History for March 31

History for March 31 - On-This-Day.com

Al Gore 1948 - U.S. Vice President under President Bill Clinton

• 1776 - Abigail Adams wrote to her husband John that women were "determined to foment a rebellion" if the new Declaration of Independence failed to guarantee their rights.
• 1779 - Russia and Turkey signed a treaty concerning military action in Crimea.
• 1885 - Binney & Smith Company was founded in New York City. The company later became Crayola, LLC.
• 1889 - In Paris, the Eiffel Tower officially opened.
• 1908 - 250,000 coal miners in Indianapolis, IN, went on strike to await a wage adjustment.
• 1918 - For the first time in the U.S., Daylight Saving Time went into effect.
• 1949 - Winston Churchill declared that the A-bomb was the only thing that kept the U.S.S.R. from taking over Europe.
• 2004 - Air America Radio (liberal talk radio-total failure!) launched five stations around the U.S.