March 31<\/p>\n
1492
\nQueen Isabella and King Ferdinand of Spain expelled Jews who would not accept Christianity.<\/p>\n
1889
\nThe Eiffel Tower in Paris officially opened.<\/p>\n
1917
\nThe United States took possession of the Virgin Islands.<\/p>\n
1918
\nDaylight Saving Time went into effect in the United States.<\/p>\n
1949
\nNewfoundland became Canada’s tenth province.<\/p>\n
1959
\nThe Dalai Lama, fleeing Chinese repression of an uprising in Tibet, arrived at the Indian border and was granted political asylum.<\/p>\n
1968
\nPresident Lyndon Johnson announced that he would not run for re-election.<\/p>\n
1995
\nMajor League Baseball players agreed to end the sport\u2019s longest strike in history after a judge ordered a preliminary injunction against team owners.<\/p>\n
2005
\nTerry Schiavo died 13 days after her feeding tube was removed.<\/p>\n
Birthdays<\/p>\n
Ren\u00e9 Descartes
\nscientist, philosopher (1596)<\/p>\n
Franz Haydn
\ncomposer (1732)<\/p>\n
Nikolai Gogol
\nshort-story writer, novelist (1809)<\/p>\n
Robert Wilhelm Bunsen
\nscientist (1811)<\/p>\n
Jack Johnson
\nboxer (1878)<\/p>\n
Octavio Paz
\npoet and critic (1914)<\/p>\n
Cesar Chavez
\nAmerican agrarian labor leader (1923)<\/p>\n
Albert Gore, Jr.
\nformer vice president (1948)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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