Today in History... March 31st

1980: President Jimmy Carter deregulates the banking industry

1949: Winston Churchill declares that the A-bomb was the only that kepy the soviet Union from taking over Europe

1940: La Guardia airport in New York officially opens to the public

1939: Britain and France agree to support Poland if Germany threatens to invade

1918: Daylight Savings Time goes into effect throughout the United States for the first time

1889: The Eiffel Tower in Paris officially opens on the Left Bank as part of the Exhibition of 1889

1836: The first monthly installment of The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens is published in London

1809: Nikolai V. Gogol born (Russian Writer, The Inspector General, Dead Souls)

1776: Abigail Adams writes to husband John that women are "determind to foment a rebellion" if the new Declaration of Independence fails to guarantee their rights

1596: Rene Descartes born (French philosopher and scientist)