March 31st, 1921

Born on March 31st, 1921

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on March 31st, 1921?

March 31st, 1921

The Royal Australian Air Force is formed.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Australian_Air_Force

March 31st, 1921

The Australian Air Force was formed, replacing the short-lived Australian Air Corps and separating it from the Army.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Australian_Air_Force

What else happened on March 31st?

March 31st, 2018

Nikol Pashinyan began his protest walk, starting in the city of Gyumri, opening the 2018 Armenian revolution.

March 31st, 2004

The Old National Library Building in Singapore was closed to make way for a tunnel, despite widespread protests.

March 31st, 1995

American singer-songwriter Selena, known as the "queen of Tejano music", was murdered by the president of her fan club, Yolanda Saldívar, in Corpus Christi, Texas, deeply affecting the Latino community.

March 31st, 1992

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

March 31st, 1942

Second World War: Because of a mutiny by Indian soldiers against their British officers, Japanese troops captured Christmas Island without any resistance.

March 31st, 1930

To avoid government censorship, Hollywood movie studios instituted their own set of industry censorship guidelines, popularly known as the Hays Code.

March 31st, 1913

Arnold Schoenberg conducted the Vienna Concert Society in a concert of expressionist music that so shocked the audience that they began to riot.

March 31st, 1899

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

March 31st, 1889

The Eiffel Tower in Paris, France, was inaugurated.

March 31st, 1854

U.S. Navy Commodore Matthew C. Perry (Japanese depiction pictured) and the Tokugawa shogunate signed the Convention of Kanagawa, forcing the opening of Japanese ports to American trade.

March 31st, 1800

After fighting through the night, the French Navy ship of the line Guillaume Tell surrendered to a British squadron in the Malta Channel.

March 31st, 1521

Ferdinand Magellan and members of his crew participated in the first Catholic Mass in the Philippines.

March 31st, 1146

French abbot Bernard of Clairvaux preached a sermon to a crowd at a council in Vézelay, with King Louis VII in attendance, urging the necessity of a Second Crusade.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on March 31st

Born on March 31st, 1921

77

Lowell Fulson

American musician

*March 31st, 1921, Tulsa †March 7th, 1999, Long Beach

97

Yves de Daruvar

French military personnel

*March 31st, 1921, Constantinople †May 28th, 2018, Clamart

89

Peggy Rea

American actress (1921–2011)

*March 31st, 1921, Los Angeles †February 5th, 2011, Toluca Lake

76

John Ugelstad

Chemical engineer and inventor (1921-1997)

*March 31st, 1921, Trondheim †April 3rd, 1997

103

Roy Houghton

Association football player (born 1921)

*March 31st, 1921, Billingborough

103

Eduardo Cerqueira

Portuguese footballer

*March 31st, 1921, Lisbon

96

Joan Colom Altemir

Spanish photographer (1921-2017)

*March 31st, 1921, El Raval †September 3rd, 2017, Barcelona

Same Day
Who's birthday is on March 31st?

76

Richard Kiley

American actor (1922-1999)

*March 31st, 1922, Chicago †March 5th, 1999, Warwick

33

Nitchaon Jindapol

Badminton player

*March 31st, 1991, Phuket province

43

Mattias Tesfaye

Danish politician

*March 31st, 1981, Aarhus

66

Dietmar Bartsch

German politician

*March 31st, 1958, Stralsund

81

Christopher Walken

American actor

*March 31st, 1943, Astoria

76

Al Gore

Vice President of the United States from 1993 to 2001 (born 1948)

*March 31st, 1948, Washington, D.C.

60

Patrick Magee

Northern Irish actor (1922–1982)

*March 31st, 1922, Armagh †August 14th, 1982, London

52

William Shakespeare

English playwright and poet (1564–1616)

*March 31st, 1564, Stratford-upon-Avon †April 23rd, 1616, Stratford-upon-Avon

66

Heribert Hirte

German judge and politician

*March 31st, 1958, Cologne

50

Adrian Holmes

Welsh-Canadian actor

*March 31st, 1974, Wrexham

98

Janine Berdin

French actress

*March 31st, 1924, 12th arrondissement of Paris †March 2nd, 2023, Oullins

53

Ewan McGregor

Scottish-American actor

*March 31st, 1971, Perth

38

Wong Wai Hong

Badminton player

*March 31st, 1986, Hong Kong

36

Peter Mills

Badminton player

*March 31st, 1988, Nottingham

46

Kellie Lucas

Badminton player

*March 31st, 1978, Ballarat

64

Henrik Prip

Danish actor

*March 31st, 1960, Hellerup

41

Lin Woon Fui

Badminton player

*March 31st, 1983, Kepong

31

Frederik Colberg

Badminton player

*March 31st, 1993, Holbæk

90

Carlo Rubbia

Italian particle physicist

*March 31st, 1934, Gorizia

25

Powfu

Canadian rapper and singer

*March 31st, 1999, Vancouver

Same year
Born in 1921

85

Arve Opsahl

Norwegian actor

*May 14th, 1921, Christiania †April 29th, 2007, Oslo

95

Kenneth Arrow

American economist (1921-2017)

*August 23rd, 1921, New York City †February 21st, 2017, Palo Alto

95

Clifton James

American actor (1920-2017)

*May 29th, 1921, Spokane †April 15th, 2017, Gladstone

97

Pierre Riché

French historian (1921-2019)

*October 4th, 1921, 14th arrondissement of Paris †May 6th, 2019, Ivry-sur-Seine

97

Jürgen Kieser

German illustrator, draughtsperson and writer

*August 20th, 1921, Erkner †May 20th, 2019, Neu Zittau

94

Nancy Reagan

First Lady of the United States from 1981 to 1989

*July 6th, 1921, Manhattan †March 6th, 2016, Bel Air

53

Knud Hilding

Actor

*November 21st, 1921, Denmark †September 14th, 1975, Denmark

87

Robert Étienne

French historian and classical archaeologist (1921–2009)

*February 25th, 1921, Mérignac †January 4th, 2009, Bordeaux

82

Heinz Quermann

German television presenter (1921–2003)

*February 10th, 1921, Hanover †October 14th, 2003, Berlin

99

Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

Consort of Elizabeth II from 1952 to 2021

*June 10th, 1921, Corfu †April 9th, 2021, Windsor Castle

97

Carol Channing

American actress (1921–2019)

*January 31st, 1921, Seattle †January 15th, 2019, Rancho Mirage

68

Andrei Sakharov

Soviet nuclear physicist and human rights activist

*May 21st, 1921, Moscow †December 14th, 1989, Moscow

95

Thomas Schelling

American economist (1921-2016)

*April 14th, 1921, Oakland †December 13th, 2016, Bethesda

38

Diana Barrymore

American actress (1921-1960)

*March 3rd, 1921, New York City †January 25th, 1960, New York City

43

Judy Holliday

American actress, comedian and singer (1921-1965)

*June 21st, 1921, New York City †June 7th, 1965, New York City

86

Suharto

2nd President of Indonesia (1967—1998)

*June 8th, 1921, Kemusuk †January 27th, 2008, Jakarta

84

Stanisław Lem

Polish science fiction author, philosopher and futurologist (1921-2006), studied medical doctor

*September 12th, 1921, Lviv †March 27th, 2006, Kraków

55

James Jones

American author

*November 6th, 1921, Robinson †May 9th, 1977, Southampton

89

Billy Taylor

American jazz pianist, composer, broadcaster, and educator (1921-2010)

*July 24th, 1921, Greenville †December 28th, 2010, Manhattan

72

Alexis Smith

Canadian-born American actress and singer (1921-1993)

*June 8th, 1921, Penticton †June 9th, 1993, Los Angeles

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1921 is a normal year and no leap year.

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