Did you know
Calhoun was the first of two vice presidents to resign from the position, the second being Spiro Agnew, who resigned in 1973.
Notable Deaths on March 31
1850 — John C. Calhoun
American lawyer and politician, 7th Vice President of the United States (born 1782)
March 31 has 132 recorded notable deaths across history, from 32 BC to 2026. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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Notable Deaths
132 source records
32 BC – 2026
Today in history
Major events on March 31
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- 1905 Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany declares his support for Moroccan independence in Tangier, beginning the First Moroccan Crisis. Source
- 1966 The Soviet Union launches Luna 10 which later becomes the first space probe to enter orbit around the Moon. Source
- 1958 In the Canadian federal election, the Progressive Conservatives, led by John Diefenbaker, win the largest percentage of seats in Canadian history, with 208 seats of 265. Source
- 1970 Explorer 1 re-enters the Earth's atmosphere after 12 years in orbit. Source
Did you know
Zaha Hadid is recognised as a key figure in the architecture of the late-20th and early-21st centuries.
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In 1954, she won the Golden Globe Award for most promising female newcomer for her role in the 1953 American science-fiction film It Came from Outer Space.
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There he co-discovered the genetic cause of most cases of the cancer follicular lymphoma – the misregulation of the gene Bcl-2.
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Emil von Behring's work with the disease, as well as tetanus, has come to bring him most of his fame and acknowledgment.
More major people who died on March 31
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
2016
Zaha Hadid
Iraqi-born English architect and academic, designed the Bridge Pavilion (born 1950)
Dame Zaha Mohammad Hadid was an Iraqi and British architect, artist, and designer. She is recognised as a key figure in the architecture of the late-20th and early-21st centuries.
2024
Barbara Rush
American actress (born 1927)
Barbara Rush was an American actress of stage, screen, and television.
2005
Stanley J. Korsmeyer
American oncologist and academic (born 1951)
Stanley Joel Korsmeyer was an American research scientist known for his work on B cell lymphomas and apoptosis.
1917
Emil von Behring
German physiologist and immunologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1854)
Emil von Behring, was a German physiologist. In 1901, he received the first Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine "for his work on serum therapy, especially its application against diphtheria, by which he has opened a…
1723
Edward Hyde
3rd Earl of Clarendon, English soldier and politician, 14th Colonial Governor of New York (born 1661)
Edward Hyde, 3rd Earl of Clarendon, styled Viscount Cornbury between 1674 and 1709, was an English Army officer, politician and colonial administrator.
2017
James Rosenquist
American artist (born 1933)
James Albert Rosenquist was an American artist and one of the proponents of the pop art movement.
2022
Moana Jackson
New Zealand lawyer specialising in constitutional law (born 1945)
Moana Jackson was a New Zealand lawyer specialising in constitutional law, the Treaty of Waitangi and international indigenous issues.
1251
William of Modena
Italian bishop and diplomat
William of Modena, also known as William of Sabina, Guglielmo de Chartreaux, Guglielmo de Savoy, Guillelmus, was an Italian clergyman and papal diplomat.
2011
Mary Greyeyes
the first First Nations woman to join the Canadian Armed Forces (born 1920)
Mary Greyeyes Reid was a Canadian World War II servicewoman. A Cree from the Muskeg Lake Cree Nation in Saskatchewan, she was the first First Nations woman to enlist in the Canadian Armed Forces.
2016
Denise Robertson
British writer and television broadcaster (born 1932)
Denise Robertson was a British writer and television broadcaster.
2009
Choor Singh
Indian-Singaporean lawyer and judge (born 1911)
Choor Singh Sidhu, known professionally as Choor Singh, was a Singaporean lawyer who served as a judge of the Supreme Court of Singapore and, particularly after his retirement from the bench, a philanthropist and writer…
2016
Hans-Dietrich Genscher
German politician (born 1927)
Hans-Dietrich Genscher was a German statesman and a member of the liberal Free Democratic Party (FDP), who served as Federal Minister of the Interior from 1969 to 1974, and as Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs and…
2008
Jules Dassin
American director, producer, screenwriter, and actor (born 1911)
Julius "Jules" Dassin was an American film and theatre director, producer, writer and actor. A subject of the Hollywood blacklist, he subsequently moved to France, and later Greece, where he continued his career.
1621
Philip III
Spanish king (born 1578)
Philip III was King of Spain and Portugal during the period known as the Iberian Union, reigning from 1598 until his death in 1621.
1995
Selena
American singer-songwriter (born 1971)
Selena Quintanilla-Pérez, known mononymously as Selena, was an American singer-songwriter, fashion designer and business owner.
1837
John Constable
English painter and educator (born 1776)
John Constable was an English landscape painter in the Romantic tradition.
2021
Ken Reitz
American baseball player (born 1951)
Kenneth John Reitz was an American professional baseball third baseman who played 11 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). Nicknamed "Zamboni", he played for the St.
1631
John Donne
English lawyer and poet (born 1572)
John Donne was an English poet, scholar, soldier and secretary born into a recusant family, who later became a cleric in the Church of England.
1927
Kang Youwei
Chinese scholar and political reformer (born 1858)
Kang Youwei was a Chinese political thinker and reformer in the late Qing dynasty.