On March 31...
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1774
Port of Boston closed by the3 British Government
1854
The ports of Japan were opened to American trade by Commodore Matthew Perry signing the Treaty of Kanagawa
1889
The Eifel Tower opened
1906
The Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the United States(NCAA) is established
1909
Construction of the RMS Titanic begins
1917
The US take possession of the Danish East Indies and rename them the US Virgin Islands
1918
Daylight Savings in the USA goes into effect for the first time
1930
The Hays Code goes into effect covering Motion Pictures
1931
Knute Rockne killed in plane crash near Bazaar, Kansas
1959
The 14th Dalai Lama is granted assylum in India
1985
The First WrestleMania takes place in Madison Square Garden
1992
The USS Missouri is decommisioned
1995
Selena is murdered
March 31 Births
1732-Joseph Haydn
1878-Jack Johnson
1907-Eddie Quillan
1919-Frank Akins
1922-Richard Kiley
1927-Cesar Chavez
1928-Gordie Howe
1929-Liz Claiborne
1932-John Jakes
1934-Shirley Jones
1935-Herb Alpert
1940-Barney Frank
1940-Patrick Leahy
1943-Christopher Walken
1945-Gabe Kaplan
1948-David Eisenhower
1948-Al Gore
1948-Rhea Perlman
1950-Ed Marinaro
1962-John Taylor
1965-Tom Barrasso
1971-Pavel Bure
1980-Chien-Ming Wang
1984-James Jones
March 31 Deaths
1727-Sir Isaac Newton
1850-John C. Calhoun
1913-J.P. Morgan
1931-Knute Rockne
1945-Anne Frank
1956-Ralph DePalma
1980-Jesse Owens
1986-Jerry Paris
1993-Brandon Lee
1995-Selena
1998-Tim Flock
2003-Anne Gwynne
2005-Frank Perdue
2005-Terry Schiavo
2008-Bill Keightly
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