This Day In History

March 31

St. Benjamin, Martyr

1995  Tejano singing star Selena tragically shot dead by her fan club president at the age of 23.

1880  The first electric street lights installed in Wabash, Indiana
1889  The Eiffel Tower, named after its designer, Alexandre Gustave Eiffel opened in Paris, France
1918  Daylight Saving Time went into effect throughout the US for the first time

1732  Composer Franz Joseph Hayden
1934  Singer/Actress Shirley Jones
1935  Bandleader Herb Alpert
1935  Actor Richard Chamberlain
1943  Actor Christopher Walken
1945  Actor Gabriel (Gabe) Kaplan
1948  45th US Vice President Al Gore to William Jefferson Clinton

1959  

• Tragedy - Thomas Wayne

• Come Softly to Me - The Fleetwoods

• Venus - Frankie Avalon

• All American Boy - Bill Parsons

1968

• Sitting The Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding

• Love is Blue - Paul Mauriat

• The Ballad of Bonnie & Clyde - Georgie Fame

• A World of Our Own - Sonny James

1977

• Rich Girl - Hall & Oates

• Don't Give Up on Us - David Soul;

• Torn Between Two Lovers - Mary MacGregor

• Southern Nights - Glen Campbell

1986  

• Rock Me Amadeus - Falco

• Secret Lovers - Atlantic Starr

• These Dreams - Heart

• Don't Underestimate My Love for You - Lee Greenwood  

1999

• My Favorite Mistake - Sheryl Crow

• Nobody's Supposed To Be Here - Deborah Cox

• You Get What You Give - New Radicals

• Miami - Will Smith

• All I Have To Give - Backstreet Boys

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