📜 This Day in History

March 19

• 1277The Byzantine Empire and the Republic of Venice signed a treaty that renegotiated and extended by two years a previous treaty between them.
• 1808King Charles IV of Spain was forced to abdicate in favour of his son Ferdinand VII as a result of the Tumult of Aranjuez.
• 1911Established by Clara Zetkin, Käte Duncker, and others, International Women's Day was first observed.
• 1964Between 300,000 and 500,000 Brazilians attended the March of the Family with God for Liberty, in protest against the government of João Goulart and against communism.
• 2008The gamma-ray burst GRB 080319B, the farthest object from Earth that was observable by the naked eye, was observed.
• 2016Flydubai Flight 981 crashed during an aborted landing at Rostov-on-Don Airport, Russia, resulting in the deaths of all 62 passengers and crew on board.

Born on this day

• 1813David Livingstone, Scottish missionary and explorer (died 1873)
• 1905Albert Speer, German architect and politician, convicted Nuremberg war criminal (died 1981)
• 1906Adolf Eichmann, German SS officer, one of the main organizers of the Holocaust (died 1962)
• 1943Mario Monti, Italian economist and politician, Prime Minister of Italy