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March 31: Easter (Western Christianity, 2024); Cesar Chavez Day in various U.S. states (1927); International Transgender Day of Visibility

Woodcut picture of Matthew C. Perry

1854 – U.S. Navy Commodore Matthew C. Perry (Japanese depiction pictured) and the Tokugawa shogunate signed the Convention of Kanagawa, forcing the opening of Japanese ports to American trade.
1959 – After a two-week escape journey from Tibet, the 14th Dalai Lama reached the Tawang Monastery in Arunachal Pradesh in India.
1964 – The Brazilian Armed Forces overthrew President João Goulart, establishing a military dictatorship that lasted 21 years.
2004 – The Old National Library Building in Singapore was closed to make way for a tunnel, despite widespread protests.

Guru Angad (b. 1504)
J. P. Morgan (d. 1913)
Ewan McGregor (b. 1971)
Ahmad Sayyed Javadi (d. 2013)

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