March 19 is the 78th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (79th in leap years). There are 287 days remaining.
Events:
- 1931 - Nevada legalizes gambling
- 1932 - Sydney Harbour Bridge opened
Births:
- 1813 - David Livingstone, missionary and explorer (+ 1873)
- 1819 - Nicolai Gogol, writer
- 1848 - Wyatt Earp
- 1860 - William Jennings Bryan, politician
- 1873 - Max Reger, composer (+1916)
- 1891 - Earl Warren, Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court
- 1894 - Joe Venuti, jazz musician and violinist (+ 1978)
- 1900 - Frédéric Joliot, physicist and winner of Nobel Prize in chemistry 1935 (+ 1958)
- 1906 - Adolf Eichmann, Nazi official
- 1928 - Hans Küng, theologian
- 1933 - Philip Roth, author
- 1947 - Glen Close, actress
- 1930 - Ornette Coleman
Deaths:
- 1987 - Louis-Victor de Broglie, physicist
- 1997 - Willem de Kooning, artist
Holidays and observances:
- Catholicism - Feast day of St. Joseph, putative father of Jesus.
- Las Fallas in Valencia, Spain
- The first day of Quinquatrus in ancient Rome.
See Also: March 18 - March 20 - February 19 - April 19 -- listing of all days
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