Historical Events for 19th March 2023

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1880 - 42nd Grand National: Tommy Beasley aboard Irish 8/1 chance Empress wins by 2 lengths from defending champion The Liberator
1910 - Australasian Championships Men's Tennis, Adelaide: Rodney Heath wins his 2nd and last Australasian title; beats fellow Australian Horace Rice 6-4, 6-3, 6-2
1954 - US Men's Figure Skating championship won by Hayes A Jenkins
1955 - 17th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: San Francisco beats La Salle, 77-63; Dons' future Hall of Fame center Bill Russell is named tournament Most Outstanding Player
1962 - "All American" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 80 performances
1978 - PGA Tournament Players Championship, Sawgrass CC: Jack Nicklaus wins his 3rd TPC title, 1 stroke ahead of Lou Graham; 4th straight start for Nicklaus that ends with a top-2 finish
1989 - Wales beats England, 12-9 at Cardiff Arms Park to allow France to claim it's 9th outright Five Nations Rugby Championship
1989 - Boeing V-22 Osprey VTOL aircraft makes maiden flight
1994 - England beats Wales, 15-8 at Twickenham, London but the Welsh take the Five Nations Rugby Championship as title decided by using points difference for the first time
2004 - Taiwanese president Chen Shui-bian is shot just before the country's presidential election on March 20.

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