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March 19is the 78th day of the year (79th inleap years) in theGregorian calendar;287 days remain until the end of the year.
Events
editPre-1600
edit- 1277– TheByzantine–Venetian treaty of 1277is concluded, stipulating a two-year truce and renewing Venetian commercial privileges in theByzantine Empire.[1]
- 1279– AMongolvictory at theBattle of Yamenends theSong dynastyin China.
- 1284– TheStatute of Rhuddlanincorporates thePrincipality of Walesinto England.[2]
- 1452–Frederick III of Habsburgis the lastHoly Roman Emperorcrowned by medieval tradition in Rome by PopeNicholas V.[3]
- 1563– TheEdict of Amboiseis signed, ending the first phase of theFrench Wars of Religionand granting certain freedoms to theHuguenots.
1601–1900
edit- 1649– TheHouse of Commons of Englandpasses anactabolishing theHouse of Lords,declaring it"useless and dangerous to the people of England".
- 1687– ExplorerRobert Cavelier de La Salle,searching for the mouth of theMississippi River,is murdered by his own men.
- 1808–Charles IV,king of Spain, abdicates after riots and a popular revolt at the winter palaceAranjuez.His son,Ferdinand VII,takes the throne.[4]
- 1812– TheCortes of Cádizpromulgates theSpanish Constitution of 1812.
- 1824– American explorerBenjamin MorrelldepartedAntarcticaafter a voyage later plagued by claims of fraud.[5]
- 1831–First documented bank heist in U.S. history,when burglars stole $245,000 (1831 values) from the City Bank (nowCitibank) on Wall Street.[6]Most of the money was recovered.
- 1865–American Civil War:TheBattle of Bentonvillebegins. By the end of the battle two days later, Confederate forces had retreated fromFour Oaks, North Carolina.
- 1885–Louis Rieldeclares aprovisional governmentinSaskatchewan,beginning theNorth-West Rebellion.
1901–present
edit- 1918– TheUS Congressestablishestime zonesand approvesdaylight saving time.
- 1920– TheUnited States Senaterejects theTreaty of Versaillesfor the second time (the first time was on November 19, 1919).
- 1921–Irish War of Independence:One ofthe biggest engagementsof the war takes place atCrossbarry,County Cork.About 100Irish Republican Army(IRA) volunteers escape an attempt by over 1,300 British forces to encircle them.
- 1931– GovernorFred B. Balzarsigns a bill legalizing gambling in Nevada.
- 1932– TheSydney Harbour Bridgeis opened.[7]
- 1943–Frank Nitti,theChicago OutfitBoss afterAl Capone,commits suicide at the Chicago Central Railyard.
- 1944–World War II:The German armyoccupies Hungary.
- 1945– World War II: Off the coast of Japan, adive bomberhits theaircraft carrierUSSFranklin,killing 724 of her crew. Badly damaged, the ship is able to return to the US under her own power.
- 1945 – World War II:Adolf Hitlerissues his "Nero Decree"ordering all industries, military installations, shops, transportation facilities, and communications facilities inGermanyto be destroyed.
- 1946–French Guiana,Guadeloupe,Martinique,andRéunionbecomeoverseasdépartementsof France.
- 1958– TheMonarch Underwear Company fireleaves 24 dead and 15 injured.
- 1962– TheAlgerian War of Independenceends.
- 1964– Over 500,000 Brazilians attend theMarch of the Family with God for Liberty,in protest against the government ofJoão Goulartand against communism.
- 1965– The wreck of theSSGeorgiana,valued at over $50,000,000 and said to have been the most powerfulConfederatecruiser,is discovered by teenage diver and pioneerunderwater archaeologistE. Lee Spence,exactly 102 years after its destruction.
- 1969– The 385-metre-tall (1,263 ft) TV-mast atEmley Moor transmitting station,United Kingdom, collapses due to ice build-up.
- 1979– TheUnited States House of Representativesbegins broadcasting its day-to-day business via the cable television networkC-SPAN.
- 1982–Falklands War:Argentinianforces land onSouth Georgia Island,precipitating war with the United Kingdom.
- 1989– TheEgyptianflag is raised atTaba,marking the end of Israeli occupation since theSix Days Warin1967and theEgypt–Israel peace treatyin 1979.
- 1990– Theethnic clashes of Târgu Mureșbegin four days after the anniversary of theRevolutions of 1848 in the Austrian Empire.
- 1998– AnAriana Afghan AirlinesBoeing 727crasheson approach toKabul International Airport,killing all 45 on board.[8]
- 2003–United States PresidentGeorge W. Bushaddresses the nation, announcing theinvasion of Iraq.[9]
- 2004–Catalina affair:A Swedish DC-3 shot down by a Soviet MiG-15 in 1952 over the Baltic Sea is finally recovered after years of work.
- 2004 –March 19 Shooting Incident:TheRepublic of China(Taiwan) presidentChen Shui-bianis shot just before the country's presidential election onMarch 20.
- 2008–GRB 080319B:A cosmic burst that is the farthest object visible to the naked eye is briefly observed.
- 2011–Libyan Civil War:After the failure ofMuammar Gaddafi's forcesto take Benghazi,theFrench Air ForcelaunchesOpération Harmattan,beginningforeign military intervention in Libya.
- 2013– Aseries of bombings and shootingskills at least 98 people and injures 240 others acrossIraq.
- 2016–Flydubai Flight 981crashes while attempting to land atRostov-on-Doninternational airport, killing all 62 on board.
- 2016 – Anexplosionoccurs inTaksim SquareinIstanbul,Turkey, killing five people and injuring 36.
- 2019– The firstPresident of Kazakhstan,Nursultan Nazarbayev,resigns from office after nearly three decades, leavingSenate ChairmanKassym-Jomart Tokayevas the acting President and successor.[10]
- 2023– TheSwiss Governmentbrokers a deal forUBStobuy outrivalCredit Suissein an attempt to calm the2023 banking crisis.[11]
Births
editPre-1600
edit- 1206–Güyük Khan,Mongol ruler, 3rdGreat Khan of the Mongol Empire(d. 1248)
- 1434–Ashikaga Yoshikatsu,Japanese shōgun (d. 1443)
- 1488–Johannes Magnus,Swedish archbishop and theologian (d. 1544)
- 1534–José de Anchieta,Spanish missionary and saint (d. 1597)
- 1542–Jan Zamoyski,Polish nobleman (d. 1605)
1601–1900
edit- 1601–Alonzo Cano,Spanish painter, sculptor, and architect (d. 1667)
- 1604–John IV of Portugal(d. 1656)
- 1641–Abd al-Ghani al-Nabulsi,Syrian author and scholar (d. 1731)
- 1661–Francesco Gasparini,Italian composer and educator (d. 1727)
- 1684–Jean Astruc,French physician and scholar (d. 1766)
- 1721–Tobias Smollett,Scottish-Italian poet and author (d. 1771) (baptised on this day)
- 1734–Thomas McKean,American lawyer and politician, 2ndGovernor of Pennsylvania(d. 1817)
- 1739–Charles-François Lebrun, duc de Plaisance,French lawyer and politician (d. 1824)
- 1742–Túpac Amaru II,Peruvian rebel leader (d. 1781)
- 1748–Elias Hicks,American farmer, minister, and theologian (d. 1830)
- 1778–Edward Pakenham,Anglo-Irish general and politician (d. 1815)
- 1784–José Prudencio Padilla López,Colombian naval commander and politician (d. 1828)[12]
- 1809–Fredrik Pacius,German composer and conductor (d. 1891)
- 1813–David Livingstone,Scottish missionary and explorer (d. 1873)
- 1816–Johannes Verhulst,Dutch composer and conductor (d. 1891)
- 1821–Richard Francis Burton,English soldier, geographer, and diplomat (d. 1890)
- 1823–Arthur Blyth,English-Australian politician, 9thPremier of South Australia(d. 1891)
- 1824–William Allingham,Irish poet, author, and scholar (d. 1889)
- 1829–Carl Frederik Tietgen,Danish businessman (d. 1901)
- 1844–Minna Canth,Finnish journalist, playwright, and activist (d. 1897)[13]
- 1847–Albert Pinkham Ryder,American painter (d. 1917)
- 1848–Wyatt Earp,American police officer (d. 1929)
- 1849–Alfred von Tirpitz,German admiral and politician (d. 1930)
- 1858–Kang Youwei,Chinese scholar and politician (d. 1927)
- 1860–William Jennings Bryan,American lawyer and politician, 41stUnited States Secretary of State(d. 1925)
- 1861–Lomer Gouin,Canadian lawyer and politician,Premier of Quebec(d. 1929)[14]
- 1864–Charles Marion Russell,American painter and sculptor (d. 1926)
- 1865–William Morton Wheeler,American entomologist, myrmecologist, and academic (d. 1937)
- 1868–Senda Berenson Abbott,Lithuanian-American basketball player and educator (d. 1954)
- 1871–Schofield Haigh,English cricketer and coach (d. 1921)
- 1872–Anna Held,Polish singer (d. 1918)
- 1873–Max Reger,German pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1916)
- 1875–Zhang Zuolin,Chinese warlord (d. 1928)
- 1876–Felix Jacoby,German philologist (d. 1959)
- 1880–Ernestine Rose,American librarian and advocate (d. 1961)[15]
- 1881–Edith Nourse Rogers,American social worker and politician (d. 1960)
- 1882–Gaston Lachaise,French-American sculptor (d. 1935)
- 1883–Norman Haworth,English chemist and academic,Nobel Prizelaureate (d. 1950)
- 1883 –Joseph Stilwell,American general (d. 1946)
- 1885–Attik,Greek composer (d. 1944)
- 1888–Josef Albers,German-American painter and educator (d. 1976)
- 1888 –Léon Scieur,Belgian cyclist (d. 1969)
- 1891–Earl Warren,American lieutenant, jurist, and politician, 14thChief Justice of the United States(d. 1974)
- 1892–Theodore Sizer,American professor of the history of art (d. 1967)
- 1892 –Ado Vabbe,Estonian painter (d. 1961)
- 1892 –James Van Fleet,American general and diplomat (d. 1992)
- 1893–Gertrud Dorka,German archaeologist, prehistorian and museum director (d. 1976)[16]
- 1894–Moms Mabley,American comedian and singer (d. 1975)
- 1900–Carmen Carbonell,Spanish stage and film actress (d. 1988)[17]
- 1900 –Frédéric Joliot-Curie,French physicist and academic,Nobel Prizelaureate (d. 1958)[18]
1901–present
edit- 1901–Jo Mielziner,French-American set designer (d. 1976)
- 1904–John Sirica,American lawyer and judge (d. 1992)[19]
- 1905–Joe Rollino,American weightlifter and boxer (d. 2010)
- 1905 –Albert Speer,German architect and politician (d. 1981)
- 1906–Clara Breed,American librarian and activist (d. 1994)
- 1906 –Adolf Eichmann,GermanSSofficer (d. 1962)
- 1909–Louis Hayward,South African-American actor (d. 1985)
- 1909 –Marjorie Linklater,Scottish campaigner for the arts and environment of Orkney (d. 1997)[20]
- 1910–Joseph Carroll,American general (d. 1991)
- 1912–Hugh Watt,Australian-New Zealand engineer and politician,Prime Minister of New Zealand(d. 1980)
- 1914–Leonidas Alaoglu,Canadian-American mathematician and theorist (d. 1981)
- 1914 –Jay Berwanger,American football player and coach (d. 2002)
- 1915–Robert G. Cole,American colonel,Medal of Honorrecipient (d. 1944)
- 1915 –Patricia Morison,American actress and singer (d. 2018)
- 1916–Eric Christmas,English-Canadian actor (d. 2000)
- 1916 –Irving Wallace,American journalist, author, and screenwriter (d. 1990)
- 1917–Laszlo Szabo,Hungarian chess player (d. 1998)
- 1919–Lennie Tristano,American pianist, composer, and educator (d. 1978)
- 1920–Kjell Aukrust,Norwegian author, poet, and painter (d. 2002)
- 1921–Tommy Cooper,British magician and prop comedian (d. 1984)
- 1922–Guy Lewis,American basketball player and coach (d. 2015)
- 1922 –Hiroo Onoda,Japanese lieutenant (d. 2014)
- 1923–Pamela Britton,American actress (d. 1974)
- 1923 –Benito Jacovitti,Italian illustrator (d. 1997)
- 1923 –Henry Morgentaler,Polish-Canadian physician and activist (d. 2013)
- 1924–Joe Gaetjens,Haitian footballer (d. 1964)
- 1925–Brent Scowcroft,American general and diplomat, 9thUnited States National Security Advisor(d. 2020)
- 1927–Richie Ashburn,American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 1997)
- 1928–Hans Küng,Swiss theologian and author (d. 2021)
- 1928 –Patrick McGoohan,Irish-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2009)
- 1931–Emma Andijewska,Ukrainian poet, writer and painter
- 1932–Gay Brewer,American golfer (d. 2007)
- 1932 –Peter Hall,English geographer, author, and academic (d. 2014)
- 1932 –Gail Kobe,American actress and producer (d. 2013)
- 1933–Phyllis Newman,American actress and singer (d. 2019)
- 1933 –Philip Roth,American novelist (d. 2018)[19]
- 1933 –Renée Taylor,American actress, producer, and screenwriter[21]
- 1933 –Richard Williams,Canadian-English animator, director, and screenwriter (d. 2019)
- 1935–Nancy Malone,American actress, director, and producer (d. 2014)
- 1936–Ursula Andress,Swiss model and actress[21]
- 1936 –Ben Lexcen,Australian sailor and architect (d. 1988)
- 1937–Clarence "Frogman" Henry,American singer-songwriter and pianist[21](d. 2024)
- 1937 –Egon Krenz,German politician
- 1938–Joe Kapp,American football player, coach, and actor (d. 2023)
- 1942–Heather Robertson,Canadian journalist and author (d. 2014)
- 1943–Nate Bowman,American basketball player (d. 1984)[22]
- 1943 –Mario J. Molina,Mexican chemist and academic,Nobel Prizelaureate (d. 2020)
- 1943 –Mario Monti,Italian economist and politician,Prime Minister of Italy
- 1943 –Vern Schuppan,Australian race car driver
- 1944–Said Musa,Belizean lawyer and politician, 5thPrime Minister of Belize
- 1945–John Holder,English cricketer and umpire
- 1945 –Modestas Paulauskas,Lithuanian basketball player and coach
- 1946–Ruth Pointer,American musician[23]
- 1947–Glenn Close,American actress, singer, and producer[21]
- 1947 –Marinho Peres,Brazilian footballer and coach (d. 2023)
- 1948–David Schnitter,American saxophonist and educator
- 1949–Blase J. Cupich,American theologian and cardinal
- 1950–José S. Palma,Filipino archbishop
- 1952–Warren Lees,New Zealand cricketer and coach
- 1952 –Martin Ravallion,Australian economist and academic (d. 2022)
- 1952 –Harvey Weinstein,American film producer and sex offender[19]
- 1953–Ian Blair,English police officer
- 1953 –Peter Hendy,English businessman
- 1953 –Ricky Wilson,American singer-songwriter and musician (d. 1985)
- 1954–Cho Kwang-rae,South Korean footballer, coach, and manager
- 1954 –Scott May,American basketball player[24]
- 1955–Bruce Willis,German-American actor and producer[21]
- 1956–Yegor Gaidar,Russian economist and politician,First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia(d. 2009)[25]
- 1957–Dudley Bradley,American basketball player[26]
- 1958–Andy Reid,American football player and coach
- 1960–Eliane Elias,Brazilian singer-songwriter and pianist[27]
- 1963–Neil LaBute,American director and screenwriter[28]
- 1963 –Mary Scheer,American actress and comedian[21]
- 1964–Yoko Kanno,Japanese pianist and composer
- 1966–Michael Crockart,Scottish police officer and politician
- 1966 –Olaf Marschall,German footballer and manager
- 1966 –Andy Sinton,English footballer and manager[29]
- 1967–Sandra Dombrowski,Swiss ice hockey player and referee[30]
- 1967 –Vladimir Konstantinov,Russian-American ice hockey player
- 1968–Tyrone Hill,American basketball player and coach
- 1969–Connor Trinneer,American actor[21]
- 1970–Harald Johnsen,Norwegian bassist and composer (d. 2011)
- 1970 –Michael Krumm,German race car driver
- 1970 –Janne Laukkanen,Finnish ice hockey player[31]
- 1973–Bun B,American rapper and songwriter[21]
- 1973 –Ashley Giles,English cricketer and coach
- 1975–Antonio Daniels,American basketball player
- 1976–Rachel Blanchard,Canadian actress[21]
- 1976 –Derek Chauvin,American criminal and former police officer[32][33]
- 1976 –Andre Miller,American basketball player[34]
- 1976 –Alessandro Nesta,Italian footballer and manager
- 1977–David Ross,American baseball player and manager[35]
- 1978–Cydonie Mothersille,Jamaican-Caymanian sprinter
- 1978 –Virginia Williams,American actress[21]
- 1979–Abby Brammell,American actress[21]
- 1979 –Sheldon Brown,American football player
- 1979 –Ivan Ljubičić,Croatian tennis player[36]
- 1979 –Christos Patsatzoglou,Greek footballer[37]
- 1979 –Hedo Türkoğlu,Turkish basketball player
- 1980–Luca Ferri,Italian footballer
- 1980 –Taichi Ishikari,Japanese wrestler
- 1980 –Mikuni Shimokawa,Japanese singer-songwriter
- 1980 –Theo Von,American stand-up comedian[38]
- 1981–Steve Cummings,English cyclist
- 1981 –Casey Jacobsen,American basketball player and sportscaster[39]
- 1981 –Kolo Touré,Ivorian footballer[40]
- 1982–Jonathan Fanene,American football player
- 1982 –Brad Jones,Australian footballer
- 1982 –Hana Kobayashi,Venezuelan singer[41]
- 1982 –Landon Powell,American baseball player and manager[42]
- 1982 –Eduardo Saverin,Brazilian-Singaporean businessman[19]
- 1985–Inesa Jurevičiūtė,Lithuanian figure skater
- 1986–Tyler Bozak,Canadian ice hockey player
- 1986 –Ahmad Bradshaw,American football player[43]
- 1987–AJ Lee,American wrestler and author[44]
- 1987 –Michal Švec,Czech footballer
- 1987 –Miloš Teodosić,Serbian basketball player
- 1988–Clayton Kershaw,American baseball player[45]
- 1988 –Ben Uzoh,Nigerian-American basketball player[46]
- 1990–EJ Manuel,American football player[47]
- 1990 –Anders Nilsson,Swedish ice hockey player[48]
- 1991–Garrett Clayton,American actor and singer[19]
- 1991 –Aleksandr Kokorin,Russian footballer[49]
- 1993–Hakim Ziyech,Moroccan footballer[50]
- 1995–Héctor Bellerín,Spanish footballer[51]
- 1995 –Philip Daniel Bolden,American actor[21]
- 1995 –Julia Montes,Filipino actress[52]
- 1995 –Alexei Sintsov,Russian figure skater
- 1996–Yung Gravy,American rapper[53]
- 1996 –Barbara Haas,Austrian tennis player
- 1996 –Quenton Nelson,American football player[54]
- 1998–Caylee Cowan,American actress[55]
- 1998 –Julian Love,American football player[56]
- 1999–Nico Collins,American football player[57]
Deaths
editPre-1600
edit- 235–Severus Alexander,Roman emperor (b. 208)
- 953–al-Mansur bi-Nasr Allah,caliph of the Fatimid Caliphate (b. 913)
- 968–Emma of Paris,duchess of Normandy (b. 943)
- 1238–Henry the Bearded,Polish duke and son ofBolesław I the Tall(b. 1163)
- 1263–Hugh of Saint-Cher,French cardinal (b. 1200)
- 1279–Zhao Bing,Chinese emperor (b. 1271)
- 1286–Alexander III,king of Scotland (b. 1241)[58]
- 1330–Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent,English politician,Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports(b. 1301)
- 1372–John II,marquess of Montferrat (b. 1321)
- 1533–John Bourchier, 2nd Baron Berners,English baron and statesman (b. 1467)
- 1534–Michael Weiße,German theologian (b. c. 1488)
- 1539–Lord Edmund Howard,English nobleman (b. c. 1478)
- 1563–Arthur Brooke,English poet
- 1568–Elizabeth Seymour, Lady Cromwell,English noblewoman (b.c. 1518)
- 1581–Francis I,duke of Saxe-Lauenburg (b. 1510)
1601–1900
edit- 1612–Sophia Olelkovich Radziwill,Belarusian saint (b. 1585)
- 1637–Péter Pázmány,Hungarian cardinal (b. 1570)
- 1649–Gerhard Johann Vossius,German scholar and theologian (b. 1577)
- 1683–Thomas Killigrew,English playwright and manager (b. 1612)
- 1687–René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle,French-American 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 soldier (b. 1636)
- 1721–Pope Clement XI(b. 1649)
- 1783–Frederick Cornwallis,English archbishop (b. 1713)
- 1790–Cezayirli Gazi Hasan Pasha,Ottoman general and politician, 182ndGrand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire(b. 1713)
- 1797–Philip Hayes,English organist and composer (b. 1738)
- 1816–Filippo Mazzei,Italian-American physician and philosopher (b. 1730)
- 1871–Wilhelm Karl Ritter von Haidinger,Austrian mineralogist, geologist, and physicist (b. 1795)
- 1884–Elias Lönnrot,Finnish physician and philologist (b. 1802)[59]
- 1897–Antoine Thomson d'Abbadie,Irish-French geographer, ethnologist, linguist, and astronomer (b. 1810)
- 1900–John Bingham,American lawyer and politician, 7thUnited States Ambassador to Japan(b. 1815)
- 1900 –Charles-Louis Hanon,French pianist and composer (b. 1819)
1901–present
edit- 1914–Giuseppe Mercalli,Italian priest, geologist, and volcanologist (b. 1850)
- 1919–Emma Bell Miles,American writer, poet, and artist ofAppalachia(b. 1879)
- 1930–Arthur Balfour,Scottish-English politician,Prime Minister of the United Kingdom(b. 1848)
- 1930 –Henry Lefroy,Australian politician, 11thPremier of Western Australia(b. 1854)
- 1942–Clinton Hart Merriam,American zoologist, ornithologist, and entomologist (b. 1855)
- 1944–William Hale Thompson,American rancher and politician, 41stMayor of Chicago(b. 1869)
- 1947–James A. Gilmore,American businessman and baseball executive (b. 1887)[60]
- 1948–Maud Howe Elliott,American novelist (b. 1854)[61]
- 1949–James Somerville,English admiral and politician,Lord Lieutenant of Somerset(b. 1882)
- 1949 –James Newland,Australian soldier and policeman (b. 1881)[62]
- 1950–Edgar Rice Burroughs,American soldier and author (b. 1875)
- 1950 –Norman Haworth,English chemist and academic,Nobel Prizelaureate (b. 1883)
- 1951–Dmytro Doroshenko,Ukrainian historian and politician,Prime Minister of Ukraine(b. 1882)
- 1976–Albert Dieudonné,French actor and author (b. 1889)
- 1976 –Paul Kossoff,English guitarist and songwriter (b. 1950)
- 1977–William L. Laurence,Lithuanian-born American journalist and author (b. 1888)
- 1978–M. A. Ayyangar,Indian lawyer and politician, 2ndSpeaker of the Lok Sabha(b. 1891)
- 1982–J. B. Kripalani,Indian lawyer and politician (b. 1888)
- 1982 –Randy Rhoads,American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (b. 1956)
- 1984–Garry Winogrand,American photographer (b. 1928)
- 1986–Sabino Barinaga,Spanish footballer and manager (b. 1922)
- 1987–Louis de Broglie,French physicist and academic,Nobel Prizelaureate (b. 1892)
- 1988–Bun Cook,Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1904)
- 1990–Andrew Wood,American singer-songwriter (b. 1966)
- 1993–Henrik Sandberg,Danish production manager and producer (b. 1915)
- 1996–Lise Østergaard,Danish psychologist and politician (b. 1924)
- 1996 –Alan Ridout,English composer and teacher. (b. 1934)[63]
- 1996 –Virginia Henderson,American nurse, researcher, theorist and author (b. 1897)
- 1997–Willem de Kooning,Dutch-American painter and educator (b. 1904)
- 1997 –Eugène Guillevic,French poet and author (b. 1907)
- 1998–E. M. S. Namboodiripad,Indian theorist and politician, 1stChief Minister of Kerala(b. 1909)
- 1999–Tofilau Eti Alesana,Samoan politician, 5thPrime Minister of Samoa(b. 1924)
- 2000–Joanne Weaver,American baseball player (b. 1935)
- 2000 –Shafiq-ur-Rahman,Pakistani physician and author (b. 1920)
- 2003–Michael Mathias Prechtl,German soldier and illustrator (b. 1926)
- 2004–Mitchell Sharp,Canadian economist and politician, 23rdCanadian Minister of Finance(b. 1911)
- 2005–John DeLorean,American engineer and businessman, founded theDeLorean Motor Company(b. 1925)
- 2008–Arthur C. Clarke,English science fiction writer (b. 1917)[64]
- 2008 –Hugo Claus,Belgian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1929)
- 2008 –Paul Scofield,English actor (b. 1922)
- 2009–Maria Bergson,Austrian-American architect and interior designer (b. 1914)
- 2011–Kym Bonython,Australian drummer and radio host (b. 1920)
- 2012–Jim Case,American director and producer (b. 1927)
- 2012 –Ulu Grosbard,Belgian-American director and producer (b. 1929)
- 2012 –Hugo Munthe-Kaas,Norwegian intelligence agent (b. 1922)
- 2014–Patrick Joseph McGovern,American businessman, foundedIDG(b. 1937)
- 2014 –Fred Phelps,American lawyer, pastor, and activist, founded theWestboro Baptist Church(b. 1929)
- 2014 –Heather Robertson,Canadian journalist and author (b. 1942)
- 2014 –Robert S. Strauss,American diplomat,United States Ambassador to Russia(b. 1918)
- 2014 –Lawrence Walsh,Canadian-American lawyer, judge, and politician, 4thUnited States Deputy Attorney General(b. 1912)
- 2014 –Joseph F. Weis, Jr.,American lawyer and judge (b. 1923)
- 2015–Gus Douglass,American farmer and politician (b. 1927)
- 2015 –Safet Plakalo,Bosnian author and playwright (b. 1950)
- 2015 –Danny Schechter,American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1942)
- 2016–Roger Agnelli,Brazilian banker and businessman (b. 1959)
- 2016 –Jack Mansell,English footballer and manager (b. 1927)
- 2019–William Whitfield,British architect (b. 1920)[65]
- 2021–Glynn Lunney,American engineer (b. 1936)[66]
Holidays and observances
edit- ChristianObservances:
- Alkmund of Derby
- Saint Joseph(Western Christianity;if this date falls on Sunday, the feast is moved to Monday March 20)
- Saint Joseph's Day(Roman CatholicismandAnglican Communion) related observances:
- Falles,celebrated on the week leading to March 19 (Valencia)
- Father's Day(Spain, Portugal, Italy,Honduras,andBolivia)
- "Return of the Swallow", annual observance of theswallows' return toMission San Juan CapistranoinCalifornia
- Saint Joseph's Day(Roman CatholicismandAnglican Communion) related observances:
- March 19 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Earliest day on whichMaundy Thursdaycan fall, while April 22 is the latest; celebrated on Thursday beforeEaster(Christianity)
- Minna Canth's Birthday and theDay of Equality(Finland)
- Kashubian Unity Day(Poland)
References
edit- ^Nicol, Donald M.(1988).Byzantium and Venice: A Study in Diplomatic and Cultural Relations.Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 197–201.ISBN0-521-34157-4.
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