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March 19

2 sourced moments from March 19 in history: One 1918 law gave America its time zones and daylight saving; and Nevada legalized wide-open gambling in the depths of the Depression (1931).

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2 things happened on March 19

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1931 Society & Economy · Business & Markets

Nevada legalized wide-open gambling in the depths of the Depression

A struggling desert state bet on legal casinos in 1931 — and quietly set Las Vegas on the road to becoming a global capital of play.

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1918 Society & Economy · Politics & Law

One 1918 law gave America its time zones and daylight saving

The Standard Time Act of 1918 finally wrote the nation's railroad time zones into federal law and bolted on a wartime daylight saving experiment.

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