March 31, 1961 (Friday)
- The last train ran on Ireland's Cork, Bandon and South Coast Railway.
- Died: The Ayatollah Seyyed Hossein Borujerdi, 86, leader of Iran's Shiite Muslims. His death led the way to the ascension of the 58 year old AyatollahRuhollah Khomeini, who in 1979 would become the leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
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“Daffodils,
That come before the swallow dares, and take
The winds of March with beauty.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)