On This Date-March 19,1943, 1945, 2002, 2003

March 19, 1942 – President Franklin Roosevelt orders men between 45 and 64 to register for
non-military duty.
March 19, 1945 – 800 US military personnel are killed as Kamikaze attacks the USS Franklin off
Japan.
March 19, 2002 – U.S. invasion of Afghanistan: Operation Anaconda ends (started on March 2)
after killing 500 Taliban and al Qaeda fighters with 11 allied troop fatalities.
March 19, 2003 – Airstrikes by an American and British-led coalition signal the beginning of the
invasion of Iraq, without United Nations support and in defiance of world opinion.