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)
1492
Queen Isabella of Castille issues the Alhambra decree, ordering her 150,000 Jewish subjects to convert to Christianity or face expulsion.
1717
A sermon on “The Nature of the Kingdom of Christ” by Benjamin Hoadly, the Bishop of Bangor, provokes the Bangorian Controversy.
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.
1918
Massacre of ethnic Azerbaijanis is committed by allied armed groups of Armenian Revolutionary Federation and Bolsheviks. Nearly 12,000 Azerbaijani Muslims are killed.
1966
The Soviet Union launches Luna 10 which later becomes the first space probe to enter orbit around the Moon.
1980
The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific railroad operates its final train after being ordered to liquidate its assets because of bankruptcy and debts owed to creditors.
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.
1990
200,000 protestors take to the streets of London to protest against the newly introduced Poll Tax.
Who were born on March 31?
1878
Jack Johnson, American boxer (d. 1946)
1890
William Lawrence Bragg, English physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1971)
1934
Carlo Rubbia, Italian physicist, Nobel Laureate
1934
Shirley Jones, American singer and actress
1957
Kyle Secor, American actor
1962
John Taylor, American football player
1964
Fez Marie Whatley, American radio host and comedian
1965
Tom Barrasso, American ice hockey player
1966
Roger Black, English athlete
1974
Stefan Olsdal, Swedish bassist (Placebo)
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