GT - What's Up on March 19?

Events 

• 1279 – A Mongolian victory in the Battle of Yamen ends the Song Dynasty in China.
• 1863 – The SS Georgiana, said to have been the most powerful Confederate cruiser, is destroyed on hermaiden voyage with a cargo of munitions, medicines and merchandise then valued at over $1,000,000.
• 1895 – Auguste and Louis Lumière record their first footage using their newly patented cinematograph.
• 1915 – Pluto is photographed for the first time but is not recognized as a planet.
• 1918 – The U.S. Congress establishes time zones and approves daylight saving time.
• 1931 – Gambling is legalized in Nevada.
• 1932 – The Sydney Harbour Bridge is opened.
• 1944 – World War II: Nazi forces occupy Hungary.
• 1945 – World War II: Adolf Hitler issues his "Nero Decree" ordering all industries, military installations, shops, transportation facilities and communications facilities in Germany to be destroyed.
• 1965 – The wreck of the SS Georgiana, valued at over $50,000,000 and said to have been the most powerful Confederate cruiser, is discovered by then teenage diver and pioneer underwater archaeologist E. Lee Spence, exactly 102 years after its destruction.
• 1979 – The United States House of Representatives begins broadcasting its day-to-day business via the cable television network C-SPAN.
• 2003 – United States President George W. Bush orders the start of war against Iraq.
• 2011 – The moon makes its closest approach to earth by nearly 30,000 miles in the last 18 years, thus dubbing it supermoon.

- Amazing coincidence ang 1863 and 1965 incidents, noh?

Birthdays: 

- I saw familiar names like Glenn Close and Wyatt Earp on the site. 

- me :)

Holidays and observances

• Christian Feast Day:
  • Joseph of Nazareth (Western Christianity)
  • March 19 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Saint Joseph's Day (Roman Catholicism and Church of England) related observances:
• Father's Day (Spain, Portugal, Belgium, Italy, Honduras, and Bolivia)

My Trivia:

- I was born on a sunny afternoon of March 19, St. Joseph's Day. My mom said, nasa cab pa lang siya halos lalabas na ako kaya when she got to the hospital I popped out immediately. Coincidentally, the OB Gyne who facilitated my mom's delivery was celebrating her birthday that day too and requested that I be named after her, her name is Josephine (named after St. Joseph). However, a monk friend of mom already had a name for me which is Janaki (Indian name for Goddess of wisdom, naks!). My mom made a promise to the doctor na lang that I will be nicknamed Josie. Kaya malayo ang nickname ko sa real name ko hehe. 

My share for this week's GT: