March 31st, 1948

Born on March 31st, 1948

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 27,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 215 days, exactly on November 27th, 2024, people who were born on March 31st, 1948 will be 28,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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, 1948

76

Al Gore

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

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

76

Enrique Vila-Matas

Spanish writer

*March 31st, 1948, Barcelona

76

Rhea Perlman

American actress

*March 31st, 1948, Brooklyn

76

Thijs van Leer

Dutch musician

*March 31st, 1948, Amsterdam

76

Gary Doer

20th Premier of Manitoba and Canadian diplomat

*March 31st, 1948, Winnipeg

72

Renzo Bulgarello

Italian rower

*March 31st, 1948, Guarda Veneta †June 8th, 2020, Guarda Veneta

76

Cecylia Arzewski

Polish violinist

*March 31st, 1948, Kraków

76

Edward Lachman

American cinematographer and director (born 1948)

*March 31st, 1948, Morristown

76

Graham Cornes

Australian rules footballer and coach

*March 31st, 1948, Victoria

76

Benjamin Diokno

Filipino politician

*March 31st, 1948, Taal

76

Vladimir Vinokur

Russian actor and comedian

*March 31st, 1948, Kursk

76

Catherine Gildiner

American psychologist

*March 31st, 1948, Lewiston

74

Ove Johansson

American football player

*March 31st, 1948, Gothenburg †November 30th, 2022

76

Norma Morandini

Argentine politician

*March 31st, 1948, Córdoba Province

76

Gustaaf Van Cauter

Former Belgian racing cyclist

*March 31st, 1948, Mechelen

76

Nigel Sinclair

British film producer

*March 31st, 1948, Dumfries

76

Gregory Studerus

Roman Catholic priest

*March 31st, 1948, West Orange

76

Winston Earle

Jamaican footballer

*March 31st, 1948, Kingston

76

Raymond Winbush

African-American scholar and activist

*March 31st, 1948, Pittsburgh

76

Natalia Dubova

Russian ice dancing coach

*March 31st, 1948, Moscow

76

Günter Glasauer

German basketball player (1948-)

*March 31st, 1948, Wetzlar

76

David Eisenhower

American writer (born 1948)

*March 31st, 1948, West Point

76

Orest Banach

Soccer player

*March 31st, 1948, Neu-Ulm

76

Jules Béland

Cyclist

*March 31st, 1948, Quebec City

76

Vreni Inäbnit

Swiss alpine skier

*March 31st, 1948, Grindelwald

76

Herwig Kipping

German film director

*March 31st, 1948, Meyhen

76

Harald Hervig

Norwegian wrestler

*March 31st, 1948, Oslo

76

Hatsuo Royama

Korean-born Japanese martial artist (1948-)

*March 31st, 1948, Yagō

68

Adrian Enescu

Romanian composer (1948-2016)

*March 31st, 1948, Bucharest †August 19th, 2016, Romania

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

66

Dietmar Bartsch

German politician

*March 31st, 1958, Stralsund

81

Christopher Walken

American actor

*March 31st, 1943, Astoria

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

74

Hallie Foote

American actress

*March 31st, 1950, New York City

64

Henrik Prip

Danish actor

*March 31st, 1960, Hellerup

53

Ewan McGregor

Scottish-American actor

*March 31st, 1971, Perth

50

Adrian Holmes

Welsh-Canadian actor

*March 31st, 1974, Wrexham

77

César Gaviria

President of Colombia

*March 31st, 1947, Pereira

52

William Shakespeare

English playwright and poet (1564–1616)

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

46

Kellie Lucas

Badminton player

*March 31st, 1978, Ballarat

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

31

Frederik Colberg

Badminton player

*March 31st, 1993, Holbæk

25

Powfu

Canadian rapper and singer

*March 31st, 1999, Vancouver

77

Kristian Blak

Faroese composer

*March 31st, 1947, Fredericia

69

Angus Young

Australian guitarist

*March 31st, 1955, Glasgow

90

Carlo Rubbia

Italian particle physicist

*March 31st, 1934, Gorizia

Same year
Born in 1948

69

Ole Thestrup

Danish actor (1948-2018)

*March 12th, 1948, Nibe †February 2nd, 2018, Tuse Næs

46

Maurizio Gucci

Italian businessman (1948-1995)

*September 26th, 1948, Florence †March 27th, 1995, Milan

75

Charles III of the United Kingdom

King of the United Kingdom since 2022

*November 14th, 1948, Buckingham Palace

75

Norbert Lammert

German politician, president of the Bundestag

*November 16th, 1948, Bochum

75

Jon Amiel

English film director

*May 20th, 1948, London

75

Marius Müller-Westernhagen

German actor and musician

*December 6th, 1948, Düsseldorf

75

Laila Dåvøy

Norwegian politician

*August 11th, 1948, Bergen

75

Richard Simmons

American fitness instructor, actor, and video producer (born 1948)

*July 12th, 1948, New Orleans

69

Bernard Bosson

French politician (1948-2017)

*February 25th, 1948, Annecy †May 13th, 2017, 8th arrondissement of Lyon

76

Bärbel Kramer

German papyrologist

*March 26th, 1948, Mülheim an der Ruhr

75

Kathy Bates

American film actress and director

*June 28th, 1948, Memphis

71

Robert Trump

US business executive and real estate developer (1948-2020)

*August 26th, 1948, Queens †August 15th, 2020, NewYork–Presbyterian Hospital

68

Bernie Wrightson

American illustrator

*October 27th, 1948, Baltimore †March 18th, 2017, Austin

75

Gérard Depardieu

French actor (born 1948)

*December 27th, 1948, Châteauroux

76

John de Lancie

American actor

*March 20th, 1948, Philadelphia

75

Jonathan Hyde

Australian-born English actor

*May 21st, 1948, Brisbane

68

Altamas Kabir

39th Chief Justice of India

*July 19th, 1948, Kolkata †February 19th, 2017, Kolkata

75

Brian Eno

British musician, music producer, music theorist and visual artist (born 1948)

*May 15th, 1948, Melton

68

Carlos Gardini

Argentinian journalist (1948-2017)

*August 26th, 1948, Buenos Aires †March 1st, 2017, Buenos Aires

75

Jean-Pierre Raffarin

94th Prime Minister of France

*August 3rd, 1948, Poitiers

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Public holidays on March 31st

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Born on March 31st, 1948
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Leap year

Yes: 1948 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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