March 19
March 19 is the 78th day of the year (79th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 287 days remaining until the end of the year.
March 19 is usually the last day of the winter season in the Northern Hemisphere, and the last day of the summer season in the Southern Hemisphere.
Events
Up to 1900
- 1238 – Duke Henry I of Poland (b. 1163)
- 1279 - Emperor Bing of Song of China (b. 1271)
- 1286 – Alexander III of Scotland (b. 1241)
- 1330 - Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent, English politician (b. 1301)
- 1406 – Ibn Khaldun, Arab historian (b. 1332)
- 1612 - Sophia Olelkovich Radziwill, Belarussian saint (b. 1585)
- 1623 - Uesugi Kagekatsu, Japanese samurai and warlord (b. 1556)
- 1637 - Peter Pazmany, Hungarian cardinal and statesman (b. 1570)
- 1649 - Gerardus Vossius, Dutch classical scholar and theologian (b. 1577)
- 1687 - Robert Cavalier de La Salle, French explorer (b. 1643)
- 1721 – Pope Clement XI (b. 1649)
- 1746 - Grand Duchess Anna Leopolodovna of Russia (b. 1718)
- 1783 – Charles Cornwallis, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1713)
- 1806 - James Jackson, English-born American politician, Governor of Georgia (b. 1757)
- 1816 - Philip Mazzai, Italian physician (b. 1730)
- 1866 – John Dunn, Australian bushranger hanged in Sydney (b. c. 1840)
- 1871 – Wilhelm Karl Ritter von Haidinger, Austrian mineralogist (b. 1795)
- 1882 - Karl Robert Jakobson, Estonian politician, journalist and teacher (b. 1841)
- 1884 – Elias Lönnrot, Finnish physician and writer (b. 1802)
- 1900 - John Bingham, American politician and lawyer (b. 1815)
1901 – 2000
- 1908 – Eduard Zeller, German theologian and philosopher (b. 1814)
- 1914 – Giuseppe Mercalli, Italian volcanologist (b. 1850)
- 1915 - Antonio Agliardi, Italian cardinal (b. 1832)
- 1916 - Vasily Surikov, Russian painter (b. 1848)
- 1930 – Arthur Balfour, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1848)
- 1939 - Lloyd L. Gaines, American activist (b. 1911)
- 1942 - Clinton Hart Merriam, American zoologist, ornithologist and entomologist (b. 1855)
- 1943 - Frank Nitti, Italian-American gangster (b. 1883)
- 1944 - William Hale Thompson, mayor of Chicago (b. 1869)
- 1950 – Edgar Rice Burroughs, American writer (b. 1875)
- 1950 – Walter Haworth, British chemist (b. 1883)
- 1950 - Alexandru Vaida-Voevod, Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1872)
- 1974 – Edward Platt, American actor (b. 1916)
- 1976 - Albert Dieudonné, French actor and novelist (b. 1889)
- 1978 - Gaston Julia, French mathematician (b. 1893)
- 1982 - Randy Rhoads, American musician (b. 1956)
- 1986 - Sabino Barinaga, Spanish footballer and manager (b. 1922)
- 1987 – Louis de Broglie, French physicist (b. 1892)
- 1988 - Bun Cook, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1904)
- 1989 - Valérie Quennessen, French actress (b. 1957)
- 1995 - Yasuo Yamada, Japanese voice actor (b. 1932)
- 1997 – Willem de Kooning, Dutch artist (b. 1904)
- 1998 - E. M. S. Namboodiripad, Indian politician, 1st Chief Minister of Kerala (b. 1909)
- 1999 – Tofilau Eti Alesana, Prime Minister of Samoa (b. 1924)
From 2001
- 2005 - John DeLorean, American engineer and businessman (b. 1925)
- 2007 – Luther Ingram, American soul singer and songwriter (b. 1937)
- 2008 – Arthur C. Clarke, British writer (b. 1917)
- 2008 – Hugo Claus, Belgian writer (b. 1929)
- 2008 – Paul Scofield, British actor (b. 1921)
- 2009 - Paul Angelis, English actor (b. 1943)
- 2011 – Knut, famous polar bear (b. 2006)
- 2011 - Gustav Lantschner, Austrian-German skier (b. 1910)
- 2013 - Holger Juul Hansen, Danish actor (b. 1924)
- 2013 - Irina Petrescu, Romanian actress (b. 1941)
- 2014 - Robert Schwarz Strauss, American politician and diplomat (b. 1918)
- 2014 - Heather Robertson, Canadian journalist and writer (b. 1942)
- 2014 - Lawrence Walsh, American lawyer and judge (b. 1912)
- 2014 - Patrick Joseph McGovern, American technology executive (b. 1937)
- 2014 - Ernest Mühlen, Luxembourg politician (b. 1926)
- 2014 - Fred Phelps, American pastor (Westboro Baptist Church) (b. 1929)
- 2015 - Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs, Dutch athlete (b. 1923)
- 2015 - Gus Douglass, American politician (b. 1927)
- 2015 - Danny Schechter, American journalist and moviemaker (b. 1942)
- 2016 - Roger Agnelli, Brazilian businessman (b. 1959)
- 2016 - José Artetxe, Spanish footballer (b. 1930)
- 2016 - Jack Mansell, English footballer (b. 1927)
- 2017 - Jimmy Breslin, American journalist and writer (b. 1928)
- 2017 - Li Li-Hua, Chinese actress (b. 1924)
- 2017 - Len Mitzel, Canadian politician (b. 1946)
- 2017 - Chinu Modi, Indian poet and critic (b. 1939)
- 2017 - Roger Pingeon, French cyclist (b. 1940)
Births
1901 – 1950
- 1902 – Louisa Ghijs, Belgian stage actress (d. 1985)
- 1905 – Albert Speer, Nazi official (d. 1981)
- 1906 – Adolf Eichmann, Nazi official (d. 1962)
- 1909 - Attilio Demaria, Argentine footballer (d. 1990)
- 1909 - Louis Hayward, British actor (d. 1985)
- 1912 - William Frankland, British immunologist
- 1912 - Hugh Watt, Interim Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1980)
- 1913 - Alexander Pokryshkin, Russian pilot (d. 1985)
- 1914 - Jay Berwanger, American football player (d. 2002)
- 1915 - Patricia Morison, American soprano and actress
- 1916 - Eric Christmas, English-Canadian actor (d. 2000)
- 1916 - Irving Wallace, American writer and screenwriter (d. 1990)
- 1917 - Dinu Lipatti, Romanian pianist and composer (d. 1950)
- 1917 – Laszlo Szabo, Hungarian chess player (d. 1998)
- 1919 - Lennie Tristano, American jazz pianist, composer and educator (d. 1978)
- 1920 – Kjell Aukrust, Norwegian writer (d. 2002)
- 1921 – Tommy Cooper, Welsh comedy magician (d. 1984)
- 1921 - Emile Bongiorni, French footballer (d. 1949)
- 1922 - Hiroo Onoda, Japanese soldier (d. 2014)
- 1922 - Guy Lewis, American basketball player (d. 2015)
- 1923 - Giuseppe Rotunno, Italian cinematographer
- 1924 – Joe Gaetjens, Haitian-American soccer player (d. 1964)
- 1924 - Mary Wimbush, British actress (d. 2005)
- 1925 - Brent Scowcroft, American general and diplomat
- 1927 - Allen Newell, American computer scientist (d. 1992)
- 1928 - Hans Küng, Swiss theologian, priest and writer
- 1928 – Patrick McGoohan, American actor (d. 2009)
- 1930 - Giuseppe Rotunno, Italian chef
- 1932 - Gail Kobe, American actress (d. 2013)
- 1932 - Peter Hall, English town planner and geographer (d. 2014)
- 1933 - Philip Roth, American writer
- 1935 - Nancy Malone, American actress (d. 2014)
- 1936 – Ursula Andress, Swiss actress
- 1937 – Egon Krenz, East German political leader
- 1942 - Richard Dobson, American singer and songwriter
- 1942 - Heather Robertson, Canadian journalist and writer (d. 2014)
- 1943 – Mario Monti, Italian economist and former Prime Minister of Italy
- 1943 – Mario J. Molina, Mexican chemist
- 1944 – Said Musa, former Prime Minister of Belize
- 1944 - Tom Constanten, American musician (Grateful Dead)
- 1944 – Sirhan Sirhan, Palestinian-born assassin
- 1946 - Ruth Pointer, American singer (Pointer Sisters)
- 1947 – Glenn Close, American actress
- 1947 – Marinho Peres, Brazilian footballer
- 1949 - Hirofumi Hirano, Japanese politician
- 1949 – Valery Leontiev, Russian singer
1951 – 1975
- 1952 – Harvey Weinstein, American movie producer
- 1952 - Chris Brubeck, American jazz musician
- 1953 – Ricky Wilson, American musician
- 1953 - Ian Blair, English police officer, London Metropolitan Police
- 1954 - Cho Kwang-Rae, South Korean football manager
- 1954 – Jill Abramson, American journalist
- 1954 - Rashid Nugmanov, Kazakhstani director and activist
- 1955 – Bruce Willis, American actor
- 1955 - Pino Daniele, Italian musician (d. 2015)
- 1956 – Yegor Gaidar, Soviet politician (d. 2009)
- 1958 - Fred Stoller, American comedian, actor and voice artist
- 1959 - Terry Hall, British singer
- 1961 – Jos Lansink, Dutch-Belgian equestrian
- 1961 – Rune Bratseth, Norwegian footballer
- 1961 – Dana Reeve, American actress (d. 2006)
- 1966 - Michael Crockart, Scottish politician
- 1966 – Olaf Marschall, German footballer
- 1967 - Vladimir Konstantinov, Russian ice hockey player
- 1967 - Katia Tiutiunnik, Australian violist and composer
- 1968 - Tyrone Hill, American basketball player
- 1969 - Gary Jules, American singer
- 1973 - Ashley Giles, English cricketer
- 1973 - Sergey Makarov, Russian javelin thrower
From 1976
- 1976 – Alessandro Nesta, Italian footballer
- 1976 - Rachel Blanchard, Canadian actress
- 1977 - Jorma Taccone, American director, actor and screenwriter
- 1977 - Fayez Banihammad, 9-11 terrorist (d. 2001)
- 1979 - Franco Brienza, Italian footballer
- 1979 – Christos Patsatzoglou, Greek footballer
- 1979 – Hedo Turkoglu, Turkish basketball player
- 1979 – Ivan Ljubicic, Croatian tennis player
- 1979 – Abby Brammell, American actress
- 1981 – Kolo Touré, Ivorian footballer
- 1982 – Brad Jones, Australian footballer
- 1982 - Eduardo Saverin, Brazilian entrepreneur
- 1983 - Evan Bourne, American professional wrestler
- 1984 - Tanushree Dutta, Indian model and actress
- 1986 – Tyler Bozak, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1987 - AJ Lee, American professional wrestler
- 1987 – Milos Teodosic, Serbian basketball player
- 1988 - Clayton Kershaw, American baseball player
- 1991 - Aleksandr Kokorin, Russian footballer
- 1991 - Keacy Carty, West Indian cricketer
- 1997 - Ruta Meilutyte, Lithuanian swimmer
- 1999 – Tatum McCann, American actress
- 2007 – Prince Abdullah bin Ali of Jordan
Deaths
Observances
- Saint Joseph's Day (Roman Catholicism, Church of England) and related observances:
- Unity Day (Kashubia, northern Poland)