March 19: Day Of The Week
March 19, 2013 is the 78th day of the year 2013 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 287 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.
If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is mardi.
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Here’s the March calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.
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Pisces is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Aquamarine is the modern birthstone for this month. Jade is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
It’s uncommon for the March equinox to fall on this day. The last time it did was in 1796 and the next will be in 2044.
March 19 Historical Events
- 1279 –A Mongolian victory Battle of Yamen ends the Song Dynasty in China.
- 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.
- 1885 –Louis Riel declares a Provisional Government in Saskatchewan, beginning the North-West Rebellion.
- 1943 –Frank Nitti, the Chicago Outfit Boss after Al Capone, commits suicide at the Chicago Central Railyard.
- 1966 –Texas Western becomes the first college basketball team to win the Final Four with an all-black starting lineup.
- 1969 –The 385 m tall TV-mast at Emley Moor, United Kingdom, collapses due to ice build-up.
- 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 electoral fraud, following a turbulent presidential election.
- 2008 –GRB 080319B: A cosmic burst that is the farthest object visible to the naked eye is briefly observed.
Who were born on March 19?
- 1590 –William Bradford, Pilgrim and First Governor of the Plymouth Colony (d. 1657)
- 1829 –Carl Frederik Tietgen, Danish financier and industrialist (d. 1901)
- 1933 –Philip Roth, American author
- 1943 –Vern Schuppan, Australian racing driver
- 1952 –Wolfgang Ambros, Austrian singer-songwriter
- 1955 –Simon Yam, Hong Kong actor
- 1974 –Vida Guerra, Cuban-American swimsuit model
- 1979 –Hee-Seop Choi, Korean baseball player
- 1980 –Luca Ferri, Italian footballer
- 1982 –Jonathan Fanene, American football player
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