Talk:March 19

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March 19: Purim begins at sunset (Judaism, 2011); Saint Joseph's Day in Western Christianity; Father's Day in various countries 1279 – The Song Dynasty in Imperial China ended with a victory by the Yuan Dynasty at the Battle of Yamen off the coast of Xinhui, Guangdong Province. 1687 – The search for the mouth of the Mississippi River led by French explorer René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle ended with a mutiny and his murder in present-day Texas. 1808 – Charles IV of Spain abdicated in favour of his son, Ferdinand VII. 1941 – The Tuskegee Airmen, the first all-African American unit of the United States Army Air Corps, was activated. 1945 – World War II: A single Japanese aircraft bombed the American aircraft carrier USS Franklin (pictured), killing over 700 of her crew and crippling the ship. More anniversaries: March 18 – March 19 – March 20 It is now January 31, 2012 (UTC) – Refresh this page

Pluto

Someone had edited Pluto to say that on this date in 1915 Pluto was "photographed for the first time but was (correctly) not recognized as a planet." The correctly is what I take issue with, because at the time it was initially taken it was mistaken as being a background star, which is not "correct". I edited, but forgot to sign in, the sentence to say "...not recognized as a planetary body", and removed the "correctly". This avoids the debate of planethood, and I also made "planetary body" point to "dwarf planet". I used "planetary body", because at the time the category "dwarf planet" didn't exist, and planetary body includes asteroids as well as planets. Phil 16:53, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

• I'm a newbie here and not educated at astronomy, but I think the part about Pluto is rather confusing (it makes one think Pluto is a planet).

Kondr (talk) 23:55, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

The Clarke Event

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George De la Tour

The actual article for De la Tour says he was born on March 13, not March 19. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.149.65.19 (talk) 06:28, 18 May 2011 (UTC)