Editing March 19 (section)

===1901–present===
*[[1918]] &ndash; The [[United States Congress|US Congress]] [[Standard Time Act|establishes]] [[time zone]]s and approves [[daylight saving time]].
*[[1920]] &ndash; The [[United States Senate]] rejects the [[Treaty of Versailles]] for the second time (the first time was on November 19, 1919).
*[[1921]] &ndash; [[Irish War of Independence]]: One of [[Crossbarry Ambush|the biggest engagements]] of the war takes place at [[Crossbarry]], [[County Cork]]. About 100 [[Irish Republican Army (1917–22)|Irish Republican Army]] (IRA) volunteers escape an attempt by over 1,300 British forces to encircle them.
*[[1931]] &ndash; Governor [[Fred B. Balzar]] signs a bill legalizing gambling in Nevada.
*[[1932]] &ndash; The [[Sydney Harbour Bridge]] is opened.<ref>{{cite web |title=National Museum of Australia - Sydney Harbour Bridge opens |url=https://www.nma.gov.au/defining-moments/resources/sydney-harbour-bridge-opens |website=www.nma.gov.au |access-date=17 October 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1943]] &ndash; [[Frank Nitti]], the [[Chicago Outfit]] Boss after [[Al Capone]], commits suicide at the Chicago Central Railyard.
*[[1944]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: The German army [[Operation Margarethe|occupies Hungary]].
*[[1945]] &ndash; World War II: Off the coast of Japan, a [[dive bomber]] hits the [[aircraft carrier]] {{USS|Franklin|CV-13|6}}, killing 724 of her crew. Badly damaged, the ship is able to return to the US under her own power.
*  1945   &ndash; World War II: [[Adolf Hitler]] issues his "[[Nero Decree]]" ordering all industries, military installations, shops, transportation facilities, and communications facilities in [[Nazi Germany|Germany]] to be destroyed.
*[[1946]] &ndash; [[French Guiana]], [[Guadeloupe]], [[Martinique]], and [[Réunion]] become [[overseas department|overseas ''départements'']] of France.
*[[1958]] &ndash; The [[Monarch Underwear Company fire]] leaves 24 dead and 15 injured.
*[[1962]] &ndash; The [[Algerian War of Independence]] ends.
*[[1964]] &ndash; Over 500,000 Brazilians attend the [[March of the Family with God for Liberty]], in protest against the government of [[João Goulart]] and against communism.
*[[1965]] &ndash; The wreck of the {{SS|Georgiana}}, valued at over $50,000,000 and said to have been the most powerful [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] [[cruiser]], is discovered by teenage diver and pioneer [[underwater archaeologist]] [[E. Lee Spence]], exactly 102 years after its destruction.
*[[1969]] &ndash; The {{convert|385|m|ft|adj=mid|-tall}} TV-mast at [[Emley Moor transmitting station]], United Kingdom, collapses due to ice build-up.
*[[1979]] &ndash; The [[United States House of Representatives]] begins broadcasting its day-to-day business via the cable television network [[C-SPAN]].
*[[1982]] &ndash; [[Falklands War]]: [[Argentina|Argentinian]] forces land on [[South Georgia Island]], precipitating war with the United Kingdom.
*[[1989]] &ndash; The [[Egypt]]ian flag is raised at [[Taba, Egypt|Taba]], marking the end of Israeli occupation since the [[Six Days War]] in [[1967]] and the [[Egypt–Israel peace treaty]] in 1979.
*[[1990]] &ndash; The [[ethnic clashes of Târgu Mureș]] begin four days after the anniversary of the [[Revolutions of 1848 in the Austrian Empire]].
*[[1998]] &ndash; An [[Ariana Afghan Airlines]] [[Boeing 727]] [[1998 Ariana Afghan Airlines crash|crashes]] on approach to [[Kabul International Airport]], killing all 45 on board.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19980319-0|title=ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 727–228 YA-FAZ Kabul Airport (KBL)|last=Ranter|first=Harro|website=aviation-safety.net|access-date=2020-03-07}}</ref>
*[[2003]] &ndash; [[President of the United States|United States President]] [[George W. Bush]] addresses the nation, announcing the [[2003 invasion of Iraq|invasion of Iraq]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=President Bush Addresses the Nation |url=https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2003/03/20030319-17.html |access-date=2024-01-11 |website=georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov}}</ref>
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*[[2004]] &ndash; [[Catalina affair]]: A Swedish DC-3 shot down by a Soviet MiG-15 in 1952 over the Baltic Sea is finally recovered after years of work.
*  2004 &ndash; [[3-19 shooting incident|March 19 Shooting Incident]]: The [[Republic of China]] ([[Taiwan]]) president [[Chen Shui-bian]] is shot just before the country's presidential election on [[March 20]].
*  2004 &ndash; The [[Konginkangas bus disaster]] kills 23 and injures 14 people in [[Äänekoski|Äänekoski, Finland]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www2.hs.fi/english/archive/news.asp?id=20040319IE4|title=At least 23 dead in bus crash in Central Finland|publisher=[[Helsingin Sanomat]] International Edition|date=March 19, 2004|access-date=May 27, 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930045643/http://www2.hs.fi/english/archive/news.asp?id=20040319IE4|archive-date=2007-09-30}}</ref>
*[[2008]] &ndash; [[GRB 080319B]]: A cosmic burst that is the farthest object visible to the naked eye is briefly observed.
*[[2011]] &ndash; [[Libyan Civil War (2011)|Libyan Civil War]]: After the failure of [[Muammar Gaddafi]]'s forces [[Second Battle of Benghazi|to take Benghazi]], the [[French Air Force]] launches [[Opération Harmattan]], beginning [[2011 military intervention in Libya|foreign military intervention in Libya]].
*[[2013]] &ndash; A [[19 March 2013 Iraq attacks|series of bombings and shootings]] kills at least 98 people and injures 240 others across [[Iraq]].
*[[2016]] &ndash; [[Flydubai Flight 981]] crashes while attempting to land at [[Rostov-on-Don]] international airport, killing all 62 on board.
*  2016 &ndash; An [[March 2016 Istanbul bombing|explosion]] occurs in [[Taksim Square]] in [[Istanbul]], Turkey, killing five people and injuring 36.
*  [[2019]] &ndash; The first [[President of Kazakhstan]], [[Nursultan Nazarbayev]], resigns from office after nearly three decades, leaving [[Chairman of the Senate of Kazakhstan|Senate Chairman]] [[Kassym-Jomart Tokayev]] as the acting President and successor.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2019-03-19 |title=Kazakh leader Nazarbayev resigns after three decades |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-47628854 |access-date=2023-08-17}}</ref>
* [[2023]] – The [[Government of Switzerland|Swiss Government]] brokers a deal for [[UBS]] to [[Acquisition of Credit Suisse by UBS|buy out]] rival [[Credit Suisse]] in an attempt to calm the [[2023 banking crisis]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=UBS to acquire Credit Suisse {{!}} UBS Global |url=https://www.ubs.com/global/en/media/display-page-ndp/en-20230319-tree.html |access-date=2023-05-09 |website=global |language=en}}</ref>
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