March 31 in history
Events on March 31
Notable events that happened on March 31 in past years.
- 2023
A historic tornado outbreak occurs in the American Midwest and South.
Wikipedia article: Tornado outbreak of March 31 – April 1, 2023 - 2004
Iraq War in Anbar Province: In Fallujah, Iraq, four American private military contractors working for Blackwater USA, are killed after being ambushed.
Wikipedia article: Anbar campaign (2003–2011) - 1993
The Macao Basic Law is adopted by the Eighth National People's Congress of China to take effect December 20, 1999. Resumption by China of the Exercise of Sovereignty over Macao
Wikipedia article: Macao Basic Law - 1991
The Warsaw Pact formally disbands.
Wikipedia article: Warsaw Pact - 1970
Explorer 1 re-enters the Earth's atmosphere after 12 years in orbit.
Wikipedia article: Explorer 1 - 1964
Brazilian General Olímpio Mourão Filho orders his troops to move towards Rio de Janeiro, beginning the coup d'état and 21 years of military dictatorship.
Wikipedia article: Olímpio Mourão Filho - 1951
Remington Rand delivers the first UNIVAC I computer to the United States Census Bureau.
Wikipedia article: Remington Rand - 1933
The Civilian Conservation Corps is established with the mission of relieving rampant unemployment in the United States.
Wikipedia article: Civilian Conservation Corps - 1921
The Royal Australian Air Force is formed.
Wikipedia article: Royal Australian Air Force - 1913
The Vienna Concert Society rioted during a performance of modernist music by Arnold Schoenberg, Alban Berg, Alexander von Zemlinsky, and Anton von Webern, causing a premature end to the concert due to violence; this concert became known as the Skandalkonzert.
Wikipedia article: Modernism (music) - 1901
Rusalka by Antonín Dvořák premieres at the National Opera House in Prague.
Wikipedia article: Rusalka (opera) - 1854
Commodore Matthew Perry signs the Convention of Kanagawa with the Tokugawa Shogunate, opening the ports of Shimoda and Hakodate to American trade.
Wikipedia article: Commodore (United States) - 1717
A sermon on "The Nature of the Kingdom of Christ" by Benjamin Hoadly, the Bishop of Bangor, preached in the presence of King George I of Great Britain, provokes the Bangorian Controversy.
Wikipedia article: Benjamin Hoadly - 1492
Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile sign the Edict of Expulsion of the Jews from Spain, ordering all Jews in their kingdoms to either convert to Christianity or leave the country.
- 307
After divorcing his wife Minervina, Constantine marries Fausta, daughter of the retired Roman emperor Maximian.
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