What happened today, and who was born/died

BIRTHS
03/31/1596	Rene Descartes, he thought, therefore he was
03/31/1732	Joseph Haydn, composer, helped develop the Classical style.
03/31/1809	Edward FitzGerald, writer, 'Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam'
03/31/1854	Sir Dugald Clerk, inventor of the 2-stroke motorcycle engine.
EVENTS
03/31/1854	Commodore Perry makes Japan opens its ports to foreign trade
03/31/1870	Thomas P Mundy became 1st black to vote in US (Perth Amboy NJ)
03/31/1880	Wabash Ind - first town completely illuminated by electric light
03/31/1889	Eiffel Tower completed.
03/31/1932	Ford publicly unveils its first V-8 engine
03/31/1933	Congress authorizes Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC).
03/31/1943	Rodgers & Hammerstein musical 'Oklahoma!' opens on Broadway
03/31/1949	Newfoundland becomes 10th Canadian province
03/31/1963	Los Angeles ends streetcar service after nearly 90 years.
03/31/1966	USSR launches Luna 10, first spacecraft to orbit moon

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