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| Birthday March 31, 1596 Rene Descartes, he thought, therefore he was |
| Birthday March 31, 1621 Andrew Marvell, English poet |
| Birthday March 31, 1732 Franz Josef Haydn, composer, helped develop Classical style |
| Birthday March 31, 1809 Edward FitzGerald, writer, "Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam" |
| Birthday March 31, 1809 Nikolai Gogol, father of 19th-century Russian realism (Dead Souls) |
| Birthday March 31, 1811 Robert Wilhelm Eberhard von Bunsen, German chemist |
| Birthday March 31, 1854 Sir Dugald Clerk, invented 2-stroke motorcycle engine |
| Birthday March 31, 1895 Western novelist Vardis Fisher born |
| Birthday March 31, 1895 John J. McCloy, lawyer, banker |
| Birthday March 31, 1915 Henry Morgan |
| Birthday March 31, 1922 Richard Kiley |
| Birthday March 31, 1927 Cesar Chavez, labor leader (United Farm Workers) |
| Birthday March 31, 1927 William Daniels, (St Elsewhere-Dr Mark Craig, 1776) |
| Birthday March 31, 1928 Gordie Howe, Redwings right wing |
| Birthday March 31, 1934 Shirley Jones, Penn, (Partridge Family) |
| Birthday March 31, 1935 Richard Chamberlain, TV (Dr. Kildare, Shogun, Thornbirds) |
| Birthday March 31, 1935 Herb Alpert, band leader (Tijuana Brass), A&M music exec |
| Birthday March 31, 1940 Sen Patrick Leahy, D-Vermont |
| Birthday March 31, 1943 Christopher Walken |
| Birthday March 31, 1945 Gabe Kaplan, (Welcome Back Kotter) |
| Birthday March 31, 1948 Rhea Perlman, Bkln (Taxi & Cheers) |
| History March 31, 1492 Jews to be expelled from Spain |
| History March 31, 1776 Abigail Adams asks her husband to remember the ladies |
| History March 31, 1776 Abigail Adams urges husband to remember the ladies |
| History March 31, 1814 Forces allied against Napoleon capture Paris |
| History March 31, 1831 Quebec & Montreal incorporated |
| History March 31, 1836 First installment of The Pickwick Papers, Dickens' first novel |
| History March 31, 1849 Col John W Geary 1st postmaster of SF |
| History March 31, 1854 Japan opens ports to foreign trade by Commodore Perry |
| History March 31, 1854 Treaty of Kanagawa signed with Japan |
| History March 31, 1865 Fighting at White Oak Road and Dinwiddie Court House |
| History March 31, 1868 Chinese Embassy arrives aboard steamship China |
| History March 31, 1870 Thomas P Mundy became 1st black to vote in US (Perth Amboy NJ) |
| History March 31, 1880 Wabash Ind - 1st town completely illuminated by electric light |
| History March 31, 1889 Eiffel Tower in Paris officially opened |
| History March 31, 1905 The First Moroccan Crisis |
| History March 31, 1917 US purchases Virgin Is from Denmark for $25 million |
| History March 31, 1918 1st US daylight savings time goes into effect |
| History March 31, 1923 1st dance marathon - NYC - Alma Cummings sets record of 27 hrs |
| History March 31, 1931 Knute Rockne, Studebaker namesake, dies |
| History March 31, 1932 Ford publicly unveiled its V-8 engine |
| History March 31, 1933 1st newspaper published on pine pulp paper - "Soperton News" (Ga) |
| History March 31, 1933 Congress authorized Civilian Conservation Corps |
| History March 31, 1940 Germany's Atlantis launches |
| History March 31, 1941 Ground broken for Union Sq Garage |
| History March 31, 1943 Oklahoma! premieres on Broadway |
| History March 31, 1943 Rodgers & Hammerstein musical Oklahoma! opens on Broadway |
| History March 31, 1949 Newfoundland becomes 10th Canadian province |
| History March 31, 1953 UN Security Council nominates Dag Hammarskjold secretary-general |
| History March 31, 1958 US Navy forms atomic sub division |
| History March 31, 1959 Dalai Lama begins exile |
| History March 31, 1963 LA ends streetcar service after 90 years |
| History March 31, 1965 Johnson publicly denies actions contemplated in Vietnam |
| History March 31, 1966 USSR launches Luna 10 - 1st spacecraft to orbit moon |
| History March 31, 1968 Johnson announces bombing halt |
| History March 31, 1968 LBJ announces he would not seek re-election |
| History March 31, 1972 Fighting intensifies with North Vietnamese offensive |
| History March 31, 1973 Mississippi River reaches peak flood level |
| History March 31, 1973 Flyers score 8 goals in 1 period vs Islanders - on 60 shots |
| History March 31, 1975 Legendary UCLA basketball coach John Wooden wins 10th national title |
| History March 31, 1976 Court rules Karen Anne Quinlan could be disc from respirator |
| History March 31, 1980 Jesse Owens of 1936 Berlin Olympics fame dies in Az at 66 |
| History March 31, 1986 167 die when Mexicana Airlines Boeing 727 crashes |
| History March 31, 1991 Warsaw Pact ends |
| History March 31, 1995 Longest strike in Major League Baseball history ends |
| History March 31, 1999 Evidence of murder is uncovered in New Mexico |
| History March 31, 1999 The Matrix released |