What happend on 19th March

18.03
20.03
2004

Taiwanese president Chen Shui-ban is shot just before the country's presidential election on March 20. See 3-19 Shooting Incident.

2004

A Swedish DC-3 shot down by a Russian Mig-15 in the 1950s is finally recovered after years of work. The remains of the crew are left in place, pending further investigations.

2004

Äänekoski bus disaster

2003

The invasion of Iraq begins (with the time difference, it actually begins on March 20 at 0100 UTC)

2002

U.S. invasion of Afghanistan: Operation Anaconda ends (started on March 2) after killing 500 Taliban and al Qaeda fighters with 11 allied troop fatalities.

1987

Following a scandal involving Jessica Hahn, televangelist Jim Bakker resigns from the PTL.

1982

Falklands War: Argentines land on South Georgia Island, precipitating war.

1981

Three workers are killed and five injured during a test of the Space Shuttle Columbia.

1979

The United States House of Representatives begins broadcasting its day-to-day business via the cable television network C-SPAN.

1978

UN Security Council Resolution 425 and 426 were passed, calling upon Israel immediately to cease its military action and withdraw its forces from all Lebanese territory (Operation Litani), and established the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL).