This Day In History

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  Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date 
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Births:  
 
03/31/1499 Pius IV, [Gianangelo de' Medici], Italian lawyer/Pope (1559-65) 
03/31/1519 Henry II, King of Germany (1547-59) 
03/31/1570 Louise Juliana, countess of Nassau 
03/31/1596 Ren‚ Descartes, France, philospher (he thought, therefore he was) 
03/31/1621 Andrew Marvell, England, poet (To His Coy Mistress) 
03/31/1675 Benedict XIV, [Prospero L Lambertini], Italy, Pope (1740-58) 
03/31/1684 Francesco Durante, composer 
03/31/1717 Florian Wrastill, composer 
03/31/1723 Frederik V, King of Denmark/Norway (1746-66) 
03/31/1732 Franz Joseph Haydn, Austria, composer, help develop classical style 
03/31/1747 Johann Abraham Peter Schulz, German composer (The Mouth) 
03/31/1791 Franciszek Wincenty Mirecki, composer 
03/31/1809 Edward FitzGerald, England, writer (Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam) 
03/31/1809 Nikolai Gogol, father of 19th-century Russian realism (Dead Souls) 
03/31/1809 Otto Jonas Lindblad, composer 
03/31/1811 Robert Wilhelm Eberhard von Bunsen, Germany, chemist (Bunsen Burner)

03/31/1822 Rafael Hernando, composer 
03/31/1831 Archibald Scott, Scottish chemist 
03/31/1837 Robert Ross McBurney, 1st paid secretary of the YMCA 
03/31/1837 Stephen Dodson Ramseur, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 18

03/31/1838 L‚on Dierx, French poet 
03/31/1839 Nikolay Przhevalsky, naturalist, explorer of east central Asia (OS) 
03/31/1840 John Herbert Kelly, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864 
03/31/1844 Andrew Lang, Scotland, author (The Blue Fairy Book) 
03/31/1847 Jarolslaw Zielinski, composer 
03/31/1848 John Henry Roberts, composer 
03/31/1854 Dugald Clerk, inventor (2-stroke motorcycle engine) 
03/31/1868 Karl Bonhoeffer, German psychiatrist/neurologist 
03/31/1872 Arthur Griffith, Irish journalist, founder of Sinn F‚in 
03/31/1872 Sergei Pavlovich Diaghilev, Russia, dance master (Imperial Ballet) 
03/31/1878 Jack Johnson, 1st black heavyweight boxing champ (1908-1915) 
03/31/1880 Sean O'Casey, Irish playwright (Juno & Paycock) 
03/31/1885 Jules Pascin, [Julius Pincas], Bulgarian/US painter/cartoonist 
03/31/1887 Albert P Termote, Flemish/Dutch sculptor (Charles the Great) 
03/31/1887 Jose Maria Usandizaga, composer 
03/31/1887 Saint-John Perse, [MRA Alexis L‚ger], French poet (Nobel 1960) 
03/31/1891 Erich Walter Sternberg, composer 
03/31/1891 Ion Pillat, Romaniams poet/senator (Umbra timpului) 
03/31/1891 Victor Varconi, actor (Divine Lady, King of Kings, Big City) 
03/31/1893 Clemens Krauss, Vienna Austria, conductor (Berlin State Orch-1937) 
03/31/1895 John Jay McCloy, lawyer/banker (Sec of War 1941-45, pres Chase Man) 
03/31/1895 Vardis A Fisher, US author (Darkness & Deep) 
03/31/19-- Brigitte Aime, XXX actress (Battle of the Superstars Round 1) 
03/31/1900 Henry WFA, English duke of Gloucester/earl of Ulters 
03/31/1900 L”rinc Szab¢, Hungary, poet (Huszonhatodik ‚v) 
03/31/1903 Arthur Godfrey, NYC, TV host (Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts) 
03/31/1906 Lauri Saikkola, composer 
03/31/1907 Eddie Quillan, Phila, actor (Julia, Hell Town) 
03/31/1909 Pieter Youngster, editor-in-chief (Neth Newspaper) 
03/31/1909 Robert Brasillach, French author/nazi collaborator 
03/31/1914 Octavio Paz, Mexico, writer/diplomat (Salamandra, Topoemas) 
03/31/1915 Eliseo Morales Pajaro, composer 
03/31/1915 Henry Morgan, NYC, comedian/TV panelist (I've Got a Secret, Arena) 
03/31/1916 John Vivyan, Chic Ill, actor (Imitation of Life, Mr Lucky) 
03/31/1920 Marga [Sara Voeten-] Minco, writer (Bitter Herb) 
03/31/1922 Patrick J G McGee, North Ireland, actor (Clockwork Orange) 
03/31/1922 Richard Kiley, Chicago, actor (Man of La Mancha, Endless Love) 
03/31/1923 Donald Argee Barksdale, Berkley Cal, basketballer (Olympic-gold-1948

03/31/1924 Leo Buscaglia, LA Calif, 'Dr Hug', psycholigist (Love) 
03/31/1926 John Fowles, England, novelist (Collector) 
03/31/1926 Sydney Chaplin, son of Charlie/ actor (Adding Machine, Psycho Sister

03/31/1927 Cesar Chavez, Yuma Az, farm labor leader (United Farm Workers) 
03/31/1927 William Daniels, Bkln NY, actor (Dr Mark Craig-St Elsewhere, 1776) 
03/31/1928 Gordie Howe, Floral Sask, NHL right wing (Detroit Redwings) 
03/31/1929 Lee Patterson, Vancouver BC, actor (Dave-Surfside Six) 
03/31/1932 John [William] Jakes, US, sci-fi author (Time Gate) 
03/31/1932 Nagisa Oshima, Kyoto Japan, director (Town of Love & Hope) 
03/31/1933 Bob Simmons, Fulham England, stuntman (double for James Bond) 
03/31/1933 Shirley Jones, Smithton Pa, actress (Partridge Family, Elmer Gantry)

03/31/1935 Herb Alpert, bandleader/trumpeteer (Tijuana Brass)/CEO (A & M) 
03/31/1935 Judith Rossner, US, writer (August) 
03/31/1935 Richard Chamberlain, Beverly Hills Calif, actor (Dr Kildare) 
03/31/1936 Marge Piercy, author (Small Changes, Gone for Soldiers) 
03/31/1937 Willem Duyn, [Mouth], Dutch singer (Mouth & MacNeal) 
03/31/1938 John Jakes, Chicago, writer (Sir Scoundrel, Great Women Reporters) 
03/31/1938 Nathaniel Taylor, St Louis Mo, actor (Rollo-Sanford & Sons) 
03/31/1939 Liz Claiborne, Brussels Belgium, fashion designer (women) 
03/31/1940 Barney Frank, (Rep-D-MA, 1981-  ) 
03/31/1940 Patrick J Leahy, (Sen-D-VT, 1975-  ) 
03/31/1943 Christopher Walken, Astoria Queens, actor (Deer Hunter, Brainstorm) 
03/31/1946 Gabe Kaplan, Bkln NY, comedian/actor (Welcome Back Kotter) 
03/31/1947 Cesar Gaviria Trujillo, president (Colombia, 1990-  ) 
03/31/1948 Albert Gore Jr, Wash DC, (Sen-D-Tenn, 1985-92)/45th US VP (1993-  ) 
03/31/1948 Rhea Perlman, Brooklyn, actress (Zena-Taxi, Carla-Cheers) 
03/31/1948 Thijs van Leer, Dutch singer/flutist (Introspection) 
03/31/1951 Ed Marinaro, NYC, actor (Joe-Hill St Blues, Sonny-Laverne & Shirley)

03/31/1952 Vanessa Del Rio, [Anna Maria Sanchez], XXX actress (Babylon Gold) 
03/31/1953 Greg Martin, Louisville Ky, singer (Ky Headhunters-Davy Crockett) 
03/31/1953 Sean Hopper, keyboardist (Huey Lewis & the News) 
03/31/1954 Tony Brock, drummer (Babys-Missing You) 
03/31/1957 Marc McClure, San Mateo Calif, actor (Ross-California Fever) 
03/31/1957 Mary Cadorette, East Hartford Ct, actress (Vicky-3's a Crowd) 
03/31/1959 Angus Young, Glascow Scotland, rock guitar (AC/DC-Highway to Hell) 
03/31/1960 Anne Howard, San Diego Calif, actress (Nicole Love-Another World) 
03/31/1961 Ron Brown, LA Calif, 4x100m runner (Olympic-gold-1984) 
03/31/1964 Erik Turner, Omaha Nebraska, rock guitarist (Warrant-Cherry Pie) 
03/31/1964 Isabelle Ferrari, Italy, (Italy's Miss Teenager) 
03/31/1974 Carol Ann Plante, actress (Sara Henderson-Harry & the Hendersons) 
03/31/1976 Josh Saviano, actor (Paul Pfeiffer-Wonder Years) 
 
 
Deaths:  
 
03/31/1201 Absalon Asserss”n, Danish archbishop of Lund/statesman, dies 
03/31/1340 Ivan I Kalita, ruler of Vladimir, dies 
03/31/1389 Everhard Tserclaes, of Brussels, murdered 
03/31/1567 Philip, the Generous, count of Hessen, dies 
03/31/1621 Felipe III, King of Spain (1598-1621), dies 
03/31/1631 John Donne, Metaphysical poet, dies (birth date unknown) 
03/31/1656 Pierre de La Barre, composer, dies at 64 
03/31/1722 Campegius Vitringa, theologist, dies 
03/31/1741 Peter Burmannus, [Peter Burman], attorney/classical, dies 
03/31/1809 Franz Joseph Haydn, composer, dies on 77th birthday 
03/31/1837 John Constable, English painter/water colors painter, dies at 60 
03/31/1850 John Calhoun, dies at 68 
03/31/1855 Charlotte Bront‰, English author (Jane Eyre), dies at 38 
03/31/1877 Antoine A Cournot, French mathematician (rule of C), dies at 75 
03/31/1880 Henryk Wieniawski, composer, dies at 44 
03/31/1881 Gaetano Gaspari, composer, dies at 73 
03/31/1884 John T Beelen, Neth/Belgian catholic bible expert, dies at 77 
03/31/1885 Franz W Abbot, German composer/choir conductor, dies 
03/31/1885 Franz Wilhelm Abt, composer, dies at 65 
03/31/1885 Philipp Fahrbach, composer, dies at 69 
03/31/1886 Giovanni Rossi, composer, dies at 57 
03/31/1892 Adolf Rzepko, composer, dies at 66 
03/31/1895 Vardis A Fisher, US writer (Darkness & Deep), dies 
03/31/1898 Edward Noyes Westcott, US attorney/writer (David Harum), dies 
03/31/1901 John Stainer, composer, dies at 61 
03/31/1913 John Pierpont Morgan, US banker/CEO (US Steel Corp), dies 
03/31/1928 Gustave Ador, union president of Austria 1919, dies at 82 
03/31/1928 Medardo Rosso, Italian sculptor (portraits), dies at 69 
03/31/1931 Knute Rockne, football player/coach dies in a plane crash at 43 
03/31/1934 Franz Ehrle, German jesuit of Vatican library, dies at 88 
03/31/1938 Willem Kloos, poet, dies 
03/31/1939 Indrië Einarsson, Iceland playwright (Skipië Sekkur), dies at 87 
03/31/1944 Mineichi Koga, admiral of Japanese fleet, dies 
03/31/1945 Hans Fischer, German physicist (Nobel 1930), dies 
03/31/1948 Egon E Kisch, Czech writer/journalist (Rasende Reporter), dies 
03/31/1951 Ralph Forbes, actor (Riptide, Shock, Shock), dies at 45 
03/31/1957 Gene Lockhart, NYC actor (Going My Way), dies at 65 
03/31/1959 Peter Suhrkamp, German publisher (S Verlag), dies at 68 
03/31/1960 Joseph Hare, German (opera)composer (Totenmesse), dies at 81 
03/31/1961 Seerp Anema, poet/writer (Modern Art & Degenerating), dies 
03/31/1967 Don Alvarado, actor (Morning Glory, Big Steal), dies at 62 
03/31/1967 Hieronim Feicht, composer, dies at 72 
03/31/1970 Semjon Timosjenko, Russ marshal/inspector-general (WW II), dies at 7

03/31/1973 Kurt George Hugo Thomas, composer, dies at 68 
03/31/1974 Andrea Checci, actress (2 Women, Assassin, Black Sunday), dies at 57

03/31/1978 Astrid Allwyn, actress (Love Affair, Girl for Calgary), dies at 68 
03/31/1982 Fritz Eberhard, West German lawyer/resistor, dies at 85 
03/31/1983 Stephen Murray, actor (Guilty, Silent Dust, Master Spy), dies at 70 
03/31/1986 Jerry Paris, director/actor (Jerry-Dick Van Dyke Show), dies at 60 
03/31/1986 O'Kelly Isley, US singer/composer (Twist & Shout), dies at 48 
03/31/1988 Talib Rasul Hakim, composer, dies at 48 
03/31/1990 Lillian 'Miss' Miller, audience member (Merv Griffin, Tonight), dies

03/31/1991 John Carter, US jazz clarinetist (Roots & folklore), dies 
03/31/1993 Brandon Lee, US actor (Crow)/son of Bruce Lee, accidentally shot at 

03/31/1994 L‚on J Ramirez Reine, [Degrelle], Belg/Spanish nazi Rex, dies at 87 
 
 
Significant Events:  
 
03/31/1492 Queen Isabella of Castilia & Ferdinand of Aragon expels Jews 
03/31/1547 Henry II succeeds Fran‡ois I as king of France 
03/31/1651 Great earthquake at Cuzco Peru 
03/31/1745 Jews are expelled from Prague 
03/31/1808 French created Kingdom of Westphalia orders Jews to adopt family nam

03/31/1814 Forces allied against Napoleon capture Paris 
03/31/1831 Mainzer Rijnvaart Convention ends 
03/31/1831 Qu‚bec & Montr‚al incorporated 
03/31/1849 Col John W Geary arrives as 1st postmaster of SF 
03/31/1850 US population hits 23,191,876 (Black population: 3,638,808 (15.7%)) 
03/31/1854 Commodore Perry forces Japan to open its ports to foreign trade 
03/31/1856 Asteroid 40, Harmonia discovered (named for daughter of Mars) 
03/31/1856 H Goldschmidt discovers asteroid #40 Harmonia 
03/31/1861 Confederacy takes over mint at New Orleans 
03/31/1862 Civil War action at Island #10 on Mississippi River 
03/31/1863 Battle of Grand Gulf MS & Dinwiddie Court House VA 
03/31/1865 Battle of Boydton, VA (White Oaks Roads, Dinwiddie C H) 
03/31/1865 Gen Pickette moves to 5 Forks, abandoning the defense of Peterburg 
03/31/1868 Chinese Embassy arrives aboard steamship China 
03/31/1870 Thomas P Mundy became 1st black to vote in US (Perth Amboy NJ) 
03/31/1880 1st town completely illuminated by electric lighting (Wabash, IN) 
03/31/1883 Utrecht begins water pipe system 
03/31/1886 J Palisa discovers asteroids #254 Augusta & #255 Oppavia 
03/31/1889 Eiffel Tower in Paris officially opens 
03/31/1891 A Borrelly discovers asteroid #308 Polyxo 
03/31/1896 Whitcomb Judson, Chicago, patents a hookless fastening (zipper) 
03/31/1899 J Coggia discovers asteroid #444 Gyptis 
03/31/1900 Brig-General Broadwoods troops fall into guerrilla hands 
03/31/1903 Richard Pearse flies monoplane several hundred yards (New Zealand) 
03/31/1905 German emperor Wilhelm II visits Tanger 
03/31/1907 Romanian Army puts down Moldavian revolt 
03/31/1909 Gustav Mahler conducts NY Philharmonic 
03/31/1916 Dutch govt ends all milt engagements 
03/31/1917 US purchases Virgin Is from Denmark for $25 million 
03/31/1918 1st daylight savings time in US goes into effect 
03/31/1919 Srike against Ruhrgebied government of Scheidemann 
03/31/1921 British coal miners goes on strike 
03/31/1922 KFI-AM in Los Angeles CA begins radio transmissions 
03/31/1922 Prince Hendrik opens trade fair building in Amsterdam 
03/31/1923 1st dance marathon-NYC-Alma Cummings sets record of 27 hrs 
03/31/1923 French soldiers fire on workers at Krupp factory in Essen; 13 die 
03/31/1923 Ottawa Senators sweep Edm Eskimos in 2 for Stanley Cup (2nd of 1923)

03/31/1924 London public transport strike ends 
03/31/1925 WOWO-AM, Ft Wayne Indiana begins radio transmission (500 watts) 
03/31/1926 German Special Court of Justice for state security disbands 
03/31/1932 150 wild swans die in Niagara waterfall 
03/31/1932 Ford publicly unveils its V-8 engine 
03/31/1933 1st newspaper published on pine pulp paper, 'Soperton News' (Ga) 
03/31/1933 Congress authorizes Civilian Conservation Corps 
03/31/1933 German Republic gives power to Hitler 
03/31/1934 Netherland's Indies BC Ltd begain radio transmission (Indonesia) 
03/31/1939 Britain & France agree to support Poland if invaded by Germany 
03/31/1940 Karelo-Finnish SSR becomes 12th Soviet republic (until 1956) 
03/31/1941 Germany begins a counter offensive in Africa 
03/31/1941 Ground broken for Union Square Garage, SF 
03/31/1943 Allies bombs Wilton-Feyenoordwerf (326 dead) 
03/31/1943 Rodgers & Hammerstein musical 'Oklahoma!' opens on Broadway 
03/31/1943 US errantly bombs Rotterdam, kills 326 
03/31/1945 3rd Algerian division crosses the Rhine 
03/31/1945 US artillery lands on Keise Shima/begins firing on Okinawa 
03/31/1946 Belgian govt of Acker, forms 
03/31/1949 Newfoundland becomes Canada's 10th province 
03/31/1951 US tanks exceed 38ø of latitude in Korea 
03/31/1953 UN Security Council nominates Dag Hammarskj”ld secretary-general 
03/31/1954 USSR offers to join NATO 
03/31/1955 US Assay Office in Seattle, Washington closes 
03/31/1958 US Navy forms atomic sub division 
03/31/1959 Tibet's Dalai Lama reaches India 
03/31/1961 Aklilou Habtewold becomes 1st premier of Ethiopia 
03/31/1962 Asteroid #3179 discovered 
03/31/1963 LA ends streetcar service after 90 years 
03/31/1964 Pres Jango Goulart of Brazil chased out of office by military 
03/31/1966 25,000 anti war demonstrators march in NYC 
03/31/1966 Labour Party wins British parliamentary election 
03/31/1966 USSR launches Luna 10, 1st lunar orbiter 
03/31/1967 1st time Jimi Hendrix burns his guitar (London) 
03/31/1967 NATO headquarter moves to Casteau-MaisiŠres, Belgium 
03/31/1968 LBJ announces he will not seek re-election 
03/31/1968 Pirate Radio Station Pegaus (NZ) begins transmitting 
03/31/1969 George Harrison & Patti Boyd are fined œ250 each for illeagal drugs 
03/31/1970 Federal bankruptcy court allows Seattle Pilots to be sold to Milwauk

03/31/1971 William Calley sentenced to life for Mi Lai Massacre 
03/31/1972 Offical Beatles Fan Club, closes down 
03/31/1973 Flyers score 8 goals in 1 period vs Islanders, on 60 shots 
03/31/1973 Ken Norton defeats Muhammad Ali in a 12 round split decision 
03/31/1975 John Wooden's final game, UCLA wins 10th NCAA championship in 12 yrs

03/31/1976 Cleve Cavaliers clinch their 1st ever NBA playoff bearth 
03/31/1976 Court rules Karen Anne Quinlan may be disconnected from respirator 
03/31/1978 USSR launches Kosmos 1000 navigational satellite 
03/31/1978 Wings release 'London Town' album 
03/31/1980 Heavyweight champ Mike Weaver KOs John Tate in Knoxville 
03/31/1981 53rd Academy Awards-'Ordinary People' wins 
03/31/1982 Arkas tanker at Montz La, spills 1.47 million gallons of oil 
03/31/1982 Rock group Doobie Brothers split up 
03/31/1984 E Bowell discovers asteroid #3078 Horrocks 
03/31/1985 El Salvador's Pres Duartes Christian-Democrats win election 
03/31/1986 167 die when Mexicana Airlines Boeing 727 crashes 
03/31/1986 Louisville beats Duke for NCAA basketball title 
03/31/1987 Indiana beats Syracuse for NCAA basketball title 
03/31/1988 Last East Limburg coal mine closes in Genk Belgium 
03/31/1988 NY Islanders celebrate Denis Potvin night 
03/31/1988 Pulitzer prize awarded to Toni Morrison for 'Beloved' 
03/31/1989 Donald Trump purchases Eastern's Northeast Shuttle 
03/31/1990 'Carol & Company' starring Carol Burnette premieres on NBC-TV 
03/31/1990 Dionisio Castro cycles world record 20km (57:18.4) 
03/31/1991 Albania offers 1st multi-party election in 50 years 
03/31/1991 Danny Bonaduce attacks a transvestite prostitute in Phoenix Az 
03/31/1991 Georgian SSR votes on whether to remain in the Soviet Union 
03/31/1992 Bruce Springsteen releases 'Human Touch' & 'Lucky Town' 
  
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