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Historical Events on March 31

  • American Revolutionary War

    1774

    American Revolutionary War: The Kingdom of Great Britain orders the port of Boston, Massachusetts closed pursuant to the Boston Port Act.

  • Serbia

    1909

    Serbia accepts Austrian control over Bosnia and Herzegovina.

  • Modernism

    1913

    The Vienna Concert Society rioted during a performance of modernist music by Arnold Schoenberg, Alban Berg, Alexander von Zemlinsky, and Anton von Webern, causing a premature end to the concert due to violence; this concert became known as the Skandalkonzert.

  • United States

    1917

    The United States takes possession of the Danish West Indies after paying $25 million to Denmark, and renames the territory the United States Virgin Islands.

  • World War II

    1942

    World War II: Japanese forces invade Christmas Island, then a British possession.

  • Nazi Germany

    1945

    World War II: A defecting German pilot delivers a Messerschmitt Me 262A-1, the world's first operational jet-powered fighter aircraft, to the Americans, the first to fall into Allied hands.

  • 14th Dalai Lama

    1959

    The 14th Dalai Lama, crosses the border into India and is granted political asylum.

  • Soviet Union

    1966

    The Soviet Union launches Luna 10 which later becomes the first space probe to enter orbit around the Moon.

  • Iraq War in Anbar Province

    2004

    Iraq War in Anbar Province: In Fallujah, Iraq, four American private military contractors working for Blackwater USA, are killed after being ambushed.

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