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Dame Zaha Hadid, the legendary British-Iraqi architect, died on March 31, 2016. Photo by Steve Double
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French engineer Gustave Eiffel with some dignitaries on the small platform at the tip of the Eiffel Tower during the Dedication ceremony on March 31, 1889. Getty Images
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Jimi Hendrix first burned his guitar on stage on March 31, 1967. Redferns
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Toni Morrison won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction on March 31, 1988. Getty Images
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Heath Ledger and Julia Stiles starred in 10 Things I Hate About You, which was released on March 31, 1999. Courtesy Touchstone Pictures
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Johann Sebastian Bach was born on March 31, 1685 - 1750. Getty Images
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Dame Zaha Hadid, the legendary British-Iraqi architect, died on March 31, 2016. Photo by Steve Double
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French engineer Gustave Eiffel with some dignitaries on the small platform at the tip of the Eiffel Tower during the Dedication ceremony on March 31, 1889. Getty Images
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Jimi Hendrix first burned his guitar on stage on March 31, 1967. Redferns
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Toni Morrison won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction on March 31, 1988. Getty Images
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Heath Ledger and Julia Stiles starred in 10 Things I Hate About You, which was released on March 31, 1999. Courtesy Touchstone Pictures
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Johann Sebastian Bach was born on March 31, 1685 - 1750. Getty Images
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Dame Zaha Hadid, the legendary British-Iraqi architect, died on March 31, 2016. Photo by Steve Double
The Eiffel Tower opened and Zaha Hadid died: Six things that happened on March 31 in history
From the serious to the entertaining, here is our new daily list of things that happened around the world on this day
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