Today in History for 19th March 2023

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Historical Events

1918 - US Congress authorizes time zones and approves daylight saving time
1973 - Dean tells Nixon, "There is a cancer growing on the Presidency"
1989 - Wales beats England, 12-9 at Cardiff Arms Park to allow France to claim it's 9th outright Five Nations Rugby Championship
1995 - Bonnie Blair skates female world record point total (156.450)
2001 - 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.
2018 - Mississippi signs into law the US's strictest abortion laws, no termination after 15 weeks

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Famous Birthdays

1668 - Francesco Gasparini, Italian baroque composer (Ambleto; Missa Canonica), born in Camaiore, Lucca (now Italy) (d. 1727)
1813 - David Livingstone, Scottish explorer who was famously found by Henry Morton Stanley in Africa, born in Blantyre, South Lanarkshire, Scotland (d. 1873)
1914 - Jiang Qing [Madame Mao], Chinese communist and wife of Mao Zedong, born in Zhucheng, Shandong, China (d. 1991)
1929 - Herman van San, composer
1972 - Nate Quarry, American mixed martial arts fighter (The Ultimate Fighter; co-host MMA Uncensored Live), born in Arcata, California
1979 - Hee-Seop Choi, Korean baseball player

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Famous Deaths

1556 - Lieven van der Maude [Ammonius], South Netherlands poet, dies at 70
1897 - Antoine T. d'Abbadie, French explorer (Ethiopia), dies at 87
1939 - Lloyd L. Gaines, American civil rights activist
1994 - Giuseppe Diana, Italian anti-mafia priest, murdered
2007 - Luther Ingram, American soul singer and songwriter (b. 1937)
2008 - Raghuvaran, Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam actor (b. 1948)

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