A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.
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 Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is domingo.
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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)
1717
A sermon on “The Nature of the Kingdom of Christ” by Benjamin Hoadly, the Bishop of Bangor, provokes the Bangorian Controversy.
1774
American Revolutionary War: The Kingdom of Great Britain orders the port of Boston, Massachusetts closed pursuant to the Boston Port Act.
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.
1885
The United Kingdom establishes a protectorate over Bechuanaland.
1931
TWA Flight 599 crashes near Bazaar, Kansas killing 8 including Knute Rockne, head football coach at the University of Notre Dame
1964
A coup d'état in Brazil establishes a military government, under the aegis of general Castello Branco.
1970
Explorer 1 re-enters the Earth’s atmosphere after 12 years in orbit.
1986
A Mexicana Boeing 727 en route to Puerto Vallarta erupts in flames and crashes in the mountains northwest of Mexico City, killing 166.
2004
Iraq War in Anbar Province - In Fallujah, Iraq, 4 American private military contractors working for Blackwater USA, are killed after being ambushed.
Who were born on March 31?
250
Constantius Chlorus, Roman Emperor (d. 306)
1916
John H. Wood, Jr., American jurist (d. 1979)
1924
Leo Buscaglia, American author (d. 1998)
1951
Frankie Sabath, Puerto Rican performer/singer
1968
Naoya Ogawa, Japanese professional wrestler
1975
Adam Green, American film director
1975
Emma Atkins, English actress
1976
Ashton Moore, American porn actress
1977
Toshiya, Japanese musician (Dir en grey)
1984
David Clarkson, Canadian ice hockey player
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