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What happened in history on this day: March 31?
On March 31 in ...
- 1981 - The 53rd Academy Awards, hosted by Johnny Carson, are held at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles. Robert Redford's directorial debut in Ordinary People wins Best Picture and Best Director. Robert De Niro wins Best Actor; Sissy Spacek wins Best Actress.
- 1985 - ABC-TV celebrates the 200th episode of TV show The Love Boat, with 1000th guest star Lana Turner.
- 1990 - NBC-TV debuts the Carol and Company TV show, hosted by Carol Burnett.
- 1997 - ABC begins airing the Daytime to Remember TV series.
- 1999 - Warner Bros. releases the film The Matrix to theaters.
- 2006 - Fox releases the film Ice Age: The Meltdown to theaters.
Births on March 31
- 1891 - Birth of Victor Varconi in Hungary; actor (Divine Lady, King of Kings, Big City).
- 1903 - Birth of Arthur Godfrey in New York City, New York, USA; TV host (Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts).
- 1907 - Birth of Eddie Quillan in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; actor (Julia, Hell Town).
- 1916 - Birth of John Vivyan in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actor (Imitation of Life, Mr Lucky).
- 1918 - Birth of Ted Post in Brooklyn, New York, USA; director (Peacemaker, Beneath the Planet of the Apes, Gunsmoke).
- 1922 - Birth of Patrick J G McGee in North Ireland; actor (A Clockwork Orange).
- 1922 - Birth of Richard Kiley in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actor (Man of La Mancha, Endless Love).
- 1926 - Birth of Sydney Chaplin, son of Charlie Chaplin; actor (Adding Machine, Psycho Sisters).
- 1927 - Birth of William Daniels in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actor (Dr Mark Craig - St Elsewhere, 1776).
- 1929 - Birth of Lee Patterson in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; actor (Dave - Surfside Six, Another World).
- 1933 - Birth of Shirley Jones in Smithton, Pennsylvania, USA; actress (The Partridge Family, Elmer Gantry).
- 1935 - Birth of Richard Chamberlain in Beverly Hills, California, USA; actor (Dr Kildare).
- 1938 - Birth of Nathaniel Taylor in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA; actor (Rollo - Sanford and Son).
- 1943 - Birth of Christopher [Ronald] Walken in Astoria, Queens, New York, USA; actor (Deer Hunter, Brainstorm).
- 1945 - Birth of Valerie Curtin in Jackson Heights, New York, USA; actress (Judy - 9 to 5).
- 1946 - Birth of Gabe Kaplan in Brooklyn, New York, USA; comedian/actor (Welcome Back Kotter).
- 1948 - Birth of Rhea Perlman in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actress (Zena - Taxi, Carla - Cheers).
- 1950 - Birth of Ed Marinaro in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Joe - Hill Street Blues, Sonny - Laverne and Shirley).
- 1957 - Birth of Marc McClure in San Mateo, California, USA; actor (Ross - California Fever).
- 1957 - Birth of Mary Cadorette in East Hartford, Connecticut, USA; actress (Vicky - Three's a Crowd).
- 1958 - Birth of Ken Meeker in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Rafe Garretson - One Life to Live).
- 1960 - Birth of Anne Howard in San Diego, California, USA; actress (Nicole Love - Another World).
- 1965 - Birth of William McNamara in Dallas, Texas, USA; actor (Texasville, Beat, Stealing Home).
- 1971 - Birth of Ewan McGregor in Perth, Australia; actor (Trainspotting).
- 1974 - Birth of Carol Ann Plante; actress (Sara Henderson - Harry and the Hendersons).
- 1976 - Birth of Josh Saviano; actor (Paul Pfeiffer - The Wonder Years).
Deaths on March 31
- 1951 - Ralph Forbes, actor (Riptide, Shock), dies at age 45.
- 1957 - Gene Lockhart, American actor (Going My Way), dies at age 65.
- 1967 - Don Alvarado, actor (Morning Glory, Big Steal), dies at age 62.
- 1971 - Liselotte Liselot Beekmeyer, Dutch actress (Child Crying), dies at age 31.
- 1974 - Andrea Checci, actress (Two Women, Assassin, Black Sunday), dies at age 57.
- 1978 - Astrid Allwyn, actress (Love Affair, Girl for Calgary), dies at age 68.
- 1983 - Stephen Murray, actor (Guilty, Silent Dust, Master Spy), dies at age 70.
- 1986 - Jerry Paris, director/actor (Jerry - Dick Van Dyke Show), dies at age 60.
- 1993 - Brandon Lee, actor, son of martial artist Bruce Lee, dies at age 28 during the filming of The Crow when a dummy bullet tip and blank fired from a .44 magnum revolver fells him.
- 1997 - Edwin Alberian, TV celebrity (Clarabell), dies at age 76.
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