March, 17th in History

[Spiritus Temporis]

Events

Wednesday 17, 2004:
Massive Unrest in Kosovo. Over 22 killed, 200 wounded, 35 destroyed Serb Orthodox shrines in Kosovo and two mosques in Belgrade and Nis.

Monday 17, 2003:
British Cabinet Minister, Robin Cook, resigns over government plans for war with Iraq.

Tuesday 17, 1992:
A suicide car-bomb kills 29 and injures 242 at the Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Thursday 17, 1988:
A Colombian Boeing 727 jetliner, Avianca Flight 410, crashes into the side of the mountains near the Venezuelan border killing 143.

Sunday 17, 1985:
Serial killer Richard Ramirez, the "Night Stalker", commits his first two murders in Los Angeles, California murder spree.

Tuesday 17, 1970:
My Lai massacre: The United States Army charges 14 officers with suppressing information related to the incident.

Monday 17, 1969:
Golda Meir of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA, becomes Prime Minister of Israel.

Thursday 17, 1966:
Off the coast of Spain in the Mediterranean, the Alvin submarine finds a missing American hydrogen bomb.

Tuesday 17, 1959:
Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, flees Tibet and travels to India.

Monday 17, 1958:
The United States launches the Vanguard 1 satellite.

Friday 17, 1950:
University of California, Berkeley researchers announce the creation of element 98, which they name "Californium".

Wednesday 17, 1948:
Benelux, France, and the United Kingdom sign the Treaty of Brussels, a precursor to the NATO Agreement.

Monday 17, 1941:
In Washington, DC, the National Gallery of Art is officially opened by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Friday 17, 1939:
Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945): The Battle of Nanchang between the Kuomintang and the Japanese break out.

Tuesday 17, 1931:
Nevada legalizes gambling.

Thursday 17, 1921:
The Second Republic of Poland adopts the March Constitution.

Thursday 17, 1910:
Luther Gulick and his wife Charlotte found Camp Fire Girls (now Camp Fire USA) (formally announced in 1912).

Sunday 17, 1901:
A showing of 71 Vincent van Gogh paintings in Paris, 11 years after his death, creates a sensation.

Tuesday 17, 1891:
The British steamship SS Utopia sinks off the coast of Gibraltar, killing 574.

Wednesday 17, 1886:
Carrollton Massacre: 20 African Americans are killed in Mississippi.

Sunday 17, 1861:
The Kingdom of Italy is proclaimed.

Monday 17, 1845:
The rubber band is invented

Sunday 17, 1805:
The Italian Republic, with Napoleon as president, becomes the Kingdom of Italy, with Napoleon as King.

Sunday 17, 1776:
American Revolution: British forces evacuate Boston, Massachusetts after George Washington places artillery overlooking the city.

Wednesday 17, 1756:
St. Patrick's Day is celebrated in New York City for the first time (at the Crown and Thistle Tavern).

Friday 17, 1673:
Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet begin their exploration of the Great Lakes and the Mississippi river.

Thursday 17, 1577:
The Cathay Company is formed to send Martin Frobisher back to the New World for more gold.

Wednesday 17, -45:
In his last victory, Julius Caesar defeats the Pompeian forces of Titus Labienus and Pompey the Younger in the Battle of Munda.

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/17-march/on-this-day.html


People born on March 17

1979:
Andrew Ference, hockey player (b: March 17, 1979) (Biography of Andrew Ference)

1976:
Stephen Gately, Irish singer, musician, and actor (Boyzone) (b: March 17, 1976) (Biography of Stephen Gately)

1975:
Justin Hawkins, British singer (The Darkness) (b: March 17, 1975) (Biography of Justin Hawkins)

1973:
Caroline Corr, Irish singer and musician (b: March 17, 1973) (Biography of Caroline Corr)

1972:
Mia Hamm, American soccer player (b: March 17, 1972) (Biography of Mia Hamm)

1969:
Mathew St. Patrick, American actor (b: March 17, 1969) (Biography of Mathew St. Patrick)

1967:
William Patrick Corgan, Jr., American musician (b: March 17, 1967) (Biography of Billy Corgan)
Barry Minkow, American businessman (b: March 17, 1967) (Biography of Barry Minkow)

1964:
Rob Lowe, American actor (b: March 17, 1964) (Biography of Rob Lowe)

1961:
Casey Siemaszko, American actor (b: March 17, 1961) (Biography of Casey Siemaszko)

1959:
Danny Ainge, American basketball player and coach (b: March 17, 1959) (Biography of Danny Ainge)

1957:
Michael Kelly, American journalist (b: March 17, 1957) (Biography of Michael Kelly (editor))

1956:
Patrick McDonnell, American cartoonist (b: March 17, 1956) (Biography of Patrick McDonnell)

1955:
Gary Sinise, American actor (b: March 17, 1955) (Biography of Gary Sinise)

1954:
Lesley-Anne Down, English actress (b: March 17, 1954) (Biography of Lesley-Anne Down)

1951:
Kurt Russell, American actor (b: March 17, 1951) (Biography of Kurt Russell)

1949:
Patrick Duffy, American actor (b: March 17, 1949) (Biography of Patrick Duffy)

1948:
William Gibson, American-born writer (b: March 17, 1948) (Biography of William Gibson (novelist))

1947:
James Morrow, science fiction author (b: March 17, 1947) (Biography of James Morrow)

1945:
Elis Regina, Brazilian singer (b: March 17, 1945) (Biography of Elis Regina)

1944:
John Sebastian, American singer and songwriter (b: March 17, 1944) (Biography of John Sebastian)
Pattie Boyd, British photographer and model (b: March 17, 1944) (Biography of Pattie Boyd)
Cito Gaston, baseball player and coach (b: March 17, 1944) (Biography of Cito Gaston)

1942:
John Wayne Gacy, American serial killer (b: March 17, 1942 ; d: May 10, 1994) (Biography of John Wayne Gacy)

1941:
Paul Kantner, American musician (Jefferson Airplane) (b: March 17, 1941) (Biography of Paul Kantner)

1940:
Mark White, American politician (b: March 17, 1940) (Biography of Mark White)

1938:
Rudolf Nureyev, Russian-born dancer and choreographer (b: March 17, 1938 ; d: January 6, 1993) (Biography of Rudolf Nureyev)

1936:
Ladislav Kupkovic, Slovakian composer (b: March 17, 1936) (Biography of Ladislav Kupkovic)
Ken Mattingly, astronaut (b: March 17, 1936) (Biography of Ken Mattingly)

1933:
Myrlie Evers-Williams, civil rights activist (b: March 17, 1933) (Biography of Myrlie Evers-Williams)

1930:
James Irwin, astronaut (b: March 17, 1930 ; d: August 8, 1991) (Biography of James Irwin)

1926:
Siegfried Lenz, German writer (b: March 17, 1926) (Biography of Siegfried Lenz)

1920:
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Prime Minister of Bangladesh (b: March 17, 1920 ; d: August 15, 1975) (Biography of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman)

1919:
Nat King Cole, American singer (b: March 17, 1919 ; d: February 15, 1965) (Biography of Nat King Cole)

1918:
Mercedes McCambridge, American actress (b: March 17, 1918 ; d: March 2, 2004) (Biography of Mercedes McCambridge)

1916:
Ray Ellington, British singer (b: March 17, 1916 ; d: February 28, 1985) (Biography of Ray Ellington)

1914:
Sammy Baugh, American football player (b: March 17, 1914) (Biography of Sammy Baugh)

1912:
Bayard Rustin, American civil rights activist (b: March 17, 1912) (Biography of Bayard Rustin)

1908:
Brigitte Helm, German actress (b: March 17, 1908 ; d: June 11, 1996) (Biography of Brigitte Helm)

1902:
Bobby Jones, American golfer (b: March 17, 1902) (Biography of Bobby Jones (golf))

1901:
Alfred Newman, American film composer (b: March 17, 1901 ; d: February 17, 1970) (Biography of Alfred Newman)

1895:
Shemp Howard, actor (b: March 17, 1895 ; d: November 22, 1955) (Biography of Shemp Howard)

1894:
Paul Green, American writer (b: March 17, 1894) (Biography of Paul Green)

1884:
Alcide Nunez, American jazz clarinetist (b: March 17, 1884 ; d: September 2, 1934) (Biography of Alcide Nunez)

1880:
Sir Patrick Hastings, British barrister (b: March 17, 1880) (Biography of Patrick Hastings)

1870:
Horace Donisthorpe, British entomologist (b: March 17, 1870 ; d: April 22, 1951) (Biography of Horace Donisthorpe)

1866:
Pierce Butler, Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (b: March 17, 1866 ; d: November 16, 1939) (Biography of Pierce Butler (justice))

1862:
Silvio Gesell, Belgian economist (b: March 17, 1862) (Biography of Silvio Gesell)

1846:
Kate Greenaway, English children's author and illustrator (b: March 17, 1846) (Biography of Kate Greenaway)

1834:
Gottlieb Daimler, German engineer and inventor (b: March 17, 1834) (Biography of Gottlieb Daimler)

1820:
Jean Ingelow, English poet (b: March 17, 1820 ; d: July 20, 1897) (Biography of Jean Ingelow)

1804:
Jim Bridger, American trapper and explorer (b: March 17, 1804) (Biography of Jim Bridger)

1780:
Thomas Chalmers, Scottish pastor, social reformer, author, and scientist (b: March 17, 1780 ; d: May 31, 1847) (Biography of Thomas Chalmers)

1777:
Roger Taney, Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court (b: March 17, 1777) (Biography of Roger Taney)

1676:
Thomas Boston, Scottish church leader (b: March 17, 1676 ; d: May 20, 1732) (Biography of Thomas Boston)

1628:
François Girardon, French sculptor (b: March 17, 1628 ; d: September 1, 1715) (Biography of François Girardon)

1473:
King James IV of Scotland (b: March 17, 1473 ; d: September 9, 1513) (Biography of James IV of Scotland)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/17-march/births.html

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People who died on March 17

2005:
George F. Kennan, American political policy-maker (b: February 16, 1904 ; d: March 17, 2005) (Biography of George F. Kennan)
Andre Norton, American author (b: February 17, 1912 ; d: March 17, 2005) (Biography of Andre Norton)

2004:
J.J. Jackson (d: March 17, 2004) (Biography of J.J. Jackson)

2002:
Pat Weaver (d: March 17, 2002) (Biography of Pat Weaver)
Rosetta LeNoire (d: March 17, 2002) (Biography of Rosetta LeNoire)

1999:
Rod Hull (d: March 17, 1999) (Biography of Rod Hull)
Ernest Gold, Austrian composer (b: July 13, 1921 ; d: March 17, 1999) (Biography of Ernest Gold)

1995:
Kray twins (d: March 17, 1995) (Biography of Kray twins)

1993:
Helen Hayes, American actress (b: October 10, 1900 ; d: March 17, 1993) (Biography of Helen Hayes)

1990:
Capucine, French actress (b: January 6, 1931 ; d: March 17, 1990) (Biography of Capucine)

1989:
Merritt Butrick, American actor (b: September 3, 1959 ; d: March 17, 1989) (Biography of Merritt Butrick)

1987:
Santo Trafficante, Jr. (d: March 17, 1987) (Biography of Santo Trafficante, Jr.)

1976:
Luchino Visconti (d: March 17, 1976) (Biography of Luchino Visconti)

1965:
Amos Alonzo Stagg, American coach (b: August 16, 1862 ; d: March 17, 1965) (Biography of Amos Alonzo Stagg)

1957:
Ramon Magsaysay, President of the Philippines (b: August 31, 1907 ; d: March 17, 1957) (Biography of Ramon Magsaysay)

1956:
Irene Joliot-Curie, French physicist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (b: September 12, 1897 ; d: March 17, 1956) (Biography of Irene Joliot-Curie)
Fred Allen, American comedian (b: May 31, 1894 ; d: March 17, 1956) (Biography of Fred Allen)

1937:
Austen Chamberlain, English statesman, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b: October 16, 1863 ; d: March 17, 1937) (Biography of Austen Chamberlain)

1917:
Franz Brentano, German philosopher and psychologist (b: January 16, 1838 ; d: March 17, 1917) (Biography of Franz Brentano)

1853:
Christian Doppler, Austrian physicist (b: November 29, 1803 ; d: March 17, 1853) (Biography of Christian Doppler)

1849:
King William II of the Netherlands (b: December 6, 1792 ; d: March 17, 1849) (Biography of William II of the Netherlands)

1846:
Friedrich Bessel, German mathematician and astronomer (b: July 22, 1784 ; d: March 17, 1846) (Biography of Friedrich Bessel)

1830:
Laurent, Marquis de Gouvion Saint-Cyr, French marshal (b: April 13, 1764 ; d: March 17, 1830) (Biography of Laurent, Marquis de Gouvion Saint-Cyr)

1782:
Daniel Bernoulli, Dutch-born mathematician (b: February 9, 1700 ; d: March 17, 1782) (Biography of Daniel Bernoulli)

1764:
George Parker, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield (d: March 17, 1764) (Biography of George Parker, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield)

1741:
Jean-Baptiste Rousseau, French poet (b: April 6, 1671 ; d: March 17, 1741) (Biography of Jean-Baptiste Rousseau)

1715:
Gilbert Burnet, Scottish Bishop of Salisbury (b: September 18, 1643 ; d: March 17, 1715) (Biography of Gilbert Burnet)

1704:
Menno van Coehoorn (d: March 17, 1704) (Biography of Menno van Coehoorn)

1680:
François de La Rochefoucauld, French writer (b: September 15, 1613 ; d: March 17, 1680) (Biography of François de La Rochefoucauld)

1640:
Philip Massinger (d: March 17, 1640) (Biography of Philip Massinger)

1565:
Alexander Ales, Scottish theologian (b: April 23, 1500 ; d: March 17, 1565) (Biography of Alexander Ales)

1516:
Giuliano di Lorenzo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (b: March 12, 1478 ; d: March 17, 1516) (Biography of Giuliano di Lorenzo de' Medici)

1425:
Ashikaga Yoshikazu, Japanese shogun (b: August 27, 1407 ; d: March 17, 1425) (Biography of Ashikaga Yoshikazu)

1272:
Emperor Go-Saga, emperor of Japan (b: April 1, 1220 ; d: March 17, 1272) (Biography of Emperor Go-Saga)

1058:
Lulach I of Scotland (d: March 17, 1058) (Biography of Lulach I of Scotland)

1040:
Harold Harefoot (d: March 17, 1040) (Biography of Harold Harefoot)

461:
Saint Patrick (d: March 17, 461) (Biography of Saint Patrick)

180:
Marcus Aurelius, Roman Emperor (b: April 26, 121 ; d: March 17, 180) (Biography of Marcus Aurelius)

-45:
Titus Labienus (d: March 17, -45) (Biography of Titus Labienus)
Gnaeus Pompeius (d: March 17, -45) (Biography of Gnaeus Pompeius)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/17-march/deaths.html