March 31st, 1945

Born on March 31st, 1945

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What happened on March 31st, 1945?

March 31st, 1945

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.

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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, 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.

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

Born on March 31st, 1945

79

Fernand Siré

French politician

*March 31st, 1945, Saint-Laurent-de-la-Salanque

79

Meira Kumar

Indian politician

*March 31st, 1945, Sasaram

79

Gabe Kaplan

American actor, comedian and poker player

*March 31st, 1945, Brooklyn

79

Claude d'Anna

French film director

*March 31st, 1945, Tunis

79

Edwin Catmull

American computer scientist and former president of Pixar

*March 31st, 1945, Parkersburg

73

Patrick Malrieu

French industrial executive and Breton music historian (1945-2019)

*March 31st, 1945, Saint-Denis-Hors †January 10th, 2019, Landévennec

76

Jovino Novoa

Chilean politician (1945-2021)

*March 31st, 1945, Santiago †June 1st, 2021, Santiago

79

Mike Bass

Professional NFL Football Player

*March 31st, 1945, Ypsilanti

79

Linda LeBourdais

Canadian politician

*March 31st, 1945, Montreal

79

Paula Stern

American businessperson

*March 31st, 1945, Chicago

79

Göran Hård af Segerstad

Swedish handball player

*March 31st, 1945, Karlstad

79

Charles E. Jefferson

American politician

*March 31st, 1945, Waco

79

Lawrence Klemin

American politician and lawyer

*March 31st, 1945, New Rockford

79

William Pattinson

English rugby league footballer

*March 31st, 1945, Cockermouth

79

Valerie Curtin

American actress and screenwriter

*March 31st, 1945, New York City

76

Ingvar Oldsberg

Swedish television presenter and sports reporter

*March 31st, 1945, Annedals parish †February 10th, 2022, Gothenburg

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Who's birthday is on March 31st?

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.

66

Dietmar Bartsch

German politician

*March 31st, 1958, Stralsund

33

Nitchaon Jindapol

Badminton player

*March 31st, 1991, Phuket province

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

64

Henrik Prip

Danish actor

*March 31st, 1960, Hellerup

52

William Shakespeare

English playwright and poet (1564–1616)

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

80

Angus King

American politician and lawyer (born 1944)

*March 31st, 1944, Alexandria

46

Kellie Lucas

Badminton player

*March 31st, 1978, Ballarat

76

Enrique Vila-Matas

Spanish writer

*March 31st, 1948, Barcelona

38

Wong Wai Hong

Badminton player

*March 31st, 1986, Hong Kong

41

Lin Woon Fui

Badminton player

*March 31st, 1983, Kepong

36

Peter Mills

Badminton player

*March 31st, 1988, Nottingham

74

Hallie Foote

American actress

*March 31st, 1950, New York City

31

Frederik Colberg

Badminton player

*March 31st, 1993, Holbæk

84

Karl-Heinz Danielowski

East German coxswain

*March 31st, 1940, Sülldorf

25

Powfu

Canadian rapper and singer

*March 31st, 1999, Vancouver

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Born in 1945

78

Vernon Wells

Australian actor

*December 31st, 1945, Rushworth

79

Manuel Neuer

German association football player

*March 27th, 1945, Gelsenkirchen

78

Franz Beckenbauer

German footballer (1945–2024)

*September 11th, 1945, Richard-Wagner-Straße 19 (München) †January 7th, 2024, Salzburg

75

Gerd Müller

German footballer (1945–2021)

*November 3rd, 1945, Nördlingen †August 15th, 2021, Wolfratshausen

79

Thilo Sarrazin

German economist and politician

*February 12th, 1945, Gera

72

Christine Kaufmann

German actress and businesswoman (1945-2017)

*January 11th, 1945, Lengdorf †March 28th, 2017, Munich

78

Victoria Bond

American composer

*May 6th, 1945, Los Angeles

78

Andreas Schmidt-Schaller

German actor

*October 30th, 1945, Arnstadt

78

Lasse Berghagen

Swedish singer, musician, songwriter, writer and television presenter

*May 13th, 1945, Enskede-Årsta-Vantör city district †October 19th, 2023, Stockholms Sankt Johannes

79

Rodrigo Duterte

President of the Philippines from 2016 to 2022

*March 28th, 1945, Maasin

78

Helen Mirren

English actor (born 1945)

*July 26th, 1945, Hammersmith

36

Bob Marley

Jamaican reggae musician (1945–1981)

*February 6th, 1945, Nine Mile †May 11th, 1981, Jackson Memorial Hospital

78

Manfred Clauss

German historian of classical antiquity

*August 16th, 1945, Cologne

78

Aung San Suu Kyi

Former State Counsellor of Myanmar and Leader of the National League for Democracy

*June 19th, 1945, Yangon

78

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

President of Brazil (2003–2010, 2023–present)

*October 27th, 1945, Caetés

78

Radovan Karadžić

Bosnian Serb politician, psychiatrist and poet convicted of genocide

*June 19th, 1945, Petnjica

78

John Lithgow

American actor

*October 19th, 1945, Rochester

76

Peter Patzak

Austrian film director and Screenwriter (1945-2021)

*January 2nd, 1945, Vienna †March 11th, 2021, Krems

71

Claus Ryskjær

Danish actor (1945-2016)

*June 26th, 1945, Frederiksberg †December 12th, 2016

72

Barkley L. Hendricks

African American painter

*April 16th, 1945, Nicetown-Tioga †April 18th, 2017, New London

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