March 31

Friday 31, 1995:

Popular Tex-Mex singer Selena Quintanilla is murdered by her assistant Yolanda Saldivar in a Corpus Christi, Texas motel after a heated discussion where the latter was accused of ripping off the artist's fan club.

Tuesday 31, 1970:

1970- Eight terrorists from the Japanese Red Army hijacked a Japan Airlines Boeing 727 at Tokyo International Airport, wielding samurai swords and carrying a bomb.

Monday 31, 1930:

The Motion Pictures Production Code is instituted, imposing strict guidelines on the treatment of sex, crime, religion and violence in motion pictures for the next forty years.

Sunday 31, 1918:

Daylight Savings Time goes into effect in the United States for the first time.

Sunday 31, 307:

After divorcing his wife Minerva, Constantine marries Fausta, the daughter of the retired Roman Emperor Maximian.