March 19th (2004) was a Friday. It's the 78th day of the year (79th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 287 days left to the end of the year.
Historical Events for 19th March, 2004
» Konginkangas bus disaster: A semi-trailer truck and a bus crash head-on in Äänekoski, Finland. A total of 24 people are killed and 13 injured.
» A Swedish Douglas DC-3 named DC-3 shot down by a Russian Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 called MiG-15 in 1952 over the Baltic Sea is finally recovered after years of work. The remains of the three crewmen are left in place, pending further investigations.
March 19th Famous Deaths for 2004
» Mitchell Sharp, Canadian politician (b. 1911)
March 19th Holidays in History
» Christian Feast Day:
» Saint Joseph or Joseph of Nazareth (Western Christianity)
» March 19 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
» Earliest day on which Maundy Thursday can fall, while April 22 is the latest; celebrated on Thursday before Easter. (Christianity)
» Falles e.g Las Fallas, celebrated on the week leading to March 19. (Valencia)