This Day In History: March 19

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This Day in History Video: What Happened on March 19

On March 19th, the first bank to be robbed in the United States was robbed, and the robbers made out with a quarter of a million dollars according to Russell Mitchell in this video clip from This Day In History. Mitchell recaps for us the historical events that occurred on March 19th including the return of NBA legend Michael Jordan after he retired. Congress approved Daylight Savings time giving us longer days. President George W Bush launched Operation Iraqi Freedom on this day after it was decided that Saddam Hussein possessed weapons of mass destruction.

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