Top Historical Events That Happened on March 31

1988  Last East Limburg coal mine closes in Gent Belgium.   

1988  Talib Rasul Hakim, composer, dies at 48   

1989  Donald Trump purchases Eastern's Northeast Shuttle   

1990  "Carol and Company" starring Carol Burnett premieres on NBC-TV   

1990  Riots began in London over the new poll tax laws.   

1990  Thousands riot against new poll tax in central London, leaving 75 civilians and 58 police injured and 341 demonstrators under arrest   

1990  Lillian "Miss" Miller, audience member (Merv Griffin, Tonight), dies   

1991  Albania offers inaugural multi-party election in 50 years   

1991  Danny Bonaduce attacks a transvestite prostitute in Phoenix AZ.   

1991  Soviet Republic of Georgia endorsed independence; Warsaw Pact dissolves   

1991  John Carter, US jazz clarinetist (Roots and folklore), dies   

1992  Delhi beat Tamil Nadu on inaugural innings to win cricket Ranji Trophy   

1992  UN Security Council voted to ban flights and arms sales to Libya   

1993  On this day in 1993, Lou Gerstner was approved as IBM's next chairman at a salary of $3.5 million in 1993-$2 million in base salary and a $1.5 million bonus for reaching performance goals.   

1993  Brandon Lee, US actor (Crow)/son of Bruce Lee, accidentally shot at 28   

1994  James Farentino pleads no contest to stalking Tina Sinatra.   

1994  Leon J Ramirez Reine, [Degrelle], Belg/Spanish nazi (Rex), dies at 87   

1995  Bombay beat Punjab on inaugural innings to win cricket Ranji Trophy.   

1995  Federal judge orders injunction to end baseball strike   

1995  Microsoft Bob, a much ballyhooed "social interface" from Microsoft, started shipping   

1995  Carl M Story, fiddler, dies at 78.   

1996  25th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Patty Sheehan   

1996  Karnataka defeat Tamil Nadu on inaugural innings to win Ranji Trophy   

1996  Radio Canada International's final shortwave broadcast   

1996  Space Shuttle STS 76 (Atlantis 16), lands.   

1996  The sun set on eWorld as Apple pulled the plug on its struggling two-year-old online service   

1996  Wrestlemania XII Shawn Michaels beats Brett Hart for WWF title.   

1996  Dante Giacosa, engineer/designer, dies at 91   

1997  "Daytime to Remember" a series showing old soaps premieres on ABC-TV   

1997  Pioneer 10, ends its mission   

1997  Edwin Alberian, TV celebrity (Clarabell), dies at 76.   

1999  Australian aid workers Steve Pratt and Peter Wallace are arrested by Serb authorities   

2007  Sydney, Australia, turns off its lights for 1 hour between 7:30pm and 8:30pm as a political statement for Global Climate Change   

2013  14 Boko Haram suspects are killed in a Nigerian Army raid   

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0250  Constantius chlorus: Roman emperor   

1360  Philippa of lancaster: Queen of portugal   

1425  Bianca maria visconti: Duchess of milan   

1499  Pius iv: [gianangelo de' medici], italian lawyer/pope (1559-65)   

1504  Guru angad dev: Second sikh guru   

1519  Henry ii: King of germany (1547-59)   

1519  King henry ii of france: King henry ii of france (d. 1559)   

1536  Ashikaga yoshiteru: Japanese shogun   

1074  Death of Regency yorimichi fujiwara of japan: Regency yorimichi fujiwara of japan (b. 992)   

1340  Ivan i kalita: Grand-duke of vladimir,   

1389  Death of Everhard tserclaes: Sheriff of brussels, murdered   

1547  Death of Francis i of france: Francis i of france (b. 1494)   

1567  Philip: The generous, count of hessen,   

1578  Juan de escobedo: Sec of spanish land guardian don juan, murdered   

1621  Felipe iii: King of spain (1598-1621),   

1631  Death of John donne: Metaphysical poet,