Once Upon A Time – March 19 – 2003 – Airstrikes By American And British-led Coalition On Iraq Without United Nations Support

1279 A Mongolian victory at the naval Battle of Yamen ends the Song Dynasty in China

1644 200 members of Peking imperial family and court commit suicide in loyalty to the Emperor

1863 Confederate cruiser SS Georgiana destroyed on her maiden voyage with a cargo of munitions, and medicines then valued over $1,000,000. Wreck discovered exactly 102 years later by teenage diver and pioneer underwater archaeologist E. Lee Spence.

1920 US Senate rejects Treaty of Versailles for 2nd time refusing to ratify League of Nations’ covenant (maintaining isolation policy)

1932 The Sydney Harbour Bridge is opened in Sydney, Australia

2003 Airstrikes by an American and British-led coalition signal the beginning of the Invasion of Iraq, without United Nations support and in defiance of world opinion

Historical Events Today
Today in Film & TV
1984 American sitcom “Kate & Allie” premieres on CBS TV starring Susan Saint James and Jane Curtin

Today in Music
1859 Opera “Faust” by Charles Gounod premieres in Paris

Today in Sport
1991 NFL owners strip Phoenix of 1993 Super Bowl game due to Arizona Not recognizing Martin Luther King Day

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1882 1st stone laid for the Sagrada Familia basilica in Barcelona, designed by Antoni Gaudí