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March 31 is the 90th day of the year (91st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. PortalCurrent events International holidays February 2 - Candlemas February 5 - Shrove International holidays March 2 - Mothering Sunday (Britain March 7 - Nyepi (Indonesia International holidays and other major events April 1 - April Fools' Day April 4 - Qingming Festival (Mainland Events 86 BC - Lucius Cornelius Sulla, at the head of a Roman Republic army enters in Athens, removing the Tyrant Events 986 - Louis V becomes King of the Franks. 1127 - Assassination of Charles the Good Events 1284 - Statute of Rhuddlan incorporated the Principality of Wales into England 1575 - Indian Events 51 - Nero, later to become Roman Emperor, is given the title Princeps iuventutis (head of the youth Events 363 - Roman Emperor Julian moves from Antioch with an army of 90000 to attack the Sassanid Empire, in a Events 1079 - Omar Khayyám completes the Iranian calendar. 1454 - Thirteen Years' War: Delegates of Events 161 - Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius dies and is succeeded by co-Emperors Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus Events 1618 - Johannes Kepler discovers the third law of planetary motion. Events 590 - Bahram Chobin is crowned as king Barham VI of Persia. Events 241 BC - First Punic War: Battle of the Aegates Islands - The Romans sink the Carthaginian fleet bringing Events 1425 BC - Thutmose III, Pharaoh of Egypt, dies (according to the Low Chronology of the 18th Dynasty Events 538 - Witiges, king of the Ostrogoths ends his siege of Rome and retreats to Ravenna, leaving Events 1138 - Cardinal Gregorio Conti is elected Antipope as Victor IV, succeeding Anacletus II. Events 1489 - The Queen of Cyprus, Catherine Cornaro, sells her kingdom to Venice. Events 44 BC - Julius Caesar, Dictator of the Roman Republic, is stabbed to death by Marcus Junius Brutus, Events 597 BC - Babylonians capture Jerusalem, replace Jehoiachin with Zedekiah as king Events 45 BC - In his last victory Julius Caesar defeats the Pompeian forces of Titus Labienus and Pompey the Younger Events 37 - The Roman Senate annuls Tiberius ' will and proclaims Caligula emperor Events 1279 - A Mongolian victory in the Battle of Yamen ends the Song Dynasty in China. Events 1600 - The Linköping Bloodbath takes place on Maundy Thursday in Linköping, Sweden. Events 630 - Byzantine emperor Heraclius restores the True Cross to Jerusalem. Events 238 - Gordian I and his son Gordian II are proclaimed Roman emperor. Events 1174 - Jocelin, Abbot of Melrose, is elected Bishop of Glasgow. Events 1401 - Mongol emperor Timur sacks Damascus. 1603 - James VI of Scotland Events 1199 - Richard I is wounded by a crossbow bolt while fighting France which leads to his death on April 6. Events 1026 - Pope John XIX crowns Conrad II as Holy Roman Emperor. Events 196 BC - Ptolemy V ascends to the throne of Egypt. 1309 - Pope Clement V excommunicates Events 37 - Roman Emperor Caligula accepts the titles of the Principate, entitled to him by the Senate. Events 1461 - Wars of the Roses: Battle of Towton - Edward of York defeats Queen Margaret to become King Events 240 BC - 1st recorded Perihelion passage of Halley's Comet. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common International holidays March 2 - Mothering Sunday (Britain March 7 - Nyepi (Indonesia March 2007 is the third month of the year It began on a Thursday, and ended 31 days later on a Saturday. Stories without links will be removed. News stories must be in English March 2005: ← - January 2005 - February 2005 - March - April 2005 - May 2005 - June 2005 - July 2005 March 2004: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September March 2002: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September March 2001: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September March 2000: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September A leap year (or intercalary year) is a year containing one or more extra days (or in the case of Lunisolar calendars an extra month in order to keep the The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used Calendar in the world today There are 275 days remaining until the end of the year.

Contents 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances 5 External links

Events

• 307 - After divorcing his wife Minervina, Constantine marries Fausta, the daughter of the retired Roman Emperor Maximian. Events Roman Empire March 31 — After divorcing his wife Minervina Constantine marries Fausta the daughter of the retired Emperor Minervina was the wife or mistress of Constantine. She had one son Crispus. Flavius Valerius Aurelius Constantinus (27 February ca. 272 &ndash 22 May 337 commonly known as Constantine I, Constantine the Great, or Saint Constantine Fausta Flavia Maxima, Roman Empress (289-326AD She was the daughter of the Roman Emperor Maximianus. The Roman Emperor was the ruler of the Roman State during the imperial period (starting at about 27 BC Marcus Aurelius Valerius Maximianus Herculius (c 250 &ndash c
• 1146 - Bernard of Clairvaux preaches his famous sermon in a field at Vézelay, urging the necessity of a Second Crusade. Bernard of Clairvaux, OCist ( 1090 - August 20, 1153) was a French abbot and the primary builder of the reforming Cistercian monastic order Vézelay is a commune in the Yonne département in the Bourgogne région of France. The Second Crusade (1147&ndash1149 was the second major Crusade launched from Europe, called in 1145 in response to the fall of the County of Edessa the Louis VII is present, and joins the Crusade. Louis VII, called the Younger or the Young (Louis le Jeune 1120 – 18 September 1180) was King of France, the son and successor
• 1492 - Queen Isabella of Castille issues the Alhambra decree , ordering her 150,000 Jewish subjects to convert to Christianity or face expulsion. The Alhambra Decree (also known as the Edict of Expulsion) was an edict issued on 31 March, 1492 by the joint Catholic Monarchs of Christianity ( Greek Χριστιανισμός from the word Xριστός ( Christ)is a monotheistic Religion centered on the life and teachings
• 1717 - A sermon on "The Nature of the Kingdom of Christ" by Benjamin Hoadly, the Bishop of Bangor, provoked the Bangorian Controversy. Year 1717 ( MDCCXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a A sermon is an oration by a Prophet or member of the Clergy. Sermons address a Biblical, theological, or religious topic Benjamin Hoadly ( 14 November 1676 – 17 April 1761) was an English clergyman who was successively Bishop of Bangor The Bishop of Bangor is the Ordinary of the Church in Wales Diocese of Bangor. The Bangorian Controversy was a theological argument within the Church of England in the 18th century
• 1774 - American Revolutionary War: The Kingdom of Great Britain orders the port of Boston, Massachusetts closed in the Boston Port Act. Year 1774 ( MDCCLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a In this article the inhabitants of the thirteen colonies that supported the American Revolution are primarily referred to as "Americans" with occasional references to "Patriots" The Kingdom of Great Britain, also known as the United Kingdom of Great Britain, was a State in northwest Europe, in existence from 1707 to 1800 The Boston Port Act is an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain (citation 14 Geo
• 1822 - The massacre of the population of the Greek island of Chios by soldiers of the Ottoman Empire following a rebellion attempt, depicted by the French artist Eugène Delacroix. Year 1822 (MDCCCXXII was a Common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Sunday of the The Chios Massacre refers to the slaughter of tens of thousands of Greeks on the island of Chios by Ottoman troops in 1822 Greece (Ελλάδα transliterated: Elláda, historically, Ellás,) officially the Hellenic Republic (Ελληνική Δημοκρατία Chios (Χίος pronounced ˈçio̞s alternative transliterations Khíos and Híos) is the fifth largest of the Greek islands, situated The Ottoman Empire (1299–1923 ( Old Ottoman Turkish: دولتْ علیّه عثمانیّه Devlet-i Âliye-yi Osmâniyye, Late Ottoman and Modern Turkish Ferdinand Victor Eugène Delacroix (26 April 1798 &ndash 13 August 1863 was a French Romantic artist regarded from the outset of his career as the leader of
• 1854 - Commodore Matthew Perry signs the Treaty of Kanagawa with the Japanese government, opening the ports of Shimoda and Hakodate to American trade. Year 1854 ( MDCCCLIV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Please see " Commodore " for other uses of this rank Commodore is a rank of the United States Navy with a somewhat Matthew Calbraith Perry ( April 10, 1794 &ndash March 4, 1858) was the Commodore of the U On March 31, 1854, the or was concluded between Commodore Matthew Perry of the U For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. For the government of parliamentary systems see Executive (government. is a city and port in Shizuoka, Japan, which played an important part in the opening of Japan to the outside world in the 1850s is a city and port located in Oshima, Hokkaidō, Japan. It is the capital city of Oshima Subprefecture The United States of America —commonly referred to as the
• 1866 - The Spanish Navy bombs the harbor of Valparaíso, Chile. Year 1866 ( MDCCCLXVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Valparaíso (literally in Spanish: Valle Paraíso (Paradise Valley and also called "Valpo" locally is a major city in Chile
• 1877 - The family with samurai antecedents who responded to the Saigo army in Ōita Nakatsu rebels. Year 1877 ( MDCCCLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common is the term for the military nobility of Pre-industrial Japan. was one of the most influential Samurai in Japanese history, living during the late Edo Period and early Meiji Era. WikipediaWikiProject Japanese prefectures for guidelines --> is a prefecture of Japan located on Kyūshū Island.
• 1885 - The United Kingdom establishes a protectorate over Bechuanaland. Year 1885 ( MDCCCLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located In International law, a protectorate is a autonomous territory that is "protected" by a stronger state or entity hense the protector which engages to protect The Bechuanaland Protectorate (BP was a protectorate established on March 31, 1885, by the United Kingdom in Southern Africa.
• 1889 - The Eiffel Tower is inaugurated. Year 1889 ( MDCCCLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The Eiffel Tower (Tour Eiffel /tuʀ ɛfɛl/ is an Iron Tower built
• 1903 - Richard Pearse allegedly makes a powered flight in an early aircraft. Year 1903 ( MCMIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout
• 1906 - The Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the United States (later National Collegiate Athletic Association) is established to set rules for amateur sports in the United States. Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting The National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA, often pronounced "N-C-Double-A" is a voluntary association of about 1200 institutions conferences organizations The National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA, often pronounced "N-C-Double-A" is a voluntary association of about 1200 institutions conferences organizations Sport is an Activity that is governed by a set of rules or Customs and often engaged in competitively
• 1909 - Serbia accepts Austrian control over Bosnia-Herzegovina. Year 1909 ( MCMIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Serbia (Србија Srbija) officially the Republic of Serbia (Република Србија Republika Srbija) is a Landlocked Country Austria (Österreich ( officially the Republic of Austria (Republik Österreich Bosnia and Herzegovina ( Latin script: Bosna i Hercegovina, Cyrillic script: Босна и Херцеговина is a country on the Balkan
• 1917 - The United States takes possession of the Danish West Indies after paying $25 million to Denmark, and renames the territory the United States Virgin Islands. Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year The Danish West Indies ( Danish: Dansk Vestindien or De dansk-vestindiske øer) or "Danish Antilles" were a colony of Denmark-Norway The Kingdom of Denmark ( ˈd̥ænmɑɡ̊ (archaic ˈd̥anmɑːɡ̊ commonly known as Denmark, is a country in the Scandinavian region of northern Europe The United States Virgin Islands is a group of Islands in the Caribbean that are an Insular area of the United States.
• 1918 - Daylight saving time goes into effect in the United States for the first time. Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Daylight saving time ( DST
• 1921 - The Royal Australian Air Force is formed. Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar The Royal Australian Air Force ( RAAF) is the Air Force branch of the Australian Defence Force.
• 1930 - The Motion Pictures Production Code is instituted, imposing strict guidelines on the treatment of sex, crime, religion and violence in film for the next thirty eight years. Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. For the television broadcasting term please see Production code number. An organism's sex is defined by the gametes it produces males produce male gametes (spermatozoa or Sperm) while females produce female gametes (ova or Egg cells; individual In the sociological field, crime is the breach of a rule or Law for which some governing authority or force may ultimately prescribe a Punishment A religion is a set of Tenets and practices often centered upon specific Supernatural and moral claims about Reality, the Cosmos Violence is the exertion of force so as to injure or abuse The word is used broadly to describe the destructive action of natural phenomena like Storms and Earthquakes
• 1931 - An earthquake destroys Managua, Nicaragua, killing 2,000. Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The 1931 Nicaragua earthquake devastated Managua, Nicaragua in 1931. Managua is the Capital city of Nicaragua as well as the department and municipality by the same name
• 1933 - The Civilian Conservation Corps is established with the mission to relieve rampant unemployment. Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Civilian Conservation Corps ( CCC) was a Work relief program for young men from unemployed families established on March 21, 1933, by U
• 1942 -World War II: Japanese forces invade Christmas Island, then of British possession. Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Japanese forces occupied Christmas Island, on March 31 1942, during World War II. The Territory of Christmas Island is a small territory of Australia located in the Indian Ocean, 2600 kilometres (1600 mi northwest of
• 1942 - Holocaust in Ivano-Frankivsk (then called Stanislawow), western Ukraine. The Holocaust (from the Greek el ''ὁλόκαυστον'' (el-Latn holókauston holos, "completely" and kaustos, "burnt" also known as Ivano-Frankivsk (Івано-Франківськ is a historic city located in western Ukraine. Ukraine (Україна Ukrayina, /ukrɑˈjinɑ/ is a country in Eastern Europe. German Gestapo organize the first deportation of 5. Nazi Germany and the Third Reich are the common English names for Germany under the regime of Adolf Hitler and the National Socialist German Workers The ( contraction of ge heime Sta ats' po' lizei: "Secret State Police" was the official Secret police of Nazi Germany 000 Jews from Stanislawow ghetto to Belzec death camp. PLEASE TAKE NOTE************ A ghetto is described as a "portion of a city in which members of a minority group live especially because of social legal or economic pressure Belzec (Bełżec approximate Polish pronunciation bew-zhets) was the first of the Nazi German Extermination camps created for implementing It was one of the biggest transports to Belzec in the first phase of the camp.
• 1946 - The first election is held in Greece after World War II. Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
• 1949 - The Dominion of Newfoundland joins Confederation and becomes the 10th Province of Canada. Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Dominion of Newfoundland was a British dominion from 1907 (before which the territory had the status of a British colony to 1949 Canadian Confederation was the process by which the federal Dominion of Canada was formed beginning 1 July 1867 from the The provinces and territories of Canada combine to make up the world's second largest country in total area. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page
• 1951 - The first commercial United States made computer, the UNIVAC I, is delivered to the United States Census Bureau. Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January The UNIVAC I ( U N I V ersal A utomatic C omputer I) was the first commercial computer made in the United States The United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census as defined in Title) is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census
• 1957 - Elections to the Territorial Assembly of the French colony Upper Volta. Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Elections were held for the Territorial Assembly of Upper Volta March 31 1957. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Upper Volta (Haute-Volta was a colony of French West Africa established on March 1, 1919 from territories that had been part of the After the elections PDU and MDV form a government. Unified Democratic Party (in French: Parti Démocratique Unifié) was despite its name not a Political party but an electoral alliance of two parties Voltaic Democratic Movement (in French: Mouvement Démocratique Voltaïque) was a Political party in Upper Volta, led by Gérard Kango Ouédraogo For the government of parliamentary systems see Executive (government.
• 1959 - The 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, crosses the border into India and is granted political asylum. The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Dalai Lama is the spiritual and political leader of the Tibetan people according to Tibetan Buddhism. Jetsun Jamphel Ngawang Lobsang Yeshe Tenzin Gyatso (born Lhamo Döndrub ( 6 July 1935 in Qinghai) He is the head of the Tibetan government-in-exile India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country Right of asylum (or political asylum) is an ancient Judicial notion under which a person persecuted for political opinions or religious beliefs in his
• 1964 - The Dictatorship in Brazil, under the aegis of general Castello Branco, begins. Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Field Marshal Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco, pron. ũ'bɛxtu dʒi alẽ'kax kas'tɛlu 'bɾʌ͂ku ( September 20, 1900 - July 18,
• 1965 - Iberia Airlines Convair 440, crashed into the sea on approach to Tangier killing 47 of 51 occupants. Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Iberia Líneas Aéreas de España SA (Iberia Airlines of Spain ( or Iberia as it is commonly known is the largest Airline of Spain, based WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout Tangier or Tangiers ]] ( Tanja طنجة in Berber and Arabic, Tánger in Spanish
• 1966 - The Soviet Union launches Luna 10 which later becomes the first spaceprobe to enter orbit around the Moon. Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 A space probe is a scientific Space exploration mission in which a Robotic spacecraft leaves the Gravity well of Earth and approaches the
• 1968 - President Lyndon B. Johnson announces he will not run for re-election. Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The President of the United States is the Head of state and Head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in United States by
• 1970 - Explorer 1 re-enters the Earth's atmosphere (after 12 years in orbit). Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Explorer 1 (officially titled at NASA as satellite 1958 Alpha) was the first Earth Satellite of the United States, launched on February 1 EARTH was a short-lived Japanese vocal trio which released 6 singles and 1 album between 2000 and 2001
• 1970 - Nine terrorists from the Japanese Red Army hijacked Japan Airlines Flight 351 at Tokyo International Airport, wielding samurai swords and carrying a bomb. Terrorism is the systematic use of terror especially as a means of coercion The was a Terrorist group founded by Fusako Shigenobu in February 1971 after she broke away from the Japanese Communist League-Red Army Faction Hijacking (also known as skyjacking and aircraft piracy) is the take over of an Aircraft, by a person or group usually armed Japan Airlines Flight 351 was hijacked by nine members of the Japanese Communist League-Red Army Faction (a predecessor of the Japanese Red Army) on March 31, located in Ōta Tokyo, Japan, is one of the two primary Airports serving the Greater Tokyo Area. A is a type of Japanese sword ( nihontō) and often is called a "samurai sword A bomb is any of a range of devices that typically rely on the Exothermic Chemical reaction of an Explosive material to produce an extremely
• 1979 - The last British soldier leaves the Maltese Islands. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) The Armed forces of the United Kingdom, commonly known as the British Armed Forces or Her Majesty's Armed Forces, and sometimes legally the Armed Forces Malta declares its Freedom Day (Jum il-Helsien). Malta, officially the Republic of Malta (Repubblika ta' Malta is a European Microstate, comprising an Archipelago of three islands
• 1980 - The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific railroad operates its final train after being ordered to liquidate its assets due to bankruptcy and debt owed to creditors. Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar)
• 1986 - A Mexicana Boeing 727 en route to Puerto Vallarta erupts in flames and crashes in the mountains northwest of Mexico City, killing 166. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout Puerto Vallarta (English Vallarta Port is a Mexican resort city situated on the Pacific Ocean's Bahía de Banderas. Mexico City (in Spanish: Ciudad de México, México DF, México or simply Méjico) is the Capital city of Mexico
• 1986 - Six metropolitan county councils are abolished in England. The metropolitan counties are a type of county-level Administrative division of England. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland
• 1990 - 200,000 protestors took to the streets of London to protest against the newly introduced Poll Tax. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) The Poll Tax Riots were mass disturbances or riots, which occurred in Britain during protests against the Community Charge (commonly known as the London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. A poll tax, head tax, or capitation is a Tax of a uniform fixed amount per individual (as opposed to a percentage of income
• 1991 - The Establishment of Islamic Constitutional Movement - Hadas in Kuwait. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Hadas (حدس acronym Arabic: الحركة الدستورية الإسلامية or Al-Haraka Al-Dostooriya Al-Islamiya or "Islamic Constitutional Movement" The State of Kuwait ( دولة الكويت IPA [dawlatt̪ alkuwajt̪]) is a sovereign Arab Emirate on the coast of the Persian Gulf, enclosed
• 1991 - Georgian independence referendum, 1991: nearly 99 percent of the voters support the country's independence from the Soviet Union. A Referendum was held in the Republic of Georgia on March 31, 1991, on the question of Georgia's independence from the Soviet
• 1992 - The USS Missouri (BB-63), the last active United States Navy Battleship, is decommissioned in Long Beach, California. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Construction See also Iowa class battleship, Armament of the Iowa class battleship Missouri was one of the ''Iowa''-class " A battleship is a large heavily armored Warship with a main battery consisting of the largest Calibre of Guns Battleships were Long Beach is a city located in southern California, USA, on the Pacific coast
• 1994 - Human evolution: The journal Nature reports the finding in Ethiopia of the first complete Australopithecus afarensis skull. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Human evolution, or anthropogenesis, is the part of biological Evolution concerning the emergence of Homo sapiens as a distinct Species A journal (through French from late Latin diurnalis, daily has several related meanings a daily record of events or business a private Nature is a prominent Scientific journal, first published on 4 November 1869 NOTE This intro is the result of careful NPOV work Please do not make potentially controversial edits to it without first discussing on the talk page Australopithecus afarensis is an extinct Hominid which lived between 3
• 1995 - In Corpus Christi, Texas, Latin superstar Selena Quintanilla Perez is shot and killed by Yolanda Saldivar, the president of her own fan club. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Corpus Christi is a coastal city in the South Texas region of the U Selena Quintanilla-Pérez (April 16 1971 – March 31 1995 best known as Selena, was an American Singer who has been called "The Queen of Yolanda Saldívar (born September 19 1960 was convicted in 1995 for the murder of Tejano music singer Selena Quintanilla-Pérez, which occurred on March 31 1995
• 1998 - Netscape releases the code base of its browser under an open-source license agreement; the project is given the code name Mozilla and would eventually be spun off into the non-profit Mozilla Foundation. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Netscape Communications (formerly known as Netscape Communications Corporation and commonly known as Netscape) is an American computer services company In Computer science, source code (commonly just source or code) is any sequence of statements or declarations written in some Human-readable Open source software (OSS began as a marketing campaign for Free software. Mozilla was the official public original name of Mozilla Application Suite by the Mozilla Foundation, currently known as SeaMonkey suite. The Mozilla Foundation is a Non-profit organization that exists to support and provide leadership for the Open source Mozilla project
• 2004 - In Fallujah, Iraq, 4 American private military contractors working for Blackwater USA, are killed and their bodies mutilated after being ambushed. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " For other meanings see Fallujah (disambiguation. Fallujah (الفلوجة sometimes transliterated A private military company ( PMC) provides specialized expertise or services of a military nature sometimes called or classified as Mercenary ("soldiers for hire" Blackwater Worldwide, formerly Blackwater USA, is a Private military company founded in 1997 by Erik Prince and Al Clark
• 2007 - In Sydney, Australia 2. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Sydney (ˈsɪdniː is the most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 4 2 million people take part in the first Earth Hour. Earth Hour is an annual international event created by WWF ( The World Wide Fund for Nature/World Wildlife Fund) held on the last Saturday of March that asks households
• 2008 - Aloha Airlines, a bankrupt airline, permanently ends passenger service

Births

• 250 - Constantius Chlorus, Roman Emperor (d. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Aloha Airlines was an American airline headquartered in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, operating from a hub at Honolulu International Bankruptcy is a legally declared inability or impairment of ability of an individual or organization to pay their Creditors Creditors may file a bankruptcy petition against An airline provides air transport services for Passengers or Freight, generally with a recognized operating certificate or license Events By Place Roman Empire A group of Franks penetrate as far as Tarragona in Spain (approximate date Flavius Valerius Constantius ( March 31 c 250&ndash July 25 306) was an emperor of the Western Roman Empire (305&ndash306 The Roman Emperor was the ruler of the Roman State during the imperial period (starting at about 27 BC 306)
• 1360 - Philippa of Lancaster, queen of Portugal (d. Events By Place Roman Empire July 25 — Constantine I is proclaimed Emperor by his troops Princess Philippa of Lancaster, LG ( 31 March, 1360 Leicester Castle &ndash July 19, 1415 Odivelas) was an English 1415)
• 1425 - Bianca Maria Visconti, Duchess of Milan (d. Bianca Maria Visconti (born 31 March 1425 - 28 October 1468) was Duchess of Milan from 1450 to 1468 1468)
• 1499 - Pope Pius IV (d. Pope Pius IV ( March 31, 1499 &ndash December 9, 1565) born Giovanni Angelo Medici, was Pope from 1559 to 1565 1565)
• 1504 - Guru Angad Dev, second Sikh guru (d. Guru Angad Dev Ji was the second of the eleven Sikh Gurus. Lehna was born in the village of Sarae Naga in Muktsar district in Punjab, on March 31, 1552)
• 1519 - King Henry II of France (d. Henry II (Henri II (31 March 1519 &ndash 10 July 1559 of the House of Valois and the son and successor of Francis I, was King of France from 31 1559)
• 1536 - Ashikaga Yoshiteru, Japanese shogun (d. also known as Yoshihusi, was the 13th Shogun of the Ashikaga shogunate who reigned from 1546 to 1565 during the late Muromachi period 1565)
• 1576 - Louise Juliana of Nassau, Regent of Bohemia (died 1644)
• 1596 - René Descartes, French mathematician (d. Countess Louise Juliana of Nassau ( Delft, 31 March 1576 - Königsberg, 15 March 1644) was the eldest daughter of prince 1650)
• 1621 - Andrew Marvell, English poet (d. Andrew Marvell ( 31 March 1621 &ndash 16 August 1678) was an English metaphysical poet, and the son of a Church of 1678)
• 1651 - Karl II, Elector Palatine (d. Charles II (Karl II 31 March 1651, Heidelberg &ndash 26 May 1685, Heidelberg) was Elector Palatine from 1680 1685)
• 1675 - Pope Benedict XIV (d. Pope Benedict XIV ( March 31, 1675 &ndash May 3, 1758) born Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini, was Pope from August 17 1758)
• 1718 - Marianne Victoria of Borbón, queen regent of Portugal (d. Year 1758 ( MDCCLVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1718 ( MDCCXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Mariana Victoria of Bourbon (Mariana Vitória ( March 31, 1718 &ndash January 15, 1781) was Queen consort of Portugal 1781)
• 1723 - King Frederick V of Denmark (d. Year 1781 ( MDCCLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1723 ( MDCCXXIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Frederick V (31 March 1723 – 13 January 1766 was king of Denmark and Norway from 1746 son of Christian VI of Denmark and Sophia Magdalen of 1766)
• 1730 - Étienne Bézout, French mathematician (d. Year 1766 ( MDCCLXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1730 ( MDCCXXX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Étienne Bézout ( March 31, 1730 - September 27, 1783) was a French Mathematician who was born in Nemours, 1783)
• 1732 - Joseph Haydn, Austrian composer (d. Year 1783 ( MDCCLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or Year 1732 ( MDCCXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a 1809)
• 1777 - Charles Cagniard de la Tour, French physicist (d. Year 1809 ( MDCCCIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1777 ( MDCCLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Charles Cagniard de la Tour ( March 31, 1777 - July 5, 1859) was a French Engineer and Physicist. 1859)
• 1778 - Coenraad Jacob Temminck, Dutch zoologist (d. Year 1859 ( MDCCCLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1778 ( MDCCLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or Coenraad Jacob Temminck ( March 31, 1778, Amsterdam - January 30, 1858, Lisse) was a Dutch aristocrat and 1858)
• 1794 - Thomas McKean Thompson McKennan, American politician (d. Year 1858 ( MDCCCLVIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1794 ( MDCCXCIV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Thomas McKean Thompson McKennan ( March 31, 1794 &ndash July 9, 1852) was a nineteenth century Politician and 1852)
• 1809 - Edward FitzGerald, English poet (d. Year 1852 ( MDCCCLII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1809 ( MDCCCIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Edward Fitzgerald may refer to Edward FitzGerald 7th Duke of Leinster Lord Edward FitzGerald, Irish revolutionary 1883)
• 1811 - Robert Wilhelm Bunsen, German chemist and inventor (d. Year 1883 ( MDCCCLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1811 ( MDCCCXI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Robert Wilhelm Eberhard Bunsen (31 March 1811 &ndash 16 August 1899 was a German Chemist. 1899)
• 1819 - Prince Chlodwig zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst, Chancellor of Germany (d. Year 1899 ( MDCCCXCIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1819 ( MDCCCXIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar in the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Chlodwig Carl Viktor Fürst zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst Fürst von Ratibor und Corvey ( 31 March 1819 6 July 1901 The Head of government of Germany is called Chancellor (Kanzler 1901)
• 1847 - Yegor Ivanovich Zolotarev, Russian mathematician (d. Year 1901 ( MCMI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1847 ( MDCCCXLVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Yegor (Egor Ivanovich Zolotarev (Егор Иванович Золотарёв ( March 31, 1847 – July 19, 1878) was a Russian 1878)
• 1855 - Alfred E. Hunt, founder of Alcoa (d. Year 1878 ( MDCCCLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1855 ( MDCCCLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Alfred Ephraim Hunt was a 19th century American Metallurgist and Industrialist best known for founding the company that would eventually become Alcoa Inc ( is the world's third largest producer of Aluminum, behind Rio Tinto Alcan and Rusal. 1899)
• 1871 - Arthur Griffith, President of Ireland (d. Year 1899 ( MDCCCXCIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1871 ( MDCCCLXXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Arthur Griffith (Art Ó Gríobhtha 31 March 1872 &ndash 12 August 1922 was the founder and third leader of Sinn Féin. The President of Ireland (Uachtarán na hÉireann n̪ˠə ˈheːɾʲən̪ˠ is the Head of state of Ireland. 1922)
• 1872 - Alexandra Kollontai, Russian ambassador to Norway (d. Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1872 ( MDCCCLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Alexandra Mikhailovna Kollontai (Алекса́ндра Миха́йловна Коллонта́й &mdash born Domontovich, Домонто́вич ( - March 9, 1952)
• 1872 - Serge Diaghilev, Russian ballet impresario (Ballets Russes) (d. Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Sergei Pavlovich Diaghilev (Серге́й Па́влович Дя́гилев / Sergei Pavlovich Dyagilev) also referred to as Serge, ( March 31, See also Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, The Ballets Russes ( French for The Russian Ballets) was a Ballet company established 1929)
• 1876 - Borisav "Bora" Stanković, Serbian writer (d. Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1876 ( MDCCCLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Borisav "Bora" Stanković (Борисав Станковић Бора (born in Vranje, 1875 or 1876 died in Belgrade October 22 1927 Serbia (Србија Srbija) officially the Republic of Serbia (Република Србија Republika Srbija) is a Landlocked Country 1927)
• 1878 - Jack Johnson, American boxer (d. Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1878 ( MDCCCLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Arthur John Johnson (March 31 1878 – June 10 1946 better known as Jack Johnson and nicknamed the “Galveston Giant” was an American boxer and 1946)
• 1884 - Adriaan van Maanen, Dutch-American astronomer (d. Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1884 ( MDCCCLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Adriaan van Maanen ( March 31 1884, Sneek &ndash January 26 1946, Pasadena) was a Dutch - American 1946)
• 1885 - Pascin, Bulgarian painter (d. Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1885 ( MDCCCLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Julius Mordecai Pincas ( March 31, 1885  – June 5, 1930) known as Pascin, Jules Pascin, or the "Prince of 1930)
• 1890 - William Lawrence Bragg, English physicist, Nobel laureate (d. Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1890 ( MDCCCXC) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Sir William Lawrence Bragg CH, FRS, ( 31 March 1890 – 1 July 1971) was an Australian Physicist The Nobel Prize in Physics (Nobelpriset i fysik is awarded once a year by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. 1971)
• 1891 - Victor Varconi, Hungarian film actor (d. Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Year 1891 ( MDCCCXCI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Victor Varconi ( March 31, 1891 - June 6, 1976) was a highly successful Silent film star in Hungary. 1976)
• 1893 - Clemens Krauss, Austrian conductor (d. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1893 ( MDCCCXCIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes --> Clemens Heinrich Krauss ( March 31, 1893 &ndash 1954)
• 1906 - Shin'ichiro Tomonaga, Japanese physicist, Nobel laureate (d. Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Sin-Itiro Tomonaga or Shinichirō Tomonaga (朝永 振一郎 Tomonaga Shin'ichirō, March 31, 1906 The Nobel Prize in Physics (Nobelpriset i fysik is awarded once a year by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. 1979)
• 1907 - Eddie Quillan, American actor (d. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Year 1907 ( MCMVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Edward "Eddie" Quillan ( March 31, 1907 - July 19, 1990) was an American film actor whose career began as a child on the 1990)
• 1908 - Red Norvo, American jazz vibraphonist (d. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Red Norvo ( 31 March 1908 &ndash 6 April 1999) was one of Jazz 's early vibraphonists. 1999)
• 1911 - Elisabeth Grümmer, German soprano (d. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Elisabeth Grümmer ( March 31, 1911 &ndash November 6, 1986) was a German Operatic Soprano. 1986)
• 1914 - Octavio Paz, Mexican diplomat and writer, Nobel laureate (d. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Octavio Peazy Paz " ( March 31, 1914 – April 19, 1998) was a Mexican Writer, Poet, and diplomat The Nobel Prize in Literature (Nobelpriset i litteratur is awarded annually since 1901 to an author from any country who has in the words from the will of Alfred 1998)
• 1915 - Albert Hourani, English historian (d. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Albert Habib Hourani (ألبرت حبيب حوراني March 31, 1915 &ndash January 17, 1993) was one of the most prominent scholars of 1993)
• 1915 - Shoichi Yokoi, Japanese military man (d. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Shōichi Yokoi (横井 庄一 Yokoi Shōichi ( March 31, 1915 – September 22, 1997) was a Japanese soldier and later celebrity 1997)
• 1916 - Lucille Bliss, American voice actress
• 1916 - John H. Wood, Jr., American federal judge (d. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Lucille Bliss (born March 31, 1916 in New York City) is an American actress and Voice artist. John Howland Wood Jr ( March 31, 1916 &ndash May 29, 1979) was an American lawyer and Judge from the U 1979)
• 1919 - Frank Akins, American football player (d. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Frank Scott Akins ( March 31, 1919 &ndash July 6, 1992) was an American football Running back who played for the 1993)
• 1922 - Richard Kiley, American actor and singer (d. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Richard Paul Kiley ( March 31, 1922 &ndash March 5, 1999) was an American stage, Television, and Film 1999)
• 1924 - Leo Buscaglia, American author (d. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Dr Felice Leonardo Buscaglia PhD ( 31 March 1924 of Italian descent &ndash 11 June 1998) was a Professor in the Department of Special 1998)
• 1924 - Charles Guggenheim, American film director/producer (d. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Charles Guggenheim ( March 31, 1924 – October 9, 2002) was an American film director and producer 2002)
• 1925 - Jean Coutu, French Canadian actor (d. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Jean Coutu ( March 31, 1925 - November 1, 1999) was a Canadian Actor. 1999)
• 1926 - John Fowles, English author (d. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. John Robert Fowles ( March 31, 1926 &ndash November 5, 2005) was an English Novelist and Essayist. 2005)
• 1927 - César Chávez, American labor activist (d. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. César Estrada Chávez ( March 31, 1927 – April 23, 1993) born in Yuma Arizona, was a Mexican-American farm worker Labor 1993)
• 1927 - William Daniels, American actor
• 1928 - Lefty Frizzell, American singer and songwriter (d. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) William Daniels (born March 31, 1927) is an American Actor and former president of the Screen Actors Guild (from 1999 to 2001 Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. William Orville 'Lefty' Frizzell ( March 31, 1928 &ndash July 19, 1975) was an American Country music Singer and 1975)
• 1928 - Gordie Howe, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1929 - Liz Claiborne, Belgian-born American fashion designer (d. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Gordon "Gordie" Howe, OC (born March 31 1928 in Floral, Saskatchewan) is a former professional Ice hockey player from Canada Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. For the company of the same name see Liz Claiborne Anne Elisabeth Jane "Liz" Claiborne ( March 31 1929 &ndash 2007)
• 1929 - Bertram Fields, American lawyer
• 1931 - Miller Barber, American golfer
• 1932 - Nagisa Oshima, Japanese film director
• 1933 - Nichita Stănescu, Romanian poet (d. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Bertram Fields (born March 31, 1929) is a Harvard -trained American lawyer famous for his work in the field of entertainment law he has represented many Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Miller Barber (born March 31, 1931) is an American professional golfer who enjoyed significant success on the PGA Tour in the 1960s and 1970s Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Nichita Stănescu (born Nichita Hristea Stănescu) ( March 31 1933, Ploieşti &mdash December 13 1983, Bucharest 1983)
• 1934 - Richard Chamberlain, American actor
• 1934 - Shirley Jones, American singer and actress
• 1934 - Carlo Rubbia, Italian physicist, Nobel laureate
• 1934 - John D. Loudermilk, American singer and songwriter
• 1935 - Herb Alpert, American trumpeter and band leader
• 1935 - Judith Rossner, American author
• 1936 - Bob Pulford, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1936 - Marge Piercy, American writer
• 1936 - Dokumamushi Sandayu, Japanese actor
• 1938 - Sheila Dikshit, Chief Minister of Delhi
• 1938 - Bill Hicke, Canadian ice hockey player (d. Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Shirley Mae Jones (born March 31, 1934) is a American Singer and character actress of Stage, Film and Carlo Rubbia (born on March 31, 1934 in Gorizia, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy) is an Italian physicist at The Nobel Prize in Physics (Nobelpriset i fysik is awarded once a year by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. John D Loudermilk (born March 31, 1934 in Durham North Carolina) is an American Singer and Songwriter. Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Herbert "Herb" Alpert (born March 31, 1935) is an American Musician most associated with the group variously known as Herb Alpert Judith Perelman Rossner ( March 31, 1935 &ndash August 9, 2005) was an American Novelist, best known for her 1975 novel Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Robert Jesse "Bob" Pulford (born March 31, 1936 in Newton Robinson, Ontario) is a retired Canadian Professional Marge Piercy (born March 31, 1936) is an American Poet, Novelist, and social activist. Dokumamushi Sandayu (毒蝮三太夫 born Ishii Iyoshi (石井伊吉 on 31 March 1936 in Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese Actor. Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Sheila Dikshit (born March 31, 1938) is the Chief Minister of Delhi since 1998 William Lawrence "Bill" Hicke ( March 31, 1938- July 18, 2005) was a professional Ice hockey player 2005)
• 1938 - Michiko Nomura, Japanese voice actor
• 1938 - Arthur B. Rubinstein, American composer
• 1938 - David Steel, Scottish politician
• 1939 - Zviad Gamsakhurdia, first President of Georgia (d. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. is a Seiyū who was born on March 31, 1938 in Yokohama, Kanagawa. Arthur B Rubinstein (born March 31, 1938 in Brooklyn, New York) is a Composer and behind in particular several TV series soundtracks David Martin Scott Steel Baron Steel of Aikwood, KT, KBE, PC (born 31 March 1938) is a British and Scottish Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Zviad Gamsakhurdia ( Georgian: ზვიად გამსახურდია, ( March 31, 1939 — December 31, 1993 The President of Georgia (საქართველოს პრეზიდენტი is the Commander-in-chief of Georgia. 1993)
• 1939 - Volker Schlöndorff, German film director
• 1940 - Barney Frank, U. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Volker Schlöndorff (born in Wiesbaden, Germany on March 31, 1939) is a Berlin -based German filmmaker Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Barnett "Barney" Frank (born March 31, 1940) is an American Politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives S. Representative from Massachusetts
• 1940 - Patrick Leahy, U. Patrick Joseph Leahy (born March 31, 1940) is the senior United States Senator from Vermont. S. Senator from Vermont
• 1942 - Michael Savage, American talk radio host and commentator
• 1942 - Ulla Hoffmann, Swedish politician
• 1943 - Christopher Walken, American actor
• 1944 - Pascal Danel, French singer and songwriter
• 1944 - Mick Ralphs, English guitarist (Mott the Hoople, Bad Company)
• 1945 - Valerie Curtin, American actress, writer, and producer
• 1945 - Gabe Kaplan, American actor and comedian
• 1946 - Gonzalo Márquez, Venezuelan baseball player (d. Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Michael Alan Weiner (born March 31 1942 in New York City) better known by his Ulla Hoffmann (born 31 March 1942, Solna, Uppland) is a Swedish Left Party (Vänsterpartiet politician Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Christopher Walken (born March 31 1943 is an American Film and Theatre Actor. Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Pascal Danel (born March 31, 1944 in Paris France) is a French pop singer and composer Mick Ralphs (born Michael Geoffrey Ralphs, 31 March 1944 in Stoke Lacy Hereford) is an English Guitarist and Songwriter Mott the Hoople were a 1970s English rock band with strong R&B roots and known for being part of the popular Glam rock scene of the early Bad Company are an English Blues rock supergroup founded in 1973 consisting of band members from Free ( Paul Rodgers, Simon Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Valerie Curtin (born March 31, 1945) is an American Actress and Oscar-nominated Screenwriter. Gabriel "Gabe" Kaplan (born March 31, 1944) is an American Comedian, Actor and professional Poker player Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Gonzalo Enrique Márquez Moya ( March 31, 1946 - December 20, 1984) better known as Gonzalo Márquez, was a Major League Baseball 1984)
• 1947 - Cesar Gaviria Trujillo, President of Colombia
• 1948 - Al Gore, former Vice President of the United States and recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
• 1948 - Rhea Perlman, American actress
• 1950 - Ed Marinaro, American football player and actor
• 1950 - András Adorján, Hungarian chess player
• 1952 - Dermot Morgan, Irish actor (d. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. César Augusto Gaviria Trujillo (born March 31, 1947 in Pereira, Risaralda) is a Colombian politician and a Latin American statesman List of Presidents of Colombia The President of Colombia (Presidente de Colombia is the Head of state and Head of government of the Republic of Colombia Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Albert Arnold Gore Jr (born March 31 1948 is an American environmental Activist, author Businessperson, former Politician, and former The Vice President of the United States is the first person in the presidential line of succession, becoming the new President of the United States upon the death The Nobel Peace Prize ( Swedish, Danish and Nobels fredspris is one of five Nobel Prizes Bequeathed by the Swedish industrialist and inventor Rhea Perlman (born March 31, 1948) is an American four-time Emmy Award -winning actress, known for her role as Carla Tortelli Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Ed Marinaro (born March 31, 1950 in New York New York) is an American Actor and former football player András Adorján (born March 31 1950) is a Hungarian Author and Grandmaster of Chess, born in Budapest. Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Dermot John Morgan ( 3 March 1952 – 28 February 1998) was an Irish schoolteacher-turned-comedian and actor who achieved international 1998)
• 1955 - Angus Young, Scottish-born Australian guitarist (AC/DC)
• 1955 - Robert Vance, New Zealand cricketer
• 1957 - Marc McClure, American actor
• 1957 - Alan Duncan, British politician
• 1958 - Tony Cox, American actor
• 1959 - Ali McMordie, Irish bassist (Stiff Little Fingers)
• 1963 - Paul Mercurio, Australian actor/dancer
• 1964 - Paul Wong Koon-Chung, Hong Kong musician (Beyond)
• 1965 - Tom Barrasso, American ice hockey player
• 1965 - Jean-Christophe Lafaille, French mountaineer (d. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) Angus McKinnon Young (born on 31 March 1955 is the lead guitarist songwriter and co-founder of the Australian Hard rock band AC/DC. AC/DC are an Australian Hard rock band formed in Sydney, Australia in 1973 by brothers Angus and Malcolm Young. Robert Howard Vance (b 31 March, 1955) in Wellington was a New Zealand Cricketer He played in four Tests and eight One Day Internationals Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Marc A McClure (born March 31 1957) is an American Actor. McClure was born in San Mateo California. Alan James Carter Duncan (born 31 March 1957 is a British Politician. Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Joseph Anthony "Tony" Cox (born March 31, 1958) is an American actor known for his comedic performances in Bad Santa, Me The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Alistair Jardine "Ali" McMordie (born 31 March 1959, Belfast, Northern Ireland) is a bass guitarist who made his name with and was Stiff Little Fingers are a punk band from Belfast, Northern Ireland, formed in 1977 Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Paul Joseph Mercurio (born March 31, 1963) is an Australian actor and dancer who was the star of Baz Luhrmann 's Strictly Ballroom Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Paul Wong Koon-Chung is a Composer, Songwriter, Singer and the lead Guitarist of the Hong Kong rock band Beyond. Beyond was a famous rock band in Hong Kong that was founded in 1983 Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Thomas Patrick Barrasso (born March 31, 1965 in Boston Massachusetts) is a retired American professional ice hockey Goaltender who played Jean-Christophe Lafaille ( 31 March 1965 – 27 January 2006) was a French Mountaineer noted for a number of difficult 2006)
• 1965 - Steven T. Seagle, American comic-book writer
• 1966 - Roger Black, English athlete
• 1968 - Naoya Ogawa, Japanese professional wrestler
• 1968 - Celine Dion, French Canadien singer
• 1969 - Samantha Brown, American television host
• 1969 - Steve Smith, American basketball player
• 1969 - Nyamko Sabuni, Swedish politician
• 1971 - Pavel Bure, Russian ice hockey player
• 1971 - Ewan McGregor, Scottish actor
• 1972 - Alejandro Amenábar, Spanish film director
• 1972 - Andrew Bowen, American actor
• 1972 - Hristos Polihroniou, Greek hammer thrower
• 1973 - Bold Forbes, Puerto Rican/American thoroughbred racehorse (d. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Steven T Seagle (born on March 31 1965) is an American writer who works in the Comic book, Television, Film, Live theater Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Roger Anthony Black MBE (born 31 March 1966) is a retired British athlete who now works as a Television presenter Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Naoya Ogawa (小川直也 Ogawa Naoya, born 31 March 1968 is a former world and Olympic Judo champion Professional wrestler and Mixed Céline Marie Claudette Dion ( OC OQ (born March 30 1968 in Charlemagne Quebec) is a Canadian pop Singer Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Samantha Elizabeth Brown (born March 31 1969 is an American TV host notable for her work as the host of Girl Meets Hawaii, Great Hotels, Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Steven (Steve Delano Smith (born March 31 1969 in Highland Park Michigan) is a retired American Basketball player Nyamko Ana Sabuni (born 31 March 1969) is a Politician, currently serving as Minister for Integration and Gender Equality in the Swedish Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Pavel Vladimirovich Bure (Павел Владимирович Буре born on March 31, 1971) is a retired Russian professional Ice hockey Ewan Gordon McGregor (born 31 March 1971 ˌjuːən məˈgrɛgər is a Scottish Actor, who has had significant success in mainstream indie and art Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Alejandro Fernando Amenábar Cantos (born March 31, 1972 in Santiago Chile) is a Spanish Film Andrew Bowen (Born March 31, 1972) is an American comic actor Hristos Polihroniou (also Christos Polychroniou, Χρήστος Πολυχρονίου born March 31, 1972) is a Greek Hammer thrower Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Bold Forbes ( March 31, 1973 - August 9, 2000) was a Thoroughbred Racehorse. 2000)
• 1974 - Stefan Olsdal, Swedish bassist (Placebo)
• 1974 - Benjamin Eicher, Swiss film director
• 1975 - Adam Green, American film director
• 1976 - Josh Saviano, American actor
• 1976 - Ashton Moore, American porn actress
• 1977 - Toshiya, Japanese musician (Dir en grey)
• 1977 - Garth Tander, Australian racing driver
• 1978 - Stephen Clemence, English footballer
• 1978 - Jérôme Rothen, French footballer
• 1978 - Tony Yayo, American rapper
• 1979 - Josh Kinney, American baseball player
• 1980 - Chien-Ming Wang, Taiwanese baseball player
• 1980 - Maaya Sakamoto, Japanese voice actor
• 1980 - Michael Ryder, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1981 - Maarten van der Weijden, Dutch swimmer
• 1982 - Lennon Murphy, American rock singer/songwriter
• 1982 - Philippe Mexès, French footballer
• 1983 - Paddy McCarthy, Irish footballer
• 1983 - Vlasios Maras, Greek gymnast
• 1984 - James Jones, American football player
• 1986 - Cveta Majtanović, Serbian singer, winner of Pop Idol. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Stefan Olsdal (born Stefan Alexander Bo Olsdal) is the Bassist / Guitarist of the Alternative rock band Placebo and is part of Placebo are an Alternative rock band formed in London in 1994 currently comprising Brian Molko, Stefan Olsdal and Steve Forrest Benjamin Eicher (born 1974-03-31 in Tübingen, Germany) is a Film director famous for his Cult film sequel Dei Mudder Sei Gesicht Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Adam Green (born March 31, 1975) is an American Film director, producer, Writer and Actor. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Joshua David Saviano (born March 31, 1976) is an American Actor who played Kevin Arnold's best friend Paul Joshua Pfeiffer in the Situation Ashton Moore (born March 31 1976 in Newport Beach California) is an American Pornographic actress. Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Toshiya (born on March 31, in Dir en grey is a Japanese band formed in 1997 and currently signed to Firewall Div Garth Tander (born 31 March, 1977 in Perth Western Australia) is an Australian V8 Supercar driver Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) Stephen Neal Clemence (born March 31, 1978 in Liverpool, Merseyside) is an English footballer, currently playing as a Jérôme Rothen (born March 31, 1978 in Châtenay-Malabry) is a French footballer, who plays as a left winger for Marvin Bernard, better known by his Stage name Tony Yayo, is a Rapper who is part of the rap group G-Unit. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Joshua Thomas Kinney (born March 31, 1979 in Coudersport, Pennsylvania) is a Relief pitcher for the St Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Chien-Ming Wang ( Pinyin: Wáng Jiànmín born March 31, 1980 in Tainan, Taiwan) is a Taiwanese Starting pitcher for is a female Japanese Seiyū and singer who made her debut in 1996 as the voice of Hitomi Kanzaki in the hit Anime series The Vision of Escaflowne Michael Ryder (born March 31, 1980 in Bonavista, Newfoundland) is an Ice hockey player who plays for the Boston Bruins Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Maarten van der Weijden (born 31 March 1981) is a Dutch long distance and marathon Swimmer born in Alkmaar. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Lennon Anne Murphy, named after musician John Lennon, is a Singer-songwriter out of Hendersonville Tennessee, United States. Philippe Mexès (filip megˈzɛs (born March 30, 1982 in Toulouse, France) is a French professional Football (soccer Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Patrick Richard "Paddy" McCarthy (born March 31, 1983 in Dublin, Ireland) is an Irish footballer, currently playing Vlasios Maras (Βλάσης Μάρας born March 31, 1983) is a Greek gymnast. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) James DeAndre Jones (born March 31, 1984 in San Jose California) is an American football Wide receiver for the Green Bay Packers Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Cveta Majtanović (Цвета Мајтановић (born March 31 1986 in Novi Sad, Serbia, then Yugoslavia) is a Serbian
• 1987 - Georg Listing, Bassist of Tokio Hotel
• 1988 - Hogan Ephraim, English Footballer

Deaths

• 1074 - Regency Yorimichi Fujiwara of Japan (b. Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Tokio Hotel hoˈtɛl}} is a German band founded in Magdeburg, Germany in 2001 by singer Bill Kaulitz, guitarist Tom Kaulitz drummer Gustav Schäfer and Tokio Hotel hoˈtɛl}} is a German band founded in Magdeburg, Germany in 2001 by singer Bill Kaulitz, guitarist Tom Kaulitz drummer Gustav Schäfer and Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Hogan Phillip Ephraim (born March 31, 1988) is an English football player (990-1074 son of Michinaga, was a Japanese Court noble He succeeded his father to the position of Sessho in 1017 and then went on to become Kampaku 992)
• 1204 - Eleanor of Aquitaine, Queen of France and England (b. Events By Place Africa The Ghana Empire captures the Berber town of Awdaghost. For other Eleanors of England see Eleanor of England (disambiguation Eleanor Duchess of Aquitaine (1122&ndash1 April 1204 1121)
• 1340 - Ivan I of Russia, Prince of Moscow (b. Ivan I Danilovich Kalita (Ива́н I Дани́лович Калита́ in Russian) (1288 &ndash March 31, 1340, Moscow) Prince of 1288)
• 1547 - Francis I of France (b. Francis I (September 12 1494 &ndash March 31 1547 was crowned King of France in 1515 in the cathedral at Reims and reigned until 1547 1494)
• 1567 - Philipp I of Hesse (b. Philip I of Hesse, ( 13 November 1504 - 31 March 1567) nicknamed der Großmütige (the " Magnanimous " was a leading 1504)
• 1621 - Philip III of Spain (b. after he farted he ate chicken and farted some more Philip III (Felipe III April 14, 1578 &ndash March 31, 1621) was the King 1578)
• 1631 - John Donne, English writer and prelate (b. John Donne (pronounced like done, dʌn 1572 – 31 March 1631 was a Jacobean poet preacher and a major representative of the Metaphysical poets 1572)
• 1671 - Anne Hyde, wife of James II of England (b. Lady Anne Hyde (22 March 1638 &ndash 31 March 1671 was the first wife of James Duke of York (the future King James II of England and VII of Scotland and the mother James II of England and Ireland James VII of Scotland (14 October 1633 &ndash 16 September 1701 was King of England, King of Scots, Later that same year James 1637)
• 1703 - Johann Christoph Bach, German composer (b. Year 1703 ( MDCCIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Johann Christoph Bach (December 6 1642 &ndash March 31 1703 was a German composer of the Baroque period 1642)
• 1723 - Edward Hyde, 3rd Earl of Clarendon, British-born American statesman (b. Year 1723 ( MDCCXXIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Edward Hyde 3rd Earl of Clarendon ( 28 November 1661 &ndash 31 March 1723) styled Viscount Cornbury between 1674 and 1709 was 1661)
• 1727 - Sir Isaac Newton, English mathematician and physicist (b. Year 1727 ( MDCCXXVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Sir Isaac Newton, FRS (ˈnjuːtən 4 January 1643 31 March 1727) Biography Early years See also Isaac Newton's early life and achievements 1643)
• 1741 - Pieter Burmann the Elder, Dutch classical scholar (b. Year 1741 ( MDCCXLI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Pieter Burman, often called Burmann, ( 1668 - March 31, 1741) Dutch classical scholar known as the Elder, to distinguish him from 1668)
• 1783 - Nikita Ivanovich Panin, Russian statesman (b. Year 1783 ( MDCCLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or Count Nikita Ivanovich Panin (Ники́та Ива́нович Па́нин () was an influential Russian statesman and political mentor to Catherine the Great 1718)
• 1837 - John Constable, English painter (b. Year 1718 ( MDCCXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1837 ( MDCCCXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common John Constable ( 11 June 1776 &ndash 31 March 1837 1776)
• 1850 - John C. Calhoun, 7th Vice President of the United States (b. Year 1776 ( MDCCLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a For the game see 1850 (board game. 1850 ( MDCCCL) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link John Caldwell Calhoun (March 18 1782 &ndash March 31 1850 was a leading United States Southern politician and political philosopher from South Carolina during The Vice President of the United States is the first person in the presidential line of succession, becoming the new President of the United States upon the death 1782)
• 1855 - Charlotte Brontë, English author (b. Year 1782 ( MDCCLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1855 ( MDCCCLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Charlotte Brontë (ˈbrɒnti (21 April 1816 &ndash 31 March 1855 was a British Novelist, the eldest of the three famous Brontë sisters whose Novels 1816)
• 1877 - Antoine Augustin Cournot, French mathematician (b. Year 1816 ( MDCCCXVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1877 ( MDCCCLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Antoine Augustin Cournot ( 28 August 1801 ‑ 31 March 1877) was a French economist Philosopher and Mathematician 1801)
• 1880 - Henryk Wieniawski, Polish composer (b. Year 1801 ( MDCCCI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Tuesday Year 1880 ( MDCCCLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Henryk Wieniawski ( July 10, 1835 Lublin, Congress Poland, Russian Empire - March 31, 1880 Moscow) 1835)
• 1885 - Franz Wilhelm Abt, German composer (b. Year 1835 ( MDCCCXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1885 ( MDCCCLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Franz Wilhelm Abt ( 22 December 1819 - 31 March 1885) was a German Composer. 1819)
• 1913 - John Pierpont Morgan, American financier (b. Year 1819 ( MDCCCXIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar in the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common John Pierpont Morgan ( April 17, 1837 &ndash March 31, 1913) was an American financier banker and art collector who 1837)
• 1917 - Emil Adolf von Behring, German physician, Nobel laureate (b. Year 1837 ( MDCCCXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Emil Adolf von Behring ( March 15, 1854 &ndash March 31, 1917) was a German Physiologist who received the 1901 The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (Nobelpriset i fysiologi eller medicin is awarded once a year by the Swedish Karolinska Institute. 1854)
• 1915 - Wyndham Halswelle, Scottish athlete (b. Year 1854 ( MDCCCLIV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Wyndham Halswelle ( 30 May 1882 – 31 March 1915) was a British athlete, winner of the controversial 400m race at 1882)
• 1927 - Borisav "Bora" Stanković, Serbian writer (b. Year 1882 ( MDCCCLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Borisav "Bora" Stanković (Борисав Станковић Бора (born in Vranje, 1875 or 1876 died in Belgrade October 22 1927 Serbia (Србија Srbija) officially the Republic of Serbia (Република Србија Republika Srbija) is a Landlocked Country 1875)
• 1931 - Knute Rockne, American football coach (b. Year 1875 ( MDCCCLXXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Knute (pronounced "kah-noot" ("noot" is the anglicized nickname Kenneth Rockne ( March 4, 1888 &ndash March 31, 1888)
• 1944 - Mineichi Koga, Japanese admiral (b. Year 1888 ( MDCCCLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. ( 25 September 1885 - 31 March 1944) was a Japanese Fleet admiral and Commander-in-chief of the Imperial Japanese Navy 's 1885)
• 1945 - Hans Fischer, German chemist, Nobel laureate (b. Year 1885 ( MDCCCLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Hans Fischer ( July 27, 1881 &ndash March 31, 1945) was a German organic chemist and the recipient of the 1930 The Nobel Prize in Chemistry (Nobelpriset i kemi is awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to scientists in the various fields of Chemistry. 1881)
• 1945 - Anne Frank, German-born diarist (b. Year 1881 ( MDCCCLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Annelies Marie "Anne" Frank ( (12 June 1929 – early March 1945 was a Jewish girl born in the city of Frankfurt am Main in Weimar Germany 1929)
• 1952 - Wallace H. White, Jr., American politician (b. Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Wallace Humphrey White Jr ( August 6, 1877 &ndash March 31, 1952) was a prominent American politician and Republican 1877)
• 1956 - Ralph DePalma, Italian-American race car driver (b. Year 1877 ( MDCCCLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Ralph DePalma ( January 23, 1884 &ndash March 31, 1956) was an Italian-American racecar driving champion most notably winner of the 1884)
• 1968 - Grover Lowdermilk, American baseball player (b. Year 1884 ( MDCCCLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Grover Cleveland Lowdermilk ( January 15, 1885 - March 31, 1968) was a Starting pitcher in Major League Baseball. 1885)
• 1972 - Meena Kumari, Indian actress (b. Year 1885 ( MDCCCLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Meena Kumari or Mahjabeen Bano ( August 1, 1932 - March 31, 1972) was a prominent Indian movie actress 1932)
• 1976 - Paul Strand, American photographer (b. Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Paul Strand ( October 16, 1890 &ndash March 31, 1976) was an American photographer and filmmaker who along with fellow Modernist 1890)
• 1978 - Charles Best, Canadian medical scientist (b. Year 1890 ( MDCCCXC) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) Dr Charles Herbert Best, CC ( February 27, 1899 &ndash March 31, 1978) was a medical scientist 1899)
• 1980 - Vladimír Holan, Czech poet (b. Year 1899 ( MDCCCXCIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) 1905)
• 1980 - Jesse Owens, American athlete (b. Year 1905 ( MCMV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting James Cleveland "Jesse" Owens ( September 12, 1913 – March 31, 1980) was an American track and field athlete 1913)
• 1981 - Enid Bagnold, British playwright (b. Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Enid Bagnold Lady Jones, CBE ( 27 October 1889 &ndash 31 March 1981) known by her maiden name as Enid Algerine Bagnold 1889)
• 1983 - Christina Stead, Australian writer (b. Year 1889 ( MDCCCLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Christina Stead ( 17 July 1902 &mdash 31 March 1983) was an Australian Novelist and short-story writer acclaimed 1902)
• 1984 - Ronald Clark O'Bryan, American murderer (b. Year 1902 ( MCMII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Ronald Clark O'Bryan (nicknamed The Candyman) ( October 19, 1944 – May 31, 1984) was a Murderer from Pasadena 1944)
• 1985 - Jeanine Deckers, Belgian nun (b. Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Jeanine Deckers ( October 17, 1933 &ndash March 29, 1985) better known internationally as The Singing Nun, was a Belgian 1933)
• 1986 - O'Kelly Isley, Jr., American singer (The Isley Brothers) (b. Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) O'Kelly Isley Jr ( December 25 1937 &ndash March 31 1986) was one of the founding members of the legendary family group The Isley Brothers The Isley Brothers (ˈaɪzliː are a Grammy-winning American R&B / soul group 1937)
• 1986 - Jerry Paris, American actor (b. Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Jerry Paris ( July 25, 1925 - March 31, 1986) was an American actor and director best known for playing Jerry Helper the dentist and next door 1925)
• 1988 - William McMahon, 20th Prime Minister of Australia (b. Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Sir William "Billy" McMahon, GCMG, CH (23 February 1908 31 March 1988 was an Australian Liberal politician and the 20th Prime Minister of The Prime Minister of Australia is the Head of government of the Commonwealth of Australia, holding office on commission from the Governor-General. 1908)
• 1993 - Brandon Lee, American actor (b. Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Brandon Bruce Lee ( 李[[wikt 國|國]] 豪; Cantonese: Léi Gwokhòu; Pinyin: Lǐ Guóháo; February 1, 1965)
• 1993 - Mitchell Parish, American lyricist (b. Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Mitchell Parish ( July 10, 1900 – March 31, 1993) was an American lyricist 1900)
• 1993 - Chichay, Filipino actress (b. Year 1900 ( MCM) was an exceptional Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar Chichay (born Amparo C Robles; January 21, 1918 &ndash March 31, 1993) was a Filipino Comedian. 1918)
• 1995 - Selena, American singer (b. Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Selena Quintanilla-Pérez (April 16 1971 – March 31 1995 best known as Selena, was an American Singer who has been called "The Queen of 1971)
• 1996 - Jeffrey Lee Pierce, American singer, songwriter and guitarist (The Gun Club) (b. Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Jeffrey Lee Pierce ( June 27, 1958 - March 31, 1996) was an American singer songwriter and guitarist For information on "gun clubs" see Shooting ranges ' The Gun Club was an American Punk blues band from Los Angeles 1958)
• 1998 - Bella Abzug, American politician (b. Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Bella Savitsky Abzug ( July 24, 1920 &ndash March 31, 1998) was a American Congresswoman and a leader of the women’s movement 1920)
• 1998 - Tim Flock, American race car driver (b. Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar Julius Timothy "Tim" Flock ( May 11, 1924 - March 31, 1998) was one of NASCAR 's early pioneers and a two time series champion 1924)
• 1999 - Yuri Knorozov, Russian linguist (b. Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Yuri Valentinovich Knorozov (alternatively Knorosov; Russian Юрий Валентинович Кнорозов; b 1922)
• 2001 - Clifford Shull, American physicist, Nobel laureate (b. Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Clifford Glenwood Shull ( Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, September 23, 1915 &ndash March 31, 2001) was a Nobel Prize -winning The Nobel Prize in Physics (Nobelpriset i fysik is awarded once a year by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. 1915)
• 2002 - Barry Took, British comedian (b. Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Barry Took ( 19 June 1928 &ndash 31 March 2002) was an English Comedian, Writer 1928)
• 2003 - H.S.M. Coxeter, English-born geometer (b. Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Harold Scott MacDonald "Donald" Coxeter CC ( February 9, 1907 – March 31, 2003) is regarded as one of the great 1907)
• 2003 - Tommy Seebach, Danish singer (b. Year 1907 ( MCMVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Tommy Seebach ( September 14 1949 - March 31[[ 003]] born Tommy Seebach Mortensen in Copenhagen, Denmark, was a popular 1949)
• 2003 - Anne Gwynne, American film actress (b. Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Anne Gwynne ( December 10, 1918 - March 31, 2003) was an American film actress of the 1930s and 1940s 1918)
• 2005 - Stanley J. Korsmeyer, American oncologist (b. Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Dr Stanley J Korsmeyer (1951 &ndash March 31, 2005) was an American Oncologist. 1951)
• 2005 - Frank Perdue, American poultry farmer (b. Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January Franklin Parsons Perdue ( May 9, 1920 &ndash March 31, 2005) born in Salisbury Maryland, 1920)
• 2005 - Terri Schiavo, American figure in right to die case (b. Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar Theresa Marie Schindler "Terri" Schiavo ( December 3 1963 – March 31 2005 was an American woman who suffered brain damage and became dependent on a Feeding tube For the 1987 film see Right to Die (film The term " right to die " refers to various issues related to the decision of whether an 1963)
• 2005 - Justiniano Montano, Filipino politician (b. Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Justiniano S Montano Sr ( September 5, 1905 - March 31, 2005) was a Filipino politician who was elected for one term to the 1905)
• 2006 - Jackie McLean, American jazz saxophonist (b. Year 1905 ( MCMV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. John Lenwood (Jackie McLean ( May 17 1931 &ndash March 31 2006; some sources erroneously give 1932 as his year of birth was an American 1931 or 1932)
• 2006 - Angela Devi, American adult model (b. Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. Angela Devi (born Angela Shunali Dhingra, July 30, 1975 - March 31, 2006) was an American adult model of Hindu 1975)
• 2007 - Paul Watzlawick, Communications & Constructivism Theorist (b. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Paul Watzlawick PhD ( July 24 1921 - March 31 2007) was a theoretician in Communication Theory and Radical Constructivism 1921)
• 2008 - Jules Dassin, American film director (b . Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Jules Dassin, born Julius Dassin ( &ndash) was an American Film director. 1911)
• 2008 - Bill Keightley, "Mr. Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common William (Bill Bond Keightley ( December 17, 1926 &ndash March 31, 2008) was the Equipment manager for the University of Kentucky Wildcat. " University of Kentucky basketball equipment manger 1962-2008 (b . The University of Kentucky, also known as UK, is a public, Co-educational, University, and is also the state's land-grant university located Basketball is a team Sport in which two teams of five active players each try to score points against one another by propelling a ball through a 10 feet (3 m Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common 1926)

Holidays and observances

• New Jersey - Thomas Mundy Peterson Day
• Freedom Day (Malta)
• Abdas of Susa
• Anesius and companions
• Cesar Chavez Day

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• The New York Times: On This Day
• On This Day in Canada

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Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. New Jersey ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. On March 31, 1870, Thomas Mundy Peterson (1824 - 1904 of Perth Amboy New Jersey, United States, became the first African-American March 31, 1979 is remembered in the Maltese calendar as Freedom Day (Jum il-Ħelsien Abdas, (also Abda, Abdias, and Audias) was Bishop of Susa in Iran ( Socrates also calls him "bishop of Anesius is one of several Christian Martyrs in Africa commemorated as saints on March 31. César Chávez Day is a state holiday in California observed on March 31, in remembrance of Cesar Chavez 's birthday or the appropriate Monday or Friday

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