Saturday, March 19, 2022

History for March 19

History for March 19 - On-This-Day.com
Wyatt Earp 1848 - American gambler, sheriff and Deputy Town Marshal of Tombstone, AZ, he took part in Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
  • 1628 - The Massachusetts colony was founded by Englishmen.
  • 1687 - French explorer La Salle was murdered by his own men while searching for the mouth of the Mississippi River, in the Gulf of Mexico.
  • 1748 - The English Naturalization Act passed granting Jews right to colonize in the U.S.
  • 1903 - The U.S. Senate ratified the Cuban treaty, gaining naval bases in Guantanamo and Bahia Honda.
  • 1918 - The U.S. Congress approved Daylight-Saving Time.
  • 1945 - Adolf Hitler issued his "Nero Decree" which ordered the destruction of German facilities that could fall into Allied hands as German forces were retreating.
  • 1987 - Televangelist Jim Bakker resigned from the PTL due to a scandal involving Jessica Hahn.

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