Birthdates Which Occur on March 31:
1499 Pius IV [Gianangelo de' Medici], Italian lawyer/pope (1559-65)
1519 Henry II King of Germany (1547-59)
1570 Louise Juliana countess of Nassau
1596 Ren‚ Descartes France, philosopher (he thought, therefore he was)
1621 Andrew Marvell England, poet (To His Coy Mistress)
1675 Benedict XIV [Prospero L Lambertini], Italy, Pope (1740-58)
1684 Francesco Durante composer
1717 Florian Wrastill composer
1723 Frederik V King of Denmark/Norway (1746-66)
1732 Franz Joseph Haydn Austria, composer, help develop classical style
1747 Johann A P Schulz German composer
and Johann Abraham Peter Schulz German composer (Moon has Risen)
1791 Franciszek Wincenty Mirecki composer
1809 Edward FitzGerald England, writer (Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam)
and Nikolai Gogol father of 19th-century Russian realism (Dead Souls)
and Otto Jonas Lindblad composer
1811 Robert Wilhelm Eberhard von Bunsen Germany, chemist (Bunsen Burner)
1822 Rafael Hernando composer
1831 Archibald Scott Scottish chemist
1835 John La Farge US painter
1837 Robert Ross McBurney 1st paid secretary of the YMCA
and Stephen Dodson Ramseur Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1864
1838 L‚on Dierx French poet
1839 Nikolay Przhevalsky naturalist, explorer of east central Asia (OS)
1840 John Herbert Kelly Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864
1844 Andrew Lang Scotland, author (The Blue Fairy Book)
1847 Jarolslaw Zielinski composer
1848 John Henry Roberts composer
1854 Dugald Clerk inventor (2-stroke motorcycle engine)
1868 Karl Bonhoeffer German psychiatrist/neurologist
1872 Arthur Griffith Irish journalist, founder of Sinn F‚in
and Sergei Pavlovich Diaghilev Russia, dance master (Imperial Ballet)
1878 Jack Johnson 1st black heavyweight boxing champ (1908-1915)
1885 Jules Pascin [Julius Pincas], Bulgarian/US painter/cartoonist
1887 Jose Maria Usandizaga composer
and Saint-John Perse [MRA Alexis L‚ger], Fren poet (Nobel 1960) [or 5/31]
1891 Erich Walter Sternberg composer
and Ion Pillat Romaniams poet/senator (Umbra timpului)
and Victor Varconi Hungary, actor (Divine Lady, King of Kings, Big City)
1892 Stanislav Maczek Polish/British general-major/commandant
1893 Clemens Krauss Vienna Austria, conductor (Berlin State Orch-1937)
1895 John Jay McCloy lawyer/banker (Sec of War 1941-45, pres Chase Man)
and Vardis A Fisher US author (Darkness & Deep)
19-- Brigitte Aime XXX actress (Battle of the Superstars Round 1)
and Evan Cohen LA Calif, actor (David-The Ropers, Johnny-It's Not Easy)
and Ken Meeker NY, actor (Rafe Garretson-One Life to Live)
and Mirla Castellanos Buenos Aires Argentina, spanish singer
and Peggy Rea LA Calif, actress (Red Skelton Show, Waltons)
and Valerie Curtin Jackson Hgts NY, actress/writer (Judy-9 to 5)
1900 Henry WFA English duke of Gloucester/earl of Ulters
and L”rinc Szab¢ Hungary, poet (Huszonhatodik ‚v)
1906 Lauri Saikkola composer
1907 Eddie Quillan Phila, actor (Julia, Hell Town)
1909 Pieter Jongeling Dutch 2nd-Chamber member/editor (GVP/Neth Daily)
and Robert Brasillach French author/nazi collaborator
1912 Wilhelmus Berkelmans civil servant/resistance fighter
1914 Octavio Paz Mexico, writer/diplomat (Salamandra, Topoemas)
1915 Eliseo Morales Pajaro composer
and Henry Morgan NYC, comedian/TV panelist (I've Got a Secret, Arena)
1916 John Vivyan Chic Ill, actor (Imitation of Life, Mr Lucky)
1920 Marga [Sara Voeten-] Minco Dutch writer (Bitter Herb)
1922 Patrick J G McGee North Ireland, actor (Clockwork Orange)
and Richard Kiley Chicago, actor (Man of La Mancha, Endless Love)
1923 Donald Argee Barksdale Berkley Cal, basketballer (Olympic-gold-1948)
1924 Harry Cubitt 4th Lord Ashcombe ("Mad Harry"), English landowner
and Leo Buscaglia LA Calif, "Dr Hug", psycholigist (Love)
1926 John Fowles England, novelist (Collector)
and Sydney Chaplin son of Charlie/actor (Adding Machine, Psycho Sisters)
1927 Cesar Chavez Yuma Az, farm labor leader (United Farm Workers)
and William Daniels Bkln NY, actor (Dr Mark Craig-St Elsewhere, 1776)
1928 Gordie Howe Floral Sask, NHL right wing (Detroit Redwings)
1929 Lee Patterson Vancouver BC, actor (Dave-Surfside Six)
1932 John Jakes Chicago, writer (Sir Scoundrel, Great Women Reporters)
and Nagisa Oshima Kyoto Japan, director (Town of Love & Hope)
1933 Bob Simmons Fulham England, stuntman (double for James Bond)
and Shirley Jones Smithton Pa, actress (Partridge Family, Elmer Gantry)
1934 G G Nelyubov cosmonaut
and John Loudermilk rock drummer
and Wim H Sinnige Dutch social democratic party-alderman of finance
1935 Herb Alpert bandleader/trumpeteer (Tijuana Brass)/CEO (A & M)
and Judith Rossner US, writer (August)
and Richard Chamberlain Beverly Hills Calif, actor (Dr Kildare)
1936 Marge Piercy author (Small Changes, Gone for Soldiers)
1937 Willem Duyn [Mouth], Dutch singer (Mouth & MacNeal)
1938 Nathaniel Taylor St Louis Mo, actor (Rollo-Sanford & Sons)
1939 Liz Claiborne Brussels Belgium, fashion designer (women)
1940 Barney Frank (Rep-D-MA, 1981- )
and Patrick J Leahy (Sen-D-VT, 1975- )
1943 Christopher Walken Astoria Queens, actor (Deer Hunter, Brainstorm)
1944 Rod Allen [B Rodney Bainbridge] rock bassist/vocalist (Fortunes)
1946 Al Nichol Winston Salem NC, rock guitarist/vocalist (Turtles)
and Gabe Kaplan Bkln NY, comedian/actor (Welcome Back Kotter)
1947 Al Goodman rock vocalist (Ray, Goodman, Brown)
and C‚sar Gaviria Trujillo president (Colombia, 1990-94)
and Jon-Jon Poulos Chicago Ill, rocker (Buckinghams)
1948 Albert Gore Jr Wash DC, (Sen-D-Tenn, 1985-92)/45th US VP (1993- )
and Rhea Perlman Brooklyn, actress (Zena-Taxi, Carla-Cheers)
and Thijs van Leer Dutch singer/flutist (Focus, Introspection)
1950 Richard Hughes rocker (Johnny Winter Band)
1951 Ed Marinaro NYC, actor (Joe-Hill St Blues, Sonny-Laverne & Shirley)
1952 Vanessa Del Rio [Anna Maria Sanchez], XXX actress (Babylon Gold)
1953 Greg Martin Louisville Ky, singer (Ky Headhunters-Davy Crockett)
and Sean Hopper Calif, rock keyboardist (Huey Lewis & The News)
1954 Tony Brock England, rock drummer (Babys-Missing You)
1957 Marc McClure San Mateo Calif, actor (Ross-California Fever)
and Mary Cadorette East Hartford Ct, actress (Vicky-3's a Crowd)
1958 Pat McGlynn Edinburgh, rock guitarist (Bay City Rollers)
1959 Angus Young Glascow Scotland, rock guitarist (AC/DC-Highway to Hell)
1960 Anne Howard San Diego Calif, actress (Nicole Love-Another World)
1961 Ron Brown LA Calif, 4x100m runner (Olympic-gold-1984)
1964 Erik Turner Omaha Nebraska, rock guitarist (Warrant-Cherry Pie)
and Isabelle Ferrari Italy, (Italy's Miss Teenager)
1965 Patty Fendick Sacramento Calif, tennis star
and William McNamara Dallas TX, actor (Texasville, Beat, Stealing Home)
1974 Carol Ann Plante actress (Sara Henderson-Harry & the Hendersons)
1976 Josh Saviano actor (Paul Pfeiffer-Wonder Years)
Deaths Which Occured March 31:
1201 Absalon Asserss”n Danish archbishop of Lund/statesman, dies
1340 Ivan I Kalita ruler of Vladimir, dies
1389 Everhard Tserclaes of Brussels, murdered
1567 Philips de Greatmoedige count of Hessen, dies
1578 Juan de Escobedo sec of Spanish land guardian Don Juan, murdered
1621 Felipe III King of Spain (1598-1621), dies at 42
1631 John Donne Metaphysical poet, dies (birth date unknown)
1656 Pierre de La Barre composer, dies at 64
1722 Campegius Vitringa theologist, dies
1741 Peter Burmannus [Peter Burman], attorney/classical, dies
1809 Franz Joseph Haydn composer, dies on 77th birthday
1837 John Constable English painter/water colors painter, dies at 60
1850 John Calhoun dies at 68^
1855 Charlotte Bront‰ English author (Jane Eyre), dies at 38
1877 Antoine A Cournot French mathematician (rule of C), dies at 75
1880 Henryk Wieniawski composer, dies at 44
1881 Gaetano Gaspari composer, dies at 73
1884 John T Beelen Neth/Belgian catholic bible expert, dies at 77
1885 Franz W Abbot German composer/choir conductor, dies
Franz Wilhelm Abt composer, dies at 65
Philipp Fahrbach composer, dies at 69
1886 Giovanni Rossi composer, dies at 57
1892 Adolf Rzepko composer, dies at 66
1895 Vardis A Fisher US writer (Darkness & Deep), dies
1898 Edward Noyes Westcott US attorney/writer (David Harum), dies
1901 John Stainer composer, dies at 61
1913 John Pierpont Morgan US banker/CEO (US Steel Corp), dies
1928 Gustave Ador union president of Austria 1919, dies at 82
Medardo Rosso Italian sculptor (portraits), dies at 69
1931 Knute Rockne football player/coach dies in a plane crash at 43
1934 Franz Ehrle German jesuit of Vatican library, dies at 88
1938 Willem Kloos poet, dies
1939 Indrië Einarsson Iceland playwright (Skipië Sekkur), dies at 87
1944 Mineichi Koga admiral of Japanese fleet, dies
1945 Hans Fischer German physicist (Nobel 1930), dies
Maurice Rose 1st US general in Nazi Germany, killed in action
1948 Egon E Kisch Czech writer/journalist (Rasende Reporter), dies
1951 Ralph Forbes actor (Riptide, Shock, Shock), dies at 45
1957 Gene Lockhart NYC actor (Going My Way), dies at 65
1959 Peter Suhrkamp German publisher (S Verlag), dies at 68
1960 Joseph Hare German (opera)composer (Totenmesse), dies at 81
1961 Seerp Anema poet/writer (Modern Art & Degenerating), dies
1967 Don Alvarado actor (Morning Glory, Big Steal), dies at 62
Hieronim Feicht composer, dies at 72
1970 Semjon Timosjenko Russ marshal/inspector-general (WW II), dies at 75
1971 Liselotte "Liselot" Beekmeyer actress (Child Crying), dies at 31
1973 Kurt George Hugo Thomas composer, dies at 68
1974 Andrea Checci actress (2 Women, Assassin, Black Sunday), dies at 57
1978 Astrid Allwyn actress (Love Affair, Girl for Calgary), dies at 68
1982 Fritz Eberhard West German lawyer/resistor, dies at 85
1983 Stephen Murray actor (Guilty, Silent Dust, Master Spy), dies at 70
1986 Jerry Paris director/actor (Jerry-Dick Van Dyke Show), dies at 60
O'Kelly Isley US, singer (Isley Brothers), dies of heart attack at 48
1988 Talib Rasul Hakim composer, dies at 48
1990 Lillian "Miss" Miller audience member (Merv Griffin, Tonight), dies
1991 John Carter US jazz clarinetist (Roots & folklore), dies
1993 Brandon Lee US actor (Crow)/son of Bruce Lee, accidentally shot at 28
1994 L‚on J Ramirez Reine [Degrelle], Belg/Spanish nazi Rex, dies at 87
1995 Selena Mexican Grammy winning singer, killed by a fan at 24
Holidays Which Occur March 31:
Malta Freedom Day (1974)
Religious Observances on March 31:
1631 Ang, Luth Commemoration of John Donne, priest
2154 Jewish 1st day of Passover
Jewish 1st day of Passover
2165 Jewish 1st day of Passover
Jewish 1st day of Passover
2176 Jewish 1st day of Passover
Jewish 1st day of Passover
Things to Remember for March 31:
American Woman's History month
Flowers-jonquil, violet & daffodil Gems-bloodstone & aquamarine
International Hamburger & Pickle Month-Red Cross Month
Music in our Schools Month
[Antigua & Barbuda, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda,] Fiscal Year ends
[Botswana, British Virgin Islands, Burma, Canada,] Fiscal Year ends
[Cayman Islands, Cook Islands, Equatorial Guinea,] Fiscal Year ends
[Falkland Islands, Faroe Islands, Gaza Strip,] Fiscal Year ends
[Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Isle of Man, Israel,] Fiscal Year ends
[Jamaica, Japan, Jersey, Lesotho, Malawi, Malta,] Fiscal Year ends
[Montserrat, Namibia, Niue, Pitcairn Islands,] Fiscal Year ends
[Qatar, Singapore, South Africa, St Helena,] Fiscal Year ends
[St Lucia, Swaziland, Tokelau, United Kingdom,] Fiscal Year ends
[West Bank of Israel] Fiscal Year ends
Highlights in History Which Occur March 31:
1084 Anti-pope Clemens crowns German emperor Hendrik IV
1492 Queen Isabella of Castilia & Ferdinand of Aragon expels Jews
1504 France & Spain signs ceasefire
1521 Magelhaes takes possession of Homohon, Archipelago of St Lazarus
1547 Henry II succeeds Fran‡ois I as king of France
1644 Pope Urbanus VIII & duke of Parma signs Peace of Ferrara
1651 Great earthquake at Cuzco Peru
1657 English Humble Petition offers Lord Protector Cromwell the crown
1667 France/England signs anti-Dutch military accord
1683 Emperor Leopold I/Poland signs covenant against Turkey
1745 Jews are expelled from Prague
1796 Johann Wolfgang von Goethes "Egmont," premieres in Weimar
1808 French created Kingdom of Westphalia orders Jews to adopt family names
1814 Forces allied against Napoleon capture Paris
1831 Mainzer Rijnvaart Convention ends
and Qu‚bec & Montr‚al 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 Commodore Perry forces Japan to open its ports to foreign trade
and Japan opens harbors for US shipping
1856 H Goldschmidt discovers asteroid #40 Harmonia (daughter of Mars)
1861 Confederacy takes over mint at New Orleans
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)
and Gen Pickette moves to 5 Forks, abandoning the defense of Peterburg
1868 Chinese Embassy arrives aboard steamship China
1870 Thomas P Mundy became 1st black to vote in US (Perth Amboy NJ)
1877 British high director/governor sir Bartle Frere arrives in Capetown
1880 1st town completely illuminated by electric lighting (Wabash, IN)
1883 1st performance of C‚sar Franck's "Le Chasseur Maudit"
and Utrecht begins water pipe system
1885 Great Britain declares Bechuanaland a protectorate
1886 J Palisa discovers asteroids #254 Augusta & #255 Oppavia
1889 Eiffel Tower in Paris officially opens
1891 A Borrelly discovers asteroid #308 Polyxo
1896 Whitcomb Judson, Chicago, patents a hookless fastening (zipper)
1899 J Coggia discovers asteroid #444 Gyptis
1900 Brig-General Broadwoods troops fall into guerrilla hands
1903 Richard Pearse flies monoplane several hundred yards (New Zealand)
1905 German emperor Wilhelm II visits Tanger
1906 GB Shaws German version of "Caesar & Cleopatra," premieres in Berlin"
1907 Romanian Army puts down Moldavian revolt
1909 Gustav Mahler conducts NY Philharmonic
1916 Dutch govt ends all milt engagements
and M Wolf discovers asteroids #821 Fanny, #822 Lalage, #823 Sisigambis
& #1661 Granule
1917 US purchases Virgin Is from Denmark for $25 million
1918 1st daylight savings time in US goes into effect
1919 Strike against Ruhrgebied government of Scheidemann
1920 British parliament accept Irish "Home Rule"-law
1921 British coal miners goes on strike
1922 KFI-AM in Los Angeles CA begins radio transmissions
and Prince Hendrik opens trade fair building in Amsterdam
1923 1st dance marathon-NYC-Alma Cummings sets record of 27 hrs
and French soldiers fire on workers at Krupp factory in Essen; 13 die
and Ottawa Senators sweep Edm Eskimos in 2 for Stanley Cup (2nd of 1923)
1924 Croydon Airport: 1st British mig aircraft Imperial established
and 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
1932 150 wild swans die in Niagara waterfall
and Ford publicly unveils its V-8 engine
1933 1st newspaper published on pine pulp paper, "Soperton News" (Ga)
and Congress authorizes Civilian Conservation Corps
and 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
1940 Karelo-Finnish SSR becomes 12th Soviet republic (until 1956)
1941 Germany begins a counter offensive in Africa
and Ground broken for Union Square Garage, SF
1943 Allies bombs Wilton-Feyenoordwerf (326 dead)
and Rodgers & Hammerstein musical "Oklahoma!" opens on Broadway
and US errantly bombs Rotterdam, kills 326
1944 Hungary orders all Jews to wear yellow stars
1945 3rd Algerian division crosses the Rhine
and Sicherheitsdienst murders 10 political prisoners in Zutphen
and Tennessee Williams' "Glass Menagerie," premieres in NYC
and US artillery lands on Keise Shima/begins firing on Okinawa
1946 Belgian govt of Acker, forms
1949 Newfoundland becomes Canada's 10th province
1951 US tanks exceed 38ø of latitude in Korea
1953 UN Security Council nominates Dag Hammarskj”ld secretary-general
1954 USSR offers to join NATO
1955 US Assay Office in Seattle, Washington closes
Chase National (3rd largest bank) & Bank of the Manhattan Company
and (15th largest bank) merge to form Chase Manhattan
1958 US Navy forms atomic sub division
1959 Tibet's Dalai Lama reaches India
1960 Gore Vidal's "Best Man," premieres in NYC
1961 Aklilou Habtewold becomes 1st premier of Ethiopia
1962 Asteroid #3179 discovered
1963 LA ends streetcar service after 90 years
1964 Pres Jango Goulart of Brazil chased out of office by military
1966 25,000 anti war demonstrators march in NYC
and Labour Party wins British parliamentary election
and 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
and Pirate Radio Station Pegaus (NZ) begins transmitting
1969 George Harrison & Patti Boyd are fined œ250 each for illegal drugs
1970 Federal bankruptcy court allows Seattle Pilots to be sold to Milwaukee
1971 South Africa national debt hits 5.45 billion
and 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
and Ken Norton defeats Muhammad Ali in a 12 round split decision
1975 John Wooden's final game, UCLA wins 10th NCAA championship in 12 yrs
1976 Cleve Cavaliers clinch their 1st ever NBA playoff bearth
and Court rules Karen Anne Quinlan may be disconnected from respirator
1977 Michael Cristofer's "Shadow Box," premieres in NYC
1978 Red Rum wins 3rd Grand National
and USSR launches Kosmos 1000 navigational satellite
and Wings release "London Town" album
1980 Heavyweight champ Mike Weaver KOs John Tate in Knoxville
1981 53rd Academy Awards - Ordinary People, wins
1982 Arkas tanker at Montz La, spills 1.47 million gallons of oil
and Rock group Doobie Brothers split up
1983 Marsha Norman's "'night, Mother," premieres in NYC
1984 E Bowell discovers asteroid #3078 Horrocks
and US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1985 El Salvador's Pres Duartes Christian-Democrats win election
and Old Dominion beats Georgia, 70-65 to win Women NCAA basketball title
1986 167 die when Mexicana Airlines Boeing 727 crashes
and English Hampton Court palace destroyed by fire, 1 dead
and Louisville beats Duke for NCAA basketball title
1987 Indiana beats Syracuse for NCAA basketball title
1988 Last East Limburg coal mine closes in Gent Belgium
and NY Islanders celebrate Denis Potvin night
and 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
and Dionisio Castro cycles world record 20km (57:18.4)
1991 Albania offers 1st multi-party election in 50 years
and Danny Bonaduce attacks a transvestite prostitute in Phoenix Az
and Georgian SSR votes on whether to remain in the Soviet Union
and Musical "Will Rogers Follies," premieres in NYC
1992 Bruce Springsteen releases "Human Touch" & "Lucky Town"
1994 Walkway from Cleveland's Tower City to Jacobs Field officially opens
1995 1st game at Coors Stadium Colo (replacement Rockies beat Yanks 4-1)
and Federal judge orders injunction to end baseball strike
1996 1996 Baseball season opens, in March
and Radio Canada International's final shortwave broadcast
and Wrestlemania XII - Shawn Michaels beats Brett Hart for WWF title
Your Special Reminders for March 31:
1923 14øF lowest temperature for this date in NYC
and 1986 75øF highest temperature for this date in NYC
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