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March 31, 1993

Born today ...

    In 1596, Rene Descartes, French mathematician and philosopher.
    In 1621, Andrew Marvell, English poet.
    In 1732, Franz Joseph Haydn, Austrian composer.
    In 1809, Edward Fitzgerald, English author.
    In 1809, Nikolai Vasilevich Gogol, Russian author.
    In 1811, Robert Wilhelm Eberhard von Bunsen, German chemist and introducer
               of the bunsen burner.
    In 1914, Octavio Paz, Mexican poet and critic.
    In 1915, Henry Morgan, TV and radio personality.
    In 1922, Richard Kiley, actor.
    In 1925, Leo Bascaglia (Felice Leonardo Buscaglia), educator and author.
    In 1926, John Fowles.
    In 1927, William Daniels, actor.
    In 1928, Gordie Howe, hockey player.
    In 1929, Liz Claiborne, fashion designer.
    In 1932, John Jakes, author.
    In 1934, Shirley Jones, actress.
    In 1935, Herb Alpert, musician.
    In 1935, Richard Chamberlain, actor.
    In 1940, Patrick J. Leahy, Vermont Senator.
    In 1943, Christopher Walken, actor.
    In 1946, Gabe Kaplan, actor.
    In 1948, Albert Gore, Tennessee Senator.
    In 1948, Rhea Perlman, actress.
    In 1951, Ed Marinaro, actor. (3/3/1950?)

Events today ...

             Republic Day (Malta).
             Transfer Day (Virgin Islands).
    In 1631, John Donne, poet, died.
    In 1781, Uranus discovered (William Herschel).
    In 1814, Cottonseed hulling machine patented (John Lineback).
    In 1837, John Constable, English landscape painter, died.
    In 1840, 10 hour workday established for federal public works employees.
    In 1850, John Caldwell Calhoun, first US vice president to resign, died.
    In 1855, Charlotte Bronte, English novelist, died.
    In 1870, First black to vote following ratification of the 15th amendment
               (Thomas Peterson, Perth Amboy, New Jersey).
    In 1878, Jack Johnson, first black to hold the heavyweight title.
    In 1880, First town completely illuminated by electrical lighting (Wabash,
               Indiana).
    In 1889, Eiffel Tower inaugurated.
    In 1903, Richard Pearse flew in a monoplane.
    In 1913, John Pierpont Morgan, US industrialist financier, died.
    In 1917, Virgin Islands bought from Denmark ($25 million).
    In 1918, Daylight Savings Time first went into operation.
    In 1923, First US dance marathon (New York).
    In 1931, Knute Rockne died.
    In 1932, "V-8" engine unveiled by Ford Motor Co.
    In 1933, Civilian Conservation Corps authorized.
    In 1939, "The Hound of the Baskervilles" released.
    In 1940, "Oklahoma!" opened on Broadway. (1943?)
    In 1946, Eckert-Mauchly Computer Corporation founded (Philadelphia).
    In 1948, Marshall Aid Act (rehabilitate Europe) passed.
    In 1949, Newfoundland became Canada's 10th province.
    In 1953, Dag Hammarskjold nominated as Secretary-General of UN Security
               Council.
    In 1968, Lyndon Johnson announced he wouldn't seek re-election.
    In 1971, Lt. William Calley sentenced to life imprisonment.
    In 1976, New Jersey Supreme Court ruled that Karen Anne Quinlan could be
               disconnected from her respirator.
    In 1980, James Cleveland "Jesse" Owens, US olympic athlete, died.
    In 1988, Rioting in London over Britain's "poll tax."
    In 1991, Warsaw pact formally dissolved.
    In 1991, USS Missouri decommissioned.

Religious events today ...

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"When I was eight, I played Little League.  I was on first; I stole
 third; I went straight across.  Earlier that week, I learned that the
 shortest distance between two points was a direct line.  I took
 advantage of that knowledge."

        - Steven Wright.