| 1687 |
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The French explorer La Salle is murdered in by his own men while searching for the mouth of the Mississippi, along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico. |
| 1702 |
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On the death of William III of Orange, Anne Stuart, sister of Mary, succeeds to the throne of England, Scotland and Ireland. |
| 1822 |
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Boston is incorporated as a city. |
| 1831 |
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The first recorded bank robbery in the United States occurs at the City Bank, in New York. Some $245,000 is stolen. |
| 1879 |
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Jim Currie opens fire on the actors Maurice Barrymore and Ben Porter near Marshall, Texas. His shots wound Barrymore and kill Porter. |
| 1903 |
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The U.S. Senate ratifies the Cuban treaty, gaining naval bases in Guantanamo and Bahia Honda. |
| 1916 |
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The First Aero Squadron takes off from Columbus, NM to join Gen. John J. Pershing and his Punitive Expedition against Pancho Villa in Mexico. |
| 1917 |
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The Adamson Act, eight hour day for railroad workers, is ruled constitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court. |
| 1918 |
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Congress authorizes Daylight Savings Time. |
| 1920 |
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The U.S. Senate rejects the Versailles Treaty for the second time. |
| 1924 |
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U.S. troops are rushed to Tegucigalpa as rebel forces take the Honduran capital. |
| 1931 |
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The state of Nevada legalizes gambling. |
| 1935 |
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The British fire on 20,000 Muslims in India, killing 23. |
| 1936 |
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The Soviet Union signs a pact of assistance with Mongolia against Japan. |
| 1944 |
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The German 352nd Infantry Division deploys along the coast of France. |
| 1945 |
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Adolf Hitler orders a scorched-earth policy for his retreating German armies in the west and east. |
| 1947 |
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Chiang Kai-Shek’s government forces take control of Yenan, the former headquarters of the Chinese Communist Party. |
| 1949 |
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The Soviet People’s Council signs the constitution of the German Democratic Republic, and declares that the North Atlantic Treaty is merely a war weapon. |
| 1963 |
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In Costa Rica, President John F. Kennedy and six Latin American presidents pledge to fight Communism. |
| 1977 |
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Congo President Marien Ngouabi is killed by a suicide commando. |
| 1981 |
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One technician is killed and two others are injured during a routine test on space shuttle Columbia. |
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Born on March 19 |
| 1589 |
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William Bradford, governor of Plymouth colony for 30 years. |
| 1721 |
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Tobias George Smollett, satirical author and physician (Roderick Random, Humphrey Clinker). |
| 1813 |
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David Livingston, explorer found by Arthur Stanley in Africa. |
| 1821 |
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Sir Richard Burton, English explorer. |
| 1848 |
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Wyatt Earp, U.S. marshal. |
| 1849 |
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Alfred von Tirpitz, Prussian admiral who commanded the German fleet in early World War I. |
| 1860 |
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William Jennings Bryan, orator, statesman, known as "The Great Communicator." |
| 1889 |
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Sarah Gertrude Millina, South African writer (The Dark River, God’s Stepchildren). |
| 1891 |
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Earl Warren, governor of California, later 14th Supreme Court Chief Justice. |
| 1904 |
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John J. Sirica, U.S. Federal Judge who ruled on Watergate issues. |
| 1906 |
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Adolf Eichman, Nazi Gestapo officer. |
| 1912 |
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Adolf Galland, German Luftwaffe pilot. |
| 1925 |
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Brent Scrowcroft, Lt. Gen. (USAF), National Security Advisor to President George H.W. Bush. |
| 1933 |
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Phillip Roth, American novelist and short-story writer (Portnoy’s Complaint). |
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