| Date | Weekday | Event |
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| March 31, 1814 | Thursday | Forces allied against Napoleon capture Paris |
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| March 31, 1831 | Thursday | Quebec & Montreal incorporated |
| March 31, 1849 | Saturday | Col John W Geary 1st postmaster of SF |
| March 31, 1854 | Friday | Japan opens ports to foreign trade by Commodore Perry |
| March 31, 1868 | Tuesday | Chinese Embassy arrives aboard steamship China |
| March 31, 1870 | Thursday | Thomas P Mundy became 1st black to vote in US (Perth Amboy NJ) |
| March 31, 1880 | Wednesday | Wabash Ind - 1st town completely illuminated by electric light |
| March 31, 1889 | Sunday | Eiffel Tower in Paris officially opened |
| March 31, 1917 | Saturday | US purchases Virgin Is from Denmark for $25 million |
| March 31, 1918 | Sunday | 1st US daylight savings time goes into effect |
| March 31, 1923 | Saturday | 1st dance marathon - NYC - Alma Cummings sets record of 27 hrs |
| March 31, 1932 | Thursday | Ford publicly unveiled its V-8 engine |
| March 31, 1933 | Friday | 1st newspaper published on pine pulp paper - "Soperton News" (Ga) |
| March 31, 1933 | Friday | Congress authorized Civilian Conservation Corps |
| March 31, 1941 | Monday | Ground broken for Union Sq Garage |
| March 31, 1943 | Wednesday | Rodgers & Hammerstein musical Oklahoma! opens on Broadway |
| March 31, 1949 | Thursday | Newfoundland becomes 10th Canadian province |
| March 31, 1953 | Tuesday | UN Security Council nominates Dag Hammarskjold secretary-general |
| March 31, 1958 | Monday | US Navy forms atomic sub division |
| March 31, 1963 | Sunday | LA ends streetcar service after 90 years |
| March 31, 1966 | Thursday | USSR launches Luna 10 - 1st spacecraft to orbit moon |
| March 31, 1968 | Sunday | LBJ announces he would not seek re-election |
| March 31, 1973 | Saturday | Flyers score 8 goals in 1 period vs Islanders - on 60 shots |
| March 31, 1976 | Wednesday | Court rules Karen Anne Quinlan could be disc from respirator |
| March 31, 1980 | Monday | Jesse Owens of 1936 Berlin Olympics fame dies in Az at 66 |
| March 31, 1986 | Monday | 167 die when Mexicana Airlines Boeing 727 crashes |