Today
Thursday March 19 2026
- Day of the year
- 78/ 365
- Week
- 122,026
- Days left
- 28721%
- Moon
- 1%New moon
Today is Thursday, March 19, 2026. It is day 78 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 287 remain, and 21% of the year has gone. Under ISO 8601 this date falls in week 12.
What's celebrated on this date
No United Nations international day falls on this date.
Coming up
- March 20International Day of Happiness
- March 21International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
- March 21World Poetry Day
Saints and name days
Saints whose feast falls on this date, most widely known first.
- JosephChristian saint; husband of Mary and father of Jesus
- Helena Augustasaint, first wife of Roman emperor Constantius Chlorus, and mother of Emperor Constantine the Great (250-330)
- Alchmund of Derbysaint
- Fridolin of SäckingenIrish missionary
- Marcel CalloFrench typographer (1921–1945)
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Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 07:01
- Sunset
- 19:07
- Length of day
- 12h 6m+3 min vs yesterday
- Solar noon
- 13:04
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Winter
began on December 21, 2025
Next season
Spring — 1 days, March 20, 2026 (March equinox)
Public holidays — United States
Not a public holiday in the United States.
Next public holiday : Memorial Day — May 25, 2026
National holidays only. Regions, provinces and Länder add their own.
Moon
New moon
Illumination : 1%
Moon age : 0.6 days
- Next full moon
- April 2, 2026
- Next new moon
- April 17, 2026
Astrology
Today's zodiac sign
Pisces
until March 21, 2026 — Aries
Zodiac dates are an astrological convention, not the Sun's actual position among the constellations. The astronomy above is measured; this is not.
On this day in history
1279
A Mongol victory at the Battle of Yamen ends the Song dynasty in China. Wikipedia
1563
The Edict of Amboise is signed, ending the first phase of the French Wars of Religion and granting certain freedoms to the Huguenots. Wikipedia
1687
Explorer Robert Cavelier de La Salle, searching for the mouth of the Mississippi River, is murdered by his own men. Wikipedia
1808
Charles IV, king of Spain, abdicates after riots and a popular revolt at the winter palace Aranjuez. His son, Ferdinand VII, takes the throne. Wikipedia
1812
The Cortes of Cádiz promulgates the Spanish Constitution of 1812. Wikipedia
1920
The United States Senate rejects the Treaty of Versailles for the second time (the first time was on November 19, 1919). Wikipedia
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1932
The Sydney Harbour Bridge is opened. Wikipedia
1945
World War II: Adolf Hitler issues his "Nero Decree" ordering all industries, military installations, shops, transportation facilities, and communications facilities in Germany to be destroyed. Wikipedia
1946
French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, and Réunion become overseas départements of France. Wikipedia
2011
Libyan Civil War: After the failure of Muammar Gaddafi's forces to take Benghazi, the French Air Force launches Opération Harmattan, beginning foreign military intervention in Libya. Wikipedia
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Births and deaths
Born on this day March 19
- 1534José de Anchieta, Spanish missionary and saint (died 1597)
- 1684Jean Astruc, French physician and scholar (died 1766)
- 1883Norman Haworth, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1950)
- 1891Earl Warren, American lieutenant, jurist, and politician, 14th Chief Justice of the United States (died 1974)
- 1900Frédéric Joliot-Curie, French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1958)
- 1905Albert Speer, German architect and politician, convicted Nuremberg war criminal (died 1981)
- 1906Adolf Eichmann, German SS officer, one of the main organizers of the Holocaust (died 1962)
- 1937Egon Krenz, German politician, briefly leader of East Germanyturns 89 years
Died on this day March 19
- 1687René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, French-American explorer (born 1643)aged 44 years
- 1721Pope Clement XI (born 1649)aged 72 years
- 1930Arthur Balfour, Scottish-English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1848)aged 82 years
- 1950Norman Haworth, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1883)aged 67 years
- 1950Edgar Rice Burroughs, American soldier and author (born 1875)aged 75 years
- 1982Randy Rhoads, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (born 1956)aged 26 years
- 1987Louis de Broglie, French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1892)aged 95 years
- 2005John DeLorean, American engineer and businessman, founded the DeLorean Motor Company (born 1925)aged 80 years
Sources : Wikipedia (en) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Data imported on 2026-08-26
The day in words
In New York the sun rises at 07:01 and sets at 19:07, giving 12h 6m of daylight — 3 minutes more than yesterday. It has been winter since December 21, 2025; spring opens in 1 days, on March 20, 2026 (March equinox).
The moon is new, 1% illuminated. The next full moon falls on April 2, 2026 and the next new moon on April 17, 2026.
The saints' calendar attaches March 19 to Joseph, Helena Augusta and Alchmund of Derby.
No United Nations international day falls on March 19. The next one on the calendar is International Day of Happiness, on March 20.
It is not a public holiday in the United States.
On this day in history: A Mongol victory at the Battle of Yamen ends the Song dynasty in China (1279); The Edict of Amboise is signed, ending the first phase of the French Wars of Religion and granting certain freedoms to the Huguenots (1563). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
José de Anchieta was born on March 19, 1534; René-Robert Cavelier died on March 19, 1687.
281 days remain until Christmas and 288 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — March 19 falls under the sign of Pisces.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 21%
- of the year elapsed
- 281
- until Christmas
- 288
- until New Year
- 712
- until the next 29 February
2026 — Common year (365 days)
Work with dates
Sources
Every block on this page names where its data comes from. Nothing here is generated when the source is silent.
- United Nations — International Days— What's celebrated today
- Wikidata (P841)— Saints and name days · CC0 1.0
- Wikipedia (en)— On this day in history · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Data imported on 2026-08-26