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March 31, 2002 21st NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: at San Antonio March 31, 1998 Tampa Bay Devil Rays 1st game they host Detroit Tigers March 31, 1997 "Daytime to Remember" a series showing old soaps premieres on ABC-TV March 31, 1997 59th NCAA Mens Basketball Championship: Ariz beats Kentucky 84-79 (OT) March 31, 1997 Pioneer 10, ends its mission March 31, 1996 "Getting Away With Murder" closes at Broadhurst New York City after 17 performances March 31, 1996 "Midsummer Night's Dream" opens at Lunt-Fontanne New York City for 66 performances March 31, 1996 15th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Tenn beats Georgia 83-65 March 31, 1996 1st Opening Day in history in March takes place in Seattle March 31, 1996 25th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Patty Sheehan March 31, 1996 Karnataka defeat Tamil Nadu on 1st innings to win Ranji Trophy March 31, 1996 Radio Canada International's final shortwave broadcast March 31, 1996 Space Shuttle STS 76 (Atlantis 16), lands March 31, 1996 Wrestlemania XII - Shawn Michaels beats Brett Hart for WWF title March 31, 1995 1st game at Coors Stadium Colorado (replacement Rockies beat Yanks 4-1) March 31, 1995 Bombay beat Punjab on 1st innings to win cricket Ranji Trophy March 31, 1995 Federal judge orders injunction to end baseball strike March 31, 1994 James Farentino pleads no contest to stalking ex-girl Tina Sinatra March 31, 1994 Walkway from Cleveland's Tower City to Jacobs Field officially opens March 31, 1992 Delhi beat Tamil Nadu on 1st innings to win cricket Ranji Trophy March 31, 1992 U.N. Security Council voted to ban flights and arms sales to Libya March 31, 1991 10th NCAA Women's Basketball Champion: Tennessee beats Virginia 70-67 March 31, 1991 20th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Amy Alcott March 31, 1991 Albania offers 1st multi-party election in 50 years March 31, 1991 Danny Bonaduce attacks a transvestite prostitute in Phoenix Az March 31, 1991 Georgian SSR votes on whether to remain in the Soviet Union March 31, 1991 Musical "Will Rogers Follies," premieres in New York City March 31, 1991 Soviet Republic of Georgia endorsed independence, Warsaw Pact dissolves March 31, 1991 St. Louis Blues Brett Hull scores his 86th goal March 31, 1990 "Carol and Company" starring Carol Burnette premieres on NBC-TV March 31, 1990 Dionisio Castro cycles world record 20km (57:18.4) March 31, 1990 Riots began in London over the new poll tax laws March 31, 1989 Donald Trump purchases Eastern's Northeast Shuttle March 31, 1988 Last East Limburg coal mine closes in Gent Belgium March 31, 1988 New York Islanders celebrate Denis Potvin night March 31, 1988 Pulitzer prize awarded to Toni Morrison for "Beloved" March 31, 1987 49th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Indiana beats Syracuse 74-73 March 31, 1986 167 die when Mexicana Airlines Boeing 727 crashes March 31, 1986 48th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Louisville beats Duke 72-69 March 31, 1986 English Hampton Court palace destroyed by fire, 1 dead March 31, 1985 15th Easter Seal Telethon raises $27,400,000 March 31, 1985 4th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Old Dominion beats Georgia 70-65 March 31, 1985 El Salvador's President Duartes Christian-Democrats win election March 31, 1985 Wrestlemania I at MSG NY, Hogan and Mr. T beat Piper and Orndorf March 31, 1984 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site March 31, 1983 Earthquake in Colombia kills some 5,000 people March 31, 1983 Marsha Norman's "'night, Mother," premieres in New York City March 31, 1982 Arkas tanker at Montz La, spills 1.47 million gallons of oil March 31, 1982 Rock group Doobie Brothers split up March 31, 1981 1st Golden Raspberry Awards: Can't Stop the Music wins March 31, 1981 53rd Academy Awards - "Ordinary People," R De Niro and Sissy Spacek win March 31, 1980 Larry Holmes TKOs Leroy Jones in 8 for heavyweight boxing title March 31, 1980 Mike Weaver KOs John Tate in 15 for heavyweight boxing title March 31, 1980 President Jimmy Carter deregulates banking industry March 31, 1978 Red Rum wins 3rd consecutive Grand National and retires March 31, 1978 U.S.S.R. launches Kosmos 1000 navigational satellite March 31, 1978 Wings release "London Town" album March 31, 1977 Michael Cristofer's "Shadow Box," premieres in New York City March 31, 1976 Cleveland Cavaliers clinch their 1st ever NBA playoff bearth March 31, 1976 New Jersey Court rules Karen Anne Quinlan may be disconnected from respirator March 31, 1975 37th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Kentucky 92-55 March 31, 1975 John Wooden's final game, UCLA, wins 10th NCAA championship in 12 yrs March 31, 1973 Flyers score 8 goals in 1 period vs. Islanders, on 60 shots March 31, 1973 Ken Norton defeats Muhammad Ali in a 12 round split decision March 31, 1972 Official Beatles Fan Club, closes down March 31, 1971 South Africa national debt hits 5.45 billion March 31, 1971 William Calley sentenced to life for Mi Lai Massacre March 31, 1970 Federal bankruptcy court allows Seattle Pilots to be sold to Milwaukee March 31, 1969 George Harrison and Patti Boyd are fined 250 pounds each for illegal drugs March 31, 1968 Lyndon Baines Johnson announces he will not seek re-election March 31, 1968 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Palm Beach County Golf Open March 31, 1968 Seattle's AL club is named Pilots March 31, 1967 1st time Jimi Hendrix burns his guitar (London) March 31, 1966 25,000 anti war demonstrators march in New York City March 31, 1966 Labour Party wins British parliamentary election March 31, 1966 U.S.S.R. launches Luna 10, 1st lunar orbiter March 31, 1965 U.S. ordered the 1st combat troops to Vietnam March 31, 1964 President Jango Goulart of Brazil chased out of office by military March 31, 1963 Los Angeles ends streetcar service after 90 years March 31, 1961 Aklilou Habtewold becomes 1st premier of Ethiopia March 31, 1960 Gore Vidal's "Best Man," premieres in New York City March 31, 1959 Dalai Lama fled China and was granted political asylum in India March 31, 1958 U.S. Navy forms atomic sub division March 31, 1958 U.S.S.R. suspends nuclear weapons tests, and urges U.S. and Britain to do same March 31, 1955 Collie Smith scores 104 on cricket debut WI vs. Aust, Kingston March 31, 1955 U.S. Assay Office in Seattle, Washington closes Chase National (3rd largest bank) and Bank of the Manhattan Company (15th largest bank) merge to form Chase Manhattan March 31, 1954 US Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs Colo, established March 31, 1954 U.S.S.R. offers to join NATO March 31, 1953 Department of Health, Education and Welfare established March 31, 1953 U.N. Security Council nominates Dag Hammarskjold secretary-general March 31, 1951 U.S. tanks exceed 38 degrees of latitude in Korea March 31, 1949 Newfoundland becomes Canada's 10th province March 31, 1948 Congress passes Marshall Aid Act to rehabilitate war-torn Europe March 31, 1946 Belgian government of Acker, forms March 31, 1945 3rd Algerian division crosses the Rhine March 31, 1945 Sicherheitsdienst murders 10 political prisoners in Zutphen March 31, 1945 Tennessee Williams' "Glass Menagerie," premieres in New York City March 31, 1945 U.S. artillery lands on Keise Shima/begins firing on Okinawa March 31, 1944 Hungary orders all Jews to wear yellow stars March 31, 1943 U.S. errantly bombs Rotterdam, kills 326 March 31, 1941 Germany begins a counter offensive in Africa March 31, 1941 Ground broken for Union Square Garage, San Francisco March 31, 1940 Karelo-Finnish SSR becomes 12th Soviet republic (until 1956) March 31, 1939 Britain and France agree to support Poland if invaded by Germany March 31, 1935 Fusahige Suzuki runs world record marathon (2:27:49) March 31, 1934 Netherlands Indies BC Ltd begins radio transmission (Indonesia) March 31, 1933 1st newspaper published on pine pulp paper, "Soperton News" (Georgia) March 31, 1933 Congress authorizes Civilian Conservation Corps March 31, 1933 German Republic gives power to Hitler March 31, 1932 150 wild swans die in Niagara waterfall March 31, 1932 Ford publicly unveils its V-8 engine March 31, 1926 German Special Court of Justice for state security disbands March 31, 1925 WOWO-AM, Ft. Wayne Indiana begins radio transmission (500 watts) March 31, 1924 Croydon Airport: 1st British mig aircraft Imperial established March 31, 1924 London public transport strike ends March 31, 1923 1st dance marathon-NYC-Alma Cummings sets record of 27 hrs March 31, 1923 French soldiers fire on workers at Krupp factory in Essen; 13 die March 31, 1923 Stanley Cup: Ottawa Senators (NHL) sweep Edm Eskimos (WCHL) in 2 games March 31, 1922 KFI-AM in Los Angeles California begins radio transmissions March 31, 1922 Prince Hendrik opens trade fair building in Amsterdam March 31, 1921 Albert Einstein lectures in New York on his new theory of relativity March 31, 1921 British coal miners goes on strike March 31, 1920 British parliament accept Irish "Home Rule"-law March 31, 1919 Strike against Ruhrgebied government of Scheidemann March 31, 1918 1st daylight savings time in U.S. goes into effect March 31, 1917 U.S. purchases Danish West Indies for $25M and renames them Virgin Islands March 31, 1916 Dutch government ends all miltary engagements March 31, 1909 Baseball rules players who jump contracts are suspended for 5 years March 31, 1909 Gustav Mahler conducts New York Philharmonic for his 1st time March 31, 1907 Romanian Army puts down Moldavian farmers' revolt March 31, 1906 GB Shaws German version of "Caesar and Cleopatra," premieres in Berlin" March 31, 1905 German emperor Wilhelm II visits Tanger March 31, 1903 Richard Pearse flies monoplane several hundred yards (NZ) March 31, 1900 Brig-General Broadwoods troops fall into guerrilla hands March 31, 1896 Whitcomb Judson, Chicago, patents a hookless fastening, also know as the zipper March 31, 1889 300m Eiffel Tower officially opens, commemorates French Revolution March 31, 1885 Great Britain declares Bechuanaland a protectorate March 31, 1883 1st performance of Cesar Franck's "Le Chasseur Maudit" March 31, 1883 Utrecht begins water pipe system March 31, 1880 1st town completely illuminated by electric lighting (Wabash, Indiana) March 31, 1878 Jack Johnson is 1st black to hold a heavyweight boxing title March 31, 1877 British high director/governor sir Bartle Frere arrives in Capetown March 31, 1877 Test Cricket debut of Fred "Demon" Spofforth, Aust vs. Eng MCG March 31, 1870 1st black to vote in U.S. (Thomas P Mundy of Perth Amboy New Jersey) March 31, 1868 Chinese Embassy arrives aboard steamship China March 31, 1865 Battle of Boydton, Virginia (White Oaks Roads, Dinwiddie C H) March 31, 1865 Gen Pickette moves to 5 Forks, abandoning the defense of Peterburg March 31, 1863 Battle of Grand Gulf MS and Dinwiddie Court House VA March 31, 1862 Civil War action at Island #10 on Mississippi River March 31, 1861 Confederacy takes over mint at New Orleans March 31, 1854 Treaty of Kanagawa: Commodore Perry forces Japan to opens ports to U.S. March 31, 1850 U.S. population hits 23,191,876 (Black population: 3,638,808 (15.7%)) March 31, 1849 Col John W Geary arrives as 1st postmaster of SF March 31, 1841 1st performance of Robert Schumann's 1st Symphony in B March 31, 1831 Mainzer Rijnvaart Convention ends March 31, 1831 Quebec and Montreal incorporated March 31, 1814 Forces allied against Napoleon capture Paris March 31, 1808 French created Kingdom of Westphalia orders Jews to adopt family names March 31, 1796 Johann Wolfgang von Goethes "Egmont," premieres in Weimar March 31, 1745 Jews are expelled from Prague March 31, 1683 Emperor Leopold I/Poland signs covenant against Turkey March 31, 1667 France/England signs anti-Dutch military accord March 31, 1657 English Humble Petition offers Lord Protector Cromwell the crown March 31, 1651 Great earthquake at Cuzco Peru March 31, 1644 Pope Urbanus VIII and duke of Parma signs Peace of Ferrara March 31, 1547 Henry II succeeds Francois I as king of France March 31, 1521 Magelhaes takes possession of Homohon, Archipelago of St. Lazarus March 31, 1504 France and Spain signs ceasefire March 31, 1492 Queen Isabella of Castilia and Ferdinand of Aragon expels Jews March 31, 1084 Anti-pope Clemens crowns German emperor Hendrik IV |