19 March 1988: Mourners at the funerals of those killed by Michael Stone attack two undercover British soldiers. They are dragged from their car and later shot dead by the IRA.

From on-this-day.com

19 March 1945 : Adolf Hitler issued his "Nero Decree" which ordered the
destruction of German facilities that could fall into Allied hands as
German forces were retreating.

From Wiki: Nero Decree

He bombed the bejaysus out of his own factories...


1979 - The U.S. House of Representatives began broadcasting its daily business on TV.


-look how long it took us..


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