This day in History - March 19

399 Historic Events for March 19
1925 Birth Brent Scowcroft, Ogden Utah, Lt Gen (USAF)/National Security Council
1927 Event Bloody battles between communists and nazis in Berlin
1927 Birth Richie Ashburn, baseball infielder (Phila Phillies)/sportscaster
1928 Event "Amos and Andy" debuts on radio (NBC Blue Network-WMAQ Chicago)
1928 Birth Patrick McGoohan, Astoria NY, actor (#6-Prisoner, Secret Agent)
1928 Birth Clive Van Ryneveld, cricketer (South African all-rounder 1951-58)
1929 Birth Robert Muczynski, composer
1929 Birth Michael Ryan, actor (John Randolph-Another World)
1929 Birth Herman van San, composer
1930 Event Nakagawa Soen accepted as a student of Katsube Keigaku Roshi
1930 Birth Bill Henderson, Chic Ill, jazz singer (Torpedo-Dreams)
1930 Birth Ornette Coleman, jazz composer (Downbeat Musician of Year 1966)
1930 Death Arthur J Balfour, British theologist/premier (1902-05), dies at 81
1931 Birth Bill Hoskyns, England, ‚p‚e fencer (Olympic-silver-1964)
1931 Event Nevada legalizes gambling
1932 Birth Gay Robert Brewer, Middletwon OH, PGA golfer (1972 Canadian)
1933 Birth Philip Roth, Newark, novelist (Goodbye Columbus, Portnoy's Complaint)
1934 Death Anthony J Block, lawyer (Dutch strafproces), dies at 66
1934 Birth B”rge Andersen, Denmark, Danish Chess Champion (1967, 68)
1935 Birth Phyllis Newman, Jersey City NJ, actress (Coming of Age, TW3)
1935 Birth Renee Taylor, NYC, actress (Jack Paar Show, Mary Hartman, Nanny)
1935 Birth Burt Metcalfe, Saskatchewan Canada, actor/dir (Father of the Bride)
1936 Birth Amancio D'Silva, musician
1936 Birth Ursula Andress, Berne Switzerland, actress (She, Sensuous Nurse)
1936 Death John Larkin IV, actor/writer (Charlie Chan in Panama), dies at 63