March 31st, 1956

Born on March 31st, 1956

Age in days, weeks and months
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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, 1956

63

Jota Mario Valencia

Colombian television presenter

*March 31st, 1956, Medellín †June 6th, 2019, Cartagena de Indias

68

François Brottes

French politician

*March 31st, 1956, Valence

68

Wolfgang Nadvornik

Austrian economist

*March 31st, 1956, Amstetten

68

Claus Fabian

German singer

*March 31st, 1956, Düsseldorf

68

József Andrusch

Hungarian footballer

*March 31st, 1956, Budapest

68

Mick Henderson

English footballer (born 1956)

*March 31st, 1956, Gosforth

68

Mark R. Hornak

American judge

*March 31st, 1956, Homestead

68

Kevin Cogan

Racecar driver

*March 31st, 1956, Culver City

68

Carey Green

American basketball coach

*March 31st, 1956, Louisville

68

Doron Gepner

Israeli theoretical physicist

*March 31st, 1956, Philadelphia

68

Ingra Manecke

German athletics competitor

*March 31st, 1956, Göttingen

68

Anikó Kéry

Artistic gymnast

*March 31st, 1956, Budapest

58

Bruce Sinofsky

American documentary film director (1956–2015)

*March 31st, 1956, Boston †February 21st, 2015

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Who's birthday is on March 31st?

66

Dietmar Bartsch

German politician

*March 31st, 1958, Stralsund

66

Heribert Hirte

German judge and politician

*March 31st, 1958, Cologne

33

Nitchaon Jindapol

Badminton player

*March 31st, 1991, Phuket province

43

Mattias Tesfaye

Danish politician

*March 31st, 1981, Aarhus

64

Henrik Prip

Danish actor

*March 31st, 1960, Hellerup

76

Al Gore

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

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

69

Angus Young

Australian guitarist

*March 31st, 1955, Glasgow

53

Ewan McGregor

Scottish-American actor

*March 31st, 1971, Perth

50

Adrian Holmes

Welsh-Canadian actor

*March 31st, 1974, Wrexham

81

Christopher Walken

American actor

*March 31st, 1943, Astoria

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

52

William Shakespeare

English playwright and poet (1564–1616)

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

31

Frederik Colberg

Badminton player

*March 31st, 1993, Holbæk

25

Powfu

Canadian rapper and singer

*March 31st, 1999, Vancouver

69

Muriel Pénicaud

French business executive and politician

*March 31st, 1955, Versailles

74

Hallie Foote

American actress

*March 31st, 1950, New York City

46

Jérôme Rothen

French association football player

*March 31st, 1978, Châtenay-Malabry

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Born in 1956

68

Peter Hook

English musician

*February 13th, 1956, Salford

67

Charles M. Huber

German actor and politician

*December 3rd, 1956, Munich

68

Sheila McCarthy

Canadian actress

*January 1st, 1956, Toronto

67

Stephan Barratt-Due

Norwegian musician

*June 1st, 1956, Oslo

67

Tom Hanks

American actor and film producer (born 1956)

*July 9th, 1956, Concord

67

Theresa May

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2016 to 2019

*October 1st, 1956, Eastbourne

68

Liem Swie King

Indonesian badminton player

*February 28th, 1956, Kudus

60

Carrie Fisher

American actress, writer and screenwriter (1956–2016)

*October 21st, 1956, Burbank †December 27th, 2016, UCLA Ronald Reagan Medical Center

23

Ian Curtis

British musician (1956–1980)

*July 15th, 1956, Stretford †May 18th, 1980, Macclesfield

67

Valgerd Svarstad Haugland

Norwegian politician

*August 23rd, 1956, Kvam Municipality

67

Ulrike Meyfarth

German former high jumper

*May 4th, 1956, Frankfurt

67

Martyn Ware

English musician

*May 19th, 1956, Sheffield

68

Gunnar Brands

German classical archaeologist

*March 30th, 1956, Duisburg

67

Justus Carrière

German actor

*May 16th, 1956, Schwerin

68

Michel Houellebecq

French writer

*February 26th, 1956, Saint-Pierre

68

Bryan Cranston

American actor, director, and producer

*March 7th, 1956, Hollywood

62

Minken Fosheim

Norwegian actress (1956-2018)

*March 20th, 1956, Oslo †June 7th, 2018, Oslo

68

Imelda Staunton

English actress (born 1956)

*January 9th, 1956, London

67

Andreas Bornschein

German association football player

*November 29th, 1956, Leipzig

67

Han Jian

Chinese badminton player

*July 6th, 1956, Liaoning

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Leap year

Yes: 1956 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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