This day in #history 19/03
MARCH 19TH
1571 – Spanish troops occupy Manila
1628 – Massachusetts colony founded by Englishmen
1702 – James II’s daughter Anne Stuart becomes queen of England
1822 – Boston, Mass, incorporated as a city
1967 – French Somaliland (Djibouti) votes to continue association with France
1987 – Hassanali inaugurated as president of Trinidad & Tobago
2003 – Invasion of Iraq by American and British led coalition begins without United Nations support and in defiance of world opinion
2013 – NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity discovers further evidence of water-bearing minerals
FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS
1813 – David Livingstone, Scotland, explorer (found by Stanley in Africa)
1821 – Richard Burton, explorer/translator (Arabian Nights)
1955 – Bruce Willis, Penna Grove NJ, actor (Moonlighting, Die Hard)
1971 – Dalton James, actor (My Father the Hero, Mark-Beverly Hills 90210)
1981 – Kolo Touré, Ivorian footballer
2007 – Prince Abdullah bin Ali, Prince of Jordan
FAMOUS DEATHS
1406 – Ibn Khaldun, Arab historian (b. 1332)
2008 – Sir Arthur C. Clarke, English science fiction author and inventor (b. 1917)
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