At this time is Wednesday, March 19, the 78th day of 2025. There are 287 days left within the yr.
At this time in historical past:
On March 19,1987, televangelist Jim Bakker resigned as chairman of his PTL ministry group amid a intercourse and cash scandal involving Jessica Hahn, a former church secretary.
Additionally on this date:
In 1931, Nevada Gov. Fred B. Balzar signed a measure that made the state the primary to legalize playing.
In 1945, throughout World Conflict II, greater than 800 service members have been killed when a Japanese dive bomber attacked the provider USS Franklin close to Japan.
In 1953, the twenty fifth Academy Awards ceremony was the primary to be televised; “The Biggest Present on Earth” would win the Oscar for Greatest Image.
In 1965, archeologist E. Lee Spence found the wreckage of the SS Georgiana, a Accomplice ship that had sunk close to Charleston, South Carolina, precisely 102 years earlier.
In 1966, Texas Western (now the College of Texas at El Paso) turned the primary workforce to begin 5 Black gamers within the NCAA basketball event’s championship sport; they defeated top-ranked Kentucky within the closing, 72-65.
In 1995, 17 months after asserting his retirement from basketball, Michael Jordan returned to play within the NBA along with his former workforce, the Chicago Bulls. (He would go on to win three extra NBA championships alongside the three he and the Bulls had already received.)
In 2003, in a televised deal with, President George W. Bush introduced that coalition forces had begun an invasion of Iraq. (Bush would declare victory simply over 5 weeks later in his “Mission Completed” speech.)
At this time’s Birthdays:
- Actor Ursula Andress is 89.
- Singer Ruth Pointer (The Pointer Sisters) is 79.
- Actor Glenn Shut is 78.
- Actor Bruce Willis is 70.
- NFL coach Andy Reid is 67.
- Actor Ebon Moss-Bachrach is 48.
- Comic-podcaster Theo Von is 45.
- Fb co-founder Eduardo Saverin is 43.
- MLB pitcher Clayton Kershaw is 37.