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March 17 is the 76th day of the year (77th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. PortalCurrent events International holidays February 2 - Candlemas February 5 - Shrove International holidays March 2 - Mothering Sunday (Britain March 7 - Nyepi (Indonesia International holidays and other major events April 1 - April Fools' Day April 4 - Qingming Festival (Mainland Events 86 BC - Lucius Cornelius Sulla, at the head of a Roman Republic army enters in Athens, removing the Tyrant Events 986 - Louis V becomes King of the Franks. 1127 - Assassination of Charles the Good Events 1284 - Statute of Rhuddlan incorporated the Principality of Wales into England 1575 - Indian Events 51 - Nero, later to become Roman Emperor, is given the title Princeps iuventutis (head of the youth Events 363 - Roman Emperor Julian moves from Antioch with an army of 90000 to attack the Sassanid Empire, in a Events 1079 - Omar Khayyám completes the Iranian calendar. 1454 - Thirteen Years' War: Delegates of Events 161 - Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius dies and is succeeded by co-Emperors Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus Events 1618 - Johannes Kepler discovers the third law of planetary motion. Events 590 - Bahram Chobin is crowned as king Barham VI of Persia. Events 241 BC - First Punic War: Battle of the Aegates Islands - The Romans sink the Carthaginian fleet bringing Events 1425 BC - Thutmose III, Pharaoh of Egypt, dies (according to the Low Chronology of the 18th Dynasty Events 538 - Witiges, king of the Ostrogoths ends his siege of Rome and retreats to Ravenna, leaving Events 1138 - Cardinal Gregorio Conti is elected Antipope as Victor IV, succeeding Anacletus II. Events 1489 - The Queen of Cyprus, Catherine Cornaro, sells her kingdom to Venice. Events 44 BC - Julius Caesar, Dictator of the Roman Republic, is stabbed to death by Marcus Junius Brutus, Events 597 BC - Babylonians capture Jerusalem, replace Jehoiachin with Zedekiah as king Events 37 - The Roman Senate annuls Tiberius ' will and proclaims Caligula emperor Events 1279 - A Mongolian victory in the Battle of Yamen ends the Song Dynasty in China. Events 1600 - The Linköping Bloodbath takes place on Maundy Thursday in Linköping, Sweden. Events 630 - Byzantine emperor Heraclius restores the True Cross to Jerusalem. Events 238 - Gordian I and his son Gordian II are proclaimed Roman emperor. Events 1174 - Jocelin, Abbot of Melrose, is elected Bishop of Glasgow. Events 1401 - Mongol emperor Timur sacks Damascus. 1603 - James VI of Scotland Events 1199 - Richard I is wounded by a crossbow bolt while fighting France which leads to his death on April 6. Events 1026 - Pope John XIX crowns Conrad II as Holy Roman Emperor. Events 196 BC - Ptolemy V ascends to the throne of Egypt. 1309 - Pope Clement V excommunicates Events 37 - Roman Emperor Caligula accepts the titles of the Principate, entitled to him by the Senate. Events 1461 - Wars of the Roses: Battle of Towton - Edward of York defeats Queen Margaret to become King Events 240 BC - 1st recorded Perihelion passage of Halley's Comet. Events 307 - After divorcing his wife Minervina, Constantine marries Fausta, the daughter of the retired Roman Emperor 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common International holidays March 2 - Mothering Sunday (Britain March 7 - Nyepi (Indonesia March 2007 is the third month of the year It began on a Thursday, and ended 31 days later on a Saturday. Stories without links will be removed. News stories must be in English March 2005: ← - January 2005 - February 2005 - March - April 2005 - May 2005 - June 2005 - July 2005 March 2004: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September March 2002: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September March 2001: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September March 2000: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September A leap year (or intercalary year) is a year containing one or more extra days (or in the case of Lunisolar calendars an extra month in order to keep the The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used Calendar in the world today There are 289 days remaining until the end of the year.

Contents 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances 5 External links

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. Year 45 BC was the year the Julian calendar went into effect According to this calendar it was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus, commonly known as Pompey /'pɑmpi/ Pompey the Great or Pompey the Triumvir ( Classical Latin abbreviation Titus Labienus (ca 100 BC– March 17, 45 BC was a professional Roman soldier in the late Roman Republic. Gnaeus Popmeius should not be confused with his father Gnaeus Pompeius '''Magnus''', known as "Pompey the Great For the World War II battle see Battle of Munda Point. The Battle of Munda took place on March 17, 45 BC in
• 180 - Marcus Aurelius dies. Events By place Roman Empire The praetorian prefect Tarutenius Paternus achieved a decisive victory against the Quadi Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus (often referred to as "the wise" ( April 26, 121 – March 17, 180) was Roman Emperor Commodus is now the only emperor of the Roman Empire. Lucius Aurelius Commodus Antoninus ( August 31, 161 – December 31, 192) was a Roman Emperor who ruled from 180 to 192 (also with The Roman Empire was the post-Republican phase of the ancient Roman civilization, characterised by an autocratic form of government and large territorial
• 1337 - Edward, the Black Prince is made Duke of Cornwall, the first Duchy made in England. Edward of Woodstock, Prince of Wales, KG (15 June 1330 – 8 June 1376 popularly known as The Black Prince, was the eldest son of King Edward The Dukedom of Cornwall was the first Dukedom created in the Peerage of England. A duchy is a territory fief, or domain ruled by a Duke or Duchess. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland
• 1756 - St. Patrick's Day is celebrated in New York City for the first time (at the Crown and Thistle Tavern). Year 1756 ( MDCCLVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Saint Patrick's Day (Lá ’le Pádraig or Lá Fhéile Pádraig) colloquially St The City of New York
• 1776 - American Revolution: British forces evacuate Boston, Massachusetts after George Washington and Henry Knox place artillery overlooking the city. Year 1776 ( MDCCLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a In this article the inhabitants of the thirteen colonies that supported the American Revolution are primarily referred to as "Americans" with occasional references to "Patriots" The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located George Washington (February 22 1732 December 14 1799 served as the first President of the United States of America (1789&ndash1797 and led the Henry Knox ( July 25, 1750 &ndash October 25, 1806) was an American Bookseller from Boston who became the chief Artillery (from French artillerie) is a military Combat Arm which employs any apparātus machine
• 1805 - The Italian Republic, with Napoleon as president, becomes the Kingdom of Italy, with Napoleon as King. Year 1805 ( MDCCCV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or The Italian Republic ( Repubblica Italiana) was a short-lived ( 1802 - 1805) Republic, located in Northern Italy. Napoleon Bonaparte (15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821 was a French military and political leader who had a significant impact on the History of Europe. The Kingdom of Italy ( Italian: Regno d'Italia, but also Regno Italico; 17 March 1805 – 11 April
• 1845 - The rubber band is patented. Year 1845 ( MDCCCXLV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common A rubber band (in some regions known as a binder, elastic band, lackey band, elastic blubber, "laggy band" or gumband') A patent is a set of Exclusive rights granted by a State to an inventor or his assignee for a fixed period of time in exchange for a disclosure of an
• 1861 - The Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) is proclaimed. Year 1861 ( MDCCCLXI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The Kingdom of Italy ( Italian: Regno d'Italia) was a state forged in 1861 by the unification of Italy under the influence of the Kingdom
• 1901 - A showing of seventy-one Vincent van Gogh paintings in Paris, 11 years after his death, creates a sensation. Year 1901 ( MCMI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city
• 1906 - The Phi Kappa Tau Fraternity is founded at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Phi Kappa Tau ( ΦΚΤ) is a US national college fraternity History Phi Kappa Tau Fraternity (commonly called Phi Tau Fraternities and sororities (from the Latin words la frater and la soror, meaning "brother" and "sister" respectively are fraternal Miami University (colloquially and incorrectly referred to as Miami of Ohio for clarification purposes is a Coeducational Public university founded in 1809 Oxford is a city in northwestern Butler County, Ohio, United States, in the southwestern portion of the state
• 1910 - Luther Gulick and his wife Charlotte found Camp Fire Girls (now Camp Fire USA) (formally announced in 1912). Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Luther Halsey Gulick Jr, MD ( December 4, 1865 &ndash August 13, 1918) was an American Physical education instructor For the Rock band, see Campfire Girls (band. Camp Fire USA is a nationwide Youth organization that began on March 17 Year 1912 ( MCMXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting
• 1913 - The Uruguayan Air Force is founded. Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The Uruguayan Air Force ( Fuerza Aérea Uruguaya or FAU) is one of the three main branches of the Armed Forces of Uruguay under the Uruguayan Ministry of
• 1917 - Delta Phi Epsilon is founded at New York University Law School. Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Delta Phi Epsilon ( ΔΦΕ or DPhiE) is an international sorority founded on March 17 1917 at New York University Law School in New York City See also New York Law School The New York University School of Law ( NYU Law) is the
• 1921 - The Second Republic of Poland adopts the March Constitution. Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar The Second Polish Republic or interwar Poland is the Republic of Poland between World War I and World War II. The Second Polish Republic adopted the March Constitution on 17 March 1921, after ousting the occupation of the German / Prussian forces
• 1939 - Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945): The Battle of Nanchang between the Kuomintang and the Japanese breaks out. Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Second Sino-Japanese War ( July 7, 1937 to September 9, 1945) was a major war fought between the Republic of China and the The Battle of Nanchang ( Traditional Chinese: 南昌會戰 Simplified Chinese: 南昌会战 was a major battle between the Chinese National Revolutionary For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics.
• 1941 - In Washington, D.C., the National Gallery of Art is officially opened by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D This article is about the National Gallery of the United States for other National Galleries see National Gallery. The President of the United States is the Head of state and Head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in United States by
• 1942 - Holocaust: The first Jews from the Lviv Ghetto (western Ukraine) are gassed at the Belzec death camp (eastern Poland). Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Holocaust (from the Greek el ''ὁλόκαυστον'' (el-Latn holókauston holos, "completely" and kaustos, "burnt" also known as PLEASE TAKE NOTE************ Lviv ( Ukrainian: Львів, L’viv, Lwów Lemberg Львов L'vov; see also other names) is a major city in western A ghetto is described as a "portion of a city in which members of a minority group live especially because of social legal or economic pressure Ukraine (Україна Ukrayina, /ukrɑˈjinɑ/ is a country in Eastern Europe. Belzec (Bełżec approximate Polish pronunciation bew-zhets) was the first of the Nazi German Extermination camps created for implementing Poland (Polska officially the Republic of Poland
• 1945 - The Ludendorff Bridge in Remagen, Germany collapses, ten days after its capture. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar History The bridge was built by Grün & Bilfinger between 1916 and 1919 to connect the Right Rhine Railway, the Left Rhine Railway and the Remagen is a town in Germany in Rhineland-Palatinate, in the district of Ahrweiler.
• 1948 - Benelux, France, and the United Kingdom sign the Treaty of Brussels, a precursor to the NATO Agreement. Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Benelux is an economic union in Western Europe that includes three neighboring monarchies, '''Be'''lgium, the '''Ne'''therlands, and This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located This article is on the 1948 treaty which served as a basis for the Western Union The North Atlantic Treaty
• 1950 - University of California, Berkeley researchers announce the creation of element 98, which they name "Californium". Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The University of California Berkeley (also referred to as Cal, Berkeley and UC Berkeley) is a major research university located in Berkeley Californium (ˌkælɪˈforniəm is a Metallic Chemical element with the symbol Cf and Atomic number 98
• 1957 - A plane crash in Cebu, Philippines kills Philippine President Ramon Magsaysay and 24 others. Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) The 1957 crash of a Douglas C-47 plane named "Mt Pinatubo" on the slopes of Mount Manunggal Cebu, Philippines, killed the 7th President of the Cebu is one of the Provinces of the Philippines. It lies to the east of Negros Island; to the west of Leyte and to the southeast is Bohol The Philippines ( Filipino: Pilipinas, officially known as the Republic of the Philippines (fil ''Republika ng Pilipinas'' RP The President of the Philippines is the head of state and government of the Republic of the Philippines. Ramon del Fierro Magsaysay ( August 31, 1907 - March 17, 1957) was the third President of the Third Republic of the Philippines
• 1958 - The United States launches the Vanguard 1 satellite. Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Vanguard 1 was the fourth artificial Satellite launched and is the oldest still orbiting Earth though there is no longer any communication with it This article is about artificial satellites For natural satellites also known as moons see Natural satellite.
• 1959 - Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, flees Tibet for India. The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Jetsun Jamphel Ngawang Lobsang Yeshe Tenzin Gyatso (born Lhamo Döndrub ( 6 July 1935 in Qinghai) He is the head of the Tibetan government-in-exile The Dalai Lama is the spiritual and political leader of the Tibetan people according to Tibetan Buddhism. Definitions of Tibet See also Definitions of Tibet Name In English The English word Tibet, like the word for Tibet in most European India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country
• 1960 - U. Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the National Security Council directive on the anti-Cuban covert action program that will ultimately lead to the Bay of Pigs Invasion. Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower (October 14 1890 – March 28 1969 was President of the United States from 1953 until 1961 and a five-star general The White House National Security Council ( NSC) in the United States is the principal forum used by the President for considering National The Republic of Cuba (ˈkjuːbə or) consists of the island of Cuba (the largest and second-most populous island of the Greater Antilles) Isla de la The Bay of Pigs Invasion (aka Playa Girón) was an unsuccessful attempt by a U
• 1966 - Off the coast of Spain in the Mediterranean, the Alvin submarine finds a missing American hydrogen bomb. Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Alvin ( DSV-2) is a 16-ton manned deep-ocean research Submersible owned by the United States Navy and operated by the Woods Hole Oceanographic A submarine is a Watercraft that can operate independently below water as distinct from a Submersible that has only limited underwater capability The Teller–Ulam design is a Nuclear weapon design which is used in Megaton -range Thermonuclear weapons and is more colloquially referred to as "the
• 1969 - Golda Meir becomes the first female Prime Minister of Israel. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Golda Meir ( גּוֹלְדָּה מֵאִיר جولدا مائير born Golda Mabovitch, 3 May 1898 - 8 December 1978 known as Golda Myerson from 1917-1956 The Prime Minister of Israel is the head of the Israeli government and is the most powerful political officer in Israel (the President of Israel being a titular figurehead
• 1970 - My Lai massacre: The United States Army charges 14 officers with suppressing information related to the incident. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The My Lai Massacre ( approximately) (thảm sát Mỹ Lai was the Mass murder of 347 to 504 unarmed citizens of the Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam almost The United States Army is a military organization whose primary mission is to "provide necessary forces and capabilities.
• 1973 - The Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph Burst of Joy is taken, depicting a former prisoner of war being reunited with his family. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. The Pulitzer Prize, ˈpʊlɨtsɚ PULL-it-sər is an American award regarded as the highest national honor in Newspaper journalism, Burst of Joy is a Pulitzer Prize -winning photograph by Associated Press photographer Slava "Sal" Veder taken on March 17,
• 1975 - The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific railroad enter third and final bankruptcy, and William M. Gibbons selected as receiver and trustee for the railroad. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. William M Gibbons (1919 &ndash 1990-10-31) was a lawyer for 28 years and would become the receiver and trustee of the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
• 1979 - The Penmanshiel Tunnel collapses during engineering works, killing two workers. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Penmanshiel Tunnel is a now-disused railway Tunnel near Grantshouse, Berwickshire, in the Scottish Borders region of Scotland
• 1985 - Serial killer Richard Ramirez, the "Night Stalker", commits his first two murders in Los Angeles, California murder spree. Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) A serial killer is a person who Murders usually three or more people with a "cooling off" period between each murder and whose motivation for killing is largely based Ricardo Muñoz Ramírez (born February 29, 1960, in El Paso Texas) is a convicted American Serial killer awaiting execution Murder is the unlawful killing of another human person with Malice aforethought, as defined in Common Law countries Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean.
• 1988 - A Colombian Boeing 727 jetliner, Avianca Flight 410, crashes into a mountainside near the Venezuelan border killing 143. Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Colombia (kəˈlʌmbɪə officially the Republic of Colombia () is a country in northwestern South America. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout A jet airliner, sometimes contracted to jetliner, is a passenger Airplane (passenger Aeroplane) that is powered by Jet engines. Avianca Flight 410 was a flight that crashed at 1317 on March 17 1988, near Cúcuta, Colombia. Venezuela (ˌvɛnəˈzweɪlə) officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (Spanish República Bolivariana de Venezuela) is a country on the
• 1988 - Eritrean War of Independence: The Nadew Command, an Ethiopian army corps in Eritrea, is attacked on three sides by military units of the Eritrean People's Liberation Front (EPLF) in the opening action of the Battle of Afabet. The Eritrean War of Independence ( 1 September 1961 - 29 May 1991) was a conflict fought between the Ethiopian government and Eritrean NOTE This intro is the result of careful NPOV work Please do not make potentially controversial edits to it without first discussing on the talk page Eritrea () ( Ge'ez: ኤርትራ ʾErtrā, Arabic: إرتريا Iritriya) officially the State of Eritrea, is a country in The Eritrean People's Liberation Front (EPLF was an armed organization that fought for the independence of Eritrea from Ethiopia. The Battle at Afabet was a watershed battle in the Eritrean War of Independence.
• 1992 - A suicide car-bomb kills 29 and injures 242 at the Israeli Embassy attack in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) A car bomb is an explosive device placed in a car or other Vehicle and then detonated. The Israeli Embassy attack in Buenos Aires was a Bomb attack against Israel 's Embassy in Buenos Aires, Argentina on March For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Argentina topics.
• 2000 - The 800+ deaths of members of the Ugandan cult Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God is considered to be a mass murder and suicide orchestrated by leaders of the cult. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. The Republic of Uganda is a Landlocked country in East Africa. The Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God was a breakaway Sect from the Roman Catholic Church founded by Credonia Mwerinde and
• 2003 - British Cabinet Minister Robin Cook, resigns over government plans for the war with Iraq. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Robert Finlayson Cook (28 February 1946 &ndash 6 August 2005 better known as " Robin Cook " was a Politician in the British Labour The 2003 invasion of Iraq, from March 20 to May 1 2003 was spearheaded by the United States, backed by British forces and smaller contingents from Australia
• 2004 - Unrest in Kosovo results in more than 22 killed, 200 wounded, and the destruction of 35 Serb Orthodox shrines in Kosovo and two mosques in Belgrade and Nis. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Violent unrest in Kosovo broke out on March 17, 2004. Albanians retaliated to the alleged " Ethnic cleansing " during mass unrest leading The Serbian Orthodox Church ( Serbian: Српска Православна Црква / Srpska Pravoslavna Crkva; СПЦ / SPC) or the A "mosque" in English refers to all types of buildings dedicated for Islamic worship although there is a distinction in Arabic between the smaller privately owned mosque and the larger Belgrade (Београд Beograd is the Capital and largest city of Serbia.
• 2008 - New York State Governor Eliot Spitzer resigns after a scandal involving a high-end prostitute. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous Eliot Laurence Spitzer (born June 10, 1959) is an American lawyer and former politician of the Democratic Party. David Paterson becomes acting New York State governor. David Alexander Paterson (born May 20 1954 is an American politician and the current Governor of New York.

Births

• 1231 - Emperor Shijō of Japan (d. ( March 17, 1231 &ndash February 10, 1242) was the 87th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession 1242)
• 1473 - King James IV of Scotland (d. James IV ( 17 March 1473 &ndash 9 September 1513) was King of Scots from 11 June 1488 to his death 1513)
• 1628 - François Girardon, French sculptor (d. François Girardon ( March 17, 1628 - September 1, 1715) was a French sculptor. 1715)
• 1676 - Thomas Boston, Scottish church leader (d. Year 1715 ( MDCCXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Thomas Boston ( March 17, 1676 - May 20, 1732) was a Scottish church leader 1732)
• 1725 - Lachlan McIntosh, Scottish-born American military and political leader (d. Year 1732 ( MDCCXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1725 ( MDCCXXV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Lachlan McIntosh ( March 17, 1725 &ndash February 20, 1806) was an American military and political leader during the American Revolution 1806)
• 1777 - Roger Brooke Taney, 5th Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court (d. Year 1806 ( MDCCCVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1777 ( MDCCLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Roger Brooke Taney ( "tawny" March 17, 1777 – October 12, 1864) was the twelfth United States Attorney General The Chief Justice of the United States is the head of the judicial branch of the government of the United States, and presides over the U 1864)
• 1780 - Thomas Chalmers, Scottish pastor, social reformer, author, and scientist (d. Year 1864 ( MDCCCLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Year 1780 ( MDCCLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Thomas Chalmers ( March 17, 1780 - May 31, 1847) Scottish mathematician and a leader of the Free Church of Scotland 1847)
• 1781 - Ebenezer Elliott, British Poet. Year 1847 ( MDCCCXLVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1781 ( MDCCLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Ebenezer Elliott ( 17 March 1781 - 1 December 1849) was an English Poet, known as the Corn Law rhymer. Know as the "Corn Law Rhymer'" (d. 1849)
• 1787 - Edmund Kean, English actor (d. Year 1849 ( MDCCCXLIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1787 ( MDCCLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Edmund Kean (March 17 1789 &ndash May 15 1833 was an English Actor, regarded in his time as the greatest ever 1833)
• 1804 - Jim Bridger, American trapper and explorer (d. Year 1833 ( MDCCCXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1804 ( MDCCCIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a James or Jim Bridger (March 1804 &ndash July 17 1881 was among the foremost mountain men, trappers scouts and guides who explored and trapped the Western 1881)
• 1820 - Jean Ingelow, English poet (d. Year 1881 ( MDCCCLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1820 ( MDCCCXX) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Jean Ingelow ( 17 March, 1820 &ndash 20 July, 1897) was an English Poet and Novelist. 1897)
• 1834 - Gottlieb Daimler, German engineer and inventor (d. Year 1897 ( MDCCCXCVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1834 ( MDCCCXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Gottlieb Wilhelm Daimler ( March 17, 1834 - March 6, 1900) was an Engineer, Industrial designer and Industrialist 1900)
• 1846 - Kate Greenaway, English children's author and illustrator (d. Year 1900 ( MCM) was an exceptional Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar For the game see 1846 (board game. Year 1846 ( MDCCCXLVI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display Kate Greenaway (Catherine Greenaway (London 17 March 1846 – 6 November 1901 was a Children's book Illustrator and writer 1901)
• 1856 - Mikhail Vrubel, Russian painter (d. Year 1901 ( MCMI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1856 ( MDCCCLVI) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Mikhail Aleksandrovich Vrubel ( Russian: Михаил Александрович Врубель; March 17, 1856 - April 14, 1910)
• 1862 - Silvio Gesell, Belgian economist (d. Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1862 was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Monday Silvio Gesell (born March 17 1862 in Sankt Vith (now Belgium) died March 11 1930 in Oranienburg) was a 1930)
• 1866 - Pierce Butler, Justice of the U. Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1866 ( MDCCCLXVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Pierce Butler ( March 17, 1866 &ndash November 16, 1939) was an American Jurist who served as an Associate Justice S. Supreme Court (d. 1939)
• 1870 - Horace Donisthorpe, British entomologist (d. Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1870 ( MDCCCLXX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Horace St John Kelly Donisthorpe ( March 17, 1870 – April 22, 1951) was an eccentric British Myrmecologist and 1951)
• 1880 - Sir Patrick Hastings, British barrister (d. Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January Year 1880 ( MDCCCLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Sir Patrick Gardiner Hastings ( March 17, 1880 &ndash February 26, 1952) was a noted British Barrister who served as 1952)
• 1880 - Lawrence Oates, English army officer and Antarctic explorer (d. Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1880 ( MDCCCLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Captain Lawrence Edward Grace Oates ( 17 March 1880 – 16 March 1912) was an English Antarctic 1912)
• 1881 - Walter Rudolf Hess, Swiss physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. Year 1912 ( MCMXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting Year 1881 ( MDCCCLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Walter Rudolf Hess ( March 17, 1881 &ndash August 12, 1973 was a Swiss physiologist who won the Nobel Prize in The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (Nobelpriset i fysiologi eller medicin is awarded once a year by the Swedish Karolinska Institute. 1973)
• 1883 - Urmuz, Romanian writer (d. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Year 1883 ( MDCCCLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Urmuz, Pen name of Demetru Dem Demetrescu-Buzău ( March 17 1883, Curtea de Argeş &mdash November 23 1923 1923)
• 1884 - Alcide Nunez, American jazz clarinetist (d. Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1884 ( MDCCCLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Alcide Patrick Nunez ( March 17, 1884 &ndash September 2, 1934) was an early United States Jazz Clarinetist. 1934)
• 1886 - Princess Patricia of Connaught, British princess (d. Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1886 ( MDCCCLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Princess Patricia of Connaught (Victoria Patricia Helena Elizabeth later Lady Patricia Ramsay; 17 February 1886 – 12 January 1974 1974)
• 1888 - Paul Ramadier, French politician (d. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Year 1888 ( MDCCCLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Paul Ramadier ( 17 March 1888, La Rochelle - 14 October 1961) was a prominent French Socialist politician of 1961)
• 1892 - Benjamin Drake Van Wissen, Australian Engineer (d. Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1892 ( MDCCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Benjamin Drake Van Wissen (March 17 1892 – November 5 1984 was an Australian Civil engineer. 1984)
• 1894 - Paul Green, American writer (d. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Year 1894 ( MDCCCXCIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common For other people of the same name see Paul Green. Paul Green ( 17 March 1894 - 4 May 1981) 1981)
• 1897 - Jozef C. Mazur, American stained glass artist and painter (d. Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Year 1897 ( MDCCCXCVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Jozef C Mazur ( March 17, 1897 – April 23, 1970) was an Polish-American (Galician stained glass artist painter and sculptor 1970)
• 1901 - Alfred Newman, American film composer (d. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1901 ( MCMI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Alfred Newman ( March 17, 1900 &ndash February 17, 1970) was a major American Composer of music for Films 1970)
• 1902 - Bobby Jones, American golfer (d. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1902 ( MCMII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Robert Tyre "Bobby" Jones Jr (March 17 1902 &ndash December 18 1971 was one of the greatest Golfers to compete on a national and international level 1971)
• 1907 - Sonny Werblin, former owner of the New York Jets (d. Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Year 1907 ( MCMVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year David A "Sonny" Werblin ( March 17, 1907 - November 21, 1991) was an owner of the New York Jets. The New York Jets are a professional American football team based in the New York metropolitan area. 1991)
• 1908 - Brigitte Helm, German actress (d. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Brigitte Eva Gisela Schittenhelm ( March 17, 1908, Berlin, Germany – June 11, 1996 1996)
• 1912 - Bayard Rustin, American civil rights activist (d. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Year 1912 ( MCMXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting Rustin redirects here for the unrelated film see Rustin (film Bayard Rustin ( March 17, 1912 – August 24 1987)
• 1914 - Sammy Baugh, American football player
• 1915 - Henry Bumstead, American art director (d. Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Samuel Adrian Baugh (born March 17, 1914 in Temple, Texas) is a former American football player Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Lloyd Henry Bumstead ( March 17 1915 &ndash May 24 2006) was an American cinematic art director and Production designer 2006)
• 1916 - Ray Ellington, British singer (d. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Ray Ellington (born Harry Pitts Brown, 17 March 1916 &ndash 28 February 1985) was a popular English Singer, 1985)
• 1919 - Nat King Cole, American singer (d. Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Nathaniel Adams Coles (March 17 1919 &ndash February 15 1965 known professionally as Nat King Cole, was an American musician 1965)
• 1922 - Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Founding Leader of Bangladesh (d. Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (শেখ মুজিবুর রহমান ''Shekh Mujibur Rôhman'' 1975)
• 1925 - Gabriele Ferzetti, Italian film and stage actor
• 1926 - Siegfried Lenz, German writer
• 1928 - William John McKeag, Canadian politician (d. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Gabriele Ferzetti (born 17 March 1925 in Rome Italy) is an Italian film and stage actor Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Siegfried Lenz (b 17 March 1926 in Lyck ( Ełk) East Prussia) is a German writer who has written twelve Novels Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. William John McKeag, CM OM CD ( 17 March 1928 &ndash 23 August 2007) was a retired Manitoba politician and office-holder 2007)
• 1930 - James Irwin, American astronaut (d. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. James Benson Irwin ( March 17, 1930 &ndash August 8, 1991) was an American astronaut 1991)
• 1931 - David Peakall, British scientist (d. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. David Beaumont Peakall ( 17 March 1931 - 18 August 2001) was an internationally recognised Toxicologist. 2001)
• 1932 - Donald N. Langenberg, American physicist
• 1936 - Ladislav Kupkovic, Slovakian composer
• 1936 - Ken Mattingly, American astronaut
• 1937 - Adam Wade, American singer and actor
• 1938 - Rudolf Nureyev, Russian-born dancer and choreographer (d. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. Dr Donald N Langenberg PhD (born March 17 1932 in Devil's Lake, North Dakota) is a Physicist and college professor. Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Ladislav Karol Kupkovič (born March 17, 1936) is a Slovak Composer and conductor. Thomas Kenneth "Ken" Mattingly II, Rear Admiral, USN (retired (born March 17, 1936) is a former American Astronaut Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Adam Wade (born 17 March 1937, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is an American Singer, Drummer and Television Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Rudolf Khametovich Nureyev ( Tatar: Rudolf Xämät ulı Nuriev, Russian: Рудольф Хаметович Нуриев 1993)
• 1938 - Keith Michael Patrick O'Brien, Northern Irish clergyman
• 1938 - Zola Taylor, American singer (The Platters) (d. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Keith Michael Patrick Cardinal O'Brien (born March 17, 1938 in Ballycastle, County Antrim, Northern Ireland) is the current Zola Taylor, born Zoletta Lynn Taylor ( March 17, 1938 – April 30, 2007 in Los Angeles California) was an American The Platters were a successful vocal group of the early Rock and roll era 2007)
• 1939 - Jim Gary, American sculptor (d. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Jim Gary ( March 17, 1939 – January 14, 2006) was an American sculptor popularly known for his large colorful creations 2006)
• 1939 - Robin Knox-Johnston, British Yachtsman
• 1940 - Mark White, American politician
• 1941 - Paul Kantner, American musician (Jefferson Airplane)
• 1941 - Wang Jin-pyng, Taiwanese politician
• 1942 - John Wayne Gacy, American serial killer (d. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Sir William Robert Pat "Robin" Knox-Johnston Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Mark Wells White (born March 17 1940) is an American lawyer who served as the forty-third Governor of Texas from 1983 - 1987 Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Paul Lorin Kantner (born 17 March 1941 in San Francisco, California) is an American Rock musician, most noted for Jefferson Airplane was an American rock band from San Francisco, a pioneer of the Psychedelic rock movement Wang Jin-pyng ( Chinese: 王金平 Pinyin: Wáng Jīnpíng (born March 17, 1941) Taiwanese politician is the President Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 1994)
• 1942 - Dimitris Poulikakos, Greek composer, singer and actor
• 1944 - Pattie Boyd, British photographer and model
• 1944 - Cito Gaston, American baseball player and manager
• 1944 - John Sebastian, American singer and songwriter
• 1945 - Elis Regina, Brazilian singer (d. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Dimitris Poulikakos (born 21 January 1943 in Athens, Greece) is a Greek Actor and rock Singer. Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Patricia Anne "Pattie" Boyd (born 17 March 1944 was the first wife of George Harrison of The Beatles, after whom she married Eric Clapton Clarence Edwin "Cito" Gaston (ˈsiɾoʊ̪ ˈɡæstən born March 17, 1944 in San Antonio, Texas) is the manager of the John Sebastian (born John Benson Sebastian on 17 March 1944, in Greenwich Village, New York City) is an American Songwriter Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Elis Regina Carvalho Costa, known simply as Elis Regina ( March 17, 1945 &ndash January 19, 1982) was a singer of Brazilian 1982)
• 1945 - Michael Hayden, General USAF, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
• 1945 - Katri Helena, Finnish singer
• 1947 - James Morrow, American author
• 1947 - Jan Andersson, Swedish politician
• 1947 - Yury Chernavsky, Russian-born Composer and Producer
• 1948 - William Gibson, American writer
• 1948 - Alex MacDonald, Scottish Footballer and football manager
• 1949 - Patrick Duffy, American actor
• 1949 - Pat Rice, Northern Irish footballer and football manager
• 1949 - Daniel Lavoie, French Canadian singer and songwriter
• 1950 - Patrick Adams, American record producer and songwriter
• 1951 - Donald Findlay, Scottish lawyer
• 1951 - Scott Gorham, American musician (Thin Lizzy)
• 1951 - Kurt Russell, American actor
• 1951 - Craig Ramsay, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1952 - Nikos Xydakis, Greek musician and composer
• 1953 - Filemon Lagman, Filipino communist revolutionary (d. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Michael Vincent Hayden, (born March 17, 1945 in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania) was a United States Air Force four-star general and is the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency ( D/CIA) serves as the head of the Central Intelligence Agency, which is part of the United States Intelligence Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. James Morrow (born 1947 is an award-winning Fiction Author. A self-described "scientific humanist" his work not only satirises organized religion but also For the Swedish politician born 1970 see Jan R Andersson; for the Welsh actress see Jan Anderson; for the Norwegian tennis player see Jan Frode Andersen Yury (George Chernavsky ( born March 17 1947 Tambov) is a Russian producer, Composer and songwriter Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. William Ford Gibson (born March 17 1948 is an American - Canadian writer who has been called the "noir prophet" of the Cyberpunk subgenre Alexander MacDonald (born March 17, 1948 in Glasgow) is a former Scottish professional footballer who played for St Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Patrick G Duffy (born March 17, 1949) is an American Television Actor who has appeared primarily in Soap operas and Patrick James Rice (born March 17, 1949 in Belfast) is a Northern Ireland football player and coach Daniel Lavoie (born March 17, 1949) is a French-Canadian singer and songwriter. Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Patrick Peter Owen Adams (born March 17 1950 in Harlem New York City, New York, US) is an American musician and record producer Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January Donald Findlay QC, (born March 17 1951) is a well-known senior Advocate and Queen's Counsel in Scotland. Scott Gorham (born William Scott Gorham March 17, 1951 in Glendale California) is an American guitarist and songwriter Thin Lizzy are an Irish Hard rock band who formed in Dublin, Ireland in 1969 Kurt Vogel Russell (born March 17 1951 is an Emmy Award - and Golden Globe -nominated American Actor. Craig Ramsay (born 17 March, 1951 in Weston, Ontario) is a retired Canadian professional Ice hockey left winger who played in the Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Nikos Xydakis is a Greek Composer. pianist and Singer. Much of his music has its root in theatrical music Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Filemon Lagman ( March 17, 1953 &mdash February 6, 2001) popularly known as Ka Popoy was a revolutionary socialist and workers' 2001)
• 1953 - Chuck Muncie, American former football running back
• 1954 - Lesley-Anne Down, English actress
• 1955 - Gary Sinise, American actor
• 1955 - Cynthia McKinney, American politician
• 1956 - Patrick McDonnell, American cartoonist
• 1957 - Mal Donaghy, Northern Irish footballer
• 1957 - Michael Kelly, American journalist (d. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Harry Vance "Chuck" Muncie (born March 17, 1953 in Uniontown Pennsylvania) is a former American football Running back who Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) Lesley-Anne Down (born 17 March 1954 is an English actress who is best known for her roles as Georgina Worsley in the ITV period drama Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) Gary Alan Sinise (born March 17, 1955) is an American Actor and Film director. Cynthia Ann McKinney (born March 17 1955 is a former United States Representative and the 2008 Green Party nominee for President of the United States. Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Patrick Luigi McDonnell (born March 17, 1956) is the creator of the daily Comic strip Mutts. Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Malachy Martin "Mal" Donaghy (born 13 September 1957 in Belfast) is a Northern Irish former football player Michael Kelly ( March 17 1957 – April 3 2003) was an Editor-at-large of the Atlantic Monthly and a columnist 2003)
• 1958 - Pat Bolland, Canadian Broadcaster
• 1959 - Danny Ainge, American basketball player and coach
• 1959 - Christian Clemenson, American actor
• 1960 - Arye Gross, American actor
• 1961 - Casey Siemaszko, American actor
• 1961 - Dana Reeve, American actress and activist (d. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Pat Bolland (born March 17, 1958) is a business television commentator currently hosting on Canada 's financial news network Business News Network The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Daniel (Danny Ray Ainge (born March 17, 1959 in Eugene Oregon, U Christian Clemenson (born March 17, 1959) Clemenson a straight-A junior high school student won a Register scholarship to Phillips Academy in Andover Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Arye Gross (born March 17, 1960) is an American actor who has starred in many films and on television he has played many Nerds in films Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Casey Siemaszko (born Kazimierz Siemaszko; March 17, 1961) is an American Actor. Dana Reeve ( March 17 1961 – March 6 2006) was an American actress, Singer, and activist for disability 2006)
• 1961 - Andrew Paul, English actor
• 1962 - Clare Grogan, Scottish actress-singer
• 1962 - Ank Bijleveld-Schouten, Dutch politician
• 1963 - Nick Peros, Canadian composer
• 1963 - Alex Fong Chung-Sun, Chinese actor
• 1964 - Rob Lowe, American actor
• 1964 - Lee Dixon, English footballer
• 1964 - Jacques Songo'o, Cameroonian footballer
• 1966 - Jeremy Sheffield, English actor
• 1967 - Billy Corgan, American musician (Smashing Pumpkins)
• 1967 - Barry Minkow, American religious leader and ex-convict (fraud)
• 1969 - Mathew St. Patrick, American actor
• 1969 - Alexander McQueen, British fashion designer
• 1970 - Gene Ween, American Musician (Ween)
• 1970 - Yanic Truesdale, Canadian actor
• 1971 - Bill Mueller, American baseball player
• 1972 - Melissa Auf der Maur, Canadian 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
• 1973 - Vance Wilson, American baseball player
• 1973 - Jerome Woods, American Football player for the Kansas City Chiefs
• 1974 - Marisa Coughlan, American actress
• 1974 - Mark Dolan, TV show host
• 1975 - Justin Hawkins, British singer (The Darkness)
• 1975 - Andrew "Test" Martin, Canadian professional wrestler
• 1975 - Natalie Zea, American actress
• 1976 - Stephen Gately, Irish singer, musician, and actor (Boyzone)
• 1976 - Brittany Daniel, American actress
• 1976 - Cynthia Daniel, American actress and photographer
• 1976 - Álvaro Recoba, Uruguayan footballer
• 1976 - Scott Downs, American baseball player
• 1978 - Adam Jennings, British actor, producer and film director
• 1979 - Andrew Ference, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1979 - Samoa Joe, Samoan professional wrestler
• 1979 - Stormy Daniels, American pornographic actress
• 1980 - Danny Califf, American soccer player
• 1981 - Kyle Korver, American Basketball Player
• 1982 - Steven Pienaar, South African footballer
• 1986 - Olesya Rulin, American actress

Deaths

• 45 BC - Titus Labienus, Roman leader
• 180 - Marcus Aurelius, Roman emperor (b. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Andrew Paul (born Paul Andrew Herman 17 March 1961 in Mile End, London) is an English Actor best known for playing Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Anna Theodora Bernardina (Ank Bijleveld-Schouten ( IJsselmuiden, 17 march 1962) is a Dutch politician. Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Nick Peros (born March 17, 1963) is a Canadian classical composer with an extensive catalogue of works that includes symphonic orchestral choral vocal Not to be confused with Alex Fong Lik-Sun. Alex Fong Chung-Sun is an actor in the Hong Kong TV and film industry Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Robert Hepler Lowe (born March 17, 1964) is an American Actor. Lee Michael Dixon (born 17 March 1964 in Manchester, England) is a former English professional footballer who formed part of the highly-respected Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Jeremy Sheffield (born March 17 1966) is an English actor Sheffield trained as a ballet dancer with the Royal Ballet at Covent Garden Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. William Patrick Corgan Jr (born March 17, 1967 in Elk Grove Village Illinois) is an American Singer, Songwriter, The Smashing Pumpkins are an American Alternative rock band that formed in Chicago, Illinois in 1988 Barry Minkow (born March 17 1967) is an American religious leader and ex-convict Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Mathew St Patrick (born March 17, 1968) is an American Actor. Alexander McQueen CBE (born Lee Alexander McQueen, 17 March 1969) is an English Fashion designer. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Gene Ween (also known as Gener) the pseudonym for Aaron Freeman (b Ween is an Alternative rock group formed in 1984 in New Hope Pennsylvania when Aaron Freeman and Mickey Melchiondo met in an eighth grade typing class Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Yanic Truesdale, born on March 17, 1970 in Montreal Quebec, Canada, is a Canadian actor best known for his portrayal of Michel Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. William Richard Mueller (ˈmɪlɚ born March 17, 1971) is a former Major League Baseball Third baseman. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Melissa Auf der Maur (born March 17, 1972) is a Canadian rock musician of Franco - Swiss ancestry from Montreal, Quebec Marc Gunn is a musician and entrepreneur As the Autoharp -playing half of the Brobdingnagian Bards, Gunn and partner Andrew McKee developed a following with weekly The Brobdingnagian Bards are a Celtic music group from Austin Texas. Mia Hamm (born Mariel Margaret Hamm on March 17, 1972 in Selma Alabama) is a former American Soccer Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Rico Blanco (born March 17, 1973) is a Filipino Musician. He is one of the founders of Filipino rock band Rivermaya Rivermaya is an influential rock band in the Philippines founded on 1993. Caroline Georgina Corr MBE (born 17 March 1973, in Dundalk, County Louth) is the Drummer for the folk - Vance Allen Wilson (born March 17, 1973 in Mesa Arizona) is a Major League Baseball Catcher for the Detroit Tigers Jerome Harlan Woods (born March 17, 1973 in Memphis Tennessee) is a retired American football safety who played his entire ten-year The Kansas City Chiefs are a professional American football team based in Kansas City Missouri. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Marisa Christine Coughlan (born March 17 1974, in Minneapolis Minnesota) is an American Actress. Mark Dolan (born 17 March, 1974) is an English comedian writer and TV presenter. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Justin David Hawkins (born 17 March 1975 in Chertsey, Surrey, England) is an English Musician and Singer-songwriter, best The Darkness were a multi- BRIT Award -winning British Hard rock / Glam rock band Andrew James Robert Patrick Martin (born on March 17, 1975 in Whitby Ontario) is a Canadian professional wrestler. Natalie Zea (born March 17, 1975) is an American actress known for her role as Gwen Hotchkiss on the NBC daytime soap Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Boyzone are an Irish boy band who had popular mainstream success during the 1990s Brittany Ann Daniel (born March 17 1976 is an American television and film Actress. Cynthia Lynn Daniel (born March 17 1976 is an American actress and Photographer and twin sister of actress Brittany Daniel. Álvaro Alexander Recoba Rivero (born March 17, 1976) nicknamed "El Chino", is a Uruguayan football forward Scott Jeremy Downs (born 17 March 1976) is an American baseball Pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays in Major League Baseball Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) Adam Jennings (born March 17, 1978) is a British Actor, producer and Film director best known for his theatre Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Andrew Ference (Born March 17, 1979 in Edmonton, Alberta) is a professional hockey defenceman with the Boston Nuufolau Joel Seanoa (born March 17 1979 Before becoming a wrestler Seanoa worked as a Mortgage broker. Stormy Daniels (born March 17, 1979, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana) also known as Stormy Waters and simply Stormy, is A pornographic actor/actress or a porn star is somebody who appears in Pornographic films or Photographs, live Sex shows or Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Daniel ("Danny" Benjamin Califf (born March 17, 1980 in Montclair, California) is an American professional Football Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Kyle Elliot Korver (born March 17 1981 in Lakewood, California) is an American Basketball player with the Utah Jazz of the NBA Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Steven Jerome Pienaar (born 17 March, 1982 in Johannesburg, South Africa) is a South African football Midfielder Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Olesya Rulin (Oлeся Pулин (born March 17, 1986 in Moscow, Russia) is a Russian-American actress and singer Year 45 BC was the year the Julian calendar went into effect According to this calendar it was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar Titus Labienus (ca 100 BC– March 17, 45 BC was a professional Roman soldier in the late Roman Republic. Events By place Roman Empire The praetorian prefect Tarutenius Paternus achieved a decisive victory against the Quadi Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus (often referred to as "the wise" ( April 26, 121 – March 17, 180) was Roman Emperor 121)
• 461 or 493 - Saint Patrick, patron saint of Ireland
• 659 - Gertrude of Nivelles, Belgian abbess
• 1040 - Harold Harefoot, King of England
• 1058 - King Lulach I of Scotland
• 1199 - Jocelin, bishop of Glasgow
• 1272 - Emperor Go-Saga of Japan (b. Events By Place Western Roman Empire August 2 — Majorian resigns as Emperor shortly afterwards Libius Severus Events By Place Europe February 25 — Odoacer agrees to a mediated peace with Theodoric the Great, and is later killed Saint Patrick (Patricius Irish: Naomh Pádraig) was a Roman Britain -born Christian Missionary and is the Patron saint This article is about a year Events By Place Europe Ealdormen in Mercia rebel against Northumbrian rule and Saint Gertrude of Nivelles (626 – March 17, 659) was abbess of the Benedictine monastery of Nivelles, in present-day Belgium. Harold Harefoot (c 1015&ndash17 March 1040 was King of England from 1035 to 1040 The Kings of Wessex, who conquered Kent and Sussex from Mercia in 825 became increasingly dominant over the other kingdoms of England during Lulach mac Gille Coemgáin ( Modern Gaelic: Lughlagh mac Gille Chomghain, known in English simply as Lulach, and nicknamed Tairbith, "the Emperor Go-Saga (後嵯峨天皇 Go-Saga-tennō) ( April 1, 1220 &ndash March 17, 1272) was the 88th emperor 1220)
• 1425 - Ashikaga Yoshikazu, Japanese shogun (b. was the 5th Shogun of the Ashikaga shogunate who reigned from 1423 to 1425 during the Muromachi period of Japan. 1407)
• 1516 - Giuliano di Lorenzo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (b. Giuliano de' Medici ( March 12, 1479 – March 17, 1516) was one of three sons 1478)
• 1565 - Alexander Ales, Scottish theologian (b. Alexander Ales ( Alesius) (23 April 1500–17 March 1565 was a Scottish theologian of the school of Augsburg. 1500)
• 1640 - Philip Massinger, English dramatist (b. Philip Massinger (1583 &ndash March 17, 1640) was an English Dramatist. 1583)
• 1649 - Gabriel Lallemant, French Jesuit missionary, one of the Canadian Martyrs (b. Saint Gabriel Lallemant ( October 3 1610 &ndash March 17, 1649) was a Jesuit missionary at Sainte-Marie among the Hurons The North American Martyrs, also known as the Canadian Martyrs, were eight Jesuit Missionaries from Sainte-Marie among the Hurons, who were 1610)
• 1680 - François de La Rochefoucauld, French writer (b. François VI duc de La Rochefoucauld le Prince de Marcillac ( September 15, 1613 &ndash March 17, 1680) was a noted French 1613)
• 1704 - Menno van Coehoorn, Dutch military engineer (b. Year 1704 ( MDCCIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Menno baron van Coehoorn (1641 &ndash March 17, 1704) was a Dutch soldier and Military engineer of Swedish extraction 1641)
• 1713 - Juraj Jánošík, famous Slovak outlaw [b. Year 1713 ( MDCCXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Juraj Jánošík (first name also Juro or Jurko, modern pronunciation /'juraj 'jaːnɔʃiːk/ modern pronunciation /'jɛʒɨ ja'nɔɕik/ György 1688)
• 1715 - Gilbert Burnet, Scottish Bishop of Salisbury (b. Year 1715 ( MDCCXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Gilbert Burnet ( September 18, 1643 – March 17, 1715) was a Scottish theologian and Historian, and Bishop of Salisbury 1643)
• 1741 - Jean-Baptiste Rousseau, French poet (b. Year 1741 ( MDCCXLI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Jean-Baptiste Rousseau ( April 6, 1671 &ndash March 17, 1741) was a French Poet. 1671)
• 1764 - George Parker, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield, English astronomer
• 1782 - Daniel Bernoulli, Dutch-born mathematician (b. Year 1764 ( MDCCLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a George Parker 2nd Earl of Macclesfield, FRS (c 1695 or 1697 &ndash March 17, 1764) was an English Astronomer. Year 1782 ( MDCCLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Daniel Bernoulli ( Groningen, 29 January 1700 &ndash 27 July 1782 was a Dutch - Swiss Mathematician, who is particularly remembered for his applications 1700)
• 1830 - Laurent, Marquis de Gouvion Saint-Cyr, French marshal (b. For the game see 1830 (board game. Year 1830 ( MDCCCXXX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display Laurent de Gouvion-Saint-Cyr, 1st Marquis de Gouvion-Saint-Cyr ( Toul, May 13, 1764 &ndash Hyères, March 17, 1830 1764)
• 1846 - Friedrich Bessel, German mathematician and astronomer (b. Year 1764 ( MDCCLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a For the game see 1846 (board game. Year 1846 ( MDCCCXLVI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel (22 July 1784 &ndash 17 March 1846 was a German Mathematician, Astronomer, and systematizer of the Bessel functions 1784)
• 1849 - William II of the Netherlands (b. Year 1784 ( MDCCLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1849 ( MDCCCXLIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common William II (Willem Frederik George Lodewijk van Oranje-Nassau ( December 6, 1792 &ndash March 17, 1849) was King of the Netherlands 1792)
• 1853 - Christian Doppler, Austrian physician and mathematician (b. Year 1792 ( MDCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1853 ( MDCCCLIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Christian Andreas Doppler ( November 29, 1803 &ndash March 17, 1853) was an Austrian Mathematician and Physicist 1803)
• 1875 - Ferdinand Laub, Czech violinist (b. 1803 ( MDCCCIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1875 ( MDCCCLXXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Ferdinand Laub ( January 19 1832 in Prague - March 17 1875 in Gries near Bolzano) was a Czech 1832)
• 1893 - Jules Ferry, French statesman (b. Year 1832 ( MDCCCXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Year 1893 ( MDCCCXCIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Jules François Camille Ferry (5 April 1832 17 March 1893 was a French statesman and ardent imperialist Early life Born in Saint-Dié, 1832)
• 1912 - Lawrence Oates, English army officer and Antarctic explorer (b. Year 1832 ( MDCCCXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Year 1912 ( MCMXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting Captain Lawrence Edward Grace Oates ( 17 March 1880 – 16 March 1912) was an English Antarctic 1880)
• 1917 - Franz Brentano, German philosopher and psychologist (b. Year 1880 ( MDCCCLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Franz Clemens Honoratus Hermann Brentano (January 16 1838 &ndash March 17 1917 was an influential German philosopher and psychologist whose influence 1838)
• 1926 - Aleksei Brusilov, Russian general (b. Year 1838 ( MDCCCXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Aleksei Alekseevich Brusilov (Алексе́й Алексе́евич Бруси́лов ( – March 17, 1926) was a Russian general most noted for the development 1853)
• 1937 - Austen Chamberlain, English statesman, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. Year 1853 ( MDCCCLIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Sir Joseph Austen Chamberlain KG ( 16 October 1863 &ndash 17 March 1937) was a British Statesman, The Nobel Peace Prize ( Swedish, Danish and Nobels fredspris is one of five Nobel Prizes Bequeathed by the Swedish industrialist and inventor 1863)
• 1941 - Marguerite Nichols, American actress (b. Year 1863 ( MDCCCLXIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Marguerite Nichols ( 3 August 1895, Los Angeles - 17 March 1941, Los Angeles) was an early American Silent 1895)
• 1946 - Dai Li, Chinese spymaster (b. Year 1895 ( MDCCCXCV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. General Dai Li (戴笠 (Tai Li (May 28 1897 - March 17, 1946) was born in Zhejiang Province China, the home province 1897)
• 1949 - Aleksandra Ekster, Russian painter (b. Year 1897 ( MDCCCXCVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Alexandra Ekster or Exter ( Александра Александровна Экстер January 6, 1882 - March 17, 1949) was a 1882)
• 1956 - Fred Allen, American actor and comedian (b. Year 1882 ( MDCCCLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Fred Allen (born John Florence Sullivan May 31 1894 - March 17, 1956) was an American Comedian whose absurdist 1894)
• 1956 - Irene Joliot-Curie, French physicist, Nobel laureate (b. Year 1894 ( MDCCCXCIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Irène Joliot-Curie ( 12 September 1897 &ndash 17 March 1956) was a French scientist the Daughter of Marie Skłodowska-Curie The Nobel Prize in Chemistry (Nobelpriset i kemi is awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to scientists in the various fields of Chemistry. 1897)
• 1957 - Ramon Magsaysay, President of the Philippines (b. Year 1897 ( MDCCCXCVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Ramon del Fierro Magsaysay ( August 31, 1907 - March 17, 1957) was the third President of the Third Republic of the Philippines The President of the Philippines is the head of state and government of the Republic of the Philippines. 1907)
• 1961 - Susanna M. Salter, Mayor of Argonia, Kansas (b. Year 1907 ( MCMVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Susanna "Dora" Madora Salter ( March 2, 1860 &ndash March 17, 1961) was a U 1860)
• 1965 - Amos Alonzo Stagg, American football coach, player, and innovator (b. Year 1860 ( MDCCLX) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year starting Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Amos Alonzo Stagg ( August 16 1862 &ndash March 17 1965) was an American collegiate coach in multiple sports primarily 1862)
• 1974 - Louis Kahn, American architect
• 1976 - Luchino Visconti, Italian director (b. Year 1862 was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Monday Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Louis Isadore Kahn (born Itze-Leib Schmuilowsky) ( February 20, 1901 or 1902 &ndash March 17, 1974) was a world-renowned Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Luchino Visconti di Modrone, Count of Lonate Pozzolo ( November 2, 1906 - March 17, 1976) was an Italian 1906)
• 1981 - Paul Dean, American baseball player (b. Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Paul Dee "Daffy" Dean ( August 14 1912 &ndash March 17 1981) was an American Right-handed Pitcher 1913)
• 1983 - Haldan Keffer Hartline, American physiologist, Nobel laureate (b. Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Haldan Keffer Hartline ( December 22, 1903 &ndash March 17, 1983) was an American physiologist who was a cowinner (with The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (Nobelpriset i fysiologi eller medicin is awarded once a year by the Swedish Karolinska Institute. 1903)
• 1987 - Santo Trafficante, Jr., American gangster (b. Year 1903 ( MCMIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Santo Trafficante Jr ( November 15, 1914 - March 17, 1987) was one of the last of the old-time Mafia bosses in the United 1914)
• 1988 - Nikolas Asimos, Greek counter-culture composer and singer (b. Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Nikolas Asimos (Νικόλας Άσιμος ( 20 August 1949 - 17 March 1988) was a Greek Composer 1949)
• 1989 - Merritt Butrick, American actor (b. Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Merritt R Butrick ( September 3, 1959 &ndash March 17, 1989) was an American Actor who was known for his role as 1959)
• 1990 - Capucine, French actress (b. The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Capucine ( 6 January, 1928  &ndash 17 March, 1990) was a Golden Globe -nominated French actress and 1931)
• 1990 - Ric Grech, British bass player (Blind Faith - Traffic) (b. Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Richard Roman Grech ( 1 November 1946 – 17 March 1990) was an English musician Blind Faith were an English blues-rock band that consisted of Eric Clapton Traffic were an English rock band formed in 1967 by Steve Winwood, Jim Capaldi, Chris Wood and Dave Mason. 1946)
• 1992 - Grace Stafford, American actress (b. Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Grace Stafford Lantz ( November 7, 1903 – March 17 1992) was an American actress the wife of Animation producer 1903)
• 1993 - Helen Hayes, American actress (b. Year 1903 ( MCMIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Helen Hayes ( October 10, 1900 – March 17, 1993) was a two-time Academy Award -winning American Actress, whose 1900)
• 1994 - Mai Zetterling, Swedish actress and director (b. Year 1900 ( MCM) was an exceptional Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Mai Elisabeth Zetterling ( maɪ seteɭɪŋ May 24, 1925 - March 17, 1994) was a Swedish Actress and Film director. 1925)
• 1995 - Ronnie Kray, British gangster (b. Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Reginald "Reggie" Kray ( 24 October 1933 &ndash 1 October 2000) and Ronald "Ronnie" Kray ( 24 October 1933)
• 1995 - Rick Aviles, American actor (b. Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Richard Anthony Aviles ( October 14, 1952 - March 17, 1995) was an American Stand-up comedian and Actor 1952)
• 1996 - René Clément, French film director and screenwriter (b. Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) René Clément (born March 18, 1913, Bordeaux, in the Gironde département of France - died March 17, 1996 1913)
• 1996 - Terry Stafford, American singer (b. Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Terry LaVerne Stafford ( 22 November, 1941 &ndash 17 March, 1996) was an American Singer and Songwriter, best 1941)
• 1999 - Ernest Gold, Austrian composer (b. Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Ernest Gold ( July 13, 1921 – March 17, 1999) born Ernst Gold, was an American award-winning composer 1921)
• 1999 - Rod Hull, British comedian (b. Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar Rodney Stephen Hull ( 13 August 1935 – 17 March 1999) better known as Rod Hull, was a popular entertainer on British 1936)
• 2002 - Rosetta LeNoire, American actress (b. Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Rosetta LeNoire (born Rosetta Olive Burton, August 8, 1911, New York City New York – March 17, 2002, Englewood 1911)
• 2002 - Pat Weaver, American broadcast executive (b. Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Sylvester Laflin "Pat" Weaver Jr ( December 21, 1908 &ndash March 17, 2002) was a former radio advertising executive who was 1908)
• 2003 - Su Buqing, Chinese mathematician and educator (b. Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Su Buqing (蘇步青 ( September 23, 1902 &ndash March 17, 2003) was a Chinese Mathematician and Educator. 1902)
• 2004 - J. J. Jackson, American television personality (b. Year 1902 ( MCMII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " John J Jackson Jr ( November 25, 1941 ? – March 17, 2004) was one of MTV 1941)
• 2005 - George F. Kennan, American Cold War strategist and historian (b. Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. George Frost Kennan (February 16 1904 &ndash March 17 2005 was an American Advisor, Diplomat, Political scientist, and Historian, best 1904)
• 2005 - Andre Norton, American writer (b. Year 1904 ( MCMIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting on Andre Alice Norton ( February 17, 1912 &ndash March 17, 2005) was an American Science fiction and Fantasy author 1912)
• 2006 - Bob Blue, American singer/songwriter (b. Year 1912 ( MCMXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Bob Blue ( July 31, 1948 - March 17, 2006) a native of Huntington NY and a resident of Massachusetts was a Teacher and songwriter 1948)
• 2006 - Oleg Cassini, American fashion designer (b. Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Oleg Cassini ( April 11, 1913 &ndash March 17, 2006) was a French-born American Fashion designer noted for 1913)
• 2006 - Ray Meyer, American basketball coach (b. Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Raymond Joseph Meyer ( December 18 1913 &ndash March 17 2006) was an American men's collegiate basketball coach from 1913)
• 2006 - Bob Papenbrook, American voice actor (b. Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Robert DeWayne Papenbrook ( September 18, 1955 - March 17, 2006) was an American voice actor 1955)
• 2007 - John Backus, American computer scientist (b. Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. John Warner Backus ( December 3, 1924 – March 17, 2007) was an American Computer scientist. 1924)
• 2007 - Roger Bennett, American Southern Gospel performer (b. Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Roger Bennett ( March 10, 1959 - March 17 2007) was a Southern Gospel pianist singer songwriter and co-founder of the award winning 1959)
• 2007 - Jim Cronin, Animal welfare campaigner and founder of Monkey World in Dorset, England. The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. James "Jim" Michael Cronin MBE ( 15 November 1951 &ndash 17 March 2007) was the founder in 1987 of Monkey World in Dorset Monkey World is a 65- Acre (026 km² Ape and Monkey Sanctuary and Zoo near Wool, Dorset, England Dorset ( (or archaically, Dorsetshire) is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland (b. 1951)
• 2008 - Roland Arnall, U.S. Ambassador to the Netherlands (b. Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Roland E Arnall ( March 29 1939 &ndash March 17 2008) was a French -born American businessman and This article contains several lists of Ambassadors from the United States. The Netherlands ( Dutch:, ˈnedərlɑnt is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands the Netherlands 1939)

Holidays and observances

• Ancient Latvia - Kustonu Diena (return of the larks) observed
• Feast day of St Patrick: a public holiday in Ireland (National feast), Montserrat and the Canadian Province of Newfoundland and Labrador, widely celebrated elsewhere in North America and worldwide (see Saint Patrick's Day)
• Suffolk County, Massachusetts - Evacuation Day
• Ancient Rome - the second day of the Bacchanalia in honor of Bacchus
• Ancient Rome - the Liberalia in honor of Liber
• St. Agricola
• St. Joseph of Arimathea
• Saint Alexius
• Boxer's Day or National Muay Thai Day

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• The New York Times: On This Day
• On This Day in Canada

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