About the day » Wednesday March 31, 2010Calender converter

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• Dirk Reijneveld (85), Oceanside, San Diego, California, V.S
• Cornelius Vugts (81), Helvoirt, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anton May (71), Zons am Rhein, Dormagen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
• Betty Marie Stenvers (86), Texas, Verenigde Staten
• Etienne Van Cutsem (61), Oostakker
• Cornelia Johanna Wilbrink (75), Tiel
• Alice Blanche Pastore (94), Bountiful, Davis County, Utah, Verenigde Staten
• Clara Annie (Clary) Meynen (80), Nuenen, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Albert Jozef Jan Cornelius Platteau (67), Nieuwpoort
• Catharina Elisabeth Pouwels (75), Dieren

• 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

• 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 » Alan Fitzgerald, Australian journalist and author (b. 1935)
• 2011 » Gil Clancy, American boxer and trainer (b. 1922)
• 2011 » Henry Taub, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1927)
• 2011 » Ishbel MacAskill, Scottish singer and actress (b. 1941)
• 2011 » Mary Greyeyes, the first First Nations woman to join the Canadian Armed Forces (b. 1920)
• 2011 » Oddvar Hansen, Norwegian footballer and coach (b. 1921)

• 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.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, October 14, 2010 to Monday, November 5, 2012 the cabinet Rutte I, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 16.5 million citizens.
• January 14 » Yemen declares an open war against the terrorist group al-Qaeda.
• May 6 » In just 36 minutes, the Dow-Jones average plunged nearly 1000 points in what is known as the 2010 Flash Crash.
• June 16 » Bhutan becomes the first country to institute a total ban on tobacco.
• June 24 » At Wimbledon, John Isner of the United States defeats Nicolas Mahut of France, in the longest match in professional tennis history.
• September 2 » Israel-Palestinian conflict: the 2010 Israeli-Palestinian peace talks are launched by the United States.
• December 31 » Tornadoes touch down in midwestern and southern United States, including Washington County, Arkansas; Greater St. Louis, Sunset Hills, Missouri, Illinois, and Oklahoma, with a few tornadoes in the early hours. A total 36 tornadoes touched down, resulting in the deaths of nine people and $113 million in damages.

The temperature on March 31, 2010 was between 3.9 °C and 10.2 °C and averaged 6.5 °C. There was 2.1 mm of rain during 3.5 hours. There was 3.0 hours of sunshine (23%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.