Today in History - History - March 19th

1991NFL owners strip Phoenix of 1993 Super Bowl game due to Arizona Not recognizing Martin Luther King Day

1925Angelo G Roncalli (later Pope John XXIII) becomes a bishop

1945Adolf Hitler issues "Nero Decree" to destroy all German factories

1953Tennessee Williams' "Camino Real" premieres in NYC

1995Michael Jordan rejoins Chicago Bulls after 17 months, beats Pacers

1991St Louis Blues Brett Hull is 3rd NHLer to score 80 goals in a season

1943In their third match, Jake LaMotta finally defeats Jimmy Reeves by knocking him out in the sixth round

1942FDR orders men between 45 & 64 to register for non military duty

1885Louis Riel returns to Canada, proclaims provisional government, Sask

1964Sean Connery's 1st day of shooting on "Goldfinger"

1914Jiang Qing [Madame Mao], Zhucheng, Chinese communist and wife of Mao Zedong (d. 1991)

1848Wyatt Earp, Monmouth Ill, sheriff (OK Corral)

1813David Livingstone, Scotland, explorer (found by Stanley in Africa)

1891Earl Warren, Los Angeles California, Governor of California/14th supreme court chief justice (1953-69)

1955Bruce Willis, Penna Grove NJ, actor (Moonlighting, Die Hard)

1821Richard Burton, explorer/translator (Arabian Nights)

1918Jazz musician Louis Armstrong (17) weds Daisy Parker (21)

1956Author Aldous Huxley (62) weds musician and author Laura Archera (45)

2009Talk show host David Letterman (61) weds longtime girlfriend Regina Lasko (48) at a civil ceremony in Choteau, Montana

1982Race car driver Al Unser Jr (19) weds Shelley Unser

1644Chongzhen, last Ming Emperor of China, commits suicide

2008Sir Arthur C. Clarke, English science fiction author and inventor (b. 1917)