Kassym-Jomart Tokayev is sworn in as acting president of Kazakhstan, following the resignation of long-time president Nursultan Nazarbayev. Date: March 20, 2019 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 20 📅 Events on this day in 2019 📅 On This Day (Today)

La Plume noire, an anarchist bookstore in Lyon, is targeted by an attack of the far-right, provoking a shock in Lyon's far-left circles. Date: March 20, 2021 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 20 📅 Events on this day in 2021 📅 On This Day (Today)

The US Congress establishes time zones and approves daylight saving time. Date: March 19, 1918 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 19 📅 Events on this day in 1918 📅 On This Day (Today)

The United States Senate rejects the Treaty of Versailles for the second time (the first time was on November 19, 1919). Date: March 19, 1920 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 19 📅 Events on this day in 1920 📅 On This Day (Today)

Irish War of Independence: One of the biggest engagements of the war takes place at Crossbarry, County Cork. About 100 Irish Republican Army (IRA) volunteers escape an attempt by over 1,300 British forces to encircle them. Date: March 19, 1921 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 19 📅 Events on this…

The Sydney Harbour Bridge is opened. Date: March 19, 1932 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 19 📅 Events on this day in 1932 📅 On This Day (Today)

Frank Nitti, the Chicago Outfit Boss after Al Capone, commits suicide at the Chicago Central Railyard. Date: March 19, 1943 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 19 📅 Events on this day in 1943 📅 On This Day (Today)

World War II: The German army occupies Hungary. Date: March 19, 1944 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 19 📅 Events on this day in 1944 📅 On This Day (Today)

World War II: Adolf Hitler issues his "Nero Decree" ordering all industries, military installations, shops, transportation facilities, and communications facilities in Germany to be destroyed. Date: March 19, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 19 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 On This Day (Today)

World War II: Off the coast of Japan, a dive bomber hits the aircraft carrier USS Franklin, killing 724 of her crew. Badly damaged, the ship is able to return to the US under her own power. Date: March 19, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 19 📅 Events on this…