March 19 Historical Events

The following events took place on March 19. The list is arranged in chronological order.

Found 42 events. Showing 31 - 42.

• 1979
  The United States House of Representatives begins broadcasting its day-to-day business via the cable television network C-SPAN.
• 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.
• 1989
  The Egyptian Flag is raised on Taba, Egypt announcing the end of the Israeli occupation after the Yom Kippur War in 1973 and the peace negotiations in 1979.
• 1990
  The ethnic clashes of Târgu Mureș begin four days after the anniversary of the Revolutions of 1848 in the Austrian Empire.
• 2002
  Zimbabwe is suspended from the Commonwealth on charges of human rights abuses and of electoral fraud, following a turbulent presidential election.
• 2004
  Konginkangas bus disaster: A semi-trailer truck and a bus crash head-on in Äänekoski, Finland. A total of 24 people are killed and 13 injured.
• 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.
• 2004
  3-19 shooting incident: Taiwanese president Chen Shui-bian is shot just before the country’s presidential election on March 20.
• 2008
  GRB 080319B: A cosmic burst that is the farthest object visible to the naked eye is briefly observed.
• 2011
  Libyan Civil War: After the failure of Muammar Gaddafi’s forces to take Benghazi, French Air Force launches Opération Harmattan, beginning foreign military intervention in Libya.
• 2013
  A series of bombings and shootings kills at least 98 people and injures 240 others across Iraq.