What Day of the Week

March 19, 2020 was the 79^th day of the year 2020 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 287 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Thursday.

If you are trying to learn Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is jueves.

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Here’s the March calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.

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.

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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.

• 1687

  Explorer Robert Cavelier de La Salle, searching for the mouth of the Mississippi River, is murdered by his own men.
• 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.
• 1895

  Auguste and Louis Lumière record their first footage using their newly patented cinematograph.
• 1921

  Irish War of Independence: One of the biggest engagements of the war takes place at Crossbarry, County Cork. About 100 Irish Republican Army (IRA) volunteers escape an attempt by over 1,300 British forces to encircle them.
• 1945

  World War II: Off the coast of Japan, a dive bomber hits the aircraft carrier USS Franklin, killing 724 of her crew. Badly damaged, the ship is able to return to the U.S. under her own power.
• 1946

  French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique and Réunion become overseas départements of France.
• 1958

  The Monarch Underwear Company fire leaves 24 dead and 15 injured.
• 1979

  The United States House of Representatives begins broadcasting its day-to-day business via the cable television network C-SPAN.
• 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.
• 2008

  GRB 080319B: A cosmic burst that is the farthest object visible to the naked eye is briefly observed.

• 1823

  Princess Adelgunde of Bavaria (d. 1914)
• 1905

  Albert Speer, German architect (d. 1981)
• 1929

  Miquel Martí i Pol, Catalan poet (d. 2003)
• 1947

  Glenn Close, American actress
• 1960

  Simo Aalto, Finnish magician
• 1967

  Katia Tiutiunnik, Australian violist and composer
• 1973

  Simmone Jade Mackinnon, Australian actress
• 1979

  Ivan Ljubičić, Croatian tennis player
• 1982

  Matt Littler, British actor
• 1987

  Josie Lopez, American actress

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