20th March 2021 🗓️ : Event
La Plume noire, an anarchist bookstore in Lyon, is targeted by an attack of the far-right, provoking a shock in Lyon's far-left circles.
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La Plume noire is an anarchist bookstore and publishing house located at 8 Rue Diderot in Lyon, France. Frequently targeted by the Lyon's far-right movement, it serves as a gathering point for the city's anarchists and..."

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20th March 2025 🗓️ : Death
Eddie Jordan, Irish businessman, television personality and motorsport team owner (born 1948)
"Edmund Patrick Jordan was an Irish motorsport executive, broadcaster, racing driver and businessman. From 1991 to 2005, Jordan served as founder and team principal of Jordan in Formula One...."

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19th March 🗓️ : Holiday
Kashubian Unity Day (Poland)
"Kashubian Unity Day is an annual festival celebrated every March 19 to commemorate the first historical written mention of Kashubians, in Pope Gregory IX's Bull of 19 March 1238. In this bull, the Pope referred to Prince Bogislaw I of Pomerania as duce Cassubie...."

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19th March 1824 🗓️ : Event
American explorer Benjamin Morrell departed Antarctica after a voyage later plagued by claims of fraud.

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19th March 1925 🗓️ : Birth
Brent Scowcroft, American general and diplomat, 9th United States National Security Advisor (died 2020)
"Brent Scowcroft was a United States Air Force officer, and a two-time United States National Security Advisor, first under U.S. President Gerald Ford and then under George H. W. Bush. He served as Military Assistant to President Richard Nixon and as..."

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19th March 1976 🗓️ : Birth
Andre Miller, American basketball player
"Andre Lloyd Miller is an American former professional basketball player who most recently served as the head coach for the Grand Rapids Gold of the NBA G League. Miller has played professional basketball for the Cleveland Cavaliers, Los Angeles Clippers, Philadelphia 76ers, Portland Trail Blazers, Denver Nuggets,..."

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19th March 2016 🗓️ : Event
Flydubai Flight 981 crashed during an aborted landing at Rostov-on-Don Airport, Russia, resulting in the deaths of all 62 passengers and crew on board.

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19th March 2021 🗓️ : Death
Glynn Lunney, American engineer (born 1936)
"Glynn Stephen Lunney was an American NASA engineer. Lunney was an employee of NASA since its creation in 1958, a flight director during the Gemini and Apollo programs. Lunney was on duty during historic events such as the Apollo 11 lunar ascent and the pivotal hours of the Apollo 13 crisis. At the end of the Apollo..."

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19th March 2023 🗓️ : Event
The Swiss Government brokers a deal for UBS to buy out rival Credit Suisse in an attempt to calm the 2023 banking crisis.
"The Federal Council is the federal cabinet of the Swiss Confederation. Its seven members also serve as the collective head of state and government of Switzerland. Since World War II, the Federal Council is by convention a..."

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