Page 5: Historical Events In March - 31

1909  Gustav Mahler conducts New York Philharmonic for his first time on March - 31.   

1909  Baseball rules players who jump contracts are suspended for 5 years on this day in history.   

1909  On March - 31 pieter Jongeling, Dutch MP (GVP)/editor (Neth Daily)   

1912  On this day in history wilhelmus Berkelmans, civil servant/resistance fighter   

1913  On this day in history john Pierpont Morgan, US banker/CEO (US Steel Corp), dies at 75   

1914  Canada now has 3,000 officers and men in the Permanent Force; 5,615 officers and 68,991 men in the militia on this day in history.   

1914  On this day in history seventy-eight hunters die, many crippled by frostbite, in a two day long storm when their sealing steamer, the Newfoundland, fails to pick them up due to mistaken orders.   

1914  On March - 31 the birth of Octavio Paz, mexican writer and poet   

1914  On this day in history octavio Paz, Mexico, writer/diplomat (Salamandra, Topoemas)   

1914  Ch Morgenstern, writer, dies at 42 on March - 31.   

1915  Eliseo Morales Pajaro, composer on this day in history.   

1916  On March - 31 dutch government ends all military engagements   

1916  Dutch govt ends all milt engagements on March - 31.   

1916  On this day in history john Vivyan, Chic Ill, actor (Imitation of Life, Mr Lucky)   

1917  US purchases Danish West Indies for $25M and renames them Virgin Islands on this day in history.   

1917  US purchases Danish West Indies for $25M & renames them Virgin Islands on March - 31.   

1918  On March - 31 first daylight savings time in US goes into effect   

1918  1st daylight savings time in US goes into effect on March - 31.   

1918  On this day in history ted Post, Dir (Peacemaker, Beneath the Planet of the Apes)   

1919  Strike against Ruhrgebied government of Scheidemann on this day in history.   

1920  British parliament accept Irish "Home Rule"-law on March - 31.   

1920  On this day in history marga [Sara Voeten-] Minco, Dutch writer (Bitter Herb)   

1921  Albert Einstein lectures in New York on his new theory of relativity on March - 31.   

1921  On this day in history british coal miners goes on strike   

1921  Establishment of the Royal Australian Air Force on March - 31.   

1921  On this day in history formation of Australian Air Force, which becomes the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) on 31aug1921   

1922  On this day in history prince Hendrik opens trade fair building in Amsterdam   

1922  On this day in history kFI-AM in Los Angeles CA begins radio transmissions   

1922  Patrick J G McGee, North Ireland, actor (Clockwork Orange) on March - 31.   

1923  French soldiers fire on workers at Krupp factory in Essen; 13 die on this day in history.   

1923  1st dance marathon-NYC-Alma Cummings sets record of 27 hrs on this day in history.   

1923  Donald Argee Barksdale, Berkley Cal, basketballer (Olympic-gold-1948) on March - 31.   

1924  On this day in history london public transport strike ends   

1924  On March - 31 croydon Airport: 1st British mig aircraft Imperial established   

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0250  On this day in history birth of constantius Chlorus, Roman Emperor (d. 306)   

1360  Philippa of Lancaster, queen of Portugal (d. 1415) was born on this day in history.   

1425  Bianca Maria Visconti, Duchess of Milan (d. 1468) was born on March - 31.   

1499  On this day in history birth of pius IV, [Gianangelo de' Medici], Italian lawyer/pope (1559-65)   

1504  Guru Angad Dev, second Sikh guru (d. 1552) was born on this day in history.   

1519  On March - 31 birth of henry II, King of Germany (1547-59)   

1519  King Henry II of France (d. 1559) was born on March - 31.   

1536  Ashikaga Yoshiteru, Japanese shogun (d. 1565) was born on this day in history.   

1074  Death of Regency Yorimichi Fujiwara of Japan (b. 992) on this day in history.   

1340  On this day in history ivan I Kalita, grand-duke of Vladimir, dies   

1389  On March - 31 death of everhard Tserclaes, sheriff of Brussels, murdered   

1547  Death of Francis I of France (b. 1494) on this day in history.   

1567  Philip, the Generous, count of Hessen, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1578  Death of Juan de Escobedo, sec of Spanish land guardian Don Juan, murdered on March - 31.   

1621  On March - 31 felipe III, King of Spain (1598-1621), dies at 42   

1631  On March - 31 john Donne, Metaphysical poet, dies (birth date unknown)