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On this day: March 19

POSTED: 12:49 PM Mar 14 2013 UPDATED: 12:00 AM Mar 19 2013

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The Tuskegee Airmen are activated, Elvis buys Graceland, Bob Dylan releases his debut album, Texas Western makes college basketball history, and the invasion of Iraq begins, all on this day.

OTD March 19 - Robert Cavelier de La Salle — 1 / 41

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1687: While searching for the mouth of the Mississippi River, French explorer Robert Cavelier de La Salle is murdered by his own men in a mutiny near the site of present Navasota, Texas.

OTD March 19 - Robert Cavelier de La Salle

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OTD March 19 - Lumiere brothers

OTD March 19 - International Women's Day

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OTD March 19 - Standard Time Act

OTD March 19 - Amos and Andy

OTD March 19 - Patrick McGoohan

OTD March 19 - Nevada gambling

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OTD March 19 - Ursula Andress

OTD March 19 - Tuskegee Airmen

OTD March 19 - Frank Nitti

OTD March 19 - Hungary

OTD March 19 - Sirhan Sirhan

OTD March 19 - Nero Decree

OTD March 19 - Glenn Close

OTD March 19 - Edgar Rice Burroughs

OTD March 19 - Harvey Weinstein

OTD March 19 - Academy Awards

OTD March 19 - Bruce Willis

OTD March 19 - Graceland

OTD March 19 - South Pacific

OTD March 19 - Bob Dylan

OTD March 19 - Texas Western

OTD March 19 - Donna Reed Show

OTD March 19 - Mary Tyler Moore Show

OTD March 19 - C-SPAN

OTD March 19 - Randy Rhoads

OTD March 19 - Spin magazine

OTD March 19 - Jim Bakker

OTD March 19 - Arizona Super Bowl

OTD March 19 - Iraq War

OTD March 19 - Mahmoud Abbas

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