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Today: March 19, 2024

Today is Tuesday. It is the 79th day of 2024. The decade is the 2020s.

The zodiac star sign for this date is Pisces.

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Facts

Basic facts about this date:

  • Week Number: We are currently in Week 12 of 2024.
  • Leap Year: 2024 is a leap year, which means that it will have 366 days instead of 365 (with an extra day in February).
  • Generation: People born in 2024 belong to the Gen Alpha generation.

On this day: March 19

Events that happened on March 19.

  • March 19, 1957: Elvis Presley purchases the Graceland mansion in Memphis, Tennessee.
  • March 19, 1958: 24 people are killed after a loft fire breaks out at the Monarch Underwear Company in Manhattan.
  • March 19, 1962: American singer Bob Dylan releases his self-titled debut studio album.
  • March 19, 1966: Racial segregation in sports in the USA starts to become a thing of the past when The Texas Western Miners defeat an all-white Kentucky Wildcats team with five African-American starters.
  • March 19, 1979: English actor Richard Beckinsale dies of a heart attack.
  • March 19, 1982: Heavy Metal guitarist Randy Rhoads dies in a plane crash in Florida.
  • March 19, 1988: Corporals killings: Two British Army corporals are abducted and shot dead by Irish republicans.
  • March 19, 1994: Arkansas crime: Damien Echols (18) and Jason Baldwin (16) are found guilty of the murders of three eight-year-old boys in West Memphis.
  • March 19, 1995: Boxing: Irish boxer Steve Collins defeats Chris Eubank to win the WBO super middleweight title.
  • March 19, 1996: Irish Crime: Publican Tom Nevin is shot dead at Jack White's pub in Wicklow, Ireland.
  • March 19, 2000: Wrestling: Trish Stratus makes her WWF debut.
  • March 19, 2004: Dawn of the Dead (2004) is released.
  • March 19, 2005: The body of 9-year-old Jessica Lunsford is found in Homosassa, Florida.
  • March 19, 2007:
    • The trial of record producer Phil Spector for the 2003 murder of Lana Clarkson begins in Los Angeles.
    • The livestreaming website "Justin.tv" is launched.
  • March 19, 2009: Austrian man Josef Fritzl is sentenced to life imprisonment after he pleads guilty to enslaving his daughter and murder by negligence.
  • March 19, 2010: Justin Bieber releases his debut studio album "My World 2.0".
  • March 19, 2011: NATO begins to intervene in the 2011 Libyan Civil War.
  • March 19, 2014: Westboro Baptist Church founder Fred Phelps dies at the age of 84.
  • March 19, 2020:
    • Billionaire Elon Musk predicts that there will be "close to zero" cases of COVID-19 in the United States by the end of April, 2020.
    • The White House advises US citizens to avoid all international travel.
    • California orders residents to stay at home except for essential activities.
  • March 19, 2021:
    • Justin Bieber releases his album "Justice".
    • UFC fighter Khabib Nurmagomedov announces his retirement.
  • March 19, 2022: Rugby: France win the 2022 Six Nations.
  • March 19, 2023:
    • Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan is charged with terrorism.
    • It is announced that UBS will be buying the troubled Credit Suisse bank for over $2 billion.

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Events

What happened around this time?

News stories, pop culture trends, and other events that happened around March 19, 2024.

  • February 20, 2024: Parenting YouTuber Ruby Franke is jailed for aggravated child abuse.
  • February 22, 2024:
    • A cellular outage impacts thousands of AT&T users in the United States.
    • It is announced that Wendy Williams has been diagnosed with aphasia and frontotemporal dementia.
    • Vice Media stops publishing content on its website and cuts hundreds of jobs.
    • Former Barcelona right-back Dani Alves is found guilty of rape and sentenced to four and a half years in prison.
    • Google pauses Gemini's ability to generate AI images of people after users discover a series of diversity errors.
  • February 24, 2024: Republican presidential nomination: Donald Trump defeats Nikki Haley in her home state of South Carolina.
  • February 25, 2024:
    • Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says that 31,000 Ukrainian troops have been killed since the start of Russia's invasion.
    • Soccer: Liverpool win the League Cup after defeating Chelsea 1-0 in extra time.
    • US airman Aaron Bushnell dies after setting himself on fire outside the Israeli embassy in Washington.
  • February 26, 2024: Bitcoin rises above $54,000 for the first time since December 2021.
  • February 27, 2024: Karl Jordan Jr and Ronald Washington are found guilty of the 2002 murder of Jam Master Jay.
  • February 29, 2024:
    • Soccer: Paul Pogba is banned for four years for doping.
    • 118 civilians are killed after Israeli soldiers open fire on a Palestinian crowd seeking humanitarian aid.
    • The video game "Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth" is released.
  • March 1, 2024: Kevin Monahan is sentenced 25 years to life in prison for shooting a woman (Kaylin Gillis) who mistakenly drove into his rural driveway in upstate New York.
  • March 3, 2024: The United States carries out its first air drop of aid for Gaza.
  • March 4, 2024: The US Supreme Court rules that Donald Trump cannot be kicked off the Colorado ballot over his actions leading up to the January 6 attack.
  • March 5, 2024:
    • Hundreds of thousands of Facebook users are logged out of the social network due to a technical issue.
    • Bitcoin hits a new all-time high before falling by 8%.
  • March 6, 2024:
    • Nikki Haley drops out of Republican presidential race.
    • Rust armorer, Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, is found guilty of Halyna Hutchins' death.
  • March 7, 2024:
    • Sweden officially joins NATO.
    • Boxing: It is announced that Jake Paul will be fighting Mike Tyson.
  • March 8, 2024: Boxing: Anthony Joshua knocks out Francis Ngannou in the second round.
  • March 10, 2024:
    • Major photo agencies pull Kate Middleton's Mother's Day photo over "digital manipulation" concerns.
    • Oscars 2024: Oppenheimer wins Best Picture, Cillian Murphy wins Best Actor, and Emma Stone wins Best Actress.
  • March 12, 2024: It is reported that Andrew and Tristan Tate will be extradited from Romania to the United Kingdom on rape and human trafficking allegations.
  • March 15, 2024: The movie "Dune: Part Two" is released.
  • This date: March 19, 2024
  • March 20, 2024:
    • The 2024 Bitcoin halving occurs.
    • The first episode of the animated series "X-Men '97" is released on Disney+.
Zodiac info

Zodiac

Zodiac, birthstone, and birth flower information.

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  • Zodiac Sign (Astrology): Anyone born on March 19, 2024, will have the star sign Pisces.
  • Zodiac Element: Water.
  • Chinese Zodiac Animal: In the Chinese Zodiac, 2024 is the year of the Dragon (Yang Earth).
  • The Life Path Number for this date is 3.
  • Native American Zodiac: March 19, 2024 falls under the Wolf.
  • Birthstone: A person during the month of March will have the birthstone Aquamarine.
  • Birth flower (March): The Daffodil and the Jonqui.
Celebrity birthdays

Celebrity birthdays

Celebrities, historical figures, and other notable people who were born on March 19.

Bruce Willis

Bruce Willis

Actor
Born on March 19, 1955
He is 69 years old today.

Mary Scheer

Mary Scheer

Actress
Born on March 19, 1963
She is 61 years old today.

Kolo Toure

Kolo Toure

Soccer player
Born on March 19, 1981
He is 43 years old today.

AJ Lee

AJ Lee

Wrestler
Born on March 19, 1987
She is 37 years old today.

Holidays

Holidays

National holidays and famous events that fall on March 19:

  • St. Joseph's Day
Conception

Conception dates

Conception estimates for this date.

  • If your baby is due on March 19, 2024, then the date of conception was probably around June 27, 2023.
  • A baby that is conceived on March 19, 2024, will be due around December 10, 2024.

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