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March 19th, 2010

Today in History

2002:
U.S. invasion of Afghanistan: Operation Anaconda ends (started on March 2) after killing 500 Taliban and al Qaeda fighters with 11 allied troop fatalities.

1981:
Three workers are killed and five injured during a test of the Space Shuttle Columbia.

1918:
The U.S. Congress establishes time zones and approves daylight saving time.

1916:
Eight American planes take off in pursuit of Pancho Villa, the first United States air-combat mission in history.

1914:
Giuseppe Mercalli, Italian volcanologist (b. 1850)


 

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