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The Really Small Bad Day Almanac: March 19

1279: China's Song dynasty ends with a Mongol victory at the Battle of Yamen.
1687: French explorer Robert, Cavalier de la Salle, is murdered by is own men during an expedition to what is now known as the Mississippi River.
1943: Chicago crime boss Frank Nitti dies by suicide in Chicago.
2008: Science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke dies.

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