This day in History - March 19

399 Historic Events for March 19
1945 Event British 36th division conquers Mogok (ruby mine)
1945 Event Adolf Hitler issues Nero Decree: destruction of German facilities
1945 Death Fritz Fromm, German supreme commander of Reserve army, executed
1945 Event Hitler orders all German factories destroyed
1945 Birth Lisa Nicole Baker, Detroit TX, playmate of the year (Nov 1966)
1946 Birth Ruth Pointer, singer (Pointer Sisters-I'm So Exicted)
1946 Event Nicolai Schwernik succeeds Kalinin as president of USSR
1946 Birth Bigas Luna, director/writer (Anguish)
1946 Birth Mohammad Ilyas, cricketer (Pakistani batsman in ten Tests 1964-69)
1946 Death Amir Hamzah, Indonesian poet (Buah Rindu), dies at 35
1946 Birth Paul Atkinson, rock guitarist (Zombies-Never Even Thought)
1946 Event Fr Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique and R‚union become overseas depts
1947 Event Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek conquers Jenan
1947 Event Belgian govt of Spaak, forms
1947 Birth John Beckwith, English real estate developer/multi-millionaire
1947 Birth Vince Martino, Schenectady NY, WLAF offensive asst (Barcelona Dragons)
1947 Birth Glenn Close, Greenwich Ct, actress (The Big Chill, Fatal Attraction)
1947 Birth Earlie Fires, jockey (Hialeah Park)
1947 Death Willem F J Pijper, Dutch composer/critic, dies at 52
1948 Birth Vintcent Van der Bijl, Natal cricket bowler (superb 2m of 70's and 80's)
1948 Event Lee Savold KOs Gino Buonvino in 54 seconds at MSG, NYC
1949 Event 1st museum devoted exclusively to atomic energy, Oak Ridge, Tn
1949 Birth Denny Albee, Oklahoma City OK (Dr Janssen-One Life to Live)
1949 Birth Denny Albee, Oklahoma City OK, actor (Dr Janssen-One Life to Live)
1950 Death Edgar Rice Burroughs, sci-fi author (Tarzan of the Apes), dies at 74