Vero - Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/March 19

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  Sydney Harbour Bridge
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  Artist's impression of GRB 080319B
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  Robert Cavelier de La Salle
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  Aircraft carrier USS Franklin being attacked
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  U.S. war bonds poster featuring a Tuskegee Airman
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  Pluto
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  Clara Zetkin
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  Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll, stars of Amos 'n' Andy
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  Bob Dylan

Ineligible

Blurb	Reason
Father's Day in various countries;	refimprove
1687 – The search for the mouth of the Mississippi River led by French explorer René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle ended with a mutiny and his murder in present-day Texas.	multiple issues
1863 – American Civil War: On its maiden voyage, the Confederate steamer Georgiana, reputed to be one of the most powerful in the fleet, was damaged and sunk in the Charleston, South Carolina, harbor; its wreckage was discovered exactly 102 years later.	unreferenced section
1921 – Italian fascists shot at a group of children from the Parenzana train, killing two of them, maiming two, and injuring three others.	refimprove
1921 – Irish War of Independence: About 1,300 British troops attempted to encircle about 100 IRA volunteers at Crossbarry in County Cork.	refimprove section
1932 – The Sydney Harbour Bridge, a major landmark in Sydney, Australia, and the world's tallest steel arch bridge, was formally opened.	lots of CN tags (18)
1941 – The Tuskegee Airmen, the first all-African American unit of the United States Army Air Corps, was activated.	unreferenced section
1945 – World War II: A single Japanese aircraft bombed the American aircraft carrier USS Franklin, killing over 700 of her crew and crippling the ship.	refimprove section
1954 – American pool (pocket billiards) player Willie Mosconi set a record of 526 consecutive balls sunk without a miss during an exhibition of straight pool.	refimprove section
1962 – The Algerian War	appears on November 1
1978 – In response to the Israeli invasion of Lebanon, the United Nations called on Israel to immediately withdraw its forces, and established the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon.	unreferenced section
1982 – Argentine forces led by Alfredo Astiz occupied South Georgia, precipitating the Falklands War against the United Kingdom.	unreferenced sections
1990 – Ethnic clashes between Romanians and Hungarians took place in Târgu Mureș, Romania, leaving several dead and hundreds injured.	multiple issues
Wyatt Earp |b|1848	lead too long
Emma Bell Miles |d|1919|	Deathday not cited
Maria Bergson |d|2009 |	Deathday not cited

Eligible

• 1277 – The Byzantine Empire and the Republic of Venice signed a treaty that renegotiated and extended by two years a previous treaty between them.
• 1563 – The Edict of Amboise was signed, ending the first war in the French Wars of Religion and inaugurating a period of official peace that lasted until 1567.
• 1808 – King Charles IV of Spain was forced to abdicate in favour of his son Ferdinand VII as a result of the Tumult of Aranjuez.
• 1865 – American Civil War: The last battle of the Carolinas Campaign, the Battle of Bentonville, began, which contributed to the ultimate Union victory in the war.
• 1911 – Established by Clara Zetkin, Käte Duncker, and others, International Women's Day was first observed.
• 1928 – The highly influential American radio comedy show Amos 'n' Andy made its debut.
• 1962 – Influential American musician Bob Dylan released his eponymous debut album, mainly comprising traditional folk, blues and gospel songs.
• 1979 – The American cable television network [[C-SPAN|Template:Nowrap]], covering government proceedings and public-affairs programming, was launched.
• 1987 – American televangelist Jim Bakker resigned as the host of The PTL Club in the midst of a sex scandal.
• 2008 – The gamma-ray burst GRB 080319B (artist's impression pictured), the farthest object from Earth that was observable by the naked eye, was observed.
• 2016 – [[Flydubai Flight 981|Flydubai Template:Nowrap]] crashed during an aborted landing at Rostov-on-Don Airport, Russia, resulting in the deaths of all 62 passengers and crew on board.
• Born/died: | Jan Zamoyski |b|1542| Elizabeth Seymour, Lady Cromwell |d|1568| Francis B. Spinola |b|1821|Thomas David Morrison |d|1856| Senda Berenson Abbott |b|1868| Anna Held |b|1872| Ernestine Rose |b|1880| Albert Speer |b|1905| Peter Thorburn |b|1939| Bruce Willis |b|1955| Bun Cook |d|1988| Kym Bonython |d|2011

Notes

• Song dynasty appears on February 4, so list of emperors should not appear in the same year
• United Nations Security Council Resolution 1973 appears on March 17 so Resolution 425 should not appear in the same year

March 19: Saint Joseph's Day (Western Christianity) Template:Main page image/OTD

• 1279 – Mongol conquest of Song China: Zhao Bing (pictured), the last Song emperor, drowned at the end of the Battle of Yamen, bringing the Song dynasty to an end after three centuries.
• 1824 – American explorer Benjamin Morrell departed Antarctica after a voyage later plagued by claims of fraud.
• 1944 – The secular oratorio A Child of Our Time by Michael Tippett premiered at the Adelphi Theatre in London.
• 1998 – An unscheduled Ariana Afghan Airlines flight crashed into a mountain on approach into Kabul, killing all 45 people aboard.
• 2011 – First Libyan Civil War: The French Air Force launched Opération Harmattan, beginning foreign military intervention in Libya.