March 19

Today in History
• 1452 - Frederick III of Hapsburg crowned Roman German Emperor
• 1524 - Giovanni de Varrazano of France sights land around area of Carolinas
• 1563 - Peace of Amboise: Rights for Huguenots
• 1628 - Massachusetts colony founded by Englishmen
• 1702 - James II's daughter Anne Stuart becomes queen of England
• 1748 - English Naturalization Act passes granting Jews right to colonize US
• 1822 - Boston, Massachusetts incorporated as a city
• 1831 - 1st U.S. bank robbery (City Bank, New York/$245,000)


Holidays - Traditional and Obscure
• Certified Nurses Day
• Feast of Saint Joseph
• Mothering Sunday in the U.K.
• National Backyard Day
• National Chocolate Caramel Day
• Operation Iraqi Freedom Day
• Pretzel Sunday
• St. Joseph's Day

Birthdays
• 1434 - Ashikaga Yoshikatsu, Japanese shogun
• 1589 - William Bradford, Governor of Plymouth colony for 30 years
• 1604 - Johan IV, composer/king of Portugal, 1640-56
• 1629 - Aleksei M Romanov, 1st Romanov tsar of Russia
• 1734 - Thomas McKean, US attorney (signed US Declaration of Independence)
• 1739 - Charles-François Lebrun, duc de Plaisance, Third Consul of France
• 1813 - David Livingstone, born in Scotland, explorer, found by Stanley in Africa
• 1748 - Wyatt Earp, born in Monmouth, Illinois, sheriff, OK Corral