Events on March 31 in history

Upper Voltan Territorial Assembly election, 1957 (March 31, 1957)

Elections to the Territorial Assembly of the French colony Upper Volta are held. After the elections PDU and MDV form a government.

Territorial Assembly elections were held in French Upper Volta on 31 March 1957. The result was a victory for the Unified Democratic Party (an alliance of the Voltaic Democratic Union–African Democratic Rally and the Social Party for the Emancipation of the African Masses), which won 33 of the 68 seats in the Assembly.

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9 Jan

Suez Crisis
British Prime Minister Sir Anthony Eden resigns from office following his failure to retake the Suez Canal from Egyptian sovereignty.
8 Mar

Suez Crisis
Egypt re-opens the Suez Canal after the Suez Crisis.
24 Jun

First Amendment to the United States Constitution
In Roth v. United States, the U.S. Supreme Court rules that obscenity is not protected by the First Amendment.
6 Jul

Paul McCartney
John Lennon and Paul McCartney meet for the first time, as teenagers at Woolton Fete, three years before forming the Beatles.
24 Sep

101st Airborne Division
President Dwight D. Eisenhower sends 101st Airborne Division troops to Little Rock, Arkansas, to enforce desegregation.

Events on March 31 in history

Upper Voltan Territorial Assembly election, 1957 (March 31, 1957)

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Suez Crisis

Suez Crisis

First Amendment to the United States Constitution

Paul McCartney

101st Airborne Division