Notable Historical Events on March 31st
March 31st Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1084 |
Anti-pope Clemens crowns German King Hendrik IV as Holy Roman Emperor |
1146 |
Bernard of Clairvaux preaches his famous sermon in a field at Vézelay, urging the necessity of a Second Crusade. Louis VII is present, and joins the Crusade. |
1492 |
Queen Isabella & King Ferdinand of Aragon issue Alhambra Decree expelling Jews from Kingdoms of Castile and Aragon |
1504 |
France & Spain sign ceasefire |
1521 |
Magelhaes takes possession of Homohon, Archipelago of St Lazarus |
1547 |
Henry II succeeds Francois I as king of France |
1644 |
Pope Urbanus VIII & duke of Parma signs Peace of Ferrara |
1651 |
Great earthquake at Cuzco Peru |
1657 |
English Parliament makes the Humble Petition to Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell offering him the crown: he declines |
1667 |
France & England sign anti-Dutch military accord |
1683 |
Emperor Leopold I/Poland signs covenant against Turkey |
1717 |
A sermon on "The Nature of the Kingdom of Christ" by Benjamin Hoadly, the Bishop of Bangor, provoked the Bangorian Controversy. |
1745 |
Jews are expelled from Prague |
1796 |
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's "Egmont" premieres in Weimar |
1808 |
French created Kingdom of Westphalia orders Jews to adopt family names |
1814 |
Forces allied against Napoleon capture Paris |
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. |
1831 |
Mainzer Rijnvaart Convention ends |
1831 |
Quebec & Montreal incorporated |
1841 |
1st performance of Robert Schumann's 1st Symphony in B |
1849 |
Col John W Geary arrives as 1st postmaster of SF |
1850 |
US population hits 23,191,876 (Black population: 3,638,808 (15.7%)) |
1854 |
Treaty of Kanagawa: Commodore Perry forces Japan to opens ports to US |
1861 |
Confederacy takes over mint at New Orleans (US Civil War) |
1862 |
Civil War action at Island #10 on Mississippi River |
1863 |
Battle of Grand Gulf MS & Dinwiddie Court House VA |
1865 |
Battle of Boydton, VA (White Oaks Roads, Dinwiddie C H) |
1865 |
Gen Pickette moves to 5 Forks, abandoning the defense of Peterburg |
1866 |
The Spanish Navy bombs the harbor of Valparaíso, Chile. |
1868 |
Chinese Embassy arrives aboard steamship China |
1870 |
1st black to vote in US (Thomas P Mundy of Perth Amboy NJ) |
1877 |
British high director/governor sir Bartle Frere arrives in Capetown |
1877 |
Test Cricket debut of Fred "Demon" Spofforth, Aust v Eng MCG |
1877 |
The family with samurai antecedents who responded to the Saigo army in Ōita Nakatsu rebels. |
1880 |
1st town completely illuminated by electric lighting (Wabash, IN) |
1883 |
1st performance of Caesar Franck's "Le Chasseur Maudit" |
1883 |
Utrecht begins water pipe system |
1885 |
Great Britain declares Bechuanaland a protectorate |
1889 |
300m Eiffel Tower officially opens (commemorates French Revolution) |
1900 |
At " Surprise of Sanna's Post" in the Second Boer War 150 troops under Brigadier General Robert Broadwood were killed. |
1903 |
Richard Pearse flies monoplane several hundred yards (NZ) |
1905 |
Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany visits Tangier, Morocco and proclaims Germany's support of Moroccan independence and equal opportunity for all powers to trade there |
1906 |
GB Shaw's German version of "Caesar & Cleopatra" premieres in Berlin |
1907 |
Romanian Army puts down Moldavian farmers' revolt |
1909 |
Baseball rules players who jump contracts are suspended for 5 years |
1909 |
Gustav Mahler conducts NY Philharmonic for his 1st time |
1909 |
In a diplomatic note to Austria, Serbia recognizes the the Bosnian annexation and promises to maintain friendly relations with Austria |
1916 |
Dutch government ends all military engagements |
1917 |
US purchases Danish West Indies for $25M & renames them Virgin Islands |
1918 |
1st daylight savings time in US goes into effect |
1919 |
Strike against Ruhrgebied government of Scheidemann |
1920 |
British parliament accepts Irish Home Rule law |
1921 |
British coal miners goes on strike |
1922 |
KFI-AM in Los Angeles CA begins radio transmissions |
1922 |
Prince Hendrik opens trade fair building in Amsterdam |
1923 |
1st dance marathon-NYC-Alma Cummings sets record of 27 hrs |
1923 |
French soldiers fire on workers at Krupp factory in Essen; 13 die |
1923 |
Stanley Cup: Ottawa Senators (NHL) sweep Edm Eskimos (WCHL) in 2 games |
1924 |
Croydon Airport, London: Imperial Airways established |
1924 |
London public transport strike ends |
1925 |
WOWO-AM, Ft Wayne Indiana begins radio transmission (500 watts) |
1926 |
German Special Court of Justice for state security disbands |
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. |
1932 |
150 wild swans die in Niagara waterfall |
1932 |
Ford publicly unveils its V-8 engine |
1933 |
1st newspaper published on pine pulp paper, "Soperton News" (Ga) |
1933 |
Congress authorizes Civilian Conservation Corps |
1933 |
German Republic gives power to Hitler |
1934 |
Netherlands Indies BC Ltd begins radio transmission (Indonesia) |
1935 |
Fusahige Suzuki runs world record marathon (2:27:49) |
1939 |
Britain & France agree to support Poland if invaded by Germany |
1939 |
"The Hound of Baskervilles", starring Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes and Nigel Bruce as Dr. Watson for the first time, is released |
1940 |
Karelo-Finnish SSR becomes 12th Soviet republic (until 1956) |
1941 |
Ground broken for Union Square Garage, SF |
1943 |
US errantly bombs Rotterdam, kills 326 |
1944 |
Hungary orders all Jews to wear yellow stars |
1945 |
3rd Algerian division crosses the Rhine |
1945 |
Sicherheitsdienst murders 10 political prisoners in Zutphen |
1945 |
Tennessee Williams' "Glass Menagerie" premieres in NYC |
1945 |
US artillery lands on Keise Shima/begins firing on Okinawa |
1946 |
Belgian government of Acker forms |
1946 |
The first election is held in Greece after World War II. |
1948 |
Congress passes Marshall Aid Act to rehabilitate war-torn Europe |
1949 |
Newfoundland becomes Canada's 10th province |
1951 |
US tanks exceed 38° of latitude in Korea |
1953 |
US Department of Health, Education & Welfare established |
1953 |
UN Security Council nominates Dag Hammarskjoeld secretary-general |
1954 |
US Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs established |
1954 |
USSR offers to join NATO |
1955 |
Collie Smith scores 104 on cricket debut WI v Aust, Kingston |
1955 |
US Assay Office in Seattle, Washington closes Chase National (3rd largest bank) & Bank of the Manhattan Company (15th largest bank) merge to form Chase Manhattan |
1958 |
US Navy forms atomic sub division |
1958 |
USSR suspends nuclear weapons tests, & urges US & Britain to do same |
1959 |
Dalai Lama fled China & was granted political asylum in India |
1960 |
Gore Vidal's "Best Man" premieres in NYC |
1961 |
Aklilou Habtewold becomes 1st premier of Ethiopia |
1963 |
LA ends streetcar service after 90 years |
1964 |
Pres Jango Goulart of Brazil chased out of office by military |
1965 |
US ordered the 1st combat troops to Vietnam |
1965 |
Iberia Airlines Convair 440 crashed into the sea on approach to Tangier killing 47 of 51 occupants. |
1966 |
25,000 anti war demonstrators march in NYC |
1966 |
Labour Party wins British parliamentary election |
1966 |
USSR launches Luna 10, 1st lunar orbiter |
1967 |
1st time Jimi Hendrix burns his guitar (London) |
1968 |
LBJ announces he will not seek re-election |
1968 |
Mickey Wright wins LPGA Palm Beach County Golf Open |
1968 |
Pirate Radio Station Pegaus (NZ) begins transmitting |
1968 |
Seattle's AL club is named Pilots |
1969 |
George Harrison & Patti Boyd are fined £250 each for illegal drugs |
1970 |
Federal bankruptcy court allows Seattle Pilots to be sold to Milwaukee |
1970 |
Explorer 1 re-enters the Earth's atmosphere after 12 years in orbit |
1970 |
Following an Orange Order parade, intense riots erupt on the Springfield Road in Belfast; violence lasts for three days, and the British Army used CS gas for the first time in large quantities |
1971 |
South Africa national debt hits 5.45 billion |
1971 |
William Calley sentenced to life for Mi Lai Massacre |
1972 |
Official Beatles Fan Club closes down |
1973 |
Flyers score 8 goals in 1 period vs Islanders, on 60 shots |
1973 |
Ken Norton defeats Muhammad Ali in a 12 round split decision |
1975 |
37th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Kentucky 92-55 |
1975 |
John Wooden's final game, UCLA, wins 10th NCAA championship in 12 yrs |
1976 |
Cleveland Cavaliers clinch their 1st ever NBA playoff bearth |
1976 |
NJ Court rules Karen Anne Quinlan may be disconnected from respirator |
1977 |
Michael Cristofer's "Shadow Box" premieres in NYC |
1978 |
Red Rum wins 3rd consecutive Grand National & retires |
1978 |
USSR launches Kosmos 1000 navigational satellite |
1978 |
Wings release "London Town" album |
1979 |
The last British soldier leaves the Maltese Islands. Malta declares its Freedom Day (Jum il-Helsien). |
1980 |
Larry Holmes TKOs Leroy Jones in 8 for heavyweight boxing title |
1980 |
Mike Weaver KOs John Tate in 15 for heavyweight boxing title |
1980 |
President Jimmy Carter deregulates banking industry |
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. |
1981 |
1st Golden Raspberry Awards: Can't Stop the Music wins |
1981 |
53rd Academy Awards - "Ordinary People", R De Niro & Sissy Spacek win |
1982 |
Arkas tanker at Montz La, spills 1.47 million gallons of oil |
1982 |
Rock group Doobie Brothers split up |
1983 |
Earthquake in Colombia kills some 5,000 people |
1983 |
Marsha Norman's "'night, Mother" premieres in NYC |
1984 |
US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site |
1985 |
15th Easter Seal Telethon raises $27,400,000 |
1985 |
4th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Old Dominion beats Ga 70-65 |
1985 |
El Salvador's Pres Duartes' Christian-Democrats win election |
1985 |
Wrestlemania I at Madison Square Garden NY, Hogan & Mr T beat Piper & Orndorf |
1986 |
167 die when Mexicana Airlines Boeing 727 crashes |
1986 |
48th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Louisville beats Duke 72-69 |
1986 |
English Hampton Court palace destroyed by fire, 1 dead |
1986 |
Six metropolitan county councils are abolished in England. |
1987 |
49th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Indiana beats Syracuse 74-73 |
1988 |
Last East Limburg coal mine closes in Gent Belgium |
1988 |
NY Islanders celebrate Denis Potvin night |
1988 |
Pulitzer prize awarded to Toni Morrison for "Beloved" |
1989 |
Donald Trump purchases Eastern's Northeast Shuttle |
1990 |
"Carol & Company" starring Carol Burnette premieres on NBC-TV |
1990 |
Dionisio Castro cycles world record 20km (57:18.4) |
1990 |
Riots began in London over the new poll tax laws |
1991 |
10th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Tennessee beats Virginia 70-67 |
1991 |
20th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Amy Alcott |
1991 |
Albania offers 1st multi-party election in 50 years |
1991 |
Danny Bonaduce attacks a transvestite prostitute in Phoenix Az |
1991 |
Georgian SSR votes on whether to remain in the Soviet Union |
1991 |
Musical "Will Rogers Follies" premieres in NYC |
1991 |
Soviet Rep of Georgia endorsed independence; Warsaw Pact dissolves |
1991 |
St Louis Blues Brett Hull scores his 86th goal |
1991 |
The Establishment of Islamic Constitutional Movement - Hadas in Kuwait. |
1992 |
Delhi beat Tamil Nadu on 1st innings to win cricket Ranji Trophy |
1992 |
UN Security Council voted to ban flights & arms sales to Libya |
1994 |
James Farentino pleads no contest to stalking ex-girl Tina Sinatra |
1994 |
Walkway from Cleveland's Tower City to Jacobs Field officially opens |
1994 |
Human evolution: The journal Nature reports the finding in Ethiopia of the first complete Australopithecus afarensis skull. |
1995 |
1st game at Coors Stadium Colo (replacement Rockies beat Yanks 4-1) |
1995 |
Bombay beat Punjab on 1st innings to win cricket Ranji Trophy |
1995 |
Federal judge orders injunction to end baseball strike |
1996 |
"Getting Away With Murder" closes at Broadhurst NYC after 17 perfs |
1996 |
"Midsummer Night's Dream" opens at Lunt-Fontanne NYC for 66 perfs |
1996 |
15th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Tenn beats Georgia 83-65 |
1996 |
1st Opening Day in history in March takes place in Seattle |
1996 |
25th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Patty Sheehan |
1996 |
Karnataka defeat Tamil Nadu on 1st innings to win Ranji Trophy |
1996 |
Radio Canada International's final shortwave broadcast |
1996 |
Space Shuttle STS 76 (Atlantis 16), lands |
1996 |
Wrestlemania XII - Shawn Michaels beats Brett Hart for WWF title |
1997 |
"Daytime to Remember" a series showing old soaps premieres on ABC-TV |
1997 |
59th NCAA Mens Basketball Championship: Ariz beats Kentucky 84-79 (OT) |
1997 |
Pioneer 10 ends its mission |
1998 |
Tampa Bay Devil Rays 1st game they host Detroit Tigers |
1999 |
"10 Things I Hate About You", a modernization of Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew, starring Julia Stiles and Heath Ledger, is released |
2002 |
21st NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: at San Antonio |
2004 |
In Fallujah, Iraq, 4 American private military contractors working for Blackwater USA, are killed and their bodies mutilated after being ambushed. |
2007 |
In Sydney, Australia, 2.2 million people take part in the first Earth Hour. |
2008 |
Aloha Airlines, a bankrupt airline, permanently ends passenger service |
2012 |
Fiji Floods kill 2 people and force thousands to be evacuated |
2013 |
14 Boko Haram suspects are killed in a Nigerian Army raid |
2013 |
11 people are killed in flooding at Port Louis, Mauritius |
2013 |
2 people die from bird flu (type H7N9) in China |
2016 |
US transgender community fights against 'bathroom bills' |
2016 |
Trump backs off call to punish women for abortions if they're banned |
2016 |
Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi to be given new 'PM-like' role |
2017 |
Michael Flynn Offers to Testify Before Congress in Exchange for Immunity |
2017 |
McDonald's to Use Fresh Beef for Quarter Pounder Burgers |
2017 |
Interstate 85 collapses in massive fire in Atlanta |
2017 |
Israeli cabinet approves new settlement, first in 2 decades |
2017 |
Ousted South Korean President Park Geun-hye arrested |
2017 |
SpaceX makes history: It launched a used rocket and then landed it in the ocean |
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