19 March

19 March was a date.

Properties
19 March was considered a day of great paranormal importance throughout history. (PROSE: There's a storm coming: 19 March)

Holidays and observances
It was celebrated by the Romans as Quinquatrus, a festival celebrating the goddess Minerva's birthday. (PROSE: The Stone Rose)

19 March was also celebrated as St Joseph's Day, celebrating the patron saint of workers, and Father's Day. (PROSE: There's a storm coming: 19 March)

The first International Women's Day took place on this date in 1911. (PROSE: There's a storm coming: 19 March)

Events
In 120, two versions of the Tenth Doctor and Rose Tyler were in Rome. The slightly older versions of the couple had returned to the point at which the Doctor had been captured by locals, in order to make sure that the younger Doctor would get an important phial containing a liquid he would need in order to revive Rose in a time between those two moments. (PROSE: The Stone Rose)

In 1227, a Pope was elected. (PROSE: There's a storm coming: 19 March)

In 1452, an Emperor was crowned. (PROSE: There's a storm coming: 19 March)

In 1859, Gounoud's Faust premiered. (PROSE: There's a storm coming: 19 March)

In 1863, the ship SS Georgiana was lost at sea. It was found later the same day. (PROSE: There's a storm coming: 19 March)

In 1866, the ship Monarch of the Seas sank, killing seven-hundred people. (PROSE: There's a storm coming: 19 March)

In 1915, Pluto was first photographed. (PROSE: There's a storm coming: 19 March) Other accounts date its discovery to 18 February, 1930. (PROSE: Time Traveller's Diary)

In 1932, the Sydney Harbour Bridge opened. (PROSE: There's a storm coming: 19 March)

In 1937, the word "supernova" was first coined. (PROSE: There's a storm coming: 19 March)

According to a 3 April article in the National Scandal, 19 March 1965 was the Friday when the New York City telephone switchboards were jammed with people trying to report that they'd seen a spaceship over Manhattan. (PROSE: Salvation)

In 2008, the furthest ever cosmic burst visible to the naked eye was recorded. (PROSE: There's a storm coming: 19 March)

Perhaps most important to human history, however, was the start of Miracle Day, on Sunday 19 March 2011 at 11:36pm EST. That day, no one died. Oswald Danes and Rex Matheson survived otherwise fatal incidents, and a form of immortality came to all of humanity around the Earth. At the exact same time, the word "Torchwood" was sent to almost everyone in authority, completely bypassing security. This was enough to bring Jack Harkness back to Earth, who quickly got to work erasing all traces of the word Torchwood in seconds. (TV: The New World)

Maxwell Grey, Rani Chandra, and Larry Nightingale speculated that some event involving the Weeping Angels and Wester Drumlins would occur in 2021. (PROSE: There's a storm coming: 19 March, The Angels are Coming)

In 5168, the asteroid of Demons Run was reopened as a museum. (PROSE: Time Traveller's Diary)

Births and deaths
In 1644, two-hundred members of the Peking Imperial family and court members simultaneously committed suicide. (PROSE: There's a storm coming: 19 March)

In 1918, John Sykes was murdered in the North Yorkshire village of Hawkswick. (PROSE: Casualties of War)

Behind the scenes
The importance of this date in the Into the Unknown tie-in blog references the fact that The Lonely Assassins was released on 19 March 2021.