The Shepherdess

c. 1880

by American artist Albert Pinkham Ryder who was born on March 19, 1847 in New Bedford, Massachusetts.

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Wyatt Earp was born on March 19, 1848 in
Monmouth, Illinois.

He was 33 at the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Arizona.

In 1907 famed lawman Bat Masterson said of him “Wyatt Earp was one of the few men I knew in the West in the early days whom I regarded as absolutely destitute of physical fear.”

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Birthplace of Gov. William Bradford, Austerfield, England.

Mayflower voyager and Governor of Plymouth Colony in present day Massachusetts, William Bradford was born on March 19, 1590 in Austerfield, England.

Bradford Quote: “Our fathers were Englishmen which came over this great ocean, and were ready to perish in this wilderness.”

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Founding Father of The United States, Thomas McKean, who signed The Declaration of Independence, was the 2nd Governor of Pennsylvania and the 2nd President of Delaware was born on March 19, 1734 in Chester County, Pennsylvania.

He was appointed as one of thirteen committee members who were tasked with drafting the Articles of Confederation.

Thomas gave the following account of the challenges associated with being an American Patriot during the American Revolution:

“For some time I was obliged to act as President of the Delaware State, and as Chief Justice of this: general Howe had just landed (August, 1777) at the head of Elk River, when I undertook to discharge these two important trusts. The consequence was, to be hunted like a fox by the enemy, and envied by those who ought to have been my friends. I was compelled to remove my family five times in a few months, and at last fixed them in a little log-house on the banks of the Susquehannah, more than a hundred miles from this place; but safety was not to be found there; for they were obliged to remove again on account of the incursions of the Indians.”

Source: Life of the Honorable Thomas McKean
https://archive.org/details/lifeofhonthomasm00buch/page/64/mode/1up?q=British&view=theater
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“Looking about him with the eye of a woodsman, La Salle saw two eagles circling in the air nearly over him, as if attracted by carcasses of beasts or men. He fired his gun and his pistol, as a summons to any of his followers who might be within hearing. The shots reached the ears of the conspirators. Rightly conjecturing by whom they were fired, several of them, led by Duhaut, crossed the river at a little distance above, where trees or other intervening objects hid them from sight. Duhaut and the surgeon crouched like Indians in the long, dry, reed-like grass of the last summer’s growth, while L’Archeveque stood in sight near the bank. La Salle, continuing to advance, soon saw him, and, calling to him, demanded where was Moranget. The man, without lifting his hat, or any show of respect, replied in an agitated and broken voice, but with a tone of studied insolence, that Moranget was strolling about somewhere. La Salle rebuked and menaced him. He rejoined with increased insolence, drawing back, as he spoke, towards the ambuscade, while the incensed commander advanced to chastise him. At that moment a shot was fired from the grass, instantly followed by another; and, pierced through the brain. La Salle dropped dead.

The friar at his side stood terror-stricken, unable to advance or to fly; when Duhaut, rising from the
ambuscade, called out to him to take courage, for he had nothing to fear. The murderers now came forward, and with wild looks gathered about their victim. “There thou liest, great Bashaw! There thou liest!” exclaimed the surgeon Liotot, in base exultation over the unconscious corpse. With mockery and insult, they stripped it naked, dragged it into the bushes, and left it there, a prey to the buzzards and the wolves.”

An account of the assassination of French explorer René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle in Texas on March 19, 1687.

From: La Salle and the discovery of the great West. France and England in North America.
by Francis Parkman, published in 1897.
https://archive.org/details/lasallediscovery02park/page/n213
Source says not in copyright

Image: Murder of René Robert Cavelier de La Salle via Wikimedia Commons, public domain

Born March 19, 1864 Charles M. Russell truly captured the spirit of the American West in his paintings and sculptures. He worked as a cowboy, a sheep rancher, and then lived with Native Americans before setting up a studio in Great Falls, Montana. Many of the vivid scenes Charlie painted were based on his experiences.

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Crew members of the USS Wissahickon with Dahlgren gun c. 1863.

On the evening of March 19, 1863 the USS Wissahickon destroyed the Confederate cruiser, SS Georgiana.
The SS Georgiana, regarded as the most powerful vessel of the Confederacy, was on its maiden voyage from Scotland carrying cargo worth millions of dollars.

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Surviving crew members aboard the USS Franklin save their ship after being attacked by a Japanese dive bomber

March 19, 1945

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Astronauts Grissom and Young prepare to perform flight simulations in advance of the Gemini 3 Mission.

March 19, 1965

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“How much wear will your carpet stand? Washington, D.C., March 19. A machine that produces the bending, slipping, twisting, and compression of the pile that takes place when a carpet is walked upon, has been developed by the National Bureau of Standards to test the durability of carpets. H.F. Schiefer, physicist at the Bureau, is shown in the photograph, 3/19/1938”

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On March 19, 1920, Germany ceded five naval war ships to the United States in accordance with the Armistice of 1918. Among the five ships was this vessel, the SMS Ostfriesland which became the USS Ostfriesland.

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A photograph of Richie Ashburn #1 of the Philadelphia Phillies that was taken on his 29th birthday during an MLB Spring Training game on March 19, 1956 at Jack Russell Stadium in Clearwater, Florida.

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On March 19, 1962 Bob Dylan released his debut studio album “Bob Dylan”

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Horse team hauling stone roller for planting seed at Fort Lawton, Washington, March 19, 1899

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A crew member assigned to USS Philadelphia embraces his daughter upon returning from a deployment in support of Operation Enduring Freedom

March 19, 2002

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