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On March 19, 1920, the United States Senate rejected for the second time the Treaty of Versailles by a vote of 49-35, falling short of the two-thirds majority needed for approval. (Go to article.)
On March 19, 1891, Earl Warren, the chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1953 to 1969, was born. Following his death on July 9, 1974, his obituary appeared in The Times. (Go to obit. | Other Birthdays)
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On March 19, 1864, Harper's Weekly featured a cartoon about women and the Civil War. (See the cartoon and read an explanation.)
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1917 The Supreme Court upheld the eight-hour work day for railroads.
1918 Congress approved daylight-saving time.
1920 The U.S. Senate rejected the Treaty of Versailles for a second time.
1931 Nevada legalized gambling.
1945 Adolf Hitler issued his so-called "Nero Decree" ordering the destruction of German facilities that could fall into Allied hands.
1953 The Academy Awards ceremony was televised for the first time.
1962 Bob Dylan's self-titled debut album was released.
1979 The U.S. House of Representatives began televising its day-to-day business.
1987 Televangelist Jim Bakker resigned as chairman of his PTL ministry organization amid a sex-and-money scandal involving a former church secretary, Jessica Hahn.
1988 Two British soldiers were shot to death after they were dragged from a car and beaten by mourners attending an Irish Republican Army funeral in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
1990 Latvia's political opposition claimed victory in the republic's first free elections in 50 years.
1995 After giving up an attempt to become a major league baseball player, Michael Jodan returned to pro basketball with his former team, the Chicago Bulls.
2001 California officials declared a power alert, ordering the first of two days of rolling blackouts.
2003 An American-led coalition went to war against Iraq; the conflict began with the launch of U.S. cruise missiles and precision-guided bombs aimed at Saddam Hussein near Baghdad.
2003 Mahmoud Abbas accepted the new position of Palestinian prime minister.
2008 Science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke died at age 90.
2009 An Austrian jury sentenced a man to life in a psychiatric ward for locking his daughter in a dungeon for 24 years, fathering her seven children and letting one die in captivity as a newborn.
Current Birthdays
Glenn Close turns 63 years old today.
AP Photo/Gus Ruelas Actress Glenn Close ("Damages," "Fatal Attraction") turns 63 years old today.
85 Brent Scowcroft
Former national security adviser
80 Ornette Coleman
Jazz saxophonist
77 Philip Roth
Author
74 Ursula Andress
Actress
64 Ruth Pointer
Singer (The Pointer Sisters)
58 Harvey Weinstein
Movie producer
55 Bruce Willis
Actor
52 Andy Reid
Philadelphia Eagles head coach
Historic Birthdays
Earl Warren
3/19/1891 - 7/9/1974
14th chief justice of the United States (1953-69)
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56 Johannes Magnus
3/19/1488 - 3/22/1544
Swedish Roman Catholic archbishop and historian
66 Alonso Cano
3/19/1601 - 9/3/1667
Spanish painter, sculptor and architect
81 Elias Hicks
3/19/1748 - 2/27/1830
American Quaker minister; advocated the abolition of slavery
42 Nikolay Gogol
3/19/1809 (OS) - 2/21/1852 (OS)
Ukrainian-born Russian humorist, dramatist and novelist
60 David Livingstone
3/19/1813 - 5/1/1873
Scottish missionary and explorer; opened Africa to the West
69 Sir Richard Burton
3/19/1821 - 10/20/1890
English scholar, explorer, writer and translator
80 Wyatt Earp
3/19/1848 - 1/13/1929
American frontiersman; became lawman and gambler
80 Alfred von Tirpitz
3/19/1849 - 3/6/1930
German admiral and chief builder of German navy before World War I
65 William Jennings Bryan
3/19/1860 - 7/26/1925
American Democratic and Populist leader
100 James Van Fleet
3/19/1892 - 9/23/1992
American commander who led troops in Normandy on D-Day in World War II
58 Frederic Joliot-Curie
3/19/1900 - 8/14/1958
French Nobel Prize-winning physicist; shared prize with his wife, Irene
74 Jo Mielziner
3/19/1901 - 3/15/1976
American stage designer
88 John Sirica
3/19/1904 - 8/14/1992
United States district court judge; presided at trial of Watergate burglars (1973)
76 Albert Speer
3/19/1905 - 9/1/1981
German Nazi minister for war production
56 Adolf Eichmann
3/19/1906 - 5/31/1962
German Nazi war criminal hanged by Israel
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