March 17
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March 17 is the 76th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (77th in leap years). There are 289 days remaining.
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[change] Events
- 1805 – Italy becomes a Kingdom, with Napoleon Bonaparte becomes King.
- 1861 – The Kingdom of Italy is proclaimed.
- 1891 – The USS Utopia collides with the HMS Anson in the Bay of Gibraltar, and sinks, killing 562 people.
- 1941 – In Washington, D.C., the National Gallery of Art is opened.
- 1945 – The Ludendorff Bridge in Remagen, Germany, collapses.
- 1957 – A plane crash in Cebu, Philippines, kills 25 people, including President Ramon Magsaysay.
- 1963 – The Gunung Agung volcano on Bali, Indonesia, erupts, killing around 1,300 people.
- 1969 – Golda Meir becomes Prime Minister of Israel.
- 1992 – A referendum in South Africa approves the end of Apartheid.
- 2003 – Robin Cook resigns from the British cabinet over plans to go to war in Iraq.
- 2008 – New York Governor Eliot Spitzer resigns over a prostitution scandal. David Paterson replaces him.
- 2009 – Marc Ravalomanana resigns as President of Madagascar, as Andry Rajoelina takes over.
[change] Births
- 1473 – King James IV of Scotland (d. 1513)
- 1813 – King Kamehameha III of Hawaii (d. 1854) (March 17 was official birthday)
- 1822 – Sa'id, Khedive (Viceroy) of Egypt (d. 1854)
- 1834 – Gottlieb Daimler, German engineer and inventor (d. 1900)
- 1865 – Gabriel Narutowicz, President of Poland (d. 1922)
- 1880 – Lawrence Oates, English Antarctic explorer (d. 1912)
- 1881 – Walter Rudolf Hess, Swiss physiologist (d. 1973)
- 1884 – Alcide Nunez, American jazz clarinettist (d. 1934)
- 1900 – Alfred Neumann, American film composer (d. 1970)
- 1902 – Bobby Jones, American golfer (d. 1971)
- 1907 – Miki Takeo, Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1988)
- 1919 – Nat King Cole, American singer (d. 1965)
- 1920 – Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, President of Bangladesh (d. 1975)
- 1921 – Meir Amit, Israeli politician and general (d. 2009)
- 1930 – James Irwin, American astronaut (d. 1991)
- 1933 – Penelope Lively, British writer
- 1938 – Rudolf Nureyev, Russian dancer and choreographer (d. 1993)
- 1938 – Keith Michael O'Brien, Roman Catholic Archbishop of St. Andrews and Edinburgh
- 1939 – Giovanni Trapattoni, Italian footballer and manager
- 1942 – John Wayne Gacy, American serial killer (d. 1994)
- 1945 – Michael Hayden, General USAF, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
- 1949 – Patrick Duffy, American actor
- 1951 – Donald Findlay, Scottish lawyer
- 1955 – Cynthia McKinney, American politician
- 1955 – Gary Sinise, American actor
- 1962 – Clare Grogan, Scottish singer and actress
- 1964 – Lee Dixon, English footballer and pundit
- 1964 – Rob Lowe, American actor
- 1964 – Jacques Songo'o, Cameroonian footballer
- 1969 – Alexander McQueen, British fashion designer (d. 2010)
- 1972 – Mia Hamm, American soccer player
- 1973 – Caroline Corr, Irish singer and musician
- 1974 – Mark Dolan, British television presenter
- 1975 – Justin Hawkins, British singer (The Darkness)
- 1976 – Stephen Gately, Irish singer (Boyzone) (d. 2009)
- 1982 – Steven Pienaar, South African footballer
- 1983 – Raul Meireles, Portuguese footballer
- 1986 – Edin Dzeko, Bosnian footballer
- 1987 – Bobby Ryan, American ice hockey player
- 1989 – Shinji Kagawa, Japanese footballer
[change] Deaths
- 180 – Marcus Aurelius, Roman Emperor (b. 121)
- unknown year (probably 461 or 493) – Saint Patrick, patron saint of Ireland
- 1040 – Harold Harefoot, King of England
- 1425 – Ashikaga Yoshikazu, Japanese shogun (b. 1407)
- 1741 – Jean-Baptiste Rousseau, French poet (b. 1674)
- 1782 – Daniel Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (b. 1700)
- 1849 – King William II of the Netherlands (b. 1792)
- 1853 – Christian Doppler, Austrian physician and mathematician (b. 1803)
- 1917 – Franz Brentano, German philosopher (b. 1838)
- 1937 – Austen Chamberlain, English statesman (b. 1863)
- 1956 – Irene Joliot-Curie, French physicist (b. 1897)
- 1957 – Ramon Magsaysay, President of the Philippines (b. 1907)
- 1983 – Haldan Keffer Hartline, American physiologist (b. 1903)
- 1993 – Charlotte Hughes, British supercentenarian (b. 1877)
- 1995 – Ronnie Kray, British gangster (b. 1933)
- 2009 – Clodovil Hernandes, Brazilian politician and television host (b. 1937)
- 2010 – Alex Chilton, American musician (b. 1950)
- 2011 – Michael Gough, British actor (b. 1916)
