What are the important events that happened on March 19? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

March 19: Facts & Myths About This Day

March 19 is the 78^th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 287 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is March 6, 2025 – a Wednesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 29,039,040 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘heptacontaoctagon’ day.

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.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 335 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,471 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

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.

March 19 Historical Events

• 1885 –
  Louis Riel declares a Provisional Government in Saskatchewan, beginning the North-West Rebellion.
• 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.
• 1944 –
  World War II: Nazi forces occupy Hungary.
• 1958 –
  The Monarch Underwear Company fire leaves 24 dead and 15 injured.
• 1969 –
  The 385 m tall TV-mast at Emley Moor, United Kingdom, collapses due to ice build-up.
• 1982 –
  Falklands War: Argentinian forces land on South Georgia Island, precipitating war with the United Kingdom.
• 1987 –
  Televangelist Jim Bakker resigns as head of the PTL Club due to a brewing sex scandal; he hands over control to Jerry Falwell.
• 2002 –
  Zimbabwe is suspended from the Commonwealth on charges of human rights abuses and of electoral fraud, following a turbulent presidential election.
• 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.

Who were born on March 19?

• 1813 –
  David Livingstone, Scottish missionary and explorer (d. 1873)
• 1829 –
  Carl Frederik Tietgen, Danish financier and industrialist (d. 1901)
• 1883 –
  Walter Haworth, British chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1950)
• 1894 –
  Moms Mabley, American comedian (d. 1975)
• 1943 –
  Vern Schuppan, Australian racing driver
• 1954 –
  Indu Shahani, Indian educator
• 1962 –
  Jim Korderas, American professional wrestling referee
• 1973 –
  Simmone Jade Mackinnon, Australian actress
• 1983 –
  Ana Rezende, Brazilian film director and musician (CSS)
• 1999 –
  Tatum McCann, American actress

Who died on March 19?

• 1406 –
  Ibn Khaldun, Arab historian (b. 1332)
• 1649 –
  Gerhard Johann Vossius, German classical scholar and theologian (b. 1577)
• 1687 –
  Robert Cavelier de La Salle, French explorer (b. 1643)
• 1816 –
  Philip Mazzei, Italian physician (b. 1730)
• 1900 –
  Charles-Louis Hanon, French composer (b. 1819)
• 1943 –
  Frank Nitti, American gangster (b. 1883)
• 1950 –
  Walter Haworth, British chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1883)
• 1982 –
  Randy Rhoads, American guitarist (Quiet Riot, Ozzy Osbourne) (b. 1956)
• 2003 –
  Émile Genest, Canadian actor (b. 1921)
• 2009 –
  Ion Dolănescu, Romanian singer and politician (b. 1944)