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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_31" title="March 31">March 31</a></b>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cesar_Chavez_Day" title="Cesar Chavez Day">Cesar Chavez Day</a></b> in various U.S. states (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1927" title="1927">1927</a>); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Transgender_Day_of_Visibility" title="International Transgender Day of Visibility">International Transgender Day of Visibility</a></b>
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1146" title="1146">1146</a> – French <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbot" title="Abbot">abbot</a> <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_of_Clairvaux" title="Bernard of Clairvaux">Bernard of Clairvaux</a></b> preached a sermon to a crowd at <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Council_of_V%C3%A9zelay" title="Council of Vézelay">a council</a></b> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%A9zelay" title="Vézelay">Vézelay</a>, with King <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_VII_of_France" title="Louis VII of France"><span class="nowrap">Louis VII</span></a> in attendance, urging the necessity of a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Crusade" title="Second Crusade">Second Crusade</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1521" title="1521">1521</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Magellan" title="Ferdinand Magellan">Ferdinand Magellan</a> and members of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magellan_expedition" title="Magellan expedition">his crew</a> participated in the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Mass_in_the_Philippines" title="First Mass in the Philippines">first Catholic Mass in the Philippines</a></b>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1800" title="1800">1800</a> – After <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_of_31_March_1800" title="Action of 31 March 1800">fighting through the night</a></b>, the French Navy ship of the line <i><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Malta_(1800)" title="HMS Malta (1800)">Guillaume Tell</a></b></i> surrendered to a British squadron in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malta_Channel" title="Malta Channel">Malta Channel</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1930" title="1930">1930</a> – To avoid government censorship, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinema_of_the_United_States" title="Cinema of the United States">Hollywood</a> movie studios instituted their own set of industry censorship guidelines, popularly known as the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hays_Code" title="Hays Code">Hays Code</a></b>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1942" title="1942">1942</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">Second World War</a>: Because of a mutiny by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Indian_Army" title="British Indian Army">Indian soldiers</a> against their British officers, Japanese troops <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Christmas_Island" title="Battle of Christmas Island">captured Christmas Island</a></b> without any resistance.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Hyde" title="Anne Hyde">Anne Hyde</a></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1671); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Abt" title="Franz Abt">Franz Abt</a></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1885); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Gore" title="Al Gore">Al Gore</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1948)</p>