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March 19

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2011 military intervention in Libya

15 years ago

Born this day

1809

Nikolai Gogol

Died aged 42

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1791st

Severus Alexander

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Famous births28

1534 · 492 yrs

Joseph of Anchieta

José de Anchieta y Díaz de Clavijo, SJ (Joseph of Anchieta; 19 March 1534 – 9 June 1597) was a Spanish missionary to the Portuguese colony of Brazil in the second half of the 16th century.

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ReligionDied aged 63

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1809 · 217 yrs

Nikolai Gogol

Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol (1 April 1809 – 4 March 1852) was a Russian novelist, short-story writer, and playwright of Ukrainian origin. Gogol used the grotesque in his writings, for example in his works "The Nose", "Viy", "The Overcoat", and "Nevsky Prospekt".

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LiteratureDied aged 42

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1813 · 213 yrs

David Livingstone

David Livingstone (19 March 1813 – 1 May 1873) was a Scottish doctor, Congregationalist, pioneer Christian missionary with the London Missionary Society, and an explorer in Africa. Livingstone was married to Mary Moffat Livingstone, from the prominent 18th-century Moffat missionary family.

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ExplorationDied aged 60

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1821 · 205 yrs

Richard Francis Burton

Sir Richard Francis Burton (19 March 1821 – 20 October 1890) was a British explorer, army officer, writer and scholar. He was famed for his travels and explorations in Asia, Africa and South America, as well as his extensive knowledge of languages and cultures, speaking up to 29 different languages.

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MilitaryDied aged 69

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1872 · 154 yrs

A. Kollontaĭ

Alexandra Mikhailovna Kollontai (Russian: Александра Михайловна Коллонтай; née Domontovich; 31 March 1872 – 9 March 1952) was a Russian revolutionary, politician, diplomat and Marxist theoretician.

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ActivismDied aged 79

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1882 · 144 yrs

Korney Chukovsky

Korney Ivanovich Chukovsky (Russian: Корней Иванович Чуковский, IPA:; 31 March NS 1882 – 28 October 1969) was one of the most popular children's poets in the Russian language. His catchy rhythms, inventive rhymes and absurd characters have invited comparisons with the American children's author Dr.

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1883 · 143 yrs

Norman Haworth

Sir Walter Norman Haworth FRS (19 March 1883 – 19 March 1950) was a British chemist best known for his groundbreaking work on ascorbic acid (vitamin C) while working at the University of Birmingham. He received the 1937 Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for his investigations on carbohydrates and vitamin C".

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1900 · 126 yrs

Frédéric Joliot-Curie

Jean Frédéric Joliot-Curie (French:; né Joliot; 19 March 1900 – 14 August 1958) was a French chemist and physicist who received the 1935 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with his wife, Irène Joliot-Curie, for their discovery of induced radioactivity.

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1905 · 121 yrs

Albert Speer

Berthold Konrad Hermann Albert Speer (German:; 19 March 1905 – 1 September 1981) was a German architect who served as Minister of Armaments and War Production in Nazi Germany during most of World War II. A close friend and ally of Adolf Hitler, he was convicted at the Nuremberg trials and served 20 years in prison.

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1906 · 120 yrs

Adolf Eichmann

Otto Adolf Eichmann ( EYEKH-mən; German pronunciation:; 19 March 1906 – 1 June 1962) was a German-Austrian official of the Nazi Party, an officer of the Schutzstaffel (SS), a convicted war criminal, and one of the major organizers of the Holocaust.

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1922 · 104 yrs

Hiroo Onoda

Hiroo Onoda (Japanese: 小野田寛郎, Hepburn: Onoda Hiroo; IPA:) 19 March 1922 – 16 January 2014) was a Japanese soldier who served as a second lieutenant in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II.

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1930 · 96 yrs

Lina Kostenko

Lina Vasylivna Kostenko (Ukrainian: Ліна Василівна Костенко; born 19 March 1930) is a Ukrainian poet, journalist, writer, publisher, and former Soviet dissident.

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Famous deaths12

AD 235 · 1791 yrs

Severus Alexander

Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander (1 October 208 AD – March 235 AD), also known as Alexander Severus, was Roman emperor from 222 until 235 AD. He was the last emperor from the Severan dynasty and, at the age of 13, became the youngest sole emperor of the united Roman Empire.

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RoyaltyDied aged 26

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1286 · 740 yrs

Alexander III of Scotland

Alexander III (Scottish Gaelic: Alaxandair mac Alaxandair; Modern Gaelic: Alasdair mac Alasdair; 4 September 1241 – 19 March 1286) was King of Alba (Scotland) from 6 July 1249 until his death. He concluded the Treaty of Perth, by which Scotland acquired sovereignty over the Western Isles and the Isle of Man.

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RoyaltyDied aged 44

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1721 · 305 yrs

Clement XI

Pope Clement XI (Latin: Clemens XI; Italian: Clemente XI; Albanian: Klementi XI; 23 July 1649 – 19 March 1721), born Giovanni Francesco Albani, was head of the Catholic Church and leader of the Papal States from 23 November 1700 to his death in March 1721. Clement XI was a patron of the arts and of science.

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ReligionDied aged 71

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1884 · 142 yrs

Elias Lönnrot

Elias Lönnrot (Finnish:; 9 April 1802 – 19 March 1884) was a Finnish medical doctor, philosopher, poet, musician, linguist, journalist, philologist and collector of traditional Finnish oral poetry.

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ScienceDied aged 81

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1930 · 96 yrs

Arthur Balfour

Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour (25 July 1848 – 19 March 1930), was a British Conservative statesman who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1902 to 1905. He also later served as foreign secretary in the Lloyd George ministry, from 1916 to 1919.

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PoliticsDied aged 81

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1950 · 76 yrs

Edgar Rice Burroughs

Edgar Rice Burroughs (September 1, 1875 – March 19, 1950) was an American writer, recognized for his prolific output in the adventure, science fiction, and fantasy genres.

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LiteratureDied aged 75

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1950 · 76 yrs

Norman Haworth

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1987 · 39 yrs

Louis de Broglie

Louis Victor Pierre Raymond, 7th Duc de Broglie (French:; 15 August 1892 – 19 March 1987) was a French theoretical physicist and aristocrat known for his contributions to quantum theory. In his 1924 Ph.D. thesis, he postulated the wave nature of electrons and suggested that all matter has wave properties.

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1997 · 29 yrs

Willem de Kooning

Willem de Kooning ( də KOO-ning, Dutch:; April 24, 1904 – March 19, 1997) was a Dutch abstract expressionist artist. Born in Rotterdam, in the Netherlands, he moved to the United States in 1926, becoming a U.S. citizen in 1962.

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2008 · 18 yrs

Arthur C. Clarke

Sir Arthur Charles Clarke (16 December 1917 – 19 March 2008) was an English science fiction writer, science writer, futurist, inventor, undersea explorer, and television series host. Clarke was a science fiction writer, an avid populariser of space travel, and a futurist of distinguished ability.

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2008 · 18 yrs

Paul Scofield

David Paul Scofield (21 January 1922 – 19 March 2008) was an English actor. During a six-decade career, Scofield achieved the Triple Crown of Acting, winning an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and a Tony Award for his work.

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2026 · 0 yrs

Chuck Norris

Carlos Ray "Chuck" Norris (March 10, 1940 – March 19, 2026) was an American martial artist, actor, screenwriter, and author. He held black belts in karate, taekwondo, Tang Soo Do, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, and judo.

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Events5

1279 · 747 yrs

Battle of Yamen

The Battle of Yamen (Chinese: 厓門戰役), also known as the Battle of Yashan (Chinese: 厓山海戰), was a naval battle which took place in southern China on 19 March 1279. It is considered to be the last stand of the Song dynasty against the invading forces of the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty.

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War

1945 · 81 yrs

Western Allied invasion of Germany

The Western Allied invasion of Germany was coordinated by the Western Allies during the final months of hostilities in the European theatre of World War II.

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War

1953 · 73 yrs

25th Academy Awards

The 25th Academy Awards were held on March 19, 1953, at the RKO Pantages Theatre in Hollywood, and the NBC International Theatre in New York City, to honor the films of 1952.

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Culture

2011 · 15 yrs

2011 military intervention in Libya

On 19 March 2011, a NATO-led coalition began a military intervention into the ongoing Libyan Civil War to implement United Nations Security Council Resolution 1973 (UNSCR 1973).

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War

2016 · 10 yrs

Flydubai Flight 981

Flydubai Flight 981 (FZ981/FDB981) was a scheduled international passenger flight from Dubai, United Arab Emirates, to Rostov-on-Don, Russia. On 19 March 2016, the Boeing 737-800 aircraft operating the flight crashed during a go-around, killing all 62 passengers and crew on board.

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