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is the
76th
day of the year in the
Gregorian Calendar
(77th in
leap year
s). There are 289 days remaining.
March 17
Events
Births
Deaths
Holidays and observances
Other liturgical feasts
top
Events
45 BC
- In his last victory,
Julius Caesar
defeats the
Pompeian
forces of
Titus Labienus
and
Pompey the Younger
in the
Battle of Munda
.
624
- A key victory by
Muhammad
over his
Meccan
adversaries in the
Battle of Badr
.
1103
- Birth of noted
Song Dynasty
general
Yue Fei
.
1577
- The
Cathay Company
is formed to send
Martin Frobisher
back to the
New World
for more
gold
.
1673
-
Jacques Marquette
and
Louis Jolliet
begin their exploration of the
Great Lakes
and the
Mississippi river
.
1756
-
St. Patrick's Day
is celebrated in
New York City
for the first time (at the
Crown and Thistle Tavern
).
1776
-
American Revolution
:
British
forces evacuate
Boston, Massachusetts
after
George Washington
and
Henry Knox
place
artillery
overlooking the city.
1805
- The
Italian Republic
, with
Napoleon
as president, becomes the
Kingdom of Italy
, with Napoleon as King.
1845
- The
rubber band
is invented
1861
- The Kingdom of
Italy
is proclaimed.
1886
-
Carrollton Massacre
: 20
African American
s are killed in
Mississippi
.
1891
- The British
steamship
SS ''Utopia''
sinks off the coast of
Gibraltar
, killing 574.
1901
- A showing of 71
Vincent van Gogh
paintings in
Paris
, 11 years after his death, creates a sensation.
1906
- The
Phi Kappa Tau
Fraternity is founded at
Miami University
in
Oxford, Ohio
.
1910
-
Luther Gulick
and his wife Charlotte found Camp Fire Girls (now
Camp Fire USA
) (formally announced in
1912
).
1917
-
Delta Phi Epsilon
was founded at
New York University Law School
.
1921
- The
Second Republic of Poland
adopts the
March Constitution
.
1931
-
Nevada
legalizes
gambling
.
1931
- First
St. Patrick's Day
parade held in the
Irish Free State
, reviewed by
Desmond Fitzgerald
1939
-
Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945)
: The
Battle of Nanchang
between the
Kuomintang
and the
Japan
ese break out.
1941
- In
Washington, DC
, the
National Gallery of Art
is officially opened by President
Franklin D. Roosevelt
.
1942
-
Holocaust
: 1,500
Jews
from the
Lviv
Ghetto
(western
Ukraine
) arrived at
Belzec
death camp (eastern
Poland
). Until 30 March 15,000 Jews from
Lviv
(
Ukraine
) were deported to face death in
Belzec
by
German
Gestapo
.
1948
-
Benelux
,
France
, and the
United Kingdom
sign the
Treaty of Brussels
, a precursor to the
NATO
Agreement.
1950
-
University of California, Berkeley
researchers announce the creation of element 98, which they name "
Californium
".
1958
- The
United States
launches the
Vanguard 1
satellite
.
1959
-
Tenzin Gyatso
, the 14th
Dalai Lama
, flees
Tibet
and travels to
India
.
1966
- Off the coast of
Spain
in the
Mediterranean
, the
''Alvin''
submarine
finds a missing
American
hydrogen bomb
.
1969
-
Golda Meir
of
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
, becomes
Prime Minister of Israel
.
1969
- The
Longhope
lifeboat
in
Scotland
is lost, the entire crew of eight die
1970
-
My Lai massacre
: The
United States Army
charges 14 officers with suppressing information related to the incident.
1985
-
Serial killer
Richard Ramirez
, the "Night Stalker", commits his first two
murder
s in
Los Angeles
,
California
murder spree.
1988
- A
Colombia
n
Boeing 727
jetliner
,
Avianca Flight 410
, crashes into the side of the mountains near the
Venezuela
n border killing 143.
1992
- A suicide car-bomb kills 29 and injures 242 at the
Israeli Embassy attack in Buenos Aires
,
Argentina
.
2003
- British Cabinet Minister,
Robin Cook
, resigns over government plans for
war with Iraq
.
2004
- Massive
Unrest in Kosovo
. Over 22 killed, 200 wounded, 35 destroyed
Serb Orthodox
shrines in
Kosovo
and two
mosque
s in
Belgrade
and
Nis
.
top
Births
1231
-
Emperor Shijo
of Japan (d.
1242
)
1473
- King
James IV of Scotland
(d.
1513
)
1628
-
François Girardon
, French sculptor (d.
1715
)
1676
-
Thomas Boston
, Scottish church leader (d.
1732
)
1725
-
Lachlan McIntosh
, Scottish-born American military and political leader (d.
1806
)
1777
-
Roger Brooke Taney
, 5th
Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court
(d.
1864
)
1780
-
Thomas Chalmers
, Scottish pastor, social reformer, author, and scientist (d.
1847
)
1804
-
Jim Bridger
, American trapper and explorer (d.
1881
)
1820
-
Jean Ingelow
, English poet (d.
1897
)
1834
-
Gottlieb Daimler
, German engineer and inventor (d.
1900
)
1846
-
Kate Greenaway
, English children's author and illustrator (d.
1901
)
1856
-
Mikhail Vrubel
, Russian painter (d.
1910
)
1862
-
Silvio Gesell
, Belgian economist (d.
1930
)
1866
-
Pierce Butler
, Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (d. 1939)
1870
-
Horace Donisthorpe
, British entomologist (d.
1951
)
1880
- Sir
Patrick Hastings
, British barrister (d.
1952
)
1881
-
Walter Rudolf Hess
, Swiss physiologist,
Nobel Prize
laureate (d.
1973
)
1883
-
Urmuz
, Romanian writer (d.
1923
)
1884
-
Alcide Nunez
, American jazz clarinetist (d.
1934
)
1892
-
Benjamin Drake Van Wissen
, Australian Engineer (d.
1984
)
1894
-
Paul Green
, American writer (d.
1981
)
1901
-
Alfred Newman
, American film composer (d.
1970
)
1902
-
Bobby Jones
, American golfer (d.
1971
)
1907
-
Sonny Werblin
, former owner of the
New York Jets
(d.
1991
)
1908
-
Brigitte Helm
, German actress (d.
1996
)
1912
-
Bayard Rustin
, American civil rights activist (d.
1987
)
1914
-
Sammy Baugh
, American football player
1916
-
Ray Ellington
, British singer (d.
1985
)
1919
-
Nat King Cole
, American singer (d.
1965
)
1926
-
Siegfried Lenz
, German writer
1930
-
James Irwin
, astronaut (d.
1991
)
1936
-
Ladislav Kupkovic
, Slovakian composer
1936 -
Ken Mattingly
, astronaut
1938
-
Rudolf Nureyev
, Russian-born dancer and choreographer (d.
1993
)
1938 -
Keith Michael Patrick Cardinal O'Brien
, Northern Irish clergyman
1939
-
Jim Gary
, American sculptor (d.
2006
)
1940
-
Mark White
, American politician
1941
-
Paul Kantner
, American musician (
Jefferson Airplane
)
1942
-
John Wayne Gacy
, American serial killer (d.
1994
)
1944
-
Pattie Boyd
, British photographer and model
1944 -
Cito Gaston
, baseball player and coach
1944 -
John Sebastian
, American singer and songwriter
1945
-
Elis Regina
, Brazilian singer (d.
1982
)
1945 -
Katri Helena
, Finnish singer
1947
-
James Morrow
, author
1948
-
William Gibson
, American writer
1949
-
Patrick Duffy
, American actor
1949 -
Pat Rice
, Northern Irish footballer and football manager
1950
-
Patrick Adams
, American record producer and songwriter
1951
-
Donald Findlay
, Scottish Lawyer
1951 -
Kurt Russell
, American actor
1953
-
Filemon Lagman
, Filipino communist revolutionary (d.
2001
)
1954
-
Lesley-Anne Down
, English actress
1955
-
Gary Sinise
, American actor
1955
-
Cynthia Mckinney
, Controversial American Politician
1956
-
Patrick McDonnell
, American cartoonist
1957
-
Mal Donaghy
, Northern Irish footballer
1957 -
Michael Kelly
, American journalist (d.
2003
)
1959
-
Danny Ainge
, American basketball player and coach
1961
-
Casey Siemaszko
, American actor
1962
-
Clare Grogan
, Scottish actress-singer
1963
-
Nick Peros
, Canadian composer
1964
-
Rob Lowe
, American actor
1964 -
Lee Dixon
, English footballer
1967
-
Billy Corgan
, American musician
1967 -
Barry Minkow
, American businessman
1969
-
Mathew St. Patrick
, American actor
1970
-
Yanic Truesdale
, Canadian actor
1971
-
Bill Mueller
, baseball player
1972
-
Melissa Auf der Maur
, Canadian rock musician
1972 -
Marc Gunn
, poet, podcaster, and Celtic musician (
Brobdingnagian Bards
)
1972 -
Mia Hamm
, American soccer player
1973
-
Rico Blanco
, Filipino singer (
Rivermaya
)
1973 -
Caroline Corr
, Irish singer and musician
1975
-
Justin Hawkins
, British singer (
The Darkness
)
1975 -
Andrew "Test" Martin
, Canadian professional wrestler
1976
-
Stephen Gately
, Irish singer, musician, and actor (
Boyzone
)
1979
-
Andrew Ference
, Canadian hockey player
1979 -
Samoa Joe
, Samoan professional wrestler
top
Deaths
45 BC
-
Titus Labienus
, Roman leader (in battle)
45 BC -
Gnaeus Pompeius
, the Younger, Roman general (executed)
180
-
Marcus Aurelius
, Roman emperor (b.
121
)
493
-
Saint Patrick
, patron saint of Ireland
1040
-
Harold Harefoot
,
King of England
1058
- King
Lulach I of Scotland
1272
-
Emperor Go-Saga
of Japan (b.
1220
)
1425
-
Ashikaga Yoshikazu
, Japanese shogun (b.
1407
)
1516
-
Giuliano di Lorenzo de' Medici
, ruler of Florence (b.
1478
)
1565
-
Alexander Ales
, Scottish theologian (b.
1500
)
1620
-
St. John Sarkander
,
Moravia
n priest, died of injuries caused by
torturing
1640
-
Philip Massinger
, English dramatist (b.
1583
)
1680
-
François de La Rochefoucauld
, French writer (b.
1613
)
1704
-
Menno van Coehoorn
, Dutch military engineer (b.
1641
)
1715
-
Gilbert Burnet
, Scottish Bishop of Salisbury (b.
1643
)
1741
-
Jean-Baptiste Rousseau
, French poet (b.
1671
)
1764
-
George Parker, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield
, English astronomer
1782
-
Daniel Bernoulli
, Dutch-born mathematician (b.
1700
)
1830
-
Laurent, Marquis de Gouvion Saint-Cyr
, French marshal (b.
1764
)
1846
-
Friedrich Bessel
, German mathematician and astronomer (b.
1784
)
1849
-
William II of the Netherlands
(b.
1792
)
1853
-
Christian Doppler
, Austrian physician and mathematician (b.
1803
)
1875
-
Ferdinand Laub
, Czech violinist (b.
1832
)
1893
-
Jules Ferry
, French statesman (b.
1832
)
1917
-
Franz Brentano
, German philosopher and psychologist (b.
1838
)
1926
-
Aleksei Brusilov
, Russian general (b.
1853
)
1937
-
Austen Chamberlain
, English statesman, recipient of the
Nobel Peace Prize
(b.
1863
)
1949
-
Aleksandra Ekster
, Russian painter (b.
1882
)
1956
-
Fred Allen
, American actor and comedian (b.
1894
)
1956 -
Irene Joliot-Curie
, French physicist, recipient of the
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
(b.
1897
)
1957
-
Ramon Magsaysay
,
President of the Philippines
(b.
1907
)
1965
-
Amos Alonzo Stagg
, baseball, basketball, and football coach and player (b.
1862
)
1974
-
Louis Kahn
, American architect
1976
-
Luchino Visconti
, Italian director (b.
1906
)
1981
-
Paul Dean
, baseball player (b.
1913
)
1983
-
Haldan Keffer Hartline
, American physiologist,
Nobel Prize
laureate (b.
1903
)
1987
-
Santo Trafficante, Jr.
, American gangster (b.
1914
)
1989
-
Merritt Butrick
, American actor (b.
1959
)
1990
-
Capucine
, French actress (b.
1931
)
1993
-
Helen Hayes
, American actress (b.
1900
)
1995
-
Ronnie Kray
, British gangster (b.
1933
)
1999
-
Ernest Gold
, Austrian composer (b.
1921
)
1999 -
Rod Hull
, British comedian (b.
1936
)
2002
-
Rosetta LeNoire
, American actress and producer (b.
1911
)
2002 -
Pat Weaver
, American broadcast executive (b.
1908
)
2004
-
J.J. Jackson
, American television personality (b.
1941
)
2005
-
George F. Kennan
, American Cold War strategist and historian (b.
1904
)
2005 -
Andre Norton
, American writer (b.
1912
)
2006
-
Bob Blue
, American singer-songwriter
2006 -
Oleg Cassini
, American fashion designer (b.
1913
)
2006 -
Ray Meyer
, American basketball coach (b.
1913
)
2006 -
Robert DeWayne Papenbrook
, American voice actor (b.
1955
)
top
Holidays and observances
Ancient
Latvia
-
Kustonu Diena
(return of the larks) observed
Feast day
of
St Patrick
: a public holiday in
Ireland
(National feast) and
Montserrat
, widely celebrated in North America and worldwide (see
St. Patrick's Day
)
Boston, Massachusetts
-
Evacuation Day
Ancient Rome
- the second day of the
Bacchanalia
in honor of
Bacchus
Ancient Rome
- the
Liberalia
in honor of
Liber
top
Other liturgical feasts
St. Agricola
St. Joseph of Arimathea
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