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Bob Dylan
Ineligible
| Blurb | Reason |
|---|---|
| Father's Day in various countries; | refimprove |
| 1687 – The search for the mouth of the Mississippi River led by French explorer René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle ended with a mutiny and his murder in present-day Texas. | multiple issues |
| 1863 – American Civil War: On its maiden voyage, the Confederate steamer Georgiana, reputed to be one of the most powerful in the fleet, was damaged and sunk in the Charleston, South Carolina, harbor; its wreckage was discovered exactly 102 years later. | unreferenced section |
| 1921 – Italian fascists shot at a group of children from the Parenzana train, killing two of them, maiming two, and injuring three others. | refimprove |
| 1921 – Irish War of Independence: About 1,300 British troops attempted to encircle about 100 IRA volunteers at Crossbarry in County Cork. | refimprove section |
| 1932 – The Sydney Harbour Bridge, a major landmark in Sydney, Australia, and the world's tallest steel arch bridge, was formally opened. | lots of CN tags (18) |
| 1941 – The Tuskegee Airmen, the first all-African American unit of the United States Army Air Corps, was activated. | unreferenced section |
| 1945 – World War II: A single Japanese aircraft bombed the American aircraft carrier USS Franklin, killing over 700 of her crew and crippling the ship. | refimprove section |
| 1954 – American pool (pocket billiards) player Willie Mosconi set a record of 526 consecutive balls sunk without a miss during an exhibition of straight pool. | refimprove section |
| 1962 – The Algerian War | appears on November 1 |
| 1978 – In response to the Israeli invasion of Lebanon, the United Nations called on Israel to immediately withdraw its forces, and established the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon. | unreferenced section |
| 1982 – Argentine forces led by Alfredo Astiz occupied South Georgia, precipitating the Falklands War against the United Kingdom. | unreferenced sections |
| 1990 – Ethnic clashes between Romanians and Hungarians took place in Târgu Mureș, Romania, leaving several dead and hundreds injured. | multiple issues |
| Wyatt Earp |b|1848 | lead too long |
| Emma Bell Miles |d|1919| | Deathday not cited |
| Maria Bergson |d|2009 | | Deathday not cited |
Eligible
- 1277 – The Byzantine Empire and the Republic of Venice signed a treaty that renegotiated and extended by two years a previous treaty between them.
- 1563 – The Edict of Amboise was signed, ending the first war in the French Wars of Religion and inaugurating a period of official peace that lasted until 1567.
- 1808 – King Charles IV of Spain was forced to abdicate in favour of his son Ferdinand VII as a result of the Tumult of Aranjuez.
- 1865 – American Civil War: The last battle of the Carolinas Campaign, the Battle of Bentonville, began, which contributed to the ultimate Union victory in the war.
- 1911 – Established by Clara Zetkin, Käte Duncker, and others, International Women's Day was first observed.
- 1928 – The highly influential American radio comedy show Amos 'n' Andy made its debut.
- 1962 – Influential American musician Bob Dylan released his eponymous debut album, mainly comprising traditional folk, blues and gospel songs.
- 1979 – The American cable television network C-SPAN, covering government proceedings and public-affairs programming, was launched.
- 1987 – American televangelist Jim Bakker resigned as the host of The PTL Club in the midst of a sex scandal.
- 2008 – The gamma-ray burst GRB 080319B (artist's impression pictured), the farthest object from Earth that was observable by the naked eye, was observed.
- 2016 – Flydubai Flight 981 crashed during an aborted landing at Rostov-on-Don Airport, Russia, resulting in the deaths of all 62 passengers and crew on board.
- Born/died: | Jan Zamoyski |b|1542| Elizabeth Seymour, Lady Cromwell |d|1568| Francis B. Spinola |b|1821|Thomas David Morrison |d|1856| Senda Berenson Abbott |b|1868| Anna Held |b|1872| Ernestine Rose |b|1880| Albert Speer |b|1905| Peter Thorburn |b|1939| Bruce Willis |b|1955| Bun Cook |d|1988| Kym Bonython |d|2011
Notes
- Song dynasty appears on February 4, so list of emperors should not appear in the same year
- United Nations Security Council Resolution 1973 appears on March 17 so Resolution 425 should not appear in the same year
March 19: Saint Joseph's Day (Western Christianity); Nowruz (2024)
Zhao Bing, Emperor of Song
- 1279 – Mongol conquest of Song China: Zhao Bing (pictured), the last emperor of the Song dynasty, drowned at the end of the Battle of Yamen, bringing the dynasty to an end after three centuries.
- 1824 – American explorer Benjamin Morrell departed Antarctica after a voyage later plagued by claims of fraud.
- 1944 – The secular oratorio A Child of Our Time by Michael Tippett premiered at the Adelphi Theatre in London.
- 1998 – An unscheduled Ariana Afghan Airlines flight crashed into a mountain on approach into Kabul, killing all 45 people aboard.
- 2011 – First Libyan Civil War: The French Air Force launched Opération Harmattan, beginning foreign military intervention in Libya.
- Lord Edmund Howard (d. 1539)
- Greville Wynne (b. 1919)
- Joe Gaetjens (b. 1924)
- Lise Østergaard (d. 1996)