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==Events==
===Pre-1600===
*[[1277]] &ndash; The [[Byzantine–Venetian treaty of 1277]] is concluded, stipulating a two-year truce and renewing Venetian commercial privileges in the [[Byzantine Empire]].<ref>{{Byzantium and Venice: A Study in Diplomatic and Cultural Relations|pages=197–201}}</ref>
*[[1279]] &ndash; A [[Mongols|Mongol]] victory at the [[Battle of Yamen]] ends the [[Song dynasty]] in China.
*[[1284]] &ndash; The [[Statute of Rhuddlan]] incorporates the [[Principality of Wales]] into England.<ref>{{cite book|author1=John Davies|author2=Nigel Jenkins|author3=Menna Baines|title=The Welsh Academy encyclopaedia of Wales|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-ZEUAQAAIAAJ|year=2008|publisher=University of Wales Press|isbn=978-0-7083-1953-6|page=754}}</ref>
*[[1452]] &ndash; [[Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor|Frederick III of Habsburg]] is the last [[Holy Roman Emperor]] crowned by medieval tradition in Rome by Pope [[Pope Nicholas V|Nicholas V]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Curtis |first=Benjamin |title=The Habsburgs: The History of a Dynasty |publisher=[[Bloomsbury Publishing|Bloomsbury]] |year=2013 |page=36}}</ref>
*[[1563]] &ndash; The [[Edict of Amboise]] is signed, ending the first phase of the [[French Wars of Religion]] and granting certain freedoms to the [[Huguenot]]s.

===1601–1900===
*[[1649]] &ndash; The [[House of Commons of England]] passes an [[History of reform of the House of Lords#Abolition of the House of Lords, 1649|act]] abolishing the [[House of Lords]], declaring it ''"useless and dangerous to the people of England"''.
*[[1687]] &ndash; Explorer [[Robert Cavelier de La Salle]], searching for the mouth of the [[Mississippi River]], is murdered by his own men.
*[[1808]] &ndash; [[Charles IV of Spain|Charles IV]], king of Spain, abdicates after riots and a popular revolt at the winter palace [[Tumult of Aranjuez|Aranjuez]]. His son, [[Ferdinand VII of Spain|Ferdinand VII]], takes the throne.<ref name="Payne">[[Stanley G. Payne]], ''History of Spain of Portugal'', Vol 2, University of Wisconsin Press., 1973, {{ISBN|978-0299062842}}, page 420</ref> 
*[[1812]] &ndash; The [[Cortes of Cádiz]] promulgates the [[Spanish Constitution of 1812]].
* [[1824]] &ndash; American explorer [[Benjamin Morrell]] departed [[Antarctica]] after a voyage later plagued by claims of fraud.<ref>{{cite book|last= Morrell|first= Benjamin|title= A Narrative of Four Voyages...etc|url= https://archive.org/search.php?query=%28%22Benjamin+Morrell%22+OR+%22Morrell%2C+Benjamin%22%29 |publisher= New York: J & J Harper|year= 1832|access-date= December 17, 2009|pages=69&ndash;70}}</ref>
*[[1831]] &ndash; [[1831 City Bank of New York theft|First documented bank heist in U.S. history]], when burglars stole $245,000 (1831 values) from the City Bank (now [[Citibank]]) on Wall Street.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rSLoSibEXlsC&q=edward+smith+bank+robber&pg=PA20 | title=Crime Through Time | publisher=Capstone Classroom | author=Townsend, John | year=2005 | pages=20| isbn=9781410920560 }}</ref> Most of the money was recovered.
*[[1865]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: The [[Battle of Bentonville]] begins. By the end of the battle two days later, Confederate forces had retreated from [[Four Oaks, North Carolina]].
*[[1885]] &ndash; [[Louis Riel]] declares a [[provisional government]] in [[Saskatchewan]], beginning the [[North-West Rebellion]].

===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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==Births==
===Pre-1600===
*[[1206]] &ndash; [[Güyük Khan]], Mongol ruler, 3rd [[Great Khan|Great Khan of the Mongol Empire]] (d. 1248)
*[[1434]] &ndash; [[Ashikaga Yoshikatsu]], Japanese shōgun (d. 1443)
*[[1488]] &ndash; [[Johannes Magnus]], Swedish archbishop and theologian (d. 1544)
*[[1534]] &ndash; [[José de Anchieta]], Spanish missionary and saint (d. 1597)
*[[1542]] &ndash; [[Jan Zamoyski]], Polish nobleman (d. 1605)

===1601–1900===
*[[1601]] &ndash; [[Alonzo Cano]], Spanish painter, sculptor, and architect (d. 1667)
*[[1604]] &ndash; [[John IV of Portugal]] (d. 1656)
*[[1641]] &ndash; [[Abd al-Ghani al-Nabulsi]], Syrian author and scholar (d. 1731)
*[[1661]] &ndash; [[Francesco Gasparini]], Italian composer and educator (d. 1727)
*[[1684]] &ndash; [[Jean Astruc]], French physician and scholar (d. 1766)
*[[1721]] &ndash; [[Tobias Smollett]], Scottish-Italian poet and author (d. 1771)  (baptised on this day)
*[[1734]] &ndash; [[Thomas McKean]], American lawyer and politician, 2nd [[Governor of Pennsylvania]] (d. 1817)
*[[1739]] &ndash; [[Charles-François Lebrun, duc de Plaisance]], French lawyer and politician (d. 1824)
*[[1742]] &ndash; [[Túpac Amaru II]], Peruvian rebel leader (d. 1781)
*[[1748]] &ndash; [[Elias Hicks]], American farmer, minister, and theologian (d. 1830)
*[[1778]] &ndash; [[Edward Pakenham]], Anglo-Irish general and politician (d. 1815)
*[[1784]] &ndash; [[José Prudencio Padilla López]], Colombian naval commander and politician (d. 1828)<ref>Torres Almeyda, Jesus (1981). ''El Almirante Jose Padilla (Epopeya y Martirio)'' [Admiral José Padilla: (Epic and Martyrdom)] (in Spanish) (3rd ed.). Bogotá D.E.: El Tiempo.</ref>
*[[1809]] &ndash; [[Fredrik Pacius]], German composer and conductor (d. 1891)
*[[1813]] &ndash; [[David Livingstone]], Scottish missionary and explorer (d. 1873)
*[[1816]] &ndash; [[Johannes Verhulst]], Dutch composer and conductor (d. 1891)
*[[1821]] &ndash; [[Richard Francis Burton]], English soldier, geographer, and diplomat (d. 1890)
*[[1823]] &ndash; [[Arthur Blyth]], English-Australian politician, 9th [[Premier of South Australia]] (d. 1891)
*[[1824]] &ndash; [[William Allingham]], Irish poet, author, and scholar (d. 1889)
*[[1829]] &ndash; [[Carl Frederik Tietgen]], Danish businessman (d. 1901)
*[[1844]] &ndash; [[Minna Canth]], Finnish journalist, playwright, and activist (d. 1897)<ref>{{cite web |title=Minna Canth {{!}} Finnish author |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Minna-Canth |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=19 January 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1847]] &ndash; [[Albert Pinkham Ryder]], American painter (d. 1917)
*[[1848]] &ndash; [[Wyatt Earp]], American police officer (d. 1929)
*[[1849]] &ndash; [[Alfred von Tirpitz]], German admiral and politician (d. 1930)
*[[1858]] &ndash; [[Kang Youwei]], Chinese scholar and politician (d. 1927)
*[[1860]] &ndash; [[William Jennings Bryan]], American lawyer and politician, 41st [[United States Secretary of State]] (d. 1925)
*[[1861]] &ndash; [[Lomer Gouin]], Canadian lawyer and politician, [[Premier of Quebec]] (d. 1929)<ref>{{cite web |title=Sir Jean-Lomer Gouin {{!}} Canadian politician and statesman {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jean-Lomer-Gouin |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=25 February 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1864]] &ndash; [[Charles Marion Russell]], American painter and sculptor (d. 1926)
*[[1865]] &ndash; [[William Morton Wheeler]], American entomologist, myrmecologist, and academic (d. 1937)
*[[1868]] &ndash; [[Senda Berenson Abbott]], Lithuanian-American basketball player and educator (d. 1954)
*[[1871]] &ndash; [[Schofield Haigh]], English cricketer and coach (d. 1921)
*[[1872]] &ndash; [[Anna Held]], Polish singer (d. 1918)
*[[1873]] &ndash; [[Max Reger]], German pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1916)
*[[1875]] &ndash; [[Zhang Zuolin]], Chinese warlord (d. 1928)
*[[1876]] &ndash; [[Felix Jacoby]], German philologist (d. 1959)
*[[1880]] &ndash; [[Ernestine Rose (librarian)|Ernestine Rose]], American librarian and advocate (d. 1961)<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Jenkins|first=Betty L.|date=1990|title=A White Librarian in Black Harlem|jstor=4308477|journal=The Library Quarterly: Information, Community, Policy|volume=60|issue=3|pages=216–231|doi=10.1086/602232|s2cid=142067742}}</ref>
*[[1881]] &ndash; [[Edith Nourse Rogers]], American social worker and politician (d. 1960)
*[[1882]] &ndash; [[Gaston Lachaise]], French-American sculptor (d. 1935)
*[[1883]] &ndash; [[Norman Haworth]], English chemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1950)
*  1883   &ndash; [[Joseph Stilwell]], American general (d. 1946)
*[[1885]] &ndash; [[Attik]], Greek composer (d. 1944)
*[[1888]] &ndash; [[Josef Albers]], German-American painter and educator (d. 1976)
*  1888   &ndash; [[Léon Scieur]], Belgian cyclist (d. 1969)
*[[1891]] &ndash; [[Earl Warren]], American lieutenant, jurist, and politician, 14th [[Chief Justice of the United States]] (d. 1974)
*[[1892]] &ndash; [[Theodore Sizer (art historian)|Theodore Sizer]], American professor of the history of art (d. 1967) 
*  1892   &ndash; [[Ado Vabbe]], Estonian painter (d. 1961)
*  1892   &ndash; [[James Van Fleet]], American general and diplomat (d. 1992)
*[[1893]] &ndash; [[Gertrud Dorka]], German archaeologist, prehistorian and museum director (d. 1976)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Fries |first1=Jana Esther |last2=Gutsmiedl-Schümann |first2=Doris |title=Ausgräberinnen, Forscherinnen, Pionierinnen: Ausgewählte Porträts früher Archäologinnen im Kontext ihrer Zeit |year=2013 |publisher=Waxmann Verlag |isbn=978-3-8309-7872-5 |pages=217–219 and 222 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mPje7098z0gC&pg=PA218 |language=de}}</ref>
*[[1894]] &ndash; [[Moms Mabley]], American comedian and singer (d. 1975)
*[[1900]] &ndash; [[Carmen Carbonell]], Spanish stage and film actress (d. 1988)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.spainisculture.com/en/artistas_creadores/carmen_carbonell.html|title=Carmen Carbonell. Film, Theatre. Biography and works at Spain is culture.|website=www.spainisculture.com|language=en|access-date=2017-10-24}}</ref>
*  1900   &ndash; [[Frédéric Joliot-Curie]], French physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1958)<ref>{{cite web |title=The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1935 |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/1935/joliot-fred/facts/ |website=NobelPrize.org |access-date=2 January 2022}}</ref>

===1901–present===
*[[1901]] &ndash; [[Jo Mielziner]], French-American set designer (d. 1976)
*[[1904]] &ndash; [[John Sirica]], American lawyer and judge (d. 1992)<ref name="UPI">{{cite web |title=Famous birthdays for March 19: Glenn Close, Bruce Willis |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2023/03/19/Famous-birthdays-for-March-19-Glenn-Close-Bruce-Willis/5221679188856/#:~:text=March%2019%20(UPI)%20%2D%2D%20Those,under%20the%20sign%20of%20Pisces. |publisher=[[UPI]] |access-date=17 March 2024 |date=19 March 2023}}</ref>
*[[1905]] &ndash; [[Joe Rollino]], American weightlifter and boxer (d. 2010)
*  1905   &ndash; [[Albert Speer]], German architect and politician, convicted [[Nuremberg trials|Nuremberg]] war criminal<ref>{{Cite book |last=Fest |first=Joachim |title=Speer:  The Final Verdict |publisher=Harcourt |year=1999 |isbn=9780151005567 |pages=285 |translator-last=Osers |translator-first=Ewald |translator-last2=Dring |translator-first2=Alexandra}}</ref> (d. 1981)
*[[1906]] &ndash; [[Clara Breed]], American librarian and activist (d. 1994)
*  1906   &ndash; [[Adolf Eichmann]], German [[SS]] officer, one of the main organizers of the Holocaust<ref>{{Cite book |last=Cesarami |first=David |title=Eichmann:  His Life and Crimes |publisher=Vintage |year=2005 |isbn=9780099448440 |pages=119}}</ref> (d. 1962)
*[[1909]] &ndash; [[Louis Hayward]], South African-American actor (d. 1985)
*  1909   &ndash; [[Marjorie Linklater]], Scottish campaigner for the arts and environment of Orkney (d. 1997)<ref>{{cite web |title=Marjorie Linklater |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/incoming/marjorie-linklater-5560252.html |website=The Independent |access-date=2 September 2020 |language=en |date=4 July 1997}}</ref>
*[[1910]] &ndash; [[Joseph Carroll (DIA)|Joseph Carroll]], American general (d. 1991)
*[[1912]] &ndash; [[Hugh Watt]], Australian-New Zealand engineer and politician, [[List of Prime Ministers of New Zealand|Prime Minister of New Zealand]] (d. 1980)
*[[1914]] &ndash; [[Leonidas Alaoglu]], Canadian-American mathematician and theorist (d. 1981)
*  1914   &ndash; [[Jay Berwanger]], American football player and coach (d. 2002)
*[[1915]] &ndash; [[Robert G. Cole]], American colonel, [[Medal of Honor]] recipient (d. 1944)
*  1915   &ndash; [[Patricia Morison]], American actress and singer (d. 2018)
*[[1916]] &ndash; [[Eric Christmas]], English-Canadian actor (d. 2000)
*  1916   &ndash; [[Irving Wallace]], American journalist, author, and screenwriter (d. 1990)
*[[1917]] &ndash; [[László Szabó (chess player)|Laszlo Szabo]], Hungarian chess player (d. 1998)
*[[1919]] &ndash; [[Lennie Tristano]], American pianist, composer, and educator (d. 1978)
*[[1920]] &ndash; [[Kjell Aukrust]], Norwegian author, poet, and painter (d. 2002)
*[[1921]] &ndash; [[Tommy Cooper]], British magician and prop comedian (d. 1984)
*[[1922]] &ndash; [[Guy Lewis]], American basketball player and coach (d. 2015)
*  1922   &ndash; [[Hiroo Onoda]], Japanese lieutenant (d. 2014)
*[[1923]] &ndash; [[Pamela Britton]], American actress (d. 1974)
*  1923   &ndash; [[Benito Jacovitti]], Italian illustrator (d. 1997)
*  1923   &ndash; [[Henry Morgentaler]], Polish-Canadian physician and activist (d. 2013)
*[[1924]] &ndash; [[Joe Gaetjens]], Haitian footballer (d. 1964)
*[[1925]] &ndash; [[Brent Scowcroft]], American general and diplomat, 9th [[United States National Security Advisor]] (d. 2020)
*[[1927]] &ndash; [[Richie Ashburn]], American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 1997)
*[[1928]] &ndash; [[Hans Küng]], Swiss theologian and author (d. 2021)
*  1928   &ndash; [[Patrick McGoohan]], Irish-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2009)
*[[1931]] &ndash; [[Emma Andijewska]], Ukrainian poet, writer and painter
*[[1932]] &ndash; [[Gay Brewer]], American golfer (d. 2007)
*  1932   &ndash; [[Peter Hall (urbanist)|Peter Hall]], English geographer, author, and academic (d. 2014)
*  1932   &ndash; [[Gail Kobe]], American actress and producer (d. 2013)
*[[1933]] &ndash; [[Phyllis Newman]], American actress and singer (d. 2019)
*  1933   &ndash; [[Philip Roth]], American novelist (d. 2018)<ref name="UPI"/>
*  1933   &ndash; [[Renée Taylor]], American actress, producer, and screenwriter<ref name="AP"/>
*  1933   &ndash; [[Richard Williams (animator)|Richard Williams]], Canadian-English animator, director, and screenwriter (d. 2019)
*[[1935]] &ndash; [[Nancy Malone]], American actress, director, and producer (d. 2014)
*[[1936]] &ndash; [[Ursula Andress]], Swiss model and actress<ref name="AP"/>
*  1936   &ndash; [[Ben Lexcen]], Australian sailor and architect (d. 1988)
*[[1937]] &ndash; [[Clarence "Frogman" Henry]], American singer-songwriter and pianist<ref name="AP"/> (d. 2024)
*  1937   &ndash; [[Egon Krenz]], German politician, briefly leader of [[East Germany]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Wilson Center Digital Archive |url=https://digitalarchive.wilsoncenter.org/people/krenz-egon}}</ref>
*[[1938]] &ndash; [[Joe Kapp]], American football player, coach, and actor (d. 2023)
*[[1942]] &ndash; [[Heather Robertson]], Canadian journalist and author (d. 2014)
*[[1943]] &ndash; [[Nate Bowman]], American basketball player (d. 1984)<ref>{{cite web |title=Nate Bowman |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/76219/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=17 March 2024}}</ref>
*  1943   &ndash; [[Mario J. Molina]], Mexican chemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 2020)
*  1943   &ndash; [[Mario Monti]], Italian economist and politician, [[Prime Minister of Italy]]
*  1943   &ndash; [[Vern Schuppan]], Australian race car driver
*[[1944]] &ndash; [[Said Musa]], Belizean lawyer and politician, 5th [[Prime Minister of Belize]]
*  1944   &ndash; [[Sirhan Sirhan]], Palestinian-Jordanian assassin of [[Robert F. Kennedy]]<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ray |first1=Justin |title=Who is Sirhan Sirhan? His life before the RFK assassination |url=https://www.latimes.com/california/newsletter/2021-08-30/sirhan-sirhan-robert-f-kennedy-essential-california |website=Los Angeles Times |date=30 August 2021 |access-date=16 March 2025}}</ref>
*[[1945]] &ndash; [[John Holder (cricketer)|John Holder]], English cricketer and umpire
*  1945   &ndash; [[Modestas Paulauskas]], Lithuanian basketball player and coach
*[[1946]] &ndash; [[Ruth Pointer]], American musician<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |url=https://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/1255804/the-Pointer-Sisters |encyclopedia= Encyclopædia Britannica |title= the Pointer Sisters |access-date= 25 July 2014}}</ref>
*[[1947]] &ndash; [[Glenn Close]], American actress, singer, and producer<ref name="AP">{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for March 19, 2023 includes celebrities Bruce Willis, Glenn Close |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2023/03/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-march-19-2023-includes-celebrities-bruce-willis-glenn-close.html |website=[[The Plain Dealer]] |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=17 March 2024 |date=19 March 2023}}</ref>
*  1947   &ndash; [[Marinho Peres]], Brazilian footballer and coach (d. 2023)
*[[1948]] &ndash; [[David Schnitter]], American saxophonist and educator
*[[1949]] &ndash; [[Blase J. Cupich]], American theologian and cardinal
*[[1950]] &ndash; [[José S. Palma]], Filipino archbishop
*[[1952]] &ndash; [[Warren Lees]], New Zealand cricketer and coach
*  1952   &ndash; [[Martin Ravallion]], Australian economist and academic (d. 2022)
*  1952   &ndash; [[Harvey Weinstein]], American film producer and sex offender<ref name="UPI"/>
*[[1953]] &ndash; [[Ian Blair]], English police officer
*  1953   &ndash; [[Peter Hendy]], English businessman, Minister of State for Rail<ref>{{Cite web |title=Minister of State (Minister for Rail) - GOV.UK |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/ministers/minister-of-state--191}}</ref>
*  1953   &ndash; [[Ricky Wilson (American musician)|Ricky Wilson]], American singer-songwriter and musician (d. 1985) 
*[[1954]] &ndash; [[Cho Kwang-rae]], South Korean footballer, coach, and manager
*  1954   &ndash; [[Scott May]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Scott May |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/77490/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=17 March 2024}}</ref>
*[[1955]] &ndash; [[Bruce Willis]], German-American actor and producer<ref name="AP"/>
*[[1956]] &ndash; [[Yegor Gaidar]], Russian economist and politician, [[First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia]] (d. 2009)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Mainville |first1=Michael |title=Yegor Gaidar obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/dec/16/yegor-gaidar-obituary |website=the Guardian |access-date=29 July 2021 |language=en |date=16 December 2009}}</ref>
*[[1957]] &ndash; [[Dudley Bradley]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Dudley Bradley |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/76231/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=17 March 2024}}</ref>
*[[1958]] &ndash; [[Andy Reid]], American football player and coach
*[[1960]] &ndash; [[Eliane Elias]], Brazilian singer-songwriter and pianist<ref>[http://www.browsebiography.com/bio-eliane_elias.html Eliane Elias biography], BrowseBiography.com, 20 November 2011; retrieved 10 September 2014.</ref>
*[[1963]] &ndash; [[Neil LaBute]], American director and screenwriter<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/30/Neil-LaBute.html|title=Neil LaBute Biography (1963)|publisher=FilmReference.com|access-date=7 April 2014}}</ref>
*  1963   &ndash; [[Mary Scheer]], American actress and comedian<ref name="AP"/>
*[[1964]] &ndash; [[Yoko Kanno]], Japanese pianist and composer
*[[1966]] &ndash; [[Michael Crockart]], Scottish police officer and politician
*  1966   &ndash; [[Olaf Marschall]], German footballer and manager
*  1966   &ndash; [[Andy Sinton]], English footballer and manager<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=7322|title=Andy Sinton|website=soccerbase.com|access-date=13 March 2020}}</ref>
*[[1967]] &ndash; [[Sandra Dombrowski]], Swiss ice hockey player and referee<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2023/wm/static/44348/s_dombrowski|title=Sandra Dombrowski|year=2023|website=[[International Ice Hockey Federation]]|access-date=4 June 2023}}</ref>
*  1967   &ndash; [[Vladimir Konstantinov]], Russian-American ice hockey player
*[[1968]] &ndash; [[Tyrone Hill]], American basketball player and coach
*[[1969]] &ndash; [[Connor Trinneer]], American actor<ref name="AP"/>
*[[1970]] &ndash; [[Harald Johnsen]], Norwegian bassist and composer (d. 2011)
*  1970   &ndash; [[Michael Krumm]], German race car driver
*  1970   &ndash; [[Janne Laukkanen]], Finnish ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Janne Laukkanen |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/janne-laukkanen-8458805 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=17 March 2024}}</ref>
*[[1973]] &ndash; [[Bun B]], American rapper and songwriter<ref name="AP"/>
*  1973   &ndash; [[Ashley Giles]], English cricketer and coach
*[[1975]] &ndash; [[Antonio Daniels]], American basketball player
*[[1976]] &ndash; [[Rachel Blanchard]], Canadian actress<ref name="AP"/>
*  1976   &ndash; [[Derek Chauvin]], American criminal and former police officer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hennepinattorney.org/-/media/Attorney/Derek-Chauvin-Criminal-Complaint.pdf|title=Complaint – ''State of Minnesota v. Derek Michael Chauvin''|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200530173331/https://www.hennepinattorney.org/-/media/Attorney/Derek-Chauvin-Criminal-Complaint.pdf|archive-date=30 May 2020|website=Minnesota District Court, Fourth Judicial District|quote=File No. 27-CR-20-12646|date=29 May 2020|access-date=22 September 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Barker|first1=Kim|last2=Furber|first2=Matt|date=9 June 2020|title=Bail Is at Least $1 Million for Ex-Officer Accused of Killing George Floyd: Derek Chauvin is charged with second-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in Mr. Floyd's death.|newspaper=[[New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/08/us/derek-chauvin-court.html|access-date=22 September 2022|quote=Mr. Chauvin, who is 44, did not always want to be a police officer.}}</ref>
*  1976   &ndash; [[Andre Miller]], American basketball player<ref>{{basketball stats |nba=1889}}</ref>
*  1976   &ndash; [[Alessandro Nesta]], Italian footballer and manager
*[[1977]] &ndash; [[David Ross (baseball)|David Ross]], American baseball player and manager<ref>{{cite web |title=David Ross |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/david-ross-424325 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=6 March 2023}}</ref>
*[[1978]] &ndash; [[Cydonie Mothersille]], Jamaican-Caymanian sprinter
*  1978   &ndash; [[Virginia Williams]], American actress<ref name="AP"/>
*[[1979]] &ndash; [[Abby Brammell]], American actress<ref name="AP"/>
*  1979   &ndash; [[Sheldon Brown (American football)|Sheldon Brown]], American football player
*  1979   &ndash; [[Ivan Ljubičić]], Croatian tennis player<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.atptour.com/en/players/-/L360/overview|title=Ivan Ljubicic|website=ATP|access-date=21 July 2021}}</ref>
*  1979   &ndash; [[Christos Patsatzoglou]], Greek footballer<ref>{{FIFA player|178804}}</ref>
*  1979   &ndash; [[Hedo Türkoğlu]], Turkish basketball player
*[[1980]] &ndash; [[Luca Ferri]], Italian footballer
*  1980   &ndash; [[Taichi Ishikari]], Japanese wrestler
*  1980   &ndash; [[Mikuni Shimokawa]], Japanese singer-songwriter
*  1980   &ndash; [[Theo Von]], American stand-up comedian<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Abbey |first=Alison |date=2023-04-27 |title=Theo Von Is Taking Over Your TikTok FYP. He'd Rather Not |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/theo-von-comedy-tiktok-1234711587/ |access-date=2023-11-11 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[1981]] &ndash; [[Steve Cummings]], English cyclist
*  1981   &ndash; [[Casey Jacobsen]], American basketball player and sportscaster<ref>{{cite web |title=Casey Jacobsen |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/2418/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=17 March 2024}}</ref>
*  1981   &ndash; [[Kolo Touré]], Ivorian footballer<ref>{{cite book|title=New African|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_JMnAQAAIAAJ|year=2008|publisher=IC Magazines Limited|page=82}}</ref>
*[[1982]] &ndash; [[Jonathan Fanene]], American football player
*  1982   &ndash; [[Brad Jones (footballer)|Brad Jones]], Australian footballer
*  1982   &ndash; [[Hana Kobayashi]], Venezuelan singer<ref>{{cite news|date=6 November 2017|title=Hana Kobayashi: "En Venezuela hay unos cánones muy estereotipados"|website=El Estímulo|url=http://elestimulo.com/ub/hana-kobayashi-en-venezuela-hay-unos-canones-muy-estereotipados/|access-date=10 November 2017}}</ref>
*  1982   &ndash; [[Landon Powell]], American baseball player and manager<ref>{{cite web |title=Landon Powell |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/landon-powell-445169 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=17 March 2024}}</ref>
*  1982   &ndash; [[Eduardo Saverin]], Brazilian-Singaporean businessman<ref name="UPI"/>
*[[1985]] &ndash; [[Inesa Jurevičiūtė]], Lithuanian figure skater
*[[1986]] &ndash; [[Tyler Bozak]], Canadian ice hockey player
*  1986   &ndash; [[Ahmad Bradshaw]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Ahmad Bradshaw |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/10693/ahmad-bradshaw |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=17 March 2024}}</ref>
*[[1987]] &ndash; [[AJ Lee]], American wrestler and author<ref>{{cite web |last1=Mrosko |first1=Geno |title=It's AJ Lee's birthday so here's an appreciation thread |url=https://www.cagesideseats.com/wwe/2014/3/19/5526606/aj-lee-birthday-appreciation-thread-wwe-diva |publisher=[[CageSide Seats]] |access-date=6 March 2023 |date=19 March 2014}}</ref>
*  1987   &ndash; [[Michal Švec]], Czech footballer
*  1987   &ndash; [[Miloš Teodosić]], Serbian basketball player
*[[1988]] &ndash; [[Clayton Kershaw]], American baseball player<ref>{{Baseballstats|mlb=477132}}</ref>
*  1988   &ndash; [[Ben Uzoh]], Nigerian-American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Ben Uzoh |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/202386/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=17 March 2024}}</ref>
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[EJ Manuel]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=EJ Manuel |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/15803/ej-manuel |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=17 March 2024}}</ref>
*  1990   &ndash; [[Anders Nilsson (ice hockey)|Anders Nilsson]], Swedish ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Anders Nilsson |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/anders-nilsson-8475195 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=17 March 2024}}</ref>
*[[1991]] &ndash; [[Garrett Clayton]], American actor and singer<ref name="UPI"/>
*  1991   &ndash; [[Aleksandr Kokorin]], Russian footballer<ref>{{RPL player|Kokorin-Aleksandr}}</ref>
*[[1993]] &ndash; [[Hakim Ziyech]], Moroccan footballer<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hakim Ziyech |url=https://www.chelseafc.com/en/teams/profile/hakim-ziyech |access-date=2022-12-28 |website=www.chelseafc.com |language=en-gb}}</ref>
*[[1995]] &ndash; [[Héctor Bellerín]], Spanish footballer<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/4474/Héctor-Bellerín/overview |title=Héctor Bellerín: Overview |publisher=Premier League |access-date=22 September 2022}}</ref>
*  1995   &ndash; [[Philip Daniel Bolden]], American actor<ref name="AP"/>
*  1995   &ndash; [[Julia Montes]], Filipino actress<ref>{{cite news| url= http://www.philstar.com/entertainment/786655/julia-acts-beyond-her-age | title= Julia acts beyond her age |work=The Philippine Star| first= Bot | last= Glorioso | date= 14 March 2012 | access-date= 22 September 2022}}</ref>
*[[1996]] &ndash; [[Yung Gravy]], American rapper<ref>{{Cite web |last=Thomas |first=Fred |title=Yung Gravy Artist Biography |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/yung-gravy-mn0003730703/biography |access-date=July 30, 2020 |website=AllMusic}}</ref>
*  1996   &ndash; [[Barbara Haas]], Austrian tennis player
*  1996   &ndash; [[Quenton Nelson]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Quenton Nelson |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3129308/quenton-nelson |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=6 March 2023}}</ref>
*[[1998]] &ndash; [[Caylee Cowan]], American actress<ref>{{Cite web |last=McArdle |first=Tommy |title=Flowers Blossoming to Celebrate Caylee Cowan's Birthday |url=https://people.com/movies/casey-affleck-shares-videos-of-flowers-blossoming-to-celebrate-girlfriend-caylee-cowans-birthday/ |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=[[People Magazine]] |language=en}}</ref>
*  1998   &ndash; [[Julian Love]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Julian Love |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/4046675/julian-love |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=17 March 2024}}</ref>
*  1998  &ndash; [[Sakura Miyawaki]], Japanese singer<ref>{{cite web|title=르세라핌, '피어나'와 함께한 데뷔 첫 팬미팅→정규 1집 예고|url=https://enews.imbc.com/News/RetrieveNewsInfo/376690|work=iMBC연예|date=20 March 2023|access-date=2 March 2025|language=ko}}</ref>
*[[1999]] &ndash; [[Nico Collins]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Nico Collins Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/C/CollNi00.htm |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |access-date=March 19, 2024}}</ref>
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==Deaths==
===Pre-1600===
* [[235]] &ndash; [[Severus Alexander]], Roman emperor (b. 208)
* [[953]] &ndash; [[al-Mansur bi-Nasr Allah]], caliph of the Fatimid Caliphate (b. 913)
* [[968]] &ndash; [[Emma of Paris, Duchess of Normandy|Emma of Paris]], duchess of Normandy (b. 943)
*[[1238]] &ndash; [[Henry the Bearded]], Polish duke and son of [[Bolesław I the Tall]] (b. 1163)
*[[1263]] &ndash; [[Hugh of Saint-Cher]], French cardinal (b. 1200)
*[[1279]] &ndash; [[Emperor Bing of Song|Zhao Bing]], Chinese emperor (b. 1271)
*[[1286]] &ndash; [[Alexander III of Scotland|Alexander III]], king of Scotland (b. 1241)<ref>{{cite web |title=King Alexander III: Biography on Undiscovered Scotland |url=https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/usbiography/monarchs/alexanderiii.html |website=www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk |access-date=17 October 2021}}</ref>
*[[1330]] &ndash; [[Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent]], English politician, [[Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports]] (b. 1301)
*[[1372]] &ndash; [[John II, Marquess of Montferrat|John II]], marquess of Montferrat (b. 1321)
*[[1533]] &ndash; [[John Bourchier, 2nd Baron Berners]], English baron and statesman (b. 1467)
*[[1534]] &ndash; [[Michael Weiße]], German theologian (b. c. 1488)
*[[1539]] &ndash; [[Lord Edmund Howard]], English nobleman (b. c. 1478)
*[[1563]] &ndash; [[Arthur Brooke (poet)|Arthur Brooke]], English poet
*[[1568]] &ndash; [[Elizabeth Seymour, Lady Cromwell]], English noblewoman (b.c. 1518)
*[[1581]] &ndash; [[Francis I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg|Francis I]], duke of Saxe-Lauenburg (b. 1510)

===1601–1900===
*[[1612]] &ndash; [[Sophia Olelkovich Radziwill]], Belarusian saint (b. 1585)
*[[1637]] &ndash; [[Péter Pázmány]], Hungarian cardinal (b. 1570)
*[[1649]] &ndash; [[Gerhard Johann Vossius]], German scholar and theologian (b. 1577)
*[[1683]] &ndash; [[Thomas Killigrew]], English playwright and manager (b. 1612)
*[[1687]] &ndash; [[René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle]], French-American explorer (b. 1643)
*[[1697]] &ndash; [[Nicolaus Bruhns]], German organist and composer (b. 1665)
*[[1711]] &ndash; [[Thomas Ken]], English bishop and hymn-writer (b. 1637)
*[[1717]] &ndash; [[John Campbell, 1st Earl of Breadalbane and Holland]], Scottish soldier (b. 1636)
*[[1721]] &ndash; [[Pope Clement XI]] (b. 1649)
*[[1783]] &ndash; [[Frederick Cornwallis]], English archbishop (b. 1713)
*[[1790]] &ndash; [[Cezayirli Gazi Hasan Pasha]], Ottoman general and politician, 182nd [[List of Ottoman Grand Viziers|Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire]] (b. 1713)
*[[1797]] &ndash; [[Philip Hayes (composer)|Philip Hayes]], English organist and composer (b. 1738)
*[[1816]] &ndash; [[Filippo Mazzei]], Italian-American physician and philosopher (b. 1730)
*[[1871]] &ndash; [[Wilhelm Karl Ritter von Haidinger]], Austrian mineralogist, geologist, and physicist (b. 1795)
*[[1884]] &ndash; [[Elias Lönnrot]], Finnish physician and philologist (b. 1802)<ref>[https://www.britannica.com/biography/Elias-Lonnrot Elias Lönnrot | Finnish folklorist] – ''[[Encyclopædia Britannica]]''</ref>
*[[1897]] &ndash; [[Antoine Thomson d'Abbadie]], Irish-French geographer, ethnologist, linguist, and astronomer (b. 1810)
*[[1900]] &ndash; [[John Bingham]], American lawyer and politician, 7th [[United States Ambassador to Japan]] (b. 1815)
*  1900   &ndash; [[Charles-Louis Hanon]], French pianist and composer (b. 1819)

===1901–present===
*[[1914]] &ndash; [[Giuseppe Mercalli]], Italian priest, geologist, and volcanologist (b. 1850)
*[[1919]] &ndash; [[Emma Bell Miles]], American writer, poet, and artist of [[Appalachia]] (b. 1879)
*[[1930]] &ndash; [[Arthur Balfour]], Scottish-English politician, [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] (b. 1848)
*  1930   &ndash; [[Henry Lefroy]], Australian politician, 11th [[Premier of Western Australia]] (b. 1854)
*[[1942]] &ndash; [[Clinton Hart Merriam]], American zoologist, ornithologist, and entomologist (b. 1855)
*[[1944]] &ndash; [[William Hale Thompson]], American rancher and politician, 41st [[Mayor of Chicago]] (b. 1869)
*[[1947]] &ndash; [[James A. Gilmore]], American businessman and baseball executive (b. 1887)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/james-gilmore/|title=James Gilmore |publisher=Society for American Baseball Research}}</ref>
*[[1948]] &ndash; [[Maud Howe Elliott]], American novelist (b. 1854)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Maud Howe Elliott – Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame |url=https://riheritagehalloffame.com/maud-elliott/ |access-date=2024-03-19 |language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[1949]] &ndash; [[James Somerville]], English admiral and politician, [[Lord Lieutenant of Somerset]] (b. 1882)
*  1949   &ndash; [[James Newland]], Australian soldier and policeman (b. 1881)<ref>{{Australian Dictionary of Biography|last=Staunton|first=Anthony|year=1988|id=A110011b|title=Newland, James Ernest (1881–1949)|access-date=14 December 2008}}</ref>
*[[1950]] &ndash; [[Edgar Rice Burroughs]], American soldier and author (b. 1875)
*  1950   &ndash; [[Norman Haworth]], English chemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1883)
*[[1951]] &ndash; [[Dmytro Doroshenko]], Ukrainian historian and politician, [[Prime Minister of Ukraine]] (b. 1882)
*[[1976]] &ndash; [[Albert Dieudonné]], French actor and author (b. 1889)
*  1976   &ndash; [[Paul Kossoff]], English guitarist and songwriter (b. 1950)
*[[1977]] &ndash; [[William L. Laurence]], Lithuanian-born American journalist and author (b. 1888)
*[[1978]] &ndash; [[M. A. Ayyangar]], Indian lawyer and politician, 2nd [[Speaker of the Lok Sabha]] (b. 1891)
*[[1982]] &ndash; [[J. B. Kripalani]], Indian lawyer and politician (b. 1888)
*  1982   &ndash; [[Randy Rhoads]], American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (b. 1956)
*[[1984]] &ndash; [[Garry Winogrand]], American photographer (b. 1928)
*[[1986]] &ndash; [[Sabino Barinaga]], Spanish footballer and manager (b. 1922)
*[[1987]] &ndash; [[Louis de Broglie]], French physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1892)
*[[1988]] &ndash; [[Bun Cook]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1904)
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[Andrew Wood (singer)|Andrew Wood]], American singer-songwriter (b. 1966)
*[[1993]] &ndash; [[Henrik Sandberg]], Danish production manager and producer (b. 1915)
*[[1996]] &ndash; [[Lise Østergaard]], Danish psychologist and politician (b. 1924)
*  1996   &ndash; [[Alan Ridout]], English composer and teacher. (b. 1934)<ref name=obit>Miall, Peter. '[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-alan-ridout-1343621.html Obituary: Alan Ridout]' in ''The Independent'', 23 October 2011</ref>
*  1996   &ndash; [[Virginia Henderson]], American nurse, researcher, theorist and author (b. 1897)
*[[1997]] &ndash; [[Willem de Kooning]], Dutch-American painter and educator (b. 1904)
*  1997   &ndash; [[Eugène Guillevic]], French poet and author (b. 1907)
*[[1998]] &ndash; [[E. M. S. Namboodiripad]], Indian theorist and politician, 1st [[Chief Minister of Kerala]] (b. 1909)
*[[1999]] &ndash; [[Tofilau Eti Alesana]], Samoan politician, 5th [[Prime Minister of Samoa]] (b. 1924)
*[[2000]] &ndash; [[Joanne Weaver]], American baseball player (b. 1935)
*  2000   &ndash; [[Shafiq-ur-Rahman (humorist)|Shafiq-ur-Rahman]], Pakistani physician and author (b. 1920)
*[[2003]] &ndash; [[Michael Mathias Prechtl]], German soldier and illustrator (b. 1926)
*[[2004]] &ndash; [[Mitchell Sharp]], Canadian economist and politician, 23rd [[Minister of Finance (Canada)|Canadian Minister of Finance]] (b. 1911)
*[[2005]] &ndash; [[John DeLorean]], American engineer and businessman, founded the [[DeLorean Motor Company]] (b. 1925)
*[[2008]] &ndash; [[Arthur C. Clarke]], English science fiction writer (b. 1917)<ref>{{cite web |title=Arthur C. Clarke {{!}} Biography, Works, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Arthur-C-Clarke |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=13 December 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*  2008   &ndash; [[Hugo Claus]], Belgian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1929)
*  2008   &ndash; [[Paul Scofield]], English actor (b. 1922)
*[[2009]] &ndash; [[Maria Bergson]], Austrian-American architect and interior designer (b. 1914)
*[[2011]] &ndash; [[Kym Bonython]], Australian drummer and radio host (b. 1920)
*[[2012]] &ndash; [[Jim Case]], American director and producer (b. 1927)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Ulu Grosbard]], Belgian-American director and producer (b. 1929)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Hugo Munthe-Kaas]], Norwegian intelligence agent (b. 1922)
*[[2014]] &ndash; [[Patrick Joseph McGovern]], American businessman, founded [[International Data Group|IDG]] (b. 1937)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Fred Phelps]], American lawyer, pastor, and activist, founded the [[Westboro Baptist Church]] (b. 1929)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Heather Robertson]], Canadian journalist and author (b. 1942)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Robert S. Strauss]], American diplomat, [[United States Ambassador to Russia]] (b. 1918)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Lawrence Walsh]], Canadian-American lawyer, judge, and politician, 4th [[United States Deputy Attorney General]] (b. 1912)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Joseph F. Weis, Jr.]], American lawyer and judge (b. 1923)
*[[2015]] &ndash; [[Gus Douglass]], American farmer and politician (b. 1927)
*  2015   &ndash; [[Safet Plakalo]], Bosnian author and playwright (b. 1950)
*  2015   &ndash; [[Danny Schechter]], American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1942)
*[[2016]] &ndash; [[Roger Agnelli]], Brazilian banker and businessman (b. 1959)
*  2016   &ndash; [[Jack Mansell]], English footballer and manager (b. 1927)
*[[2019]] &ndash; [[William Whitfield (architect)|William Whitfield]], British architect (b. 1920)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2019/apr/03/sir-william-whitfield-obituary|title=Sir William Whitfield obituary|author=Roland Jeffery|date=2019-04-03|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=2019-04-11}}</ref>
*[[2021]] &ndash; [[Glynn Lunney]], American engineer (b. 1936)<ref>{{Cite web|last=Avedisian|first=Wendy|date=2021-03-19|title=NASA Remembers Legendary Flight Director Glynn Lunney|url=http://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-remembers-legendary-flight-director-glynn-lunney|access-date=2021-03-20|website=NASA}}</ref>
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==Holidays and observances==
* Christian [[feast day|Observances]]:
** [[Alkmund of Derby]]
** [[Saint Joseph]] ([[Western Christianity]]; if this date falls on Sunday, the feast is moved to Monday March 20)
*** [[Saint Joseph's Day]] ([[Roman Catholicism]] and [[Anglican Communion]]) related observances:
**** [[Falles]], celebrated on the week leading to March 19 ([[Valencia]])
**** [[Father's Day]] (Spain, Portugal, Italy, [[Honduras]], and [[Bolivia]])
**** "Return of the Swallow", annual observance of the [[American cliff swallow|swallows]]' return to [[Mission San Juan Capistrano]] in [[California]]
** [[March 19 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]]
** Earliest day on which [[Maundy Thursday]] can fall, while April 22 is the latest; celebrated on Thursday before [[Easter]] ([[Christianity]])
* [[Minna Canth]]'s Birthday and the [[Flag flying days in Finland#Days on which flying the Finnish flag is an established custom|Day of Equality]] ([[Finland]])
* [[Kashubian Unity Day]] ([[Poland]])

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/march/19 BBC: On This Day]
* {{NYT On this day|month=3|day=19}}
* [https://www.onthisday.com/events/march/19 Historical Events on March 19]

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[[Category:Days of March]]
[[Category:Discordian holidays]]