Talk:March 31

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March 31: Feast of the Annunciation in Western Christianity (observed, 2008); César Chávez Day in various U.S. states; Freedom Day in Malta

1778 – English explorer James Cook landed on Vancouver Island and claimed it for Great Britain.
1854 – Commodore Matthew Perry of the U.S. Navy signed the Treaty of Kanagawa, forcing the opening of Japanese ports to American trade.
1889 – The Eiffel Tower (pictured) was inaugurated in Paris, becoming a global icon of France and one of the most recognizable structures in the world.
1903 – New Zealand inventor Richard Pearse reportedly flew in one of the first powered flying machines for a distance of several hundred metres, about nine months before the Wright brothers flew their Wright Flyer.
1917 – The Danish West Indies became the U.S. Virgin Islands after the United States paid Denmark US$25 million for the Caribbean islands.

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Isn't this the day the zombie uprising is going to start? http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail168.html —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 12.183.168.175 (talk) 11:32, 29 April 2007 (UTC).