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This Day in History 3103

MARCH 31ST

1885 – Great Britain declares Bechuanaland a protectorate

1889 – 300m Eiffel Tower officially opens (commemorates French Revolution)

1946 – The first election is held in Greece after World War II.

1953 – UN Security Council nominates Dag Hammarskjoeld secretary-general

1954 – USSR offers to join NATO

1953 – Chief Anthony Enaohoro of Nigeria moved in House of Representative that the house accepts as a primary political objective the attainment of ‘Self – Government for Nigeria in 1956’, he was opposed by Alhaji Ahmadu Bello the Sardauna of Sokoto who moved the adoption of an amendment changing the words ‘in 1956’ to as soon as practicable.

1979 – The last British soldier leaves the Maltese Islands. Malta declares its Freedom Day (Jum il-Helsien).

1991 – Soviet Rep of Georgia endorsed independence; Warsaw Pact dissolves

1991 – The Establishment of Islamic Constitutional Movement – Hadas in Kuwait.

1992 – UN Security Council voted to ban flights & arms sales to Libya

1994 – Human evolution: The journal Nature reports the finding in Ethiopia of the first complete Australopithecus afarensis skull.

FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS

1596 – René Descartes, France, philosopher (he thought, therefore he was)

1878 – Jack Johnson,1st black heavyweight boxing champ (1908-1915)

FAMOUS DEATHS

1727 – Isaac Newton, English physicist/astronomer, dies in London at 84

1945 – Hans Fischer, German physicist (Nobel 1930), dies at 63

1991 – John Carter, US jazz clarinetist (Roots & folklore), dies

1993 – Brandon Lee, US actor (Crow)/son of Bruce Lee, accidentally shot at 28

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Hoping the name Nigeria will soon replace India in such a piece like this.
‘POLIO FREE NIGERIA IN VIEW’

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And Then There Were Three

It’s official: India is polio-free. Having gone three years without a single new case, India has been certified by the World Health Organization as free of the crippling disease. An incredible achievement in public health, theeradication of polio around much of the globe, and now India, shows just what can be accomplished when governments, healthcare agencies, and people work together toward a common goal. In 1988, when the Global Polio Eradication Initiative was first launched, more than 350,000 people in 125 countries were contracting polio annually. Last year, there were just 406 reported cases, and only three countries now remain polio-endemic. More… Discuss