March 31st, 1959

Born on March 31st, 1959

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What happened on March 31st, 1959?

March 31st, 1959

The 14th Dalai Lama, crosses the border into India and is granted political asylum.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_Dalai_Lama

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, 1959

65

Valeriu Matei

Romanian writer and politician

*March 31st, 1959, Cazangic

40

Thierry Claveyrolat

Road bicycle racer

*March 31st, 1959, La Tronche †September 7th, 1999, Notre-Dame-de-Mésage

65

Antonio Ingroia

Italian magistrate and politician

*March 31st, 1959, Palermo

65

Markus Hediger

Swiss writer

*March 31st, 1959, Zürich

65

Dennis Cardoza

American politician

*March 31st, 1959, Merced

65

Lin Cheng-sheng

Taiwanese film director

*March 31st, 1959, Taitung City

65

John Uzzell

English footballer (born 1959)

*March 31st, 1959, Plymouth

65

Hideaki Okabe

Japanese politician

*March 31st, 1959, Hitachi

65

Patricia Retamoza

Mexican politician

*March 31st, 1959, Jalisco

32

Martin Lev

English child actor (1959-1992)

*March 31st, 1959, Liverpool †March 11th, 1992, Ealing

Same Day
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

64

Henrik Prip

Danish actor

*March 31st, 1960, Hellerup

33

Nitchaon Jindapol

Badminton player

*March 31st, 1991, Phuket province

43

Mattias Tesfaye

Danish politician

*March 31st, 1981, Aarhus

76

Al Gore

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

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

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

31

Frederik Colberg

Badminton player

*March 31st, 1993, Holbæk

52

William Shakespeare

English playwright and poet (1564–1616)

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

25

Powfu

Canadian rapper and singer

*March 31st, 1999, Vancouver

69

Angus Young

Australian guitarist

*March 31st, 1955, Glasgow

60

Oleksandr Turchynov

Ukrainian politician, screenwriter, and Doctor of Economic Sciences

*March 31st, 1964, Dnipro

56

Yann Moix

French writer and director

*March 31st, 1968, Nevers

46

Jérôme Rothen

French association football player

*March 31st, 1978, Châtenay-Malabry

Same year
Born in 1959

64

Jim Kerr

Scottish singer

*July 9th, 1959, Glasgow

64

Andrew Eldritch

British singer

*May 15th, 1959, Ely

56

Nahed Hattar

Jordanian writer

*November 30th, 1959, Amman †September 25th, 2016, Amman

64

Wolfgang Rolff

German association football player and manager

*December 26th, 1959, Lamstedt

64

Mike Pence

Vice president of the United States from 2017 to 2021

*June 7th, 1959, Columbus

64

Morten Andreas Meyer

Norwegian politician

*October 20th, 1959, Sarpsborg Municipality

64

Jon Fosse

Norwegian writer, theater writer and translator

*September 29th, 1959, Haugesund Municipality

64

Donna Strickland

Canadian physicist, 2018 Nobel laurate

*May 27th, 1959, Guelph

64

Dave Ball

English producer and electronic musician

*May 3rd, 1959, Blackpool

64

Charlie Burchill

Scottish musician and composer

*November 27th, 1959, Glasgow

64

Rolf Mützenich

German politician (SPD)

*June 25th, 1959, Cologne

64

Martin Atkins

English musician

*August 3rd, 1959, Coventry

64

Bryan Adams

Canadian guitarist

*November 5th, 1959, Kingston

64

Steve Alten

American writer

*August 21st, 1959, Philadelphia

64

Carla Antonelli

Spanish actress and activist

*July 12th, 1959, Güímar

64

Johannes Röring

German politician

*May 16th, 1959, Vreden

64

Peter Enders

German politician (1959–)

*May 10th, 1959, Eichen

64

Allison Janney

American actress

*November 19th, 1959, Boston

65

Luc Besson

French film director, writer, and producer

*March 18th, 1959, Paris

64

Stephen Harper

22nd prime minister of Canada from 2006 to 2015

*April 30th, 1959, Toronto

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No: With 365 days 1959 is a normal year and no leap year.

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