Page 5: Historical Events In March - 31
Saturday, 17 May 2025
1909 Gustav Mahler conducts New York Philharmonic for his first time on this day in history.
1909 Baseball rules players who jump contracts are suspended for 5 years on March - 31.
1909 Pieter Jongeling, Dutch MP (GVP)/editor (Neth Daily) on this day in history.
1912 On this day in history wilhelmus Berkelmans, civil servant/resistance fighter
1913 On this day in history john Pierpont Morgan, US banker/CEO (US Steel Corp), dies at 75
1914 Canada now has 3,000 officers and men in the Permanent Force; 5,615 officers and 68,991 men in the militia on March - 31.
1914 On March - 31 seventy-eight hunters die, many crippled by frostbite, in a two day long storm when their sealing steamer, the Newfoundland, fails to pick them up due to mistaken orders.
1914 On March - 31 the birth of Octavio Paz, mexican writer and poet
1914 On March - 31 octavio Paz, Mexico, writer/diplomat (Salamandra, Topoemas)
1914 On March - 31 ch Morgenstern, writer, dies at 42
1915 On March - 31 eliseo Morales Pajaro, composer
1916 Dutch government ends all military engagements on March - 31.
1916 On this day in history dutch govt ends all milt engagements
1916 On this day in history john Vivyan, Chic Ill, actor (Imitation of Life, Mr Lucky)
1917 US purchases Danish West Indies for $25M and renames them Virgin Islands on this day in history.
1917 On this day in history uS purchases Danish West Indies for $25M & renames them Virgin Islands
1918 First daylight savings time in US goes into effect on March - 31.
1918 On this day in history 1st daylight savings time in US goes into effect
1918 Ted Post, Dir (Peacemaker, Beneath the Planet of the Apes) on this day in history.
1919 Strike against Ruhrgebied government of Scheidemann on this day in history.
1920 On this day in history british parliament accept Irish "Home Rule"-law
1920 Marga [Sara Voeten-] Minco, Dutch writer (Bitter Herb) on this day in history.
1921 On this day in history albert Einstein lectures in New York on his new theory of relativity
1921 On this day in history british coal miners goes on strike
1921 Establishment of the Royal Australian Air Force on this day in history.
1921 On March - 31 formation of Australian Air Force, which becomes the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) on 31aug1921
1922 Prince Hendrik opens trade fair building in Amsterdam on this day in history.
1922 On this day in history kFI-AM in Los Angeles CA begins radio transmissions
1922 On this day in history patrick J G McGee, North Ireland, actor (Clockwork Orange)
1923 French soldiers fire on workers at Krupp factory in Essen; 13 die on this day in history.
1923 On this day in history 1st dance marathon-NYC-Alma Cummings sets record of 27 hrs
1923 Donald Argee Barksdale, Berkley Cal, basketballer (Olympic-gold-1948) on this day in history.
1924 On March - 31 london public transport strike ends
1924 On March - 31 croydon Airport: 1st British mig aircraft Imperial established
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