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On This Day In History for March 19, 2025

This is the 78th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 287 days remaining in 2025.

• It was on this date in 1687, that Explorer Robert Cavelier de La Salle, searching for the mouth of the Mississippi River, was murdered by his own men.


• It was also this date in 1824 that American explorer Benjamin Morrell departed Antarctica after a voyage later plagued by claims of fraud.


• It was 194 years ago today that the first documented bank heist was committed in U.S. history, when burglars stole $245,000 (1831 values) from the City Bank (now Citibank) on Wall Street. Most of the money was recovered.


• 107 years ago today, The US Congress established time zones and approved daylight saving time.


• On March 19, 1932, The Sydney Harbour Bridge was opened.


• 56 years ago today, The 385 -metre-tall (1,263 ft) TV-mast at Emley Moor transmitting station, United Kingdom, collapsed due to ice build-up.


• Also on March 19, 1979, The United States House of Representatives began broadcasting its day-to-day business via the cable television network C-SPAN.


• It was on this date in 2008, that GRB 080319B, a cosmic burst that was the farthest object visible to the naked eye was briefly observed.

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

• Scottish missionary and explorer, David Livingstone, born on this date in 1813.


• Wyatt Earp, American police officer, was born on that same date in 1848.


• Born March 19, 1883, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate Norman Haworth.


• Canadian-American mathematician and theorist, Leonidas Alaoglu, born on this date in 1914.


• Peter Hall, English geographer, author, and academic was born on that same date in 1932.


• Born March 19, 1943, Mexican chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate Mario J. Molina.


• Also born on that same date in 1955,  German-American actor and producer, Bruce Willis.


• American actor, Connor Trinneer, born on this date in 1969.

Listener Birthdays

• 19 – Michael R. Mennenga


• 21 – Krazy Joe Fiore, MegaPodTasticand Honey, You’ve *GOT* to See This!


• 23 – Steve Riekeberg a.k.a. MissingIntellect of Geek Cred


• 23 – Richard Parkman


• 25 – Nicholas St Gabriel

And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for March 19, 2025

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