SATURDAY, MARCH 31, 2012

Today is Saturday, March 31, the 91st day of 2012. There are 275 days left in the year.

1657 ― English Humble Petition offers Lord Protector Cromwell the crown

1814 ― Forces allied against Napoleon capture Paris, France

1909 ― Gustav Mahler conducts New York Philharmonic for his first time

1920 ― British parliament accept Irish ``Home Rule"-law

1921 ― Albert Einstein lectures in New York on his new theory of relativity

1933 ― German Republic gives power to Hitler

1945 ― Tennessee Williams' ``Glass Menagerie" premieres in New York City

1959 ― Dalai Lama fled China and was granted political asylum in India

1967 ― Jimi Hendrix begins his tradition of burning his guitar

1980 ― President Jimmy Carter deregulates banking industry