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March 31: Day of the Week
March 31, 2024 was the 91st day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 275 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Sunday.
If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is dimanche.
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Here’s the March calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.
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Zodiac & Birthstone
Aries is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Aquamarine is the modern birthstone for this month. Jade is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
March 31 Historical Event(s)
1822
The massacre of the population of the Greek island of Chios by soldiers of the Ottoman Empire following an attempted rebellion, depicted by the French artist Eugène Delacroix.
1866
The Spanish Navy bombs the harbor of Valparaíso, Chile.
1903
Richard Pearse allegedly makes a powered flight in an early aircraft.
1933
The Civilian Conservation Corps is established with the mission of relieving rampant unemployment.
1958
In the Canadian federal election, the Progressive Conservatives, led by John Diefenbaker, win the largest percentage of seats in Canadian history, with 208 seats of 265.
1985
The first WrestleMania, the biggest wrestling event from the WWE (then the WWF), takes place in Madison Square Garden in New York.
1986
A Mexicana Boeing 727 en route to Puerto Vallarta erupts in flames and crashes in the mountains northwest of Mexico City, killing 166.
1986
Six metropolitan county councils are abolished in England.
1992
The USS Missouri, the last active United States Navy battleship, is decommissioned in Long Beach, California.
1994
Human evolution: The journal Nature reports the finding in Ethiopia of the first complete Australopithecus afarensis skull.
Who were born on March 31?
1730
Étienne Bézout, French mathematician (d. 1783)
1911
Elisabeth Grümmer, German soprano (d. 1986)
1933
Nichita Stănescu, Romanian poet (d. 1983)
1938
Arthur B. Rubinstein, American composer
1938
David Steel, Scottish politician
1948
Gustaaf Van Cauter, Belgian cyclist
1952
Dermot Morgan, Irish actor and comedian (d. 1998)
1968
J.R. Reid, American basketball player
1981
Maarten van der Weijden, Dutch swimmer
1982
Ryland Blackinton, American guitarist (Cobra Starship)
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