March 19 in history — What Happened Today in History

The ethnic clashes of Târgu Mureș begin four days after the anniversary of the Revolutions of 1848 in the Austrian Empire.

The Egyptian flag is raised at Taba, marking the end of Israeli occupation since the Six Days War in 1967 and the Egypt–Israel peace treaty in 1979.

Falklands War: Argentinian forces land on South Georgia Island, precipitating war with the United Kingdom.

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

The 385-metre-tall (1,263 ft) TV-mast at Emley Moor transmitting station, United Kingdom, collapses due to ice build-up.

The wreck of the SS Georgiana, valued at over $50,000,000 and said to have been the most powerful Confederate cruiser, is discovered by teenage diver and pioneer underwater archaeologist E. Lee Spence, exactly 102 years after its destruction.

Over 500,000 Brazilians attend the March of the Family with God for Liberty, in protest against the government of João Goulart and against communism.

The Algerian War of Independence ends.

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

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

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 US under her own power.

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.

World War II: The German army occupies Hungary.

Frank Nitti, the Chicago Outfit Boss after Al Capone, commits suicide at the Chicago Central Railyard.

The Sydney Harbour Bridge is opened.

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.

The United States Senate rejects the Treaty of Versailles for the second time (the first time was on November 19, 1919).

The US Congress establishes time zones and approves daylight saving time.

Louis Riel declares a provisional government in Saskatchewan, beginning the North-West Rebellion.

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.

First documented bank heist in U.S. history, when burglars steal $245,000 (1831 values) from the City Bank (now Citibank) on Wall Street. Most of the money was recovered.

American explorer Benjamin Morrell departs Antarctica after a voyage later plagued by claims of fraud.

The Cortes of Cádiz promulgates the Spanish Constitution of 1812.

Charles IV, king of Spain, abdicates after riots and a popular revolt at the winter palace Aranjuez. His son, Ferdinand VII, takes the throne.

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

The House of Commons of England passes an act abolishing the House of Lords, declaring it "useless and dangerous to the people of England".

The Edict of Amboise is signed, ending the first phase of the French Wars of Religion and granting certain freedoms to the Huguenots.

Anders Nilsson, Swedish ice hockey player

Clayton Kershaw, American baseball player

Ben Uzoh, Nigerian-American basketball player

AJ Lee, American wrestler and author

Michal Švec, Czech footballer

Miloš Teodosić, Serbian basketball player

Tyler Bozak, Canadian ice hockey player

Ahmad Bradshaw, American football player

Jonathan Fanene, American football player

Brad Jones, Australian footballer

Hana Kobayashi, Venezuelan singer

Landon Powell, American baseball player and manager

Steve Cummings, English cyclist

Lawrence Walsh, Canadian-American lawyer, judge, and politician, 4th United States Deputy Attorney General (born 1912)

Joseph F. Weis, Jr., American lawyer and judge (born 1923)

Jim Case, American director and producer (born 1927)

Ulu Grosbard, Belgian-American director and producer (born 1929)

Hugo Munthe-Kaas, Norwegian intelligence agent (born 1922)

Kym Bonython, Australian drummer and radio host (born 1920)

Maria Bergson, Austrian-American architect and interior designer (born 1914)

Arthur C. Clarke, English science fiction writer (born 1917)

Hugo Claus, Belgian author, poet, and playwright (born 1929)

Paul Scofield, English actor (born 1922)

John DeLorean, American engineer and businessman, founded the DeLorean Motor Company (born 1925)

Mitchell Sharp, Canadian economist and politician, 23rd Canadian Minister of Finance (born 1911)

Michael Mathias Prechtl, German soldier and illustrator (born 1926)