After protests against the burning of the Quran turn violent, a mob attacks a United Nations compound in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan, resulting in the deaths of fourteen people, including seven UN workers. Date: April 1, 2011 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on April 1 π Events on this day in 2011 π On…
The 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict begins along the Nagorno-Karabakh Line of Contact. Date: April 1, 2016 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on April 1 π Events on this day in 2016 π On This Day (Today)
Rusalka by AntonΓn DvoΕΓ‘k premieres at the National Opera House in Prague. Date: March 31, 1901 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on March 31 π Events on this day in 1901 π On This Day (Today)
Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany declares his support for Moroccan independence in Tangier, beginning the First Moroccan Crisis. Date: March 31, 1905 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on March 31 π Events on this day in 1905 π On This Day (Today)
The Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the United States (later the National Collegiate Athletic Association) is established to set rules for college sports in the United States. Date: March 31, 1906 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on March 31 π Events on this day in 1906 π On This Day (Today)
Serbia formally withdraws its opposition to Austro-Hungarian actions in the Bosnian Crisis. Date: March 31, 1909 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on March 31 π Events on this day in 1909 π On This Day (Today)
The Vienna Concert Society rioted during a performance of modernist music by Arnold Schoenberg, Alban Berg, Alexander von Zemlinsky, and Anton von Webern, causing a premature end to the concert due to violence; this concert became known as the Skandalkonzert. Date: March 31, 1913 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on March 31…
According to the terms of the Treaty of the Danish West Indies, the islands become American possessions. Date: March 31, 1917 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on March 31 π Events on this day in 1917 π On This Day (Today)
Daylight saving time goes into effect in the United States for the first time. Date: March 31, 1918 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on March 31 π Events on this day in 1918 π On This Day (Today)
Massacre of ethnic Azerbaijanis is committed by allied armed groups of Armenian Revolutionary Federation and Bolsheviks. Nearly 12,000 Azerbaijani Muslims are killed. Date: March 31, 1918 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on March 31 π Events on this day in 1918 π On This Day (Today)