What Day of the Week

March 19, 2019 was the 78^th day of the year 2019 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 287 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was 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.

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.

• 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.
• 1920

  The United States Senate rejects the Treaty of Versailles for the second time (the first time was on November 19, 1919).
• 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: Adolf Hitler issues his “Nero Decree” ordering all industries, military installations, shops, transportation facilities and communications facilities in Germany to be destroyed.
• 1954

  Joey Giardello knocks out Willie Tory in round seven at Madison Square Garden in the first televised prize boxing fight shown in colour.
• 1990

  The ethnic clashes of Târgu Mureş begin four days after the anniversary of the Revolutions of 1848 in the Habsburg areas.
• 2004

  3-19 Shooting Incident: Taiwanese president Chen Shui-bian is shot just before the country’s presidential election on March 20.
• 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.

• 1534

  José de Anchieta, Spanish Jesuit missionary to Brazil (d. 1597)
• 1883

  Walter Haworth, British chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1950)
• 1923

  Pamela Britton, American actress (d. 1974)
• 1928

  Patrick McGoohan, American actor (d. 2009)
• 1946

  Ruth Pointer, American singer (Pointer Sisters)
• 1967

  Mary Scheer, American actress and comedian
• 1975

  Vivian Hsu, Taiwanese singer, actress and model
• 1980

  Mikuni Shimokawa, Japanese singer
• 1987

  April Jeanette, American wrestler
• 1987

  Milos Teodosic, Serbian basketball player

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