| March 19th, 2008 | Event | GRB 080319B: A cosmic burst that is the farthest object visible to the naked eye was briefly observed on this day. |
| March 19th, 2004 | Event | Aanekoski bus disaster: A semi-trailer truck and a bus crash head-on in Aanekoski, Finlandied in 24 people are killed and 13 injured. |
| March 19th, 2004 | Event | A Swedish DC-3 shot down by a Russian MiG-15 in the 1950s is finally recovered after years of work. The remains of the crew are left in place, pending further investigations. |
| March 19th, 2004 | Event | 3-19 Shooting Incident: Taiwanese president Chen Shui-bian is shot just before the country s presidential election on March 20. |
| March 19th, 2002 | Event | U.S. invasion of Afghanistan: Operation Anaconda ends (started on March 2) after killing 500 Taliban and al Qaeda fighters with 11 allied troop fatalities. |
| March 19th, 2001 | Event | The Bank of Japan issued a monetary policy known as quantitative easing, which stimulated the Japanese economy after the burst of the dot-com bubble. |
| March 19th, 1987 | Event | Televangelist Jim Bakker resigns as head of the PTL Club due to a brewing sex scandal; he hands over control to Jerry Falwell. |
| March 19th, 1982 | Event | Falklands War: Argentinian forces land on South Georgia Island, precipitating war with the U.K.. |
| March 19th, 1979 | Event | The United States House of Representatives begins broadcasting its day-to-day business via the cable television network C-SPAN. |
| March 19th, 1978 | Event | UN Security Council Resolution 425 and 426 are passed, calling upon Israel immediately to cease its military action and withdraw its forces from all Lebanese territory (Operation Litani), and establishing the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL). |
