History of 19 March
- 1991 – Brett Hull, of the St. Louis Blues, became the third National Hockey League (NHL) player to score 80 goals in a season.
- 1994 – The largest omelet in history was made with 160,000 eggs in Yokohama, Japan.
- 1998 – The World Health Organization warned of a tuberculosis epidemic that could kill 70 million people in the next two decades.
- 1999 – 53 people were killed and dozens were injured when a bomb exploded in a market place in southern Russia.
- 2000 – Vector Data Systems conducted a simulation of the 1993 Branch Davidian siege in Waco, TX. The simulation showed that the government had not fired first.
- 2001 – California officials declared a power alert and ordered the first of two days of rolling blackouts.
- 2002 – Operation Anaconda, the largest U.S.-led ground offensive since the Gulf War, ended in eastern Afghanistan. During the operation, which began on March 2, it was reported that at least 500 Taliban and al Qaeda fighters were killed. Eleven allied troops were killed during the same operation.
- 2002 – Actor Ben Kingsley was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace.
- 2003 – U.S. President George W. Bush announced that U.S. forces had launched a strike against “targets of military opportunity” in Iraq. The attack, using cruise missiles and precision-guided bombs, were aimed at Iraqi leaders thought to be near Baghdad.
- 2015 – Apple replaced AT&T in the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
- 2016 – Flydubai Flight 981 crashes while attempting to land at Rostov-on-Don international airport, killing all 62 onboard.
- 2016 – An explosion occurs in Taksim Square in Istanbul, Turkey, killing five people and injuring 36.
- 2018 – The last male northern white rhinoceros, Sudan, dies, ensuring a chance of extinction for the species.
Celebrating Birthday Today
- 1981 – Steve Cummings, English cyclist
- 1981 – Kolo Touré, Ivorian footballer
- 1982 – Jonathan Fanene, American football player
- 1982 – Brad Jones, Australian footballer
- 1982 – Eduardo Saverin, Brazilian-Singaporean businessman
- 1982 – Yoshikaze Masatsugu, Japanese sumo wrestler
- 1985 – Inesa Jurevičiūtė, Lithuanian figure skater
- 1986 – Tyler Bozak, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1987 – Michal Švec, Czech footballer
- 1987 – Miloš Teodosić, Serbian basketball player
- 1988 – Clayton Kershaw, American baseball player
- 1991 – Aleksandr Kokorin, Russian footballer
- 1993 – Mateusz Szwoch, Polish footballer
- 1993 – Hakim Ziyech, Moroccan footballer
- 1995 – Alexei Sintsov, Russian figure skater
- 1995 – Héctor Bellerín, Spanish footballer
- 1996 – Barbara Haas, Austrian tennis player