Radio program host Johnny Saunders

Events in 1975 and 31-3

Events in the world in the birth year of Johnny Saunders

• Pol Pot and Khmer Rouge take over Cambodia (April).
• The city of Saigon is surrendered and remaining Americans are evacuated, ending the Vietnam War (April 30).
• American merchant ship Mayaguez, seized by Cambodian forces, is rescued in operation by US Navy and Marines, 38 of whom are killed (May 15).
• Apollo and Soyuz spacecraft take off for US-Soviet link-up in space (July 15).

Birthday Johnny Saunders (31-3) in history

• Day 31-3 year 1492: Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand of Spain decreed the expulsion of non-Christian Jews.
• Day 31-3 year 1889: The Eiffel Tower in Paris officially opened.
• Day 31-3 year 1917: The United States took possession of the Virgin Islands.
• Day 31-3 year 1918: Daylight Saving Time went into effect in the United States.
• Day 31-3 year 1949: Newfoundland became Canada's tenth province.
• Day 31-3 year 1959: The Dalai Lama, fleeing Chinese repression of an uprising in Tibet, arrived at the Indian border and was granted political asylum.
• Day 31-3 year 1968: President Lyndon Johnson announced that he would not run for re-election.
• Day 31-3 year 1995: Major League Baseball players agreed to end the sport’s longest strike in history after a judge ordered a preliminary injunction against team owners.
• Day 31-3 year 2005: Terry Schiavo died 13 days after her feeding tube was removed.