March 31 - The Day in History

March 31 : General Interest
1889: Eiffel Tower opens

On March 31, 1889, the Eiffel Tower is dedicated in Paris in a ceremony presided over by Gustave Eiffel, the tower's designer, and attended by French Prime Minister Pierre Tirard, a handful of other dignitaries, and 200 construction workers... read more


American Revolution
1776 : Abigail Adams urges husband to "remember the ladies"
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/abigail-adams-urges-husband-to-remember-the-ladies

Automotive
1931 : Knute Rockne, Studebaker namesake, dies
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/knute-rockne-studebaker-namesake-dies

Civil War
1865 : North and South skirmish near Dinwiddie Court House
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/fighting-at-white-oak-road-and-dinwiddie-court-house

Cold War
1991 : Warsaw Pact ends
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/warsaw-pact-ends

Crime
1999 : Evidence of murder is uncovered in New Mexico
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/evidence-of-murder-is-uncovered-in-new-mexico

Disaster
1973 : Mississippi River reaches peak flood level
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/mississippi-river-reaches-peak-flood-level

General Interest
1492 : Jews to be expelled from Spain
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/jews-to-be-expelled-from-spain
1854 : Treaty of Kanagawa signed with Japan
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/treaty-of-kanagawa-signed-with-japan
1959 : Dalai Lama begins exile
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/dalai-lama-begins-exile

Hollywood
1999 : The Matrix released
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-matrix-released

Literary
1836 : First installment of The Pickwick Papers, Dickens' first novel
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/first-installment-of-the-pickwick-papers-dickens-first-novel

Music
1943 : Oklahoma! premieres on Broadway
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/oklahoma-premieres-on-broadway

Old West
1895 : Western novelist Vardis Fisher born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/western-novelist-vardis-fisher-born

Presidential
1776 : Abigail Adams asks her husband to "remember the ladies"
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/abigail-adams-asks-her-husband-to-remember-the-ladies

Sports
1975 : Legendary UCLA basketball coach John Wooden wins 10th national title
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/legendary-ucla-basketball-coach-john-wooden-wins-10th-national-title
1995 : Longest strike in Major League Baseball history ends
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/longest-strike-in-major-league-baseball-history-ends

Vietnam War
1965 : Johnson publicly denies actions contemplated in Vietnam
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/johnson-publicly-denies-actions-contemplated-in-vietnam
1968 : Johnson announces bombing halt
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/johnson-announces-bombing-halt
1972 : Fighting intensifies with North Vietnamese offensive
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/fighting-intensifies-with-north-vietnamese-offensive

World War I
1905 : The First Moroccan Crisis
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-first-moroccan-crisis

World War II
1940 : Germany's Atlantis launches
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/germanys-atlantis-launches