Today in HistoryFriday, March 19
2005 A suspected suicide bomber in Doha, Qatar kills 1 person and injures about 12 others. 2005 A time bomb explodes in a Muslim shrine in Quetta, southwestern Pakistan, killing at least 29 people and wounding 40. 2005 A blast occurs at the Xishui coal mine in Shuozhou, China, and rocks nearby Kangjiayao coal mine, killing up to 59. 2004 The UN launches a corruption investigation due to the scandal over its Iraqi Oil for Food program. 2003 The first American bombs drop on Baghdad, Iraq. President Saddam Hussein and his sons do not comply with President Bush's 48-hour mandate demanding their exit from Iraq. 2002 US Attack on Afghanistan: Operation Anaconda ends (started on March 1) after killing 500 Taliban and al Qaeda fighters, with 11 allied troop fatalities. 2000 President Clinton arrives in New Delhi for a state visit. 1996 Sarajevo becomes a united city again when Bosniak authorities take control of the last district held by Serbs. 1988 British army Corporals Woods and Howes are killed by the IRA in the so-called "Corporals killings". 1987 Televangelist Jim Bakker, head of PTL Ministries, resigns after admitting an affair with church secretary Jessica Hahn.
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