Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
Something green for Saint Patrick’s Day 2008. Bucks County Bridge number 310 – Rebuilt 1931. Here’s some other events from around the world this month in 1931.
- March 1 – USS Arizona placed back in full commission after a refit.
- March 3 – The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the United States National anthem.
- March 4 – British viceroy of India and Mohandas Gandhi negotiate.
- March 7 – New House of Representatives opened in Helsinki, Finland.
- March 11 – Ready for Labour and Defence of the USSR programme, abbreviated as GTO, is introduced in the Soviet Union.
- March 17 – Nevada legalizes gambling.
- March 23 – Revolt for Independent India leaders Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev are hanged by the British Government.
- March 25 – The Scottsboro Boys are arrested in Alabama and charged with rape.
- March 27 – British writer Arnold Bennett dies in Paris when he drinks local water to prove it is safe to drink – but is poisoned.
- March 31 – An earthquake destroys Managua, Nicaragua killing 2000 people.
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