Today is Monday, March 31, the 91st day of 2008. There are 275 days left in the year.
1796 _ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's ``Egmont" premieres in Weimar
1814 _ Forces allied against Napoleon capture Paris France
1870 _ Thomas P. Mundy became first black to vote in U.S. (Perth Amboy N.J.)
1889 _ 300 meter Eiffel Tower officially opens (commemorates French Revolution)
1909 _ Gustav Mahler conducts New York Philharmonic for his first time
1917 _ U.S. purchases Danish West Indies for $25M and renames them Virgin Islands
1918 _ First daylight savings time in U.S. goes into effect
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 N.Y.