Events That Happened on March 31

A historic tornado outbreak occurs in the American Midwest and South.

Start of the 2018 Armenian revolution.

Baldi's Basics in education and learning was publicly released.

NASA astronaut Scott Kelly and Roscosmos cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko return to Earth after a yearlong mission at the International Space Station.

The dwarf planet Makemake is discovered by a team led by astronomer Michael E. Brown at the Palomar Observatory.

Iraq War in Anbar Province: In Fallujah, Iraq, four American private military contractors working for Blackwater USA, are killed after being ambushed.

Netscape releases Mozilla source code under an open source license.

Selena is murdered by her fan club president Yolanda Saldívar at a Days Inn in Corpus Christi, Texas.

TAROM Flight 371, an Airbus A310-300, crashes near Balotesti, Romania, killing all 60 people on board.

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

The USS Missouri, the last active United States Navy battleship, is decommissioned in Long Beach, California.

The Treaty of Federation is signed in Moscow.

Georgian independence referendum: Nearly 99 percent of the voters support the country's independence from the Soviet Union.

The Warsaw Pact formally disbands.

Approximately 200,000 protesters take to the streets of London to protest against the newly introduced Poll Tax.

Mexicana de Aviación Flight 940 crashes into the Sierra Madre Oriental mountain range near the Mexican town of Maravatío, killing 167.

The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad operates its final train after being ordered to liquidate its assets because of bankruptcy and debts owed to creditors.

Explorer 1 re-enters the Earth's atmosphere after 12 years in orbit.

American President Lyndon B. Johnson speaks to the nation of "Steps to Limit the War in Vietnam" in a television address. At the conclusion of his speech, he announces: "I shall not seek, and I will not accept, the nomination of my party for another term as your President."

The Soviet Union launches Luna 10 which later becomes the first space probe to enter orbit around the Moon.

The Labour Party under Harold Wilson wins the 1966 United Kingdom general election.

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.

The 14th Dalai Lama crosses the border into India and is granted political asylum.

In the Canadian federal election, the Progressive Conservatives, led by John Diefenbaker, win the largest percentage of seats in Canadian history, with 208 seats of 265.

Elections to the Territorial Assembly of the French colony Upper Volta are held. After the elections PDU and MDV form a government.

Remington Rand delivers the first UNIVAC I computer to the United States Census Bureau.

The Dominion of Newfoundland joins the Canadian Confederation and becomes the 10th Province of Canada.

World War II: A defecting German pilot delivers a Messerschmitt Me 262A-1, the world's first operational jet-powered fighter aircraft, to the Americans, the first to fall into Allied hands.

World War II: Japanese forces invade Christmas Island, then a British possession.

Events preceding World War II in Europe: Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain pledges British military support to the Second Polish Republic in the event of an invasion by Nazi Germany.

The Civilian Conservation Corps is established with the mission of relieving rampant unemployment in the United States.

An earthquake in Nicaragua destroys Managua; killing 2,000.

A Transcontinental & Western Air airliner crashes near Bazaar, Kansas, killing eight, including University of Notre Dame head football coach Knute Rockne.

The Motion Picture Production Code is instituted, imposing strict guidelines on the treatment of sex, crime, religion and violence in film, in the U.S., for the next thirty-eight years.

The Royal Australian Air Force is formed.

Massacre of ethnic Azerbaijanis is committed by allied armed groups of Armenian Revolutionary Federation and Bolsheviks. Nearly 12,000 Azerbaijani Muslims are killed.

Daylight saving time goes into effect in the United States for the first time.

According to the terms of the Treaty of the Danish West Indies, the islands become American possessions.

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.

Serbia formally withdraws its opposition to Austro-Hungarian actions in the Bosnian Crisis.

The Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the United States (later the National Collegiate Athletic Association) is established to set rules for college sports in the United States.

Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany declares his support for Moroccan independence in Tangier, beginning the First Moroccan Crisis.

Rusalka by Antonín Dvořák premieres at the National Opera House in Prague.

Philippine–American War: Malolos, capital of the First Philippine Republic, is captured by American forces.

The Eiffel Tower is officially opened.

The United Kingdom establishes the Bechuanaland Protectorate.

Commodore Matthew Perry signs the Convention of Kanagawa with the Tokugawa Shogunate, opening the ports of Shimoda and Hakodate to American trade.

The Sixth Coalition occupies Paris after Napoleon's Grande Armée capitulates.

American Revolution: The Kingdom of Great Britain orders the port of Boston, Massachusetts closed pursuant to the Boston Port Act.

The 1761 Lisbon earthquake strikes off the Iberian Peninsula with an estimated magnitude of 8.5, six years after another quake destroyed the city.

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.

The last session of history of the Catalan Courts, the parliamentary body of the Principality of Catalonia, ends. Catalonia's constitutional modernisation passed by the Courts aims to improve the guarantee of individual, political and economic rights (among them, the secrecy of correspondence).

The Long Parliament presents the Humble Petition and Advice offering Oliver Cromwell the British throne, which he eventually declines.

Ferdinand Magellan and fifty of his men came ashore to present-day Limasawa to participate in the first Catholic mass in the Philippines.

Queen Isabella of Castile issues the Alhambra Decree, ordering her 150,000 Jewish and Muslim subjects to convert to Christianity or face expulsion.

A conspiracy against Saladin, aiming to restore the Fatimid Caliphate, is revealed in Cairo, involving senior figures of the former Fatimid regime and the poet Umara al-Yamani. Modern historians doubt the extent and danger of the conspiracy reported in official sources, but its ringleaders will be publicly executed over the following weeks.

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.

After divorcing his wife Minervina, Constantine marries Fausta, daughter of the retired Roman emperor Maximian.

Reed Baker-Whiting, American professional footballer

Samson Baidoo, Austrian professional footballer

Mateo Sanabria, Argentine professional footballer

Alex Luna, Argentine professional footballer

Japhet Tanganga, English footballer

Brooke Scullion, Irish Singer

Jens Odgaard, Danish professional footballer

Denys Strekalin, Ukrainian-born pair skater

Adam Chrzanowski, Polish professional footballer

Santiago Chocobares, Argentine rugby union player

Ballou Tabla, Canadian professional soccer player

Elžbieta Kropa, Lithuanian figure skater

Edon Zhegrova, professional footballer

Shiann Salmon, Jamaican track and field athlete

Ben Williams, Welsh professional footballer

Luca Pizzul, Italian professional footballer

Sander Raieste, Estonian professional basketball player

Jonas Røndbjerg, Danish ice hockey player

Adele Tan, Singaporean sports shooter

Nuno Pina, Portuguese football player

Tereza Jančová, Slovakian skier

Maren Lutz, German female canoeist

Shehana Vithana, Sri Lankan-Australian professional squash player

Providence Cowdrill, English cricketer

Ricardo Felipe, Brazilian footballer

Dimitris Dalakouras, Greek professional footballer

Jakob Chychrun, American-born Canadian ice hockey player

Liza Koshy, American actress, comedian, and television host

Fiona Brown, footballer

Samira Asghari, Afghan member of the International Olympic Committee

Tyler Wright, Australian surfer

Mads Würtz Schmidt, Danish road cyclist

Mikael Ishak, Swedish footballer

Stijn de Looijer, Dutch footballer

Adam Zampa, Australian cricketer

Milan Milanović, Serbian footballer

Rodney Sneijder, Dutch footballer

George Iloka, American football player

Lyra McKee, Irish journalist (died 2019)

Sandra Roma, Swedish tennis player

Alberto Martín Romo García Adámez, Spanish footballer

Nejc Vidmar, Slovenian footballer

Liu Zige, Chinese swimmer

Thomas De Corte, Belgian footballer

Conrad Sewell, Australian singer and songwriter

Dorin Dickerson, American football player

DeAndre Liggins, American basketball player

Louis van der Westhuizen, Namibian cricketer

Nordin Amrabat, Dutch footballer

Hugo Ayala, Mexican footballer

Amaury Bischoff, Portuguese footballer

Humpy Koneru, Indian chess player

Kirill Starkov, Danish ice hockey player

Nelli Zhiganshina, Russian figure skater

Andreas Dober, Austrian footballer

James King, Scottish rugby player

Paulo Machado, Portuguese footballer

Steve Bernier, Canadian ice hockey player

Jo-Lonn Dunbar, American football player

Jesper Hansen, Danish footballer

Ivan Mishyn, Ukrainian race car driver

Kory Sheets, American football player

Jalmar Sjöberg, Swedish wrestler

David Clarkson, Canadian ice hockey player

Eddie Johnson, American soccer player

James Jones, American football player

Martins Dukurs, Latvian sled racer

Kaie Kand, Estonian heptathlete

Alberto Junior Rodríguez, Peruvian footballer

Ed Williamson, English rugby player

Hashim Amla, South African cricketer

Ashleigh Ball, Canadian voice actress and musician

Sophie Hunger, Swiss-German musician

Vlasios Maras, Greek gymnast

Nigel Plum, Australian rugby league player

Tal Ben Haim, Israeli footballer

Mira Bellwether, American author, artist, and sex educator

Bam Childress, American football player

Brian Tyree Henry, American actor

Audrey Kawasaki, American painter

Chien-Ming Wang, Taiwanese baseball player

Ryan Bingham, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Thomas Chatelle, Belgian footballer

Han Tae-you, South Korean footballer

Pa Dembo Touray, Gambian footballer

Maarten van der Weijden, Dutch swimmer

Martin Albrechtsen, Danish footballer

Karolina Lassbo, Swedish lawyer and blogger

Matias Concha, Swedish footballer

Kate Micucci, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress

Michael Ryder, Canadian ice hockey player

Maaya Sakamoto, Japanese actress, voice actress and singer

Omri Afek, Israeli footballer

Euan Burton, Scottish martial artist and coach

Alexis Ferrero, Argentinian footballer

Charlie Manning, American baseball player

Jonna Mendes, American skier

Rhys Wesser, Australian rugby league player

Michael Clark, Australian cricketer and footballer

Stephen Clemence, English footballer and manager

Jarrod Cooper, American football player

Jérôme Rothen, French footballer

Toshiya, Japanese bass player, songwriter, and producer

Garth Tander, Australian race car driver

Howard Frier, American basketball player

Igors Sļesarčuks, Latvian-Russian footballer

Graeme Smith, Scottish swimmer

Makis Dreliozis, Greek basketball player

Adam Green, American director, producer, and screenwriter

Nathan Grey, Australian rugby player and coach

Cameron Murray, Scottish rugby player

Ryan Rupe, American baseball player

Benjamin Eicher, German director, producer, and screenwriter

Natali, Russian singer, composer and songwriter

Stefan Olsdal, Swedish bass player

Jani Sievinen, Finnish swimmer

Christopher Hampson, English ballet dancer and choreographer

Alejandro Amenábar, Chilean-Spanish director and screenwriter

Andrew Bowen, American actor, producer, and screenwriter

Luca Gentili, Italian footballer and coach

Hristos Polihroniou, Greek hammer thrower

Evan Williams, American businessman, co-founded Twitter and Pyra Labs

Demetris Assiotis, Cypriot footballer

Martin Atkinson, English footballer and referee

Pavel Bure, Russian ice hockey player

Craig McCracken, American animator, producer, and screenwriter

Ewan McGregor, Scottish actor

Alenka Bratušek, Slovenian politician, 7th Prime Minister of Slovenia

Linn Skåber, Norwegian actress and writer

Annabelle Neilson, English socialite (died 2018)

Nyamko Sabuni, Burundian-Swedish politician

Steve Smith, American basketball player and sportscaster

César Sampaio, Brazilian footballer

Roger Black, English runner and journalist

Nick Firestone, American race car driver

Tom Barrasso, American ice hockey player and coach

Patty Fendick, American tennis player and coach

Jean-Christophe Lafaille, French mountaineer (died 2006)

William McNamara, American actor and producer

Steven T. Seagle, American author and screenwriter

Mark Hoban, English accountant and politician

Paul Mercurio, Australian actor and dancer

Olli Rehn, Finnish footballer and politician

Georgios Stefanopoulos, Greek boxer

Ron Brown, American sprinter and football player

Howard Gordon, American screenwriter and producer

Markus Hediger, Swiss poet and translator

Andrea Kuntzl, Austrian politician

Alan Duncan, English businessman and politician, former Shadow Leader of the House of Commons

Svetozar Marović, President of Serbia and Montenegro

Angus Young, Scottish-Australian guitarist and songwriter

Dennis Kamakahi, American guitarist and composer (died 2014)

András Adorján, Hungarian chess player and author (died 2023)

Ed Marinaro, American football player and actor

Sandra Morgen, American anthropologist and academic (died 2016)

Gilles Gilbert, Canadian ice hockey player (died 2023)

Gary Doer, Canadian politician and diplomat, 20th Premier of Manitoba

Al Gore, American soldier and politician, 45th Vice President of the United States and Nobel Prize laureate

Rhea Perlman, American actress

Gustaaf Van Cauter, Belgian cyclist

Augustin Banyaga, Rwandan-American mathematician and academic

Wendy Overton, American tennis player

Kristian Blak, Danish-Faroese pianist, composer, and producer

Don Foster, English academic and politician

César Gaviria, Colombian economist and politician, 36th President of Colombia

Eliyahu M. Goldratt, Israeli physicist and economist (died 2011)

Gonzalo Márquez, Venezuelan baseball player (died 1984)

Bob Russell, English politician

Edwin Catmull, American computer scientist and engineer

Gabe Kaplan, American actor and comedian

Myfanwy Talog, Welsh actress (died 1995)

Pascal Danel, French singer-songwriter

Angus King, American politician

Mick Ralphs, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2025)

Roy Andersson, Swedish director and screenwriter

Deirdre Clancy, English costume designer

Christopher Walken, American actor

Ulla Hoffmann, Swedish politician

Hugh McCracken, American guitarist and producer (died 2013)

Michael Savage, American far-right radio host and author

Franco Bonvicini, Italian author and illustrator (died 1995)

Faith Leech, Australian swimmer (died 2013)

Brian Ackland-Snow, English production designer and art director (died 2013)

Barney Frank, American lawyer and politician

Patrick Leahy, American lawyer and politician

Zviad Gamsakhurdia, Georgian anthropologist and politician, 1st President of Georgia (died 1993)

Israel Horovitz, American actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2020)

Walker David Miller, American lawyer and judge (died 2013)

Volker Schlöndorff, German director and producer

Karl-Heinz Schnellinger, German footballer (died 2024)

Patrick Bateson, English biologist and academic (died 2017)

Sheila Dikshit, Indian politician, 22nd Governor of Kerala (died 2019)

Antje Gleichfeld, German runner

Bill Hicke, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager (died 2005)

Jimmy Johnson, American football player (died 2024)

Tõnno Lepmets, Estonian basketball player (died 2005)

Arthur B. Rubinstein, American pianist, composer, and conductor (died 2018)

David Steel, Scottish academic and politician

Marge Piercy, American poet and novelist

Walter E. Williams, American economist and academic (died 2020)

Herb Alpert, American singer-songwriter, trumpet player, and producer

Judith Rossner, American author (died 2005)

Richard Chamberlain, American actor (died 2025)

Shirley Jones, American actress and singer

John D. Loudermilk, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2016)

Grigory Nelyubov, Soviet pilot and cosmonaut (died 1966)

Carlo Rubbia, Italian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

Kamala Surayya, Indian poet and author (died 2009)

Anita Carter, American singer-songwriter and bassist (died 1999)

Nichita Stănescu, Romanian poet (died 1983)

John Jakes, American author (died 2023)

Nagisa Oshima, Japanese director and screenwriter (died 2013)

Miller Barber, American golfer (died 2013)

Tamara Tyshkevich, Belarusian shot putter (died 1997)

Yehuda Nir, Polish-American psychiatrist (died 2014)

Jim Mutscheller, American football player and coach (died 2015)

Liz Claiborne, Belgian-American fashion designer, founded Liz Claiborne Inc. (died 2007)

Bert Fields, American lawyer and author (died 2022)

Lefty Frizzell, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1975)

Gordie Howe, Canadian ice hockey player (died 2016)

Cesar Chavez, American labor union leader and activist (died 1993)

William Daniels, American actor

Eduardo Martínez Somalo, Spanish cardinal (died 2021)

Vladimir Ilyushin, Russian pilot (died 2010)

Elmer Diedtrich, American businessman and politician (died 2013)

Bud MacPherson, Canadian ice hockey player (died 1988)

John Fowles, English novelist (died 2005)

Beni Montresor, Italian director, set designer, author, and illustrator (died 2001)

Rocco Petrone, American colonel and engineer (died 2006)

Jean Coutu, Canadian actor and director (died 1999)

Leo Buscaglia, American author and academic (died 1998)

Charles Guggenheim, American director and producer (died 2002)

Don Barksdale, American basketball player (died 1993)

François Sermon, Belgian footballer (died 2013)

Richard Kiley, American actor and singer (died 1999)

Patrick Magee, Irish actor (died 1982)

Lowell Fulson, African-American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1999)

Peggy Rea, American actress and casting director (died 2011)

John Ugelstad, Norwegian chemical engineer and inventor (died 1997)

Deborah Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire, British aristocrat, socialite and author (died 2014)

Frank Akins, American football player (died 1993)

Ted Post, American director (died 2013)

Dorothy DeLay, American violinist and educator (died 2002)

Lucille Bliss, American voice actress (died 2012)

Tommy Bolt, American golfer (died 2008)

John H. Wood, Jr., American lawyer and judge (died 1979)

Albert Hourani, English historian and author (died 1993)

Shoichi Yokoi, Japanese sergeant (died 1997)

Octavio Paz, Mexican poet and diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1998)

Dagmar Lange, Swedish author (died 1991)

Etta Baker, African-American singer and guitarist (died 2006)

William Lederer, American soldier and author (died 2009)

Freddie Green, American guitarist (died 1987)

Elisabeth Grümmer, German soprano (died 1986)

Red Norvo, American vibraphone player and composer (died 1999)

Sin-Itiro Tomonaga, Japanese physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1979)

Robert Stevenson, English director and screenwriter (died 1986)

George Treweek, Australian rugby league player (died 1991)

Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester (died 1974)

Vardis Fisher, American author and academic (died 1968)

Clemens Krauss, Austrian conductor and manager (died 1954)

Herbert Meinhard Mühlpfordt, German physician and historian (died 1982)

Victor Varconi, Hungarian-American actor and director (died 1976)

Ben Adams, American jumper (died 1961)

William Lawrence Bragg, Australian-English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1971)

Pascin, Bulgarian-American painter and illustrator (died 1930)

Adriaan van Maanen, Dutch-American astronomer and academic (died 1946)

Jack Johnson, American boxer (died 1946)

Borisav Stanković, Serbian author (died 1927)

Benjamín G. Hill, Mexican revolutionary general, governor of Sonora (died 1920)

Henri Marteau, French violinist and composer (died 1934)

Sergei Diaghilev, Russian ballet manager and critic, founded the Ballets Russes (died 1929)

Arthur Griffith, Irish journalist and politician, 3rd President of Dáil Éireann (died 1922)

Anandi Gopal Joshi, Indian physician (died 1887)

Emil Fenyvessy, Hungarian actor and screenwriter (died 1924)

Alfred E. Hunt, American businessman (died 1899)

Francis Bell, New Zealand lawyer and politician, 20th Prime Minister of New Zealand (died 1936)

Hermann de Pourtalès, Swiss sailor (died 1904)

Yegor Ivanovich Zolotarev, Russian mathematician and theorist (died 1878)

John La Farge, American artist (died 1910)

Mary Abigail Dodge, American writer and essayist (died 1896)

Mary Boykin Chesnut, American author (died 1886)

Chlodwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst (died 1901)

Félix María Zuloaga, Mexican general and unconstitutional interim president (1858 and 1860–1862) (died 1898)

Edward FitzGerald, English poet and translator (died 1883)

Otto Lindblad, Swedish composer (died 1864)

Thomas McKean Thompson McKennan, American lawyer and politician, 2nd United States Secretary of the Interior (died 1852)

Coenraad Jacob Temminck, Dutch zoologist and ornithologist (died 1858)

Charles Cagniard de la Tour, French physicist and engineer (died 1859)

Johann Abraham Peter Schulz, German pianist and composer (died 1800)

Panoutsos Notaras, Greek politician (died 1849)

Joseph Haydn, Austrian pianist and composer (died 1809)

Étienne Bézout, French mathematician and theorist (died 1783)

Frederick V of Denmark (died 1766)

Mariana Victoria of Spain (died 1781)

Johann Sebastian Bach, German composer (died 1750)

Pope Benedict XIV (died 1758)

Charles II, Elector Palatine, German husband of Princess Wilhelmine Ernestine of Denmark (died 1685)

Andrew Marvell, English poet and politician (died 1678)

Jakov Mikalja, Italian linguist and lexicographer (died 1654)

René Descartes, French mathematician and philosopher (died 1650)

Ashikaga Yoshiteru, Japanese shōgun (died 1565)

Henry II of France (died 1559)

Guru Angad, Indian religious leader (died 1552)

Pope Pius IV (died 1565)

Philippa of Lancaster (died 1415)

Sian Barbara Allen, American television actress (born 1946)

Betty Webb, English code breaker (born 1923)

Barbara Rush, American actress (born 1927)

Shirley Burkovich, former American All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL) player (born 1933)

Patrick Demarchelier, French fashion photographer (born 1943)

Moana Jackson, New Zealand lawyer specialising in constitutional law (born 1945)

Tullio Moneta, Italian mercenary and actor (born 1937)

Ken Reitz, American baseball player (born 1951)

Muhammad Wakkas, Bangladeshi teacher and parliamentarian (born 1952)

Gita Ramjee, Ugandan-South African scientist and researcher (born 1956)

Nipsey Hussle, American rapper (born 1985)

Nick Newton, inventor of the Newton Starting Blocks (born 1933)

Gilbert Baker, American artist and LGBT rights activist (born 1951)

James Rosenquist, American artist (born 1933)

Ronnie Corbett, Scottish comedian, actor and screenwriter (born 1930)

Hans-Dietrich Genscher, German politician (born 1927)

Zaha Hadid, Iraqi-born English architect and academic, designed the Bridge Pavilion (born 1950)

Imre Kertész, Hungarian author, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1929)

Denise Robertson, British writer and television broadcaster (born 1932)

Betty Churcher, Australian painter, historian, and curator (born 1931)

Cocoa Fujiwara, Japanese author and illustrator (born 1983)

Carlos Gaviria Díaz, Colombian lawyer and politician (born 1937)

Dalibor Vesely, Czech-English historian, author, and academic (born 1934)

Gonzalo Anes, Spanish economist, historian, and academic (born 1931)

Roger Somville, Belgian painter (born 1923)

Charles Amarin Brand, French archbishop (born 1920)

Ernie Bridge, Australian singer and politician (born 1936)

Bob Clarke, American illustrator (born 1926)

Ahmad Sayyed Javadi, Iranian lawyer and politician, Iranian Minister of Interior (born 1917)

Dmitri Uchaykin, Russian ice hockey player (born 1980)

Judith Adams, New Zealand-Australian nurse and politician (born 1943)

Dale R. Corson, American physicist and academic (born 1914)

Bernard O. Gruenke, American stained glass artist (born 1914)

Jerry Lynch, American baseball player (born 1930)

Alberto Sughi, Italian painter (born 1928)

Halbert White, American economist and academic (born 1950)

Gil Clancy, American boxer and trainer (born 1922)

Alan Fitzgerald, Australian journalist and author (born 1935)

Mary Greyeyes, the first First Nations woman to join the Canadian Armed Forces (born 1920)

Oddvar Hansen, Norwegian footballer and coach (born 1921)

Ishbel MacAskill, Scottish singer and actress (born 1941)

Henry Taub, American businessman and philanthropist (born 1927)

Jerald terHorst, American journalist (born 1922)

Roger Addison, Welsh rugby union player (born 1945)

Raúl Alfonsín, Argentinian lawyer and politician, 46th President of Argentina (born 1927)

Choor Singh, Indian-Singaporean lawyer and judge (born 1911)

Jules Dassin, American director, producer, screenwriter, and actor (born 1911)

Bill Keightley, American equipment manager (born 1926)

Paul Watzlawick, Austrian-American psychologist and philosopher (born 1921)

Jackie McLean, American saxophonist and composer (born 1931)

Stanley J. Korsmeyer, American oncologist and academic (born 1951)

Justiniano Montano, Filipino lawyer and politician (born 1905)

Frank Perdue, American businessman (born 1920)

Scott Helvenston, American soldier (born 1965)

Harold Scott MacDonald Coxeter, English-Canadian mathematician and academic (born 1907)

Anne Gwynne, American actress (born 1918)

Tommy Seebach, Danish singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (born 1949)

Barry Took, English comedian, actor, and screenwriter (born 1928)

Moturu Udayam, Indian activist and politician (born 1924)

Carlos J. Gradin, Argentine Archaeologist (born 1913)

David Rocastle, English footballer (born 1967)

Clifford Shull, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1915)

Gisèle Freund, German-born French photographer and photojournalist (born 1908)

Adrian Fisher, English guitarist and member of the band Toby (born 1952)

Yuri Knorozov, Russian linguist and ethnographer (born 1922)

Bella Abzug, American lawyer, activist, and politician (born 1920)

Tim Flock, American race car driver (born 1924)

Joel Ryce-Menuhin, American pianist (born 1933)

Stephen Kalong Ningkan, first Chief Minister of Sarawak, Malaysia.

Dante Giacosa, Italian automobile designer and engineer (born 1905)

Jeffrey Lee Pierce, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1958)

Selena, American singer-songwriter (born 1971)

Brandon Lee, American actor and martial artist (born 1965)

Mitchell Parish, Lithuanian-American songwriter (born 1900)

Theofylaktos Papakonstantinou, Greek columnist, political and social analyst and historian (born 1905)

William McMahon, Australian lawyer and politician, 20th Prime Minister of Australia (born 1908)

Jerry Paris, American actor and director (born 1925)

Christina Stead, Australian author and academic (born 1902)

Enid Bagnold, English author and playwright (born 1889)

Vladimír Holan, Czech poet and author (born 1905)

Jesse Owens, American sprinter and long jumper (born 1913)

Astrid Allwyn, American actress (born 1905)

Charles Best, American-Canadian physiologist and biochemist, co-discovered Insulin (born 1899)

Paul Strand, American photographer and director (born 1890)

Percy Alliss, English golfer (born 1897)

Semyon Timoshenko, Soviet Commander during the Winter War and the Eastern Front of World War II (born 1894)

Grover Lowdermilk, American baseball player (born 1885)

Pyrros Spyromilios, officer of the Greek Navy and director of the Greek Radio Orchestra (born 1913)

Ralph DePalma, Italian-American race car driver and actor (born 1884)

Nellah Massey Bailey, American politician and librarian (born 1893)

Wallace H. White, Jr., American lawyer and politician (born 1877)

Robert Natus, Estonian architect (born 1890)

Frank Findlay, New Zealand banker and politician (born 1884)

Hans Fischer, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1881)

Mineichi Koga, Japanese admiral (born 1885)

Ioannis Tsangaridis, Greek general (born 1887)

Georges V. Matchabelli, Georgian-American businessman and diplomat, founded Prince Matchabelli perfume (born 1885)

Knute Rockne, American football player and coach (born 1888)

Ludwig Schüler, German politician, Mayor of Marburg (born 1836)

Kang Youwei, Chinese scholar and political reformer (born 1858)

George Charles Haité, English painter and illustrator (born 1855)

Abdul Hamid Madarshahi, Bengali Islamic scholar and author (born 1869)

Emil von Behring, German physiologist and immunologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1854)

Wyndham Halswelle, English-Scottish runner and captain (born 1882)

J. P. Morgan, American banker and financier (born 1837)

Jean Moréas, Greek poet, essayist and art critic (born 1856)

Galusha A. Grow, American lawyer and politician, 28th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (born 1823)

Franz Abt, German composer and conductor (born 1819)

Henryk Wieniawski, Polish violinist and composer (born 1835)

Antoine Augustin Cournot, French mathematician and philosopher (born 1801)

Charlotte Brontë, English novelist and poet (born 1816)

John C. Calhoun, American lawyer and politician, 7th Vice President of the United States (born 1782)

John Constable, English painter and educator (born 1776)

Olaudah Equiano, Nigerian merchant, author, and activist (born 1745)

Frederick, Prince of Wales, Hanoverian-born heir to the British throne (born 1707)[citation needed]

Pieter Burman the Elder, Dutch scholar and author (born 1668)

Edward Hyde, 3rd Earl of Clarendon, English soldier and politician, 14th Colonial Governor of New York (born 1661)

Anne Hyde, wife of James II of England (born 1637)

John Donne, English lawyer and poet (born 1572)

Gonzalo Méndez de Canço, Royal Governor of La Florida (born 1554)

Philip III, Spanish king (born 1578)

Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse (born 1504)

Francis I, French king (born 1494)

Bonaventura Tornielli, Italian Roman Catholic priest (born 1411)

Isidore II of Constantinople, patriarch of Constantinople

Dionigi di Borgo San Sepolcro, Italian Augustinian friar

Ivan I of Moscow, Russian Grand Duke (born 1288)

William of Modena, Italian bishop and diplomat

Pousa, voivode of Transylvania

Abu Ja'far Ahmad ibn Muhammad, Saffarid emir (born 906)

Xiaoming, emperor of Northern Wei (born 510)

Titus Pomponius Atticus, Roman nobleman of the Equestrian order (born 109 BC)

Cesar Chavez Day (United States)

Christian feast day Abdas of Susa

Christian feast day Acathius of Melitene (Eastern Orthodox Church)

Christian feast day Anesius and companions

Christian feast day Benjamin

Christian feast day Balbina

Christian feast day John Donne (Anglican Communion, Lutheran)

Christian feast day March 31 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Freedom Day (Malta)

International Transgender Day of Visibility

King Nangklao Memorial Day (Thailand)

Thomas Mundy Peterson Day (New Jersey, United States)

Transfer Day (US Virgin Islands)

World Backup Day