Thursday, March 31, 2011

TODAY IN HISTORY

Eiffel Tower, seen from the champ de Mars, Par...Image via Wikipedia

  March 31

1492:Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand of Spain expelled Jews who would not accept Christianity.

1889:The Eiffel Tower in Paris officially opened.

1917:The United States took possession of the Virgin Islands.

1918:Daylight Saving Time went into effect in the United States.

1949:Newfoundland became Canada's tenth province.

1959:The Dalai Lama, fleeing Chinese repression of an uprising in Tibet, arrived at the Indian border and was granted political asylum.

1968:President Lyndon Johnson announced that he would not run for re-election.

1995:Major League Baseball players agreed to end the sport’s longest strike in history after a judge ordered a preliminary injunction against team owners.


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