March 31st

• 1651

  Great earthquake at Cuzco, Peru.

• 1736

  Bellevue Hospital, 1st public hospital in the US, founded in NYC.

• 1814

  Allied forces capture Paris from Napoleon.

• 1831

  Quebec & Montreal incorporated.

• 1850

  US population hits 23,191,876; 15.7% black population.

• 1889

  Eiffel Tower officially opens in Paris, tallest man made structure for 41 years. View Post →

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• 1918

  1st daylight savings time in US goes into effect.

• 1932

  150 wild swans die in Niagara Falls.

• 1932

  Ford publicly unveils its V-8 engine.

• 1949

  Newfoundland becomes Canada's 10th province.

• 1954

  USSR offers to join NATO.

• 1955

  Chase National Bank and Bank of the Manhattan Company merge to form Chase Manhattan.

• 1967

  Jimi Hendrix first burns his guitar at London's Finsbury Park Astoria theater.

• 1986

  Mexicana Airlines Boeing 727 crashes, killing 167.

• 2009

  'Boom Boom Pow' by The Black Eyed Peas released.

• 2019

  Nipsey Hussle fatally shot in Los Angeles.

• 1999

  The film The Matrix is released.

• 1964

  Military dictatorship takes charge in Brazil following a coup d'etat.

• 1980

  Jesse Owens, American sprinter, dies.

• 1917

  U.S. takes possession of the Virgin Islands from Denmark for $25 million.

• 1940

  La Guardia airport in New York officially opens to the public.