Talk:March 19
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March 19: Saint Joseph's Day in Catholicism; Father's Day in various countries. Canberra Day in the Australian Capital Territory (2007).
- 1279 - The Song Dynasty in Imperial China ended with a Mongolian victory in the Battle of Yamen.
- 1687 - The search for the mouth of the Mississippi River led by French explorer Robert Cavelier de La Salle ended with a mutiny and his murder in present-day Texas.
- 1915 - Pluto was photographed for the first time, 15 years before it was eventually discovered by Clyde Tombaugh at the Lowell Observatory.
- 1916 - Ten days after Pancho Villa (pictured) and his cross-border raiders attacked Columbus, New Mexico, U.S. General John J. Pershing led a punitive expedition into Mexico to pursue Villa.
- 1982 - Argentine forces led by Alfredo Astiz occupied South Georgia, precipitating the Falklands War against the United Kingdom.
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[edit] Pluto
Someone had edited Pluto to say that on this date in 1915 Pluto was "photographed for the first time but was (correctly) not recognized as a planet." The correctly is what I take issue with, because at the time it was initially taken it was mistaken as being a background star, which is not "correct". I edited, but forgot to sign in, the sentence to say "...not recognized as a planetary body", and removed the "correctly". This avoids the debate of planethood, and I also made "planetary body" point to "dwarf planet". I used "planetary body", because at the time the category "dwarf planet" didn't exist, and planetary body includes asteroids as well as planets. Phil 16:53, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
