March 31st, 1940

Born on March 31st, 1940

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 30,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 292 days, exactly on February 13th, 2025, people who were born on March 31st, 1940 will be 31,000 days old!

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What 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, 1921

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

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.

March 31st, 1964

The Brazilian Armed Forces overthrew President João Goulart, establishing a military dictatorship that lasted 21 years.

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

Born on March 31st, 1940

84

Karl-Heinz Danielowski

East German coxswain

*March 31st, 1940, Sülldorf

84

Patrick Leahy

American politician and lawyer (born 1940)

*March 31st, 1940, Montpelier

84

Barney Frank

American politician, former member of the House of Representatives for Massachusetts

*March 31st, 1940, Bayonne

84

Erwin Marschewski

German politician

*March 31st, 1940, Herten

84

Yuriko Handa

Japanese volleyball player

*March 31st, 1940, Utsunomiya

84

Dick Weidman

American politician

*March 31st, 1940, Kansas City

84

Ashok Khosla

Indian environmentalist (born 1940)

*March 31st, 1940, Lahore

77

Gene Kotlarek

Olympic ski jumper

*March 31st, 1940, Duluth †November 9th, 2017, Colorado Springs

84

Gerd Kohlhepp

German professor

*March 31st, 1940, Mannheim

84

Timm Ulrichs

German contemporary artist

*March 31st, 1940, Berlin

44

Gonzalo Márquez

Baseball player

*March 31st, 1940, Carúpano †December 19th, 1984, Valencia

72

Brian Ackland-Snow

Production designer (1940-2013)

*March 31st, 1940, London †March 30th, 2013, London

84

David Dubal

American musician

*March 31st, 1940, Cleveland

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

81

Christopher Walken

American actor

*March 31st, 1943, Astoria

33

Nitchaon Jindapol

Badminton player

*March 31st, 1991, Phuket province

66

Dietmar Bartsch

German politician

*March 31st, 1958, Stralsund

76

Al Gore

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

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

43

Mattias Tesfaye

Danish politician

*March 31st, 1981, Aarhus

66

Heribert Hirte

German judge and politician

*March 31st, 1958, Cologne

50

Adrian Holmes

Welsh-Canadian actor

*March 31st, 1974, Wrexham

53

Ewan McGregor

Scottish-American actor

*March 31st, 1971, Perth

72

Faith Leech

Australian swimmer, Olympic gold medallist, former world record-holder

*March 31st, 1941, Bendigo †September 14th, 2013, Bendigo

52

William Shakespeare

English playwright and poet (1564–1616)

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

90

Carlo Rubbia

Italian particle physicist

*March 31st, 1934, Gorizia

64

Henrik Prip

Danish actor

*March 31st, 1960, Hellerup

85

Volker Schlöndorff

German film director, screenwriter and film producer

*March 31st, 1939, Wiesbaden

46

Kellie Lucas

Badminton player

*March 31st, 1978, Ballarat

38

Wong Wai Hong

Badminton player

*March 31st, 1986, Hong Kong

36

Peter Mills

Badminton player

*March 31st, 1988, Nottingham

41

Lin Woon Fui

Badminton player

*March 31st, 1983, Kepong

54

Zviad Gamsakhurdia

1st President of Georgia (1991–92)

*March 31st, 1939, Tbilisi †December 31st, 1993, Dzveli Khibula

31

Frederik Colberg

Badminton player

*March 31st, 1993, Holbæk

25

Powfu

Canadian rapper and singer

*March 31st, 1999, Vancouver

Same year
Born in 1940

83

Onur Öymen

Turkish politician and diplomat

*October 18th, 1940, Kadıköy

84

Lorns Skjemstad

Norwegian cross-country skier

*March 10th, 1940, Inderøy Municipality

40

John Lennon

British musician (1940–1980)

*October 9th, 1940, Liverpool †December 8th, 1980, New York City

83

Jeannie Seely

American singer

*July 6th, 1940, Titusville

76

Al Jarreau

American singer (1940–2017)

*March 12th, 1940, Milwaukee †February 12th, 2017, Los Angeles

82

Pelé

Brazilian footballer (1940–2022)

*October 23rd, 1940, Três Corações †December 29th, 2022, Morumbi District

84

Al Pacino

American actor (born 1940)

*April 25th, 1940, Manhattan

77

Michael Parks

American actor (1940–2017)

*April 24th, 1940, Corona †May 9th, 2017, Los Angeles

83

Annie Ernaux

French writer (born 1940)

*September 1st, 1940, Lillebonne

82

James Caan

American actor (1940–2022)

*March 26th, 1940, The Bronx †July 6th, 2022, Los Angeles

80

Wolfgang Clement

German politician

*July 7th, 1940, Bochum †September 27th, 2020, Bonn

84

Nancy Pelosi

American politician (born 1940)

*March 26th, 1940, Baltimore

32

Bruce Lee

Hong Kong and American martial artist and actor (1940–1973)

*November 27th, 1940, San Francisco Chinese Hospital †July 20th, 1973, Kowloon Tong

84

Jana Brejchová

Czech actress

*January 20th, 1940, Prague

55

Joseph Brodsky

Russian-American poet (1940-1996)

*May 24th, 1940, Saint Petersburg †January 28th, 1996, Brooklyn

76

Manfred Jung

German singer and operatic tenor

*July 9th, 1940, Oberhausen †April 14th, 2017, Essen

79

Tilo Prückner

German actor and author

*October 26th, 1940, Augsburg †July 2nd, 2020, Berlin

83

Ringo Starr

British musician, drummer for the Beatles

*July 7th, 1940, Liverpool

83

Patrick Stewart

British actor (born 1940)

*July 13th, 1940, Mirfield

77

John Hurt

British actor (1940–2017)

*January 22nd, 1940, Chesterfield †January 25th, 2017, Norfolk

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Leap year

Yes: 1940 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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