On this day: March 19

POSTED: 11:49 AM PDT March 14, 2013    UPDATED: 11:00 PM PDT March 18, 2013 

The Tuskegee Airmen are activated, Elvis buys Graceland, Bob Dylan releases his debut album, Texas Western makes college basketball history, and the invasion of Iraq begins, all on this day.

OTD March 19 - Robert Cavelier de La Salle
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1687: While searching for the mouth of the Mississippi River, French explorer Robert Cavelier de La Salle is murdered by his own men in a mutiny near the site of present Navasota, Texas.

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