FRIDAY, March 31, 2023

1951-U.S. tanks exceed 38º of latitude in Korea

1959-Dalai Lama fled China & was granted political asylum in India

1965-U..S ordered the 1st combat troops to Vietnam

1968-LBJ announces he will not seek re-election

1983-Earthquake in Colombia kills some 5,000 people

1986-167 die when Mexicana Airlines Boeing 727 crashes

1988-Pulitzer prize awarded to Toni Morrison for "Beloved"

1989-Donald Trump purchases Eastern's Northeast Shuttle

1990-Riots began in London over the new poll tax laws

1991-Soviet Republic of Georgia endorsed independence; Warsaw Pact dissolves

1992-U.N. Security Council voted to ban flights & arms sales to Libya

1994-Walkway from Cleveland's Tower City to Jacobs Field officially opens

1996-"Midsummer Night's Dream" opens at Lunt-Fontanne NYC for 66 performances