March 31, …….
1492 – King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain issued the Alhambra edict expelling Jews who were unwilling to convert to Christianity.
1880 – Wabash, IN, became the first town to be completely illuminated with electric light.
1889 – In Paris, the Eiffel Tower officially opened.
1906 – The Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the United States was founded to set rules in amateur sports. The organization became the National Collegiate Athletic Association in 1910.
1932 – The Ford Motor Co. debuted its V-8 engine.
1949 – Winston Churchill declared that the A-bomb was the only thing that kept the U.S.S.R. from taking over Europe.
1985 – ABC-TV aired the 200th episode of “The Love Boat.”
2004 – Google Inc. announced that it would be introducing a free e-mail service called Gmail.