Today in History: Thursday, March 31, 2016

AP Highlight in History: On March 31, 1968, President Lyndon B. Johnson made a surprise announcement that he would not run for re-election. President Lyndon B. Johnson AP Photo
On this date in: 1492 King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain issued an edict expelling Jews unwilling to convert to Christianity. 1889 French engineer Alexandre Gustave Eiffel unfurled the French tricolor from atop the Eiffel Tower to mark its completion. 1917 The United States took possession of the Virgin Islands from Denmark. 1943 The Rodgers and Hammerstein musical "Oklahoma!" opened on Broadway. AP Photo 1945 "The Glass Menagerie" by Tennessee Williams opened on Broadway. 1976 The New Jersey Supreme Court ruled that coma patient Karen Anne Quinlan could be disconnected from her respirator. (Quinlan remained comatose and died in 1985.) 1992 The U.N. Security Council voted to ban flights and arms sales to Libya, branding it a terrorist state for shielding six men accused of blowing up Pan Am Flight 103 and a French airliner. 1995 Singer Selena, 23, was shot to death in Corpus Christi, Texas, by the founder of her fan club. 1999 Four New York City police officers were charged with murder for killing Amadou Diallo, an unarmed African immigrant, in a hail of bullets. (They were acquited in 2000.) 2004 Four American civilian contractors were killed in Fallujah, Iraq; frenzied crowds dragged their burned, mutilated bodies and strung two of them from a bridge. 2005 Terri Schiavo died at a hospice in Pinellas Park, Fla., 13 days after her feeding tube was removed in a wrenching right-to-die dispute.		Video Highlights of This Day in History Today's Birthdays: U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., turns 76 years old today. AP Photo/Susan Walsh Name Profession Age Gordie Howe Hockey Hall of Famer 88 Richard Chamberlain Actor 82 Shirley Jones Actress ("The Partridge Family") 82 Herb Alpert Musician 81 Barney Frank Former U.S. congressman, D-Mass. 76 Christopher Walken Actor 73 Gabe Kaplan Actor, comedian ("Welcome Back Kotter") 72 Al Gore Former vice president, Nobel Peace Prize winner 68 Rhea Perlman Actress ("Cheers") 68 Ed Marinaro Actor ("Hill Street Blues") 66 Angus Young Rock musician (AC/DC) 61 Christian Scott Jazz trumpeter 33 Jack Antonoff Pop musician (fun.) 32 Jessica Szohr Actress ("Gossip Girl") 31 Actor Ewan McGregor turns 45 years old today. AP Photo/Dan Steinberg