March 19, 1853: During the <a href="/encyclopedia/history/asia-africa/china-mongolia/taiping-rebellion">Taiping Rebellion</a> in China, the rebels captured <a href="/encyclopedia/places/asia/china/nanjing">Nanking</a> and renamed it T&#039;en-ching (Heavenly Capital).
March 19, 1920: The United States Senate voted down signing the <a href="/encyclopedia/history/modern-europe/treaty-alliance/versailles-treaty-of">Treaty of Versailles</a> for the second time.
March 19, 1931: <a href="/node/70028">Nevada</a> state legislature legalized gambling.
March 19, 1953: <p>The <a href="/node/1436">Academy Awards</a> were first televised.</p>
March 19, 1996: <a href="/encyclopedia/places/south-europe/former-yugoslavia/sarajevo">Sarajevo</a> became a united city again after four years when Moslem-Croat authorities took control of the last district held by Serbs.
March 19, 2003: <a href="/node/156356">Operation Iraqi Freedom</a> is launched with air strikes on Baghdad, the beginning of the war with <a href="/node/70514">Iraq</a> (March 20 in Iraq).
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