About the day » Monday March 31, 2008Calender converter

• Flora Oceane Françoise Bernadette BEGIN, Mont-Saint-Aignan († 2021)

• Bernardus Mulder (91), Almelo
• Clare Jean Ridealgh (87), Sarnia, Lambton, Ontario, Canada
• Anne Jacqueline Hageman (82), Seattle, Washington, Verenigde Staten
• Collette Wink (68)
• Anna Maria Terpstra (88)
• Beris Kathleen WESTERWAY (79)
• Carl Calvin Abram Sr (79), Crystal City, Jefferson, Missouri, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Adelheid Wolfs (93), Emmen, Nederland
• Anna Hochstenbach (88)
• Christiaan Ferdinand Damstra (86), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland

• 1991 » Milan Milanović, Serbian footballer
• 1992 » Adam Zampa, Australian cricketer
• 1992 » Stijn de Looijer, Dutch footballer
• 1993 » Mikael Ishak, Swedish footballer
• 1994 » Mads Würtz Schmidt, Danish road cyclist
• 1994 » Samira Asghari, Afghan member of the International Olympic Committee
• 1994 » Tyler Wright, Australian surfer
• 1995 » Fiona Brown, footballer
• 1998 » Jakob Chychrun, American-born Canadian ice hockey player
• 1999 » Japhet Tanganga, English footballer

• 2005 » Frank Perdue, American businessman (b. 1920)
• 2005 » Justiniano Montano, Filipino lawyer and politician (b. 1905)
• 2005 » Stanley J. Korsmeyer, American oncologist and academic (b. 1951)
• 2006 » Jackie McLean, American saxophonist and composer (b. 1931)
• 2007 » Paul Watzlawick, Austrian-American psychologist and philosopher (b. 1921)
• 2008 » Bill Keightley, American equipment manager (b. 1926)
• 2008 » Jules Dassin, American director, producer, screenwriter, and actor (b. 1911)
• 2009 » Choor Singh, Indian-Singaporean lawyer and judge (b. 1911)
• 2009 » Raúl Alfonsín, Argentinian lawyer and politician, 46th President of Argentina (b. 1927)
• 2011 » Gil Clancy, American boxer and trainer (b. 1922)

• Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 16.4 million citizens.
• February 5 » A major tornado outbreak across the Southern United States kills 57.
• February 17 » Kosovo declares independence from Serbia.
• June 26 » A suicide bomber dressed as an Iraqi policeman detonates an explosive vest, killing 25 people.
• August 13 » Russo-Georgian War: Russian units occupy the Georgian city of Gori.
• August 17 » American swimmer Michael Phelps becomes the first person to win eight gold medals at one Olympic Games.
• September 12 » The 2008 Chatsworth train collision in Los Angeles between a Metrolink commuter train and a Union Pacific freight train kills 25 people.

The temperature on March 31, 2008 was between 4.7 °C and 14.1 °C and averaged 9.1 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 1.2 hours. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (29%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.