legalized in Nevada.
• 1932 – The Sydney Harbour Bridge is opened.
• 1941 – World War II: The 99th Pursuit Squadron also known as the Tuskegee Airmen, the first all-black unit of the Army Air Corp, is activated.
• 1943 – Frank Nitti, the Chicago Outfit Boss after Al Capone, commits suicide at the Chicago Central Railyard.
• 1944 – World War II: Nazi forces occupy Hungary.
• 1945 – World War II: Off the coast of Japan, a dive bomber hits the aircraft carrier USS Franklin (CV-13), killing 724 of her crew. Badly damaged, the ship is able to return to the U.S. under her own power.
• 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.
• 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 color.
• 1954 – Willie Mosconi sets the world record by running 526 consecutive balls without a miss during a straight pool exhibition at East High Billiard Club in Springfield, Ohio. The record still stands today.
• 1958 – The Monarch Underwear Company fire leaves 24 dead and 15 injured.
• 1962 – Algerian War of Independence: A ceasefire takes effect.
• 1965 – The wreck of the SS Georgiana, valued at over $50,000,000 and said to have been the most powerful Confederate cruiser, is discovered by then teenage diver and pioneer underwater archaeologist E. Lee Spence exactly 102 years after its destruction.
• 1966 – Texas Western becomes the first college basketball team to win the Final Four with an all-black starting lineup.
• 1969 – The 385 metres (1,263 ft) tall TV-mast at Emley Moor, United Kingdom, collapses due to ice build- up.
• 1972 – India and Bangladesh sign a friendship treaty.
• 1978 – UN Security Council Resolution 425 is passed, calling upon Israel immediately to cease its military action and withdraw its forces from all Lebanese territory (Operation Litani), and establishing the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL).
• 1979 – The United States House of Representatives begins broadcasting its day-to-day business via the cable television network C-SPAN.
• 1982 – Falklands War: Argentinian forces land on South Georgia Island, precipitating war with the United Kingdom.
• 1987 – Televangelist Jim Bakker resigns as head of the PTL Club due to a brewing sex scandal; he hands over control to Jerry Falwell.
• 1989 – The Egyptian Flag is raised on Taba, Egypt announcing the end of the Israeli occupation after the Yom Kippur War in 1973 and the Peace negotiations in 1979.
• 1990 – The ethnic clashes of Târgu Mureş begin four days after the anniversary of the Revolutions of 1848 in the Habsburg areas.
• 2002 – Zimbabwe is suspended from the Commonwealth on charges of human rights abuses and of election tampering, following a turbulent presidential election.
• 2004 – Konginkangas bus disaster: A semi-trailer truck and a bus crash head-on in Äänekoski, Finland. 24 people are killed and 13 injured.
• 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 – 3-19 Shooting Incident: Taiwanese president Chen Shui-bian is shot just before the country's presidential election on March 20.
• 2008 – GRB 080319B: A cosmic burst that is the farthest object visible to the naked eye is briefly observed on this day.

Births

• 1434 – Ashikaga Yoshikatsu, Japanese shogun (d. 1443)
• 1488 – Johannes Magnus, last Catholic Archbishop of Sweden (d. 1544)
• 1534 – José de Anchieta, Spanish Jesuit missionary to Brazil (d. 1597)
• 1590 – William Bradford, Pilgrim and First Governor of the Plymouth Colony (d. 1657)
• 1593 – Georges de la Tour, French artist (d. 1652)
• 1684 – Jean Astruc, French physician and scholar (d. 1766)
• 1721 – Tobias Smollett, Scottish novelist (d. 1771)
• 1734 – Thomas McKean, American lawyer and signer of the Declaration of Independence (d. 1817)
• 1739 – Charles-François Lebrun, duc de Plaisance, Third Consul of France (d. 1824)
• 1742 – Tupac Amaru II, Incan revolutionary (d. 1781)
• 1749 – Princess Louisa of Great Britain (d. 1768)
• 1778 – Edward Pakenham, British general (d. 1815)
• 1813 – David Livingstone, Scottish missionary and explorer (d. 1873)
• 1821 – Richard Francis Burton, British explorer, diplomat and author (d. 1890)
• 1823 – Princess Adelgunde of Bavaria (d. 1914)
• 1824 or 1828 – William Allingham, Irish author (d. 1889)
• 1829 – Carl Frederik Tietgen, Danish financier and industrialist (d. 1901)
• 1848 – Wyatt Earp, American policeman and gunfighter (d. 1929)
• 1849 – Alfred von Tirpitz, German World War I Admiral (d. 1930)
• 1851 – William Henry Stark, American business leader (d. 1936)
• 1860 – William Jennings Bryan, 41st United States Secretary of State (d. 1925)
• 1861 – Lomer Gouin, Quebec politician (d. 1929)
• 1864 – Charles Marion Russell, American artist (d. 1926)
• 1865 – William Morton Wheeler, American entomologist, myrmecologist, pioneer in ethology (d. 1937)
• 1871 – Schofield Haigh, British cricketer (d. 1921)
• 1873 – Max Reger, German composer (d. 1916)
• 1881 – Edith Nourse Rogers, American social welfare volunteer and politician (d. 1960)
• 1883 – Walter Haworth, British chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1950)
• 1883 – Joseph Stilwell, U.S. general (d. 1946)
• 1888 – Josef Albers, German artist (d. 1976)
• 1888 – Léon Scieur, Belgian cyclist (d. 1969)
• 1891 – Earl Warren, 14th Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1974)
• 1892 – James Van Fleet, American general (d. 1992)
• 1893 – Augusto Cesar Sandino, Nicaraguan revolutionary (d. 1934)
• 1894 – Moms Mabley, American comedian (d. 1975)
• 1900 – Frédéric Joliot, French physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1958)
• 1904 – John Sirica, American judge (d. 1992)
• 1905 – Albert Speer, Nazi official (d. 1981)
• 1905 – Joe Rollino, American strongman, weightlifter, and boxer (d. 2010)
• 1906 – Adolf Eichmann, Nazi official (d. 1962)
• 1909 – Louis Hayward, British actor (d. 1985)
• 1909 – Attilio Demaria, Argentinian footballer (d. 1990)
• 1910 – Joseph F. Carroll, US Air Force Lt. Gen. and Founding Director, Defense Intelligence Agency (d. 1991)
• 1914 – Leonidas Alaoglu, Greek-Canadian mathematician (d. 1981)
• 1914 – Jay Berwanger, American football player (d. 2002)
• 1914 – Fred Clark, American film actor (d. 1968)
• 1915 – Robert G. Cole, American Paratrooper of the 101st, 502nd division (d. 1944)
• 1916 – Eric Christmas, British actor (d. 2000)
• 1916 – Irving Wallace, American novelist (d. 1990)
• 1917 – Dinu Lipatti, Romanian pianist (d. 1950)
• 1917 – Laszlo Szabo, Hungarian chess player (d. 1998)
• 1920 – Tige Andrews, American actor (d. 2007)
• 1920 – Kjell Aukrust, Norwegian author (d. 2002)
• 1920 – Paul Hagen, Danish actor (d. 2003)
• 1921 – Tommy Cooper, Welsh comedy magician (d. 1984)
• 1923 – Pamela Britton, American actress (d. 1974)
• 1923 – Henry Morgentaler, Canadian gynecologist
• 1924 – Mary Wimbush, British actress (d. 2005)
• 1924 – Joe Gaetjens, Haitian-American footballer (d. c. 1964)
• 1925 – Brent Scowcroft, US National Security Advisor
• 1927 – Richie Ashburn, American baseball player (d. 1997)
• 1928 – Hans Küng, Swiss theologian
• 1928 – Patrick McGoohan, American-born actor (d. 2009)
• 1929 – Miquel Martí i Pol, Catalan poet (d. 2003)
• 1930 – Gualtiero Marchesi, Italian chef
• 1932 – Gay Brewer, American golfer (d. 2007)
• 1933 – Philip Roth, American author
• 1933 – Renée Taylor, American actress
• 1936 – Ursula Andress, Swiss actress
• 1936 – Birthe Wilke, Danish singer
• 1937 – Clarence "Frogman" Henry, American musician
• 1937 – Egon Krenz, President of East Germany
• 1939 – Joe Kapp, American football player
• 1942 – Richard Dobson, American singer and songwriter
• 1943 – Mario J. Molina, Mexican chemist, Nobel laureate
• 1943 – Mario Monti, Italian politician
• 1943 – Vern Schuppan, Australian racing driver
• 1944 – Said Musa, Prime Minister of Belize
• 1944 – Sirhan Sirhan, Palestinian-born assassin
• 1945 – Stefanos Kiriakidis, Greek actor
• 1946 – Paul Atkinson, English guitarist (The Zombies) (d. 2004)
• 1946 – Bigas Luna, Spanish film director
• 1946 – Ruth Pointer, American singer (Pointer Sisters)
• 1947 – Glenn Close, American actress
• 1947 – Marinho Peres, Brazilian football player
• 1948 – Vincent van der Bijl, former South African cricketer
• 1949 – Valery Leontiev, pop singer.
• 1949 – Hirofumi Hirano, Japanese politician and Chief Cabinet Secretary
• 1952 – Harvey Weinstein, American film producer
• 1952 – Warren Lees, New Zealand Test wicket-keeper
• 1953 – Billy Sheehan, American bassist (Mr. Big)
• 1953 – Ricky Wilson, American musician (The B-52's) (d. 1985)
• 1954 – Indu Shahani, Indian educationist and Sheriff of Mumbai
• 1955 – Bruce Willis, American actor
• 1955 – Simon Yam, Hong Kong actor
• 1956 – Yegor Gaidar, Russian politician and economist.
• 1958 – Andy Reid, NFL Head Coach (Philadelphia Eagles)
• 1959 – Terry Hall, British singer
• 1961 – Jos Lansink, Dutch-Belgian equestrian
• 1960 – Eliane Elias, Brazilian jazz musician and composer
• 1962 – Ivan Calderón, Puerto Rican baseball player (d. 2003)
• 1962 – Jim Korderas, American professional wrestling referee
• 1964 – Yoko Kanno, Japanese composer
• 1964 – Jake Weber, British actor
• 1966 – Andy Sinton, English footballer
• 1966 – James "Big Jim" Wright, American record producer
• 1967 – Vladimir Konstantinov, Russian ice hockey player
• 1967 – Mary Scheer, American actress and comedian
• 1968 – Mots'eoa Senyane, Lesotho diplomat
• 1968 – Tyrone Hill, American basketball player
• 1969 – Gary Jules, American singer and songwriter
• 1969 – Connor Trinneer, American actor
• 1969 – Tom McRae, British singer and songwriter
• 1971 – Nadja Auermann, German supermodel
• 1971 – Sébastien Godefroid, Belgian sailor
• 1973 – Simmone Jade Mackinnon, Australian actress
• 1973 – Bun B, American Rapper (UGK)
• 1974 – Vida Guerra, Cuban-American swimsuit model
• 1974 – Marcel Tiemann, German racing driver
• 1975 – Vivian Hsu, Taiwanese singer, actress and model
• 1975 – Brann Dailor, American drummer
• 1975 – Matthew Richardson, Australian rules footballer
• 1975 – Antonio Daniels, American basketball player
• 1976 – Zach Lind – American drummer (Jimmy Eat World)
• 1976 – Andre Miller, American basketball player
• 1976 – Rachel Blanchard, Canadian actress
• 1976 – Alessandro Nesta, Italian footballer
• 1977 – Jorma Taccone, American writer and comedian
• 1979 – Hee-Seop Choi, Korean baseball player
• 1979 – Ivan Ljubičić, Croatian tennis player
• 1979 – Christos Patsatzoglou, Greek footballer
• 1979 – Hedo Türkoğlu, Turkish basketball player
• 1980 – Mikuni Shimokawa, Japanese singer
• 1980 – Don Sparrow, Canadian illustrator
• 1981 – Kim Rae Won, South Korean actor and model
• 1981 – Kolo Touré, Ivorian footballer
• 1982 – Brad Jones, Australian footballer
• 1982 – Matt Littler, British actor
• 1982 – Jonathan Fanene, American football player
• 1983 – Ana Rezende, Brazilian film director and musician (CSS)
• 1983 – Matt Sydal, American professional wrestler
• 1984 – Tanushree Dutta, Indian actress
• 1985 – E. J. Viso, Venezuelan racing driver
• 1987 – Michal Švec, Czech footballer
• 1988 – Clayton Kershaw, American baseball player
• 1989 – Craig Lamar Traylor, American actor
• 1993 – Munro Chambers, Canadian actor
• 1999 – Tatum McCann, American actress
• 2007 – Prince Abdullah bin Ali, Prince of Jordan

Deaths

• 1238 – Duke Henry I of Poland (b. 1163)
• 1263 – Hugh of St Cher, French cardinal
• 1279 – Emperor Bing of Song China (b. 1271)
• 1286 – King Alexander III of Scotland (b. 1241)
• 1330 – Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent, English politician (b. 1301)
• 1406 – Ibn Khaldun, Arab historian (b. 1332)
• 1623 – Uesugi Kagekatsu, Japanese samurai and warlord (b. 1556)
• 1637 – Péter Pázmány, Hungarian cardinal and statesman (b. 1570)
• 1649 – Gerhard Johann Vossius, German classical scholar and theologian (b. 1577)
• 1683 – Thomas Killigrew, English dramatist (b. 1612)
• 1687 – Robert Cavelier de La Salle, French explorer (b. 1643)
• 1697 – Nicolaus Bruhns, German organist and composer (b. 1665)
• 1711 – Thomas Ken, English bishop and hymn-writer (b. 1637)
• 1717 – John Campbell, 1st Earl of Breadalbane and Holland, Scottish royalist (b. 1636)
• 1721 – Pope Clement XI (b. 1649)
• 1783 – Frederick Cornwallis, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1713)
• 1796 – Hugh Palliser, British naval officer and administrator (b. 1722)
• 1816 – Philip Mazzei, Italian physician (b. 1730)
• 1871 – Wilhelm Karl Ritter von Haidinger, Austrian mineralogist (b. 1795)
• 1897 – Antoine Thomson d'Abbadie, French geographer (b. 1810)
• 1900 – John Bingham, American politician and lawyer (b. 1815)
• 1900 – Charles-Louis Hanon, French composer (b. 1819)
• 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
• 1942 – Clinton Hart Merriam, American zoologist (b. 1855)
• 1943 – Frank Nitti, American gangster (b. 1883)
• 1944 – William Hale Thompson, American mayor of Chicago (b. 1869)
• 1945 – Friedrich Fromm, German Nazi official (b. 1888)
• 1950 – Edgar Rice Burroughs, American author (b. 1875)
• 1950 – Walter Haworth, British chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1883)
• 1974 – Anne Klein, American fashion designer (b. 1923)
• 1974 – Edward Platt, American actor (b. 1916)
• 1976 – Albert Dieudonné, French actor and novelist (b. 1889)
• 1976 – Paul Kossoff, English guitarist (Free) (b. 1950)
• 1978 – Gaston Julia, French mathematician (b. 1893)
• 1979 – Richard Beckinsale, English actor (b. 1947)
• 1982 – Randy Rhoads, American guitarist (Quiet Riot, Ozzy Osbourne) (b. 1956)
• 1984 – Garry Winogrand, American photographer (b. 1928)
• 1987 – Louis, 7th duc de Broglie, French physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1892)
• 1989 – Alan Civil, English French horn player (b. 1929)
• 1990 – Andrew Wood, American singer (Mother Love Bone) (b. 1966)
• 1992 – Cesare Danova, American television and film actor (b. 1926)
• 1995 – Yasuo Yamada, Japanese voice actor (b. 1932)
• 1997 – Willem de Kooning, Dutch-born painter (b. 1904)
• 1999 – Tofilau Eti Alesana, former Prime Minister of Samoa (b. 1924)
• 1999 – Jaime Sabines, Mexican poet (b. 1926)
• 2001 – Charles K. Johnson, President of the Flat Earth Society (b. 1924)
• 2003 – Michael Mathias Prechtl, German illustrator (b. 1926)
• 2003 – Émile Genest, Canadian actor (b. 1921)
• 2004 – Mitchell Sharp, Canadian politician (b. 1911)
• 2005 – John De Lorean, American automobile engineer (b. 1925)
• 2007 – Calvert DeForest, American actor (b. 1921)
• 2007 – Luther Ingram, American soul singer and songwriter (b. 1937)
• 2008 – Sir Arthur C. Clarke, English science fiction author and inventor (b. 1917)
• 2008 – Raghuvaran, Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam actor (b. 1948)
• 2008 – Hugo Claus, Belgian writer (b. 1929)
• 2009 – Ion Dolănescu, Romanian singer and politician (b. 1944)

Holidays and observances

• Christian Feast Day
  • Joseph (Western Christianity)
• Mojoday (Discordianism)
• Saint Joseph's Day (Roman Catholicism and Church of England)
  • Father's Day (Spain, Portugal, Belgium, Italy)
  • Las Fallas, celebrated on the week leading to March 19. (Valencia)
  • "Return of the Swallow", annual observance of the swallows' return to Mission San Juan Capistrano in California.
• The Kashubians' Unity Day.
• The first day of Quinquatria, held in honor of Minerva. (Roman Empire)

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• The New York Times: On This Day
• On This Day in Canada

From Wikiquote

Quotes of the day from previous years:

2004

Education: That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding. ~ Ambrose Bierce in The Devil's Dictionary

• selected by Kalki

2005

The man of character, sensitive to the meaning of what he is doing, will know how to discover the ethical paths in the maze of possible behavior. ~ Earl Warren (born 19 March 1891)

• selected by Kalki

2006

Who save the madman dares to cry: "'Tis I am right, you all are wrong"?
"You all are right, you all are wrong," we hear the careless Soofi say,
"For each believes his glimm'ering lamp to be the gorgeous light of day."
~ Sir Richard Francis Burton ~ (born 19 March 1821)

• selected by Kalki

2007

All Faith is false, all Faith is true: Truth is the shattered mirror strown
In myriad bits; while each believes his little bit the whole to own.
~ Sir Richard Francis Burton ~

• selected by Kalki

2008

Do what thy manhood bids thee do, from none but self expect applause;
He noblest lives and noblest dies who makes and keeps his self-made laws.
~ Sir Richard Francis Burton ~

• selected by Kalki

2009

"Fools rush where Angels fear to tread!" Angels and Fools have equal claim
To do what Nature bids them do, sans hope of praise, sans fear of blame!

~ Sir Richard Francis Burton ~

• proposed by Kalki

2010

Suggestions

"He who wants to protect everything, protects nothing," is one of the fundamental rules of defense. ~ Adolf Galland (born March 19)

• 3 because it is very true. Basically, he who tries to do everything all at once, fails miserably. Time and patience are virtues. And protection works well as a perfect example to this fundamental military practice. Zarbon 04:30, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
  • SOURCE: The First and the Last: The Rise and Fall of the German Fighter Forces - Page 165 by Adolf Galland - World War, 1939-1945 - 1954
• 1 Kalki 16:07, 28 February 2009 (UTC)
• 2 UDScott 20:29, 10 March 2009 (UTC)
• 2 InvisibleSun 22:37, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

The more I study religions the more I am convinced that man never worshipped anything but himself. ~ Richard Francis Burton

• 3 because man truly has shamelessly used religion as an excuse to further man's own purposes. Zarbon 05:51, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
• 2 Kalki 16:07, 28 February 2009 (UTC)
• 3 UDScott 20:29, 10 March 2009 (UTC)
• 3 InvisibleSun 22:37, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

Cease, Man, to mourn, to weep, to wail; enjoy thy shining hour of sun;
We dance along Death's icy brink, but is the dance less full of fun?
~ Richard Francis Burton

• 4 because regardless of the fact that death awaits, the time in between isn't spent waiting for death. The fact that the end comes is never a detrimental factor to people's actual enjoyment while they are alive. Zarbon 05:51, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
• 3 Kalki 16:07, 28 February 2009 (UTC) with strong lean toward 4
• 3 UDScott 20:29, 10 March 2009 (UTC)
• 3 InvisibleSun 22:37, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

Listen: if there is war down there— and if you think me worthy of it, and capable —you ought to grant me the honor of conducting the campaign. Surely, you don't think me too old? ~ Emilio De Bono

• 2 Zarbon 04:40, 17 June 2008 (UTC)
• 1 Kalki 16:07, 28 February 2009 (UTC)
• 2 UDScott 20:29, 10 March 2009 (UTC)
• 1 InvisibleSun 22:37, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

Forgive me, that was the soldier speaking. Now this is the man speaking again. And the man is more than the soldier. I can bear anything. Death is a more solemn thing than all the earthly trash. ~ Emilio De Bono

• 3 Zarbon 04:40, 17 June 2008 (UTC)
• 1 Kalki 16:07, 28 February 2009 (UTC)
• 2 UDScott 20:29, 10 March 2009 (UTC)
• 1 InvisibleSun 22:37, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

We look on seriously, but serenely. ~ Emilio De Bono

• 3 Zarbon 04:40, 17 June 2008 (UTC)
• 2 Kalki 16:07, 28 February 2009 (UTC)
• 2 UDScott 20:29, 10 March 2009 (UTC)
• 2 InvisibleSun 22:37, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

How shall the Shown pretend to ken aught of the Showman or the Show?
Why meanly bargain to believe, which only means thou ne'er canst know?
How may the passing Now contain the standing Now — Eternity? —
An endless is without a was , the be and never the to-be?
~ Sir Richard Francis Burton ~

• 3 Kalki 16:07, 28 February 2009 (UTC) with strong lean toward 4
• 1 Zarbon 19:27, 28 February 2009 (UTC)
• 3 UDScott 20:29, 10 March 2009 (UTC)
• 3 InvisibleSun 22:37, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

Reason is Life's sole arbiter, the magic Laby'rinth's single clue:
Worlds lie above, beyond its ken; what crosses it can ne'er be true.
~ Sir Richard Francis Burton ~

• 3 Kalki 16:07, 28 February 2009 (UTC) with strong lean toward 4
• 2 Zarbon 19:27, 28 February 2009 (UTC)
• 3 UDScott 20:29, 10 March 2009 (UTC)
• 3 InvisibleSun 22:37, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

When you publish a book, it's the world's book. The world edits it. ~ Philip Roth

• 2 Zarbon 03:23, 11 March 2009 (UTC)
• 2 Kalki 09:55, 13 March 2009 (UTC)
• 2 InvisibleSun 22:37, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

Scarcely a tear to shed;
Hardly a word to say;
The end of a Summer's day;
Sweet Love is dead.
~ William Allingham

• 2 Zarbon 03:23, 11 March 2009 (UTC)
• 1 Kalki 09:55, 13 March 2009 (UTC)
• 2 InvisibleSun 22:37, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

Winds and waters keep
A hush more dead than any sleep.
~ William Allingham

• 2 Zarbon 03:23, 11 March 2009 (UTC)
• 2 Kalki 09:55, 13 March 2009 (UTC)
• 2 InvisibleSun 22:37, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

You can't undo the past but you can certainly not repeat it. ~ Bruce Willis

• 2 Zarbon 03:23, 11 March 2009 (UTC)
• 3 Kalki 09:55, 13 March 2009 (UTC)
• 2 InvisibleSun 22:37, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

The humblest citizen in all the land, when clad in the armor of a righteous cause, is stronger than all the hosts of error. ~ William Jennings Bryan

• 3 and lean toward 4. Zarbon 03:30, 11 March 2009 (UTC)
• 3 Kalki 09:55, 13 March 2009 (UTC) with strong lean toward 4.
• 2 InvisibleSun 22:37, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

In war, science has proven itself an evil genius; it has made war more terrible than it ever was before. Man used to be content to slaughter his fellowmen on a single plane — the earth's surface. Science has taught him to go down into the water and shoot up from below and to go up into the clouds and shoot down from above, thus making the battlefield three times a bloody as it was before; but science does not teach brotherly love. Science has made war so hellish that civilization was about to commit suicide; and now we are told that newly discovered instruments of destruction will make the cruelties of the late war seem trivial in comparison with the cruelties of wars that may come in the future. ~ William Jennings Bryan

• 3 Zarbon 03:30, 11 March 2009 (UTC)
• 2 Kalki 09:55, 13 March 2009 (UTC)
• 3 InvisibleSun 22:37, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

I cannot and do not live in the world of discretion, not as a writer, anyway. I would prefer to, I assure you — it would make life easier. But discretion is, unfortunately, not for novelists. ~ Philip Roth

• 3 Kalki 09:55, 13 March 2009 (UTC)
• 2 Zarbon 02:47, 14 March 2009 (UTC)
• 3 InvisibleSun 22:37, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

I write fiction and I’m told it’s autobiography, I write autobiography and I’m told it’s fiction, so since I’m so dim and they’re so smart, let them decide what it is or it isn’t. ~ Philip Roth

• 2 Kalki 09:55, 13 March 2009 (UTC)
• 1 Zarbon 02:47, 14 March 2009 (UTC)
• 2 InvisibleSun 22:37, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

All I can tell you with certainty is that I, for one, have no self, and that I am unwilling or unable to perpetrate upon myself the joke of a self.... What I have instead is a variety of impersonations I can do, and not only of myself — a troupe of players that I have internalised, a permanent company of actors that I can call upon when a self is required.... I am a theater and nothing more than a theater. ~ Philip Roth

• 3 Kalki 09:55, 13 March 2009 (UTC)
• 1 Zarbon 02:47, 14 March 2009 (UTC)
• 3 InvisibleSun 22:37, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

From StrategyWiki, the free strategy guide and walkthrough wiki

Games released on March 19.

From Familypedia

March 19 is the 78th day of the year (79th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 287 days remaining until the end of the year.

March 19 is usually the last day of the winter season in the Northern Hemisphere, and the last day of the summer season in the Southern Hemisphere.

Events

• 1279 - A Mongolian victory in the Battle of Yamen ends the Song Dynasty in China
• 1687 - Explorer Robert Cavelier de La Salle, searching for the mouth of the Mississippi River, is murdered by his own men.
• 1831 - The City Bank of New York becomes the site of the first bank robbery in United States history ($245,000 taken).
• 1861 - The First Taranaki War ends in New Zealand.
• 1863 - The Confederate cruiser SS Georgiana was destroyed on her maiden voyage. The wreck was discovered on the same day and month, exactly 102 years later by then teenage diver and adventurer E. Lee Spence.
• 1865 - American Civil War: The Battle of Bentonville begins. By the end of the battle two days later the Confederate forces have retreated from Four Oaks.
• 1915 - Pluto is photographed for the first time but was not recognized as a planet.
• 1916 - Eight American planes take off in pursuit of Pancho Villa, the first United States air-combat mission in history.
• 1918 - The U.S. Congress establishes time zones and approves daylight saving time.
• 1920 - The United States Senate rejects the Treaty of Versailles for the second time (first time was on November 19, 1919).
• 1921 - Italian Fascists shoot from the Parenzana train at a group of children in Strunjan (Slovenia): two children are killed, two mangled, three wounded.
• 1931 - Gambling is legalized in Nevada.
• 1931 - The Harrisburg Symphony Orchestra played its first concert in Harrisburg.
• 1932 - The Sydney Harbour Bridge is opened.
• 1941 - World War II: The 99th Pursuit Squadron also known as the Tuskegee Airmen, the first all-black unit of the Army Air Corp, is activated.
• 1942 - The Thoroughbred Racing Association is established in Chicago.
• 1943 - Frank Nitti, Chicago Outfit Boss after Al Capone committed suicide at the Chicago Central Railyard.
• 1944 - World War II: Nazi forces occupy Hungary.
• 1945 - World War II: Off the coast of Japan, a dive bomber hits the aircraft carrier USS Franklin, killing 800 of her crew and crippling the ship.
• 1945 - World War II: Adolf Hitler issues his "Nero Decree" ordering all industries, military installations, shops, transportation facilities and communications facilities in Germany be destroyed.
• 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 color.
• 1958 - A fire in a loft building in New York, New York kills 24 people.
• 1962 - Algerian War of Independence: A ceasefire takes effect.
• 1962 - Bob Dylan releases his first, self-titled album.
• 1969 - collapse of 385 metre tall TV-mast at Emley Moor, UK, because of icing.
• 1972 - India and Bangladesh sign a friendship treaty.
• 1978 - UN Security Council Resolution 425 and 426 were passed, calling upon Israel immediately to cease its military action and withdraw its forces from all Lebanese territory (Operation Litani), and established the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL).
• 1979 - The United States House of Representatives begins broadcasting its day-to-day business via the cable television network C-SPAN.
• 1981 - Three workers are killed and five injured during a test of the Space Shuttle Columbia.
• 1982 - Falklands War: Argentines land on South Georgia Island, precipitating war.
• 1987 - Televangelist Jim Bakker resigns as head of the PTL Club due to a brewing sex scandal; he hands over control to Jerry Falwell.
• 2002 - U.S. invasion of Afghanistan: Operation Anaconda ends (started on March 2) after killing 500 Taliban and al Qaeda fighters with 11 allied troop fatalities.
• 2004 - Äänekoski bus disaster - A semi-trailer truck and a bus crash head-on in Äänekoski, Finland. 24 people are killed and 13 injured.
• 2004 - A Swedish DC-3 shot down by a Russian MiG-15 in the 1950s is finally recovered after years of work. The remains of the crew are left in place, pending further investigations.
• 2004 - Taiwanese president Chen Shui-bian is shot just before the country's presidential election on March 20. See 3-19 Shooting Incident.
• 2007 - Airbus A380 makes first flights to United States.

Births

• 1434 - Ashikaga Yoshikatsu, Japanese shogun (d. 1443)
• 1488 - Johannes Magnus, last Catholic Archbishop of Sweden (d. 1544)
• 1534 - José de Anchieta, Spanish Jesuit missionary to Brazil (d. 1597)
• 1590 - William Bradford, Pilgrim and First Governor of the Plymouth Colony (d. 1657)
• 1684 - Jean Astruc, French physician and scholar (d. 1766)
• 1721 - Tobias Smollett, Scottish novelist (d. 1771)
• 1734 - Thomas McKean, American lawyer and signer of the Declaration of Independence (d. 1817)
• 1739 - Charles-François Lebrun, Third Consul of France (d. 1824)
• 1749 - Princess Louisa Anne of Wales (d. 1768)
• 1778 - Edward Pakenham, British general (d. 1815)
• 1813 - David Livingstone, Scottish missionary and explorer (d. 1873)
• 1821 - Richard Francis Burton, British explorer, diplomat and author (d. 1890)
• 1823 - Princess Adelgunde of Bavaria d. 1914
• 1824 or 1828 - William Allingham, Irish author (d. 1889)
• 1829 - Carl Frederik Tietgen, Danish financier and industrialist (d. 1901)
• 1848 - Wyatt Earp, American policeman and gunfighter (d. 1929)
• 1849 - Alfred von Tirpitz, German World War I Admiral (d. 1930)
• 1851 - William Henry Stark, American business leader (d. 1936)
• 1860 - William Jennings Bryan, 41st United States Secretary of State (d. 1925)
• 1861 - Lomer Gouin, Quebec politician (d. 1929)
• 1864 - Charles Marion Russell, American artist (d. 1926)
• 1865 - William Morton Wheeler, American entomologist, myrmecologist, pioneer in ethology (d. 1937)
• 1871 - Schofield Haigh, British cricketer (d. 1921)
• 1873 - Max Reger, German composer (d. 1916)
• 1883 - Walter Haworth, British chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1950)
• 1883 - Joseph Stilwell, U.S. general (d. 1946)
• 1888 - Josef Albers, German artist (d. 1976)
• 1888 - Léon Scieur, Belgian cyclist (d. 1969)
• 1891 - Earl Warren, 14th Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1974)
• 1892 - James Van Fleet, American general (d. 1992)
• 1894 - Moms Mabley, American comedian (d. 1975)
• 1894 - Joe Venuti, American musician (d. 1978)
• 1900 - Frédéric Joliot, French physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1958)
• 1904 - John Sirica, American judge (d. 1992)
• 1905 - Albert Speer, Nazi official (d. 1981)
• 1906 - Adolf Eichmann, Nazi official (d. 1962)
• 1909 - Louis Hayward, British actor (d. 1985)
• 1909 - Attilio Demaria, Argentinian footballer (d. 1990)
• 1910 - Joseph F. Carroll, US Air Force Lt. Gen. and Founding Director, Defense Intelligence Agency (d. 1991)
• 1914 - Leonidas Alaoglu, Greek-Canadian mathematician (d. 1981)
• 1914 - Jay Berwanger, American football player (d. 2002)
• 1914 - Fred Clark, American film actor (d. 1968)
• 1915 - Robert G. Cole, American Paratrooper of the 101st, 502nd division (d. 1944)
• 1916 - Eric Christmas, British actor (d. 2000)
• 1916 - Irving Wallace, American novelist (d. 1990)
• 1917 - Dinu Lipatti, Romanian pianist (d. 1950)
• 1917 - Laszlo Szabo, Hungarian chess player (d. 1998)
• 1920 - Tige Andrews, American actor (d. 2007)
• 1920 - Kjell Aukrust, Norwegian author (d. 2002)
• 1921 - Tommy Cooper, Welsh comedy magician (d. 1984)
• 1923 - Pamela Britton, American actress (d. 1974)
• 1923 - Henry Morgentaler, Canadian gynecologist
• 1924 - Mary Wimbush, British actress (d. 2005)
• 1925 - Brent Scowcroft, US National Security Advisor
• 1927 - Richie Ashburn, American baseball player (d. 1997)
• 1928 - Hans Küng, Swiss theologian
• 1928 - Patrick McGoohan, American-born actor
• 1932 - Gay Brewer, American golfer (d. 2007
• 1933 - Philip Roth, American author
• 1933 - Renée Taylor, American actress
• 1936 - Ursula Andress, Swiss actress
• 1936 - Birthe Wilke, Danish singer
• 1937 - Clarence "Frogman" Henry, American musician
• 1937 - Egon Krenz, President of East Germany
• 1939 - Joe Kapp, American football player
• 1942 - Richard Dobson, American singer and songwriter
• 1943 - Mario J. Molina, Mexican chemist, Nobel laureate
• 1943 - Mario Monti, Italian politician
• 1943 - Vern Schuppan, Australian racing driver
• 1944 - Said Musa, Prime Minister of Belize
• 1944 - Sirhan Sirhan, Palestinian-born assassin
• 1946 - Paul Atkinson, British musician (The Zombies) (d. 2004)
• 1946 - Bigas Luna, Spanish film director
• 1946 - Ruth Pointer, American singer (Pointer Sisters)
• 1947 - Glenn Close, American actress
• 1947 - Marinho Peres, Brazilian football player
• 1952 - Harvey Weinstein, American film producer
• 1952 - Warren Lees, New Zealand Test wicket-keeper
• 1953 - Billy Sheehan, American musician (Mr. Big)
• 1953 - Ricky Wilson, American musician (The B-52's) (d. 1985)
• 1955 - Bruce Willis, American actor
• 1956 - Yegor Gaidar, Russian politician and economist.
• 1962 - Ivan Calderón, Puerto Rican baseball player (d. 2003)
• 1962 - Jim Korderas, American professional wrestling referee
• 1964 - Yoko Kanno, Japanese composer
• 1966 - James "Big Jim" Wright, American record producer
• 1967 - Vladimir Konstantinov, Russian ice hockey player
• 1969 - Connor Trinneer, American actor
• 1971 - Nadja Auermann, German supermodel
• 1971 - Kirsty Williams, British politician
• 1973 - Bun B, American Rapper, O.G.
• 1975 - Vivian Hsu, Taiwanese singer, actress and model
• 1975 - Brann Dailor, American drummer
• 1975 - Matthew Richardson, Australian rules footballer
• 1976 - Zach Lind - American drummer (Jimmy Eat World)
• 1976 - Rachel Blanchard, Canadian actress
• 1976 - Alessandro Nesta, Italian footballer
• 1977 - Jorma Taccone, American writer and comedian
• 1979 - Hee-Seop Choi, Korean baseball player
• 1979 - Ivan Ljubičić, Croatian tennis player
• 1979 - Christos Patsatzoglou, Greek footballer
• 1980 - Vida Guerra, Cuban-American swimsuit model
• 1980 - Mikuni Shimokawa, Japanese singer
• 1980 - Don Sparrow, Canadian illustrator
• 1981 - Kim Rae Won, South Korean actor and model
• 1981 - Kolo Touré, Ivorian footballer
• 1982 - Bradley Jones, Australian footballer
• 1982 - Matt Littler, British actor
• 1983 - Ana Rezende, Brazilian film director and musician (CSS)
• 1983 - Matt Sydal, American professional wrestler
• 1985 - Ernesto Viso, Venezuelan racing driver
• 1999 - Tatum McCann, American actress
• 2007 - Prince Abdullah bin Ali, Prince of Jordan

Deaths

• 1238 - Duke Henry I of Poland (b. 1163)
• 1263 - Hugh of St Cher, French cardinal
• 1279 - Emperor Bing of Song China (b. 1271)
• 1286 - King Alexander III of Scotland (b. 1241)
• 1330 - Edmund of Woodstock, English politician (executed) (b. 1301)
• 1406 - Ibn Khaldun, Arab historian (b. 1332)
• 1623 - Uesugi Kagekatsu, Japanese samurai and warlord (b. 1556)
• 1637 - Péter Pázmány, Hungarian cardinal and statesman (b. 1570)
• 1649 - Gerhard Johann Vossius, German classical scholar and theologian (b. 1577)
• 1683 - Thomas Killigrew, English dramatist (b. 1612)
• 1687 - Robert Cavelier de La Salle, French explorer (b. 1643)
• 1697 - Nicolaus Bruhns, German organist and composer (b. 1665)
• 1711 - Thomas Ken, English bishop and hymn-writer (b. 1637)
• 1717 - John Campbell, Scottish royalist
• 1721 - Pope Clement XI (b. 1649)
• 1796 - Hugh Palliser, British naval officer and administrator (b. 1722)
• 1871 - Wilhelm Karl Ritter von Haidinger, Austrian mineralogist (b. 1795)
• 1897 - Antoine Thomson d'Abbadie, French geographer (b. 1810)
• 1900 - John Bingham, American politician and lawyer (b. 1815)
• 1900 - Charles-Louis Hanon, French composer (b. 1819)
• 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
• 1942 - Clinton Hart Merriam, American zoologist (b. 1855)
• 1943 - Frank Nitti, American gangster (b. 1883)
• 1944 - William Hale Thompson, American mayor of Chicago (b. 1869)
• 1945 - Friedrich Fromm, German Nazi official (b. 1888)
• 1950 - Edgar Rice Burroughs, American author (b. 1875)
• 1950 - Walter Haworth, British chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1883)
• 1974 - Anne Klein, American fashion designer (b. 1923)
• 1974 - Edward Platt, American actor (b. 1916)
• 1976 - Albert Dieudonné, French actor, screenwriter and novelist (b. 1889)
• 1976 - Paul Kossoff, English guitarist (Free) (b. 1950)
• 1978 - Gaston Julia, French mathematician (b. 1893)
• 1979 - Richard Beckinsale, English actor (b. 1947)
• 1982 - Randy Rhoads, American guitarist (Quiet Riot, Ozzy Osbourne) (b. 1956)
• 1987 - Louis, French physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1892)
• 1989 - Alan Civil, English French horn player (b. 1929)
• 1990 - Andrew Wood, American singer (Mother Love Bone) (b. 1966)
• 1995 - Yasuo Yamada, Japanese voice actor (b. 1932)
• 1997 - Willem de Kooning, Dutch-born painter (b. 1904)
• 1999 - Jaime Sabines, Mexican poet (b. 1926)
• 2001 - Charles K. Johnson, President of the Flat Earth Society (b. 1924)
• 2003 - Michael Mathias Prechtl, German illustrator (b. 1926)
• 2003 - Émile Genest, Canadian actor (b. 1921)
• 2004 - Mitchell Sharp, Canadian politician (b. 1911)
• 2005 - John De Lorean, American automobile engineer (b. 1925)
• 2007 - Calvert DeForest, American actor (b. 1921)
• 2007 - Luther Ingram, R&B soul singer and songwriter (b. 1937)

Holidays and observances

• The first day of Quinquatria in ancient Rome, held in honor of Minerva.
• The swallows return to Mission San Juan Capistrano in California.

Liturgical feasts

• Roman Catholicism and Church of England - Saint Joseph's Day for Saint Joseph of Nazareth, spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary, father of Jesus; patron saint of Belgium, a good death, carpenters
  • hence also (alternative) Father's Day in Spain, Portugal, Belgium,Italy
  • Las Fallas in Valencia, Spain.
• Saint Landoald
• Saint Adeltrudis (d.670)

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• The New York Times: On This Day

• On This Day in Canada