On This Day for March 19 - Iraq War begins, Jill Abramson is featured, and more

Created: 2020-03-19 10:04 Updated: 2020-03-19 10:04 Notebook: On this Day in History

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March 19

FEATURED BIOGRAPHY

1954

Jill Abramson

FEATURED EVENT

2003

Iraq War begins

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2014: American church leader Fred Phelps—who founded (1955) the Westboro Baptist Church, which became known for its strident opposition to homosexuality and the gay rights movement, as expressed on picket signs carried by church members at funerals and other events—died in Topeka, Kansas.

2008: English writer Sir Arthur C. Clarke —who was best known for his visionary science-fiction novels and for his work on Stanley Kubrick's hugely successful motion picture 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)—died in Sri Lanka. [ Test your knowledge of the names behind famous books in this quiz .]

1997: Dutch American artist Willem de Kooning , a major exponent of Abstract Expressionism and Action painting, whose series Woman I–VI caused a stir with its violent images and impulsive technique, died at the age of 92. [ Take our ultimate art quiz .]

1982: Argentine forces mobilized after a dispute between Argentine workers and British scientists on British-controlled South Georgia island, leading to Argentina's invasion of the Falklands two weeks later. [ Take a historical journey of warfare in our quiz .]