MARCH 19TH
- TODAY IS NATIONAL CHOCOLATE CARAMEL DAY
- TODAY IS NATIONAL POULTRY DAY
- TODAY IS NATIONAL CERTIFIED NURSES DAY
- TODAY IS THE FEAST OF JOSEPH, HUSBAND OF THE VIRGIN MARY
BIRTHDAYS:
- WYATT EARP (1848-1929
- WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN (1860-1925)
- EARL WARREN (1891-1974)
- MOMS MABLEY (1894-1975)
- ADOLF EICHMANN (1906-1962)
- URSULA ANDRESS (1936, 82)
- GLENN CLOSE (1947, 71)
- HARVEY WEINSTEIN (1952, 66)
- BRUCE WILLIS (1955, 63)
- BARBARA LYNCH (1964, 54)
ON THIS DAY:
- IN 1628, ENGLAND GRANTS LAND TO THE MASSACHUSETTS BAY COLONY
- IN 1822, BOSTON IS INCORPORATED AS A CITY
- IN 1918, CONGRESS APPROVES TIME ZONES AND DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME
- IN 1918, 17 YEAR OLD LOUIS ARMSTRONG MARRIES 21 YEAR OLD DAISY PARKER
- IN 1920, THE US SENATE REJECTS THE TREATY OF VERSAILLES AND THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS AMONGST ISOLATIONIST SENTIMENTS
- IN 1928, AMOS AND ANDY DEBUTS ON THE NBC RADIO NETWORK
- IN 1931, GAMBLING BECOMES LEGAL IN NEVADA
- IN 1945, HITLER ORDERS ALL GERMAN FACTORIES TO BE DESTROYED IN WHAT BECOMES KNOWN AS HIS “NERO DECREE”
- IN 1945, 832 AMERICAN SAILORS ARE KILLED WHEN A KAMIKAZE PILOT HITS THE USS FRANKLIN
- IN 1951, HERMAN WOUK PUBLISHES “THE CAINE MUTINY”
- IN 1953, THE ACADEMY AWARDS ARE TELEVISED FOR THE FIRST TIME
- IN 1962, BOB DYLAN RELEASES HIS SELF TITLED DEBUT ALBUM
- IN 1964, SEAN CONNERY BEGINS WORK ON HIS FIRST JAMES BOND FILM “GOLDFINGER”
- IN 1965, A TEENAGER DISCOVERS THE WRECKAGE OF THE CONFEDERATE SHIP GEORGIANA WHILE DIVING ON THE 102 ANNIVERSARY OF IT SINKING. THE DISCOVERY WAS VALUED AT OVER $50,000,000
- IN 1969, THE CHICAGO 8 ARE INDICTED AFTER THE RIOTS AT THE CHICAGO DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION
- IN 1974, JEFFERSON AIRPLANE REBRAND THEMSELVES AS JEFFERSON STARSHIP
- IN 1977, THE FINAL EPISODE OF “THE MARY TYLER MOORE SHOW” AIRS
- IN 1979, C-SPAN BEGINS TELEVISING CONGRESSIONAK HEARINGS
- IN 1982, ARGENTINA’S ARMY LANDS ON SOUTH GEORGIA ISLAND BEGINNING THE FALKLANDS WAR WITH THE UNITED KINGDOM
- IN 1984, NBC PREMIERES “KATE AND ALLIE”
- IN 1987, JIM BAKKER RESIGNS FROM HIS TELEVANGELISM POSITION AFTER HIS SECRETARY, JESSICA HAHN, ACCUSES HIM OF RAPE
- IN 1991, THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE REMOVE THE RIGHTS TO THE 1993 SUPER BOWL FROM THE ARIZONA CARDINALS BECAUSE ARIZONA REFUSES TO RECOGNIZE MARTIN LUTHER KING’S BIRTHDAY AS A HOLIDAY
- IN 1993, BYRON WHITE RESIGNS FROM THE SUPREME COURT
- IN 1994, 160,000 EGGS ARE USED TO MAKE THE WORLD’S LARGEST OMELETTE IN YOKOHAMA, JAPAN
- IN 1995, POISON GAS RELEASED IN A JAPANESE SUBWAY KILLS FIVE PEOPLE
- IN 1995, MICHAEL JORDAN COMES OUT OF RETIREMENT AND RETURNS TO THE BULLS AFTER 17 MONTHS
- IN 1996, WINNIE AND NELSON MANDELA DIVORCE AFTER 38 YEARS OF MARRIAGE
- IN 2003, THE UNITED STATES AND ENGLAND JOINTLY INVADE IRAQ WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF THE UNITED NATIONS
- IN 2005, 50 CENT BECOMES THE FIRST SOLO ARTIST TO EVER HAVE THREE SINGLES IN THE BILLBOARD TOP 5 AT THE SAME TIME WITH “CANDY SHOP”, “HOW WE DO” AND “DISCO INFERNO”
- IN 2009, DAVID LETTERMAN MARRIES HIS LONG TIME GIRLFRIEND REGINA LASKO
- IN 2012, WENDY’S SURPASSES BURGER KING TO BECOMES THE SECOND LARGEST FAST FOOD CHAIN
- IN 2016, BATMAN VERSUS SUPERMAN DEBUTS IN THEATRES