This day in History - March 31

393 Historic Events for March 31
1926 Birth Sydney Chaplin, son of Charlie/actor (Adding Machine, Psycho Sisters)
1926 Birth John Fowles, England, novelist (Collector, French Leiutenent's Woman)
1927 Birth William Daniels, Bkln NY, actor (Dr Mark Craig-St Elsewhere, 1776)
1927 Birth Cesar Chavez, Yuma Az, farm labor leader (United Farm Workers)
1928 Death Gustave Ador, president of Austria (1919), dies at 82
1928 Birth Gordie Howe, Floral Sask, NHL right wing (Detroit Redwings)
1928 Death Medardo Rosso, Italian sculptor (portraits), dies at 69
1929 Birth Liz Claiborne, fashion designer
1929 Birth Lee Patterson, Vancouver BC, actor (Dave-Surfside Six, Another World)
1931 Death Knute Rockne, football player/coach, dies in a plane crash at 43
1931 Birth Miller Barber, Shreveport LA, PGA golfer (1968 Byron Nelson Classic)
1932 Event 150 wild swans die in Niagara waterfall
1932 Event Ford publicly unveils its V-8 engine
1932 Birth Nagisa Oshima, Kyoto Japan, director (Town of Love and Hope)
1932 Birth John Jakes, Chicago, writer (Sir Scoundrel, Great Women Reporters)
1932 Birth Godfrey Lawrence, cricketer (S African fast bowler, 8-53 v NZ 1961)
1933 Birth Bob Simmons, Fulham England, stuntman (double for James Bond)
1933 Birth Shirley Jones, Smithton Pa, actress (Partridge Family, Elmer Gantry)
1933 Event 1st newspaper published on pine pulp paper, "Soperton News" (Ga)
1933 Event German Republic gives power to Hitler
1933 Event Congress authorizes Civilian Conservation Corps
1934 Birth John D Loudermilk, rock drummer/vocalist (Language of Love, Norman)
1934 Birth Wim H Sinnige, Dutch alderman of finance (social democratic)
1934 Birth Grigori Grigoyevich Nelyubov, Russia, cosmonaut (Vostok 1 backup)
1934 Event Netherlands Indies BC Ltd begins radio transmission (Indonesia)