March 19: This Day That Year

March 19

- 1831 - 1st US bank (Citi Bank) robbery ($245,000).

- 1877 - First Cricket test match - Australia beat England by 45 runs.

- 1945 - Kamikaze attack on USS Franklin, 800 died.

- 1945 - "Nero Decree" issued by Adolf Hitler to destroy all German factories.

- 1955 - Birthday: Bruce Willis, American actor born in Idar-Oberstein, West Germany.

- 1994 - Netherlands: 2,500 kilograms of cocaine ceased in Zeewolde.