What happend on 31st March

30.03
01.04
1959

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

1957

Elections to the Territorial Assembly of the French colony Upper Volta. After the elctions PDU and MDV form a government.

1949

Newfoundland and Labrador joins Confederation and becomes the 10th Province of Canada.

1949

Richard Ray Brown of Ironton,Ohio was born. http://216.239.59.104/search?q=cache:TC14NwklatoJ:www.ktuu.com/CMS/anmviewer.asp%3Fa%3D14041%26z%3D4+%22Richard+Ray+Brown%22&hl=en

1933

The Civilian Conservation Corps is established with the mission to relieve rampant unemployment.

1931

An earthquake destroys Managua Nicaragua, killing 2,000.

1930

The Motion Pictures Production Code is instituted, imposing strict guidelines on the treatment of sex, crime, religion and violence in motion pictures for the next forty years.

1918

Daylight Savings Time goes into effect in the United States for the first time.

1917

The United States takes possession of the U.S. Virgin Islands after paying $25 million to Denmark.

1909

Serbia accepts Austrian control over Bosnia-Herzegovina.