March 19: A Day to Remember  In History
Channel: Mr. Dearmon - US History Teacher
Date: 2024-03-19

Join us as we take a trip down memory lane and explore the significant events that happened on this day in history, March 19. From historic battles to groundbreaking discoveries, this video will give you a glimpse into the past and remind you of the importance of this date. So come along and remember with us on March 19: A Day to Remember In History!

1748 Naturalization Act passes granting Jews right to colonize North American colonies
1822 Boston, Massachusetts incorporated as a city
1831 1st US bank robbery, the City Bank in New York robbed of $245,000
1863 Confederate cruiser SS Georgiana destroyed on her maiden voyage with a cargo of munitions, and medicines then valued over $1,000,000. Wreck discovered exactly 102 years later by teenage diver and pioneer underwater archaeologist E. Lee Spence.
1911 1st International Women's Day sees over 1 million men and women attend rallies in Austria, Denmark, Germany and Switzerland. Issues discussed included women's right to vote and to hold public office, the right to work, to vocational training and an end to discrimination on the job.
1915 Pluto photographed for 1st time (although unknown at the time)
1918 US adopts Standard Time Act of 1918, also known as the Calder Act, a federal law implementing standard time (and daylight saving time) and defining five time zones for the United States
1920 US Senate rejects the Treaty of Versailles for the second time, refusing to ratify the League of Nations' covenant and maintains a policy of isolation
1928 "Amos & Andy" debuts on radio (NBC Blue Network-WMAQ Chicago)
1931 Nevada legalizes gambling
1937 Pope Pius XI publishes encyclical Divini redemptoris against communism
1942 FDR orders men between 45 & 64 to register for non-military duty
1954 1st rocket-driven sled on rails tested in Alamogordo, NM
1975 Pennsylvania is 1st state to allow girls to compete with boys in HS sports
1979 US House of Representatives begins live TV broadcasts via C-SPAN
1981 2 workers killed in space shuttle Columbia accident
1985 US Senate votes 55-45 to authorize production of the MX "Peacekeeper" intercontinental ballistic missile
1987 American televangelist Jim Bakker resigns amid rape accusation by his secretary, Jessica Hahn
1991 NFL owners strip Phoenix of the 1993 Super Bowl game due to Arizona not recognizing federal holiday Martin Luther King Jr. Day
1997 US Supreme Court hears Internet indecency arguments
2002 U.S. invasion of Afghanistan: Operation Anaconda ends (started on March 2) after killing 500 Taliban and al Qaeda fighters with 11 allied troop fatalities
2003 Airstrikes by an American and British-led coalition signal the beginning of the Invasion of Iraq, without United Nations support and in defiance of world opinion
2019 American Karen Uhlenbeck becomes the 1st woman to win mathematics Abel Prize

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