Day in History Archive March 19

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Note: These historical tidbits have been collected from various sources, mostly on the Internet. As detailed in this article, there is a lot of wrong information that is repeated hundreds of times because most websites do not validate with authoritative sources. On RF Cafe, events with hyperlinks have been verified. All will eventually be either verified or removed.

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March 19

The swallows return to San Juan Capistrano.  Please click here to visit RF Cafe.

On this date every year, swallows traditionally return to the San Juan Capistrano Mission in CA. 1858: Britain's first planetarium, the London Planetarium, opened. 1886: Aircraft manufacturer Giuseppe Bellanca (Citabria, Decathlon, Viking) was born. 1918: Congress approved daylight-saving time (DST). 1932: The Sydney Harbour Bridge in Australia opened for traffic. 1933: The Civilian Conservation Corps was created. 1987: French physicist Louis de Broglie, known for his research on quantum theory and for his discovery of the wave nature of electrons, died. 1989: Boeing B-22 Osprey VTOL aircraft made its maiden flight. 1991: Patent #5,000,000 was issued. 2001: CA officials declared a power alert, ordering the first of two days of rolling blackouts. 2007: A partial solar eclipse is lined up for Asia. 2008: Sci-Fi write Arthur C. Clark (2001 Space Odyssey) died.