Historical Events In March - 19

1914  On March - 19 stanley Cup Toronto Blueshirts (NHA) sweep Victoria Capitals (PCHA) in 3 game   

1914  On this day in history stanley Cup: Tor Blueshirts (NHA) sweep Vict Capitals (PCHA) in 3 game   

1914  J Jay Berwanger, 1st Heisman Trophy winner (1935) on March - 19.   

1914  Stanley Cup: Toronto Blueshirts (NHA) sweep Victoria Capitals (PCHA) in 3 game on this day in history.   

1915  On this day in history pluto photographed for first time (although unknown at the time)   

1915  Pluto photographed for 1st time (although unknown at the time) on March - 19.   

1915  Norman Yardley, English cricket captain (late 40's) on this day in history.   

1916  On March - 19 first U.S. Air Combat Mission Begins Eight Curtiss "Jenny" planes of the First Aero Squadron take off from Columbus, Mexico, in the first combat air mission in U.S. history   

1917  On this day in history navy Department authorizes enrollment of women in Naval Reserve with ratings of yeoman, radio electrician, or other essential ratings.   

1917  On this day in history uS Supreme Court upheld 8-hour work day for railroad employees (Adamson Act)   

1917  On March - 19 uS Supreme Court upheld 8-hr work day for railroad employees   

1918  On this day in history congress authorizes time zones &approves daylight saving time   

1918  On this day in history s Potter becomes first US pilot to shoot down a German seaplane   

1918  Congress authorizes time zones & approves daylight saving time on March - 19.   

1918  On this day in history willem H de Beaufort, Dutch historian/liberal politician, dies at 73   

1920  On March - 19 uS Senate rejects Treaty of Versailles for 2nd time refusing to ratify League of Nations' covenant (maintaining isolation policy)   

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 on March - 19.   

1924  On March - 19 charles Villiers Stanford, Irish composer/author, dies at 71   

1925  Angelo G Roncalli (Pope John XXIII) becomes a bishop on March - 19.   

1927  On this day in history bloody battles between communists &Nazis in Berlin   

1927  On March - 19 bloody battles between communists & nazis in Berlin   

1928  On this day in history "Amos &Andy" debuts on radio (NBC Blue Network-WMAQ Chicago)   

1928  "Amos & Andy" debuts on radio (NBC Blue Network-WMAQ Chicago) on this day in history.   

1930  On this day in history nakagawa Soen accepted as a student of Katsube Keigaku Roshi   

1930  On March - 19 arthur J Balfour, British theologist/premier (1902-05), dies at 81   

1931  Nevada legalizes gambling on this day in history.   

1932  Sydney Harbour Bridge officially opened by New South Wales Premier Jack Lang on March - 19.   

1932  The Sydney Harbour Bridge is opened on March - 19.   

1934  On March - 19 anthony J Block, lawyer (Dutch strafproces), dies at 66   

1936  The birth of Ursula Andress, Film actress on March - 19.   

1936  On March - 19 john Larkin IV, actor/writer (Charlie Chan in Panama), dies at 63   

1937  Commons passes bill banning Canadian enlistment in the Spanish Civil War on this day in history.   

1937  Pope Pius XI publishes encyclical Divini redemptoris against communism on this day in history.   

1937  On March - 19 horacio Quiroga, Uruguayan author/poet, commits suicide at 58   

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1434  On this day in history birth of ashikaga Yoshikatsu, Japanese shogun (d. 1443)   

1488  Johannes Magnus, last Catholic Archbishop of Sweden (d. 1544) was born on this day in history.   

1503  Benedetto Varchi, Ital humanist/historian (Storia Fiorentina) was born on this day in history.   

1589  On this day in history birth of william Bradford, gov of Plymouth colony for 30 years (baptized)   

1593  On this day in history birth of georges de la Tour, French painter   

1601  On March - 19 birth of alonzo Cano, Spanish painter/sculptor (Cathedral Granada)   

1604  Johan IV, composer/king of Portugal (1640-56) was born on this day in history.   

1610  Hasegawa Tohaku, Japanese painter was born on March - 19.   

1238  Death of Duke Henry I of Poland (b. 1163) on March - 19.   

1263  Hugo of St-Cher/a S Caro, French cardinal, dies on this day in history.   

1279  Death of Emperor Bing of Song China (b. 1271) on this day in history.   

1286  Death of King Alexander III of Scotland (b. 1241) on March - 19.   

1330  Death of Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent, English politician (b. 1301) on March - 19.   

1406  Death of Ibn Khaldun, Arab historian (b. 1332) on March - 19.   

1556  Lieven van der Maude, [Ammonius], South Netherlands poet, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1623  Death of Uesugi Kagekatsu, Japanese samurai and warlord (b. 1556) on this day in history.