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March 31, 2018

Revisit the music, news, notable people, and historical moments connected to this date.

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of March 28, 2018, covering March 31, 2018.

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    Album cover for ? by XXXTENTACION

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    XXXTENTACION

    Last week
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    1
  2. 2
    Album cover for Hardwired...To Self-Destruct by Metallica

    Hardwired...To Self-Destruct

    Metallica

    Last week
    42
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    45
  3. 3
    Album cover for Black Panther: The Album; Music From And Inspired By by Soundtrack

    Black Panther: The Album; Music From And Inspired By

    Soundtrack

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    6
  4. 4
    Album cover for Bobby Tarantino II by Logic

    Bobby Tarantino II

    Logic

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    2
  5. 5
    Album cover for Culture II by Migos

    Culture II

    Migos

    Last week
    7
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    8

Notable Deaths

Nick Newton

2018Nick Newton, inventor of the Newton Starting Blocks (born 1933)[†]

Milton "Nick" Newton was the inventor of the Newton Starting Blocks. Newton blocks are considered by many to be the best in the world, used at many major track meets like the Mt. SAC Relays.

Historical Events

2018 Armenian Revolution

2018Start of the 2018 Armenian revolution.[†]

The 2018 Armenian Revolution, most commonly known in Armenia as #MerzhirSerzhin, was a series of anti-government protests in Armenia from April to May 2018 staged by various political and civil groups led by a member of the Armenian parliament — Nikol Pashinyan. Protests and marches took place initially in response to Serzh Sargsyan's third consecutive term as the most powerful figure in the government of Armenia, later broadening against the ruling Republican Party, who were in power since 1999. Pashinyan declared it a Velvet Revolution.

Baldi's Basics in Education and Learning

2018Baldi's Basics in education and learning was publicly released.[†]

Baldi's Basics in Education and Learning is a 2018 puzzle horror game developed and published by Micah McGonigal. Disguised as an educational game, it parodies 1990s educational games by deconstructing their elements into metafictional horror. The game is set in a schoolhouse, where the objective is to locate and collect notebooks and escape the school to take them to player's friend who lost them, while avoiding being caught by Baldi. The game features many game modes that changes gameplay subtly or drastically.

Historical Context for March 31, 2018

In 2018, the world population was approximately 7,729,902,781 people[†]