Tuesday, March 31, 2020

On this day

175 BIOGRAPHIES ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY: MARCH 31

Isaac Newton, portrait by Sir Godfrey Kneller, 1689.Joseph Haydn, detail of a portrait by Thomas Hardy, 1791; in the collection of the Royal College of Music, London.Al Gore, 1994.René DescartesSelf-portrait by John Constable, detail of a drawing in pencil and watercolour, c. 1804; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.Morgan, John PierpontBrontë, CharlotteGogol, NikolayPhilip III, painting by Diego Velázquez, 1631–36; in the Prado Museum, Madrid.Pius IV, contemporary medallion; in the coin collection of the Vatican LibrarySchlöndorff, Volker

Eiffel Tower
1889
Eiffel Tower inaugurated
The 984-foot (300-metre) Eiffel Tower, a wrought iron technological masterpiece created by Gustave Eiffel to commemorate the centenary of the French Revolution, was officially inaugurated in Paris this day in 1889.
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