What happend on 19th March

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20.03
1942

The Thoroughbred Racing Association is established in Chicago, Illinois.

1932

Sydney Harbour Bridge opens.

1931

Gambling is legalized in Nevada.

1920

The United States Senate rejects the Treaty of Versailles for the second time (first time was on November 19, 1919).

1918

The U.S. Congress establishes time zones and approves daylight saving time.

1916

Eight American planes take off in pursuit of Pancho Villa, the first United States air-combat mission in history.

1915

Pluto is photographed for the first time but was not recognized as a planet.

1914

Giuseppe Mercalli, Italian volcanologist (b. 1850)

1865

American Civil War: The Battle of Bentonville begins. By the end of the battle two days later the Confederate forces have retreated from Greenville, North Carolina.

1861

The First Taranaki War ends in New Zealand.