Historical Events In March - 17
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1929 Spanish dictator Primo de Rivera closes university of Madrid on March - 17.
1931 In an attempt to lift the state from the hard times of the Great Depression, the Nevada state legislature votes to legalize gamblin on March - 17.
1931 On March - 17 stalin throws Krupskaya Lenin out of Central Committee
1932 On March - 17 german police raid Hitler's Nazi-headquarter
1933 The birth of Penelope Lively, British Novelist on March - 17.
1933 Ferdinand Von Alten, actor (Champagne), dies at 48 on this day in history.
1934 Dollfuss, Mussolini and Gömbös sign Donau Pact (protocols of Rome) on March - 17.
1934 Dollfuss, Mussolini & Gombos sign Donau Pact (protocols of Rome) on this day in history.
1935 KSO-AM in Des Moines Iowa call sign is given to KWCR on this day in history.
1938 On this day in history the birth of Rudolf Nureyev, World renowned Russian ballet dancer
1939 Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945): The Battle of Nanchang between the Kuomintang and the Japanese breaks out on March - 17.
1941 National Gallery of Art, Washington DC opens on March - 17.
1941 National Gallery of Art, Wash DC opens on this day in history.
1941 Isaak E Babel, writer, dies at 46 on this day in history.
1942 On this day in history belzec Concentration Camp opens-30,000 Lublin Polish Jews transported
1942 Extermination begins at Belzec on March - 17.
1942 General Doug MacArthur arrives in Australia to become supreme commander on this day in history.
1943 The ships, Aldemarin (Ned) and Fort Cedar Lake (US) torpedoed and sink on March - 17.
1943 Aldemarin (Ned) & Fort Cedar Lake (US) torpedoed & sinks on this day in history.
1944 Actor Charlton Heston weds Lydia Clarke on March - 17.
1945 On March - 17 allied ships bomb North-Sumatra
1945 American forces defeat the Japanese at the battle of Iwo Jima on this day in history.
1945 On this day in history hMCS Guysborough torpedoed in the Bay of Biscay
1949 On this day in history felix Bressart, actor (Escape, Ninotchka, Iceland), dies at 54
1950 On this day in history belgian government of Eyskens resigns
1950 Element 98 (Californium) announced on this day in history.
1950 On this day in history belgian govt of Eyskens resigns
1951 On this day in history government of Drees takes power
1951 Govt of Drees takes power on March - 17.
1953 On this day in history uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1953 On March - 17 bill Veeck says he will sell his 80% of St Louis Browns for $2,475M
1953 Conrado del Campo y Zabaleta, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.
1954 Victor Rousseau, Belgian sculptor, dies at 88 on this day in history.
1955 Maurice "Rocket" Richard suspended, sparks 7 hour riot in Montréal on this day in history.
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