Historical Events In March - 17

1973  St Patrick's Day marchers carry 14 coffins commemorating Bloody Sunday on this day in history.   

1973  On this day in history geertruida M W "Truus" Bakker, Dutch actress (2 Orphans), dies at 81   

1974  On March - 17 a CP Rail freight train hits a rock slide and derails at Spences Bridge, BC killing two crew members. This lead to the eventual installation of ditch lights on Canadian trains.   

1974  Carroll Nye, actress (Lawless Woman), dies at 72 on March - 17.   

1976  On this day in history rubin "Hurricane" Carter is retried   

1976  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on this day in history.   

1976  On March - 17 luchino Visconti di Modrone, It director (Terra Diaeresis), dies at 69   

1977  Australia wins cricket Centenary Test by 45 runs, same result as 1877 on this day in history.   

1978  On March - 17 rCMP charge Toronto Sun editor Peter Worthington and publisher Donald Creighton with violating Official Secrets Act; published information from secret report on Soviet espionage activities in Canada   

1978  Reds don green uniforms for St Patricks Day on this day in history.   

1978  On March - 17 george Dickinson, cricketer (8 wickets in 3 Tests for NZ), dies   

1979  On this day in history world Ice Dance Championship at Vienna won by N Linichuk and G Karponosov USSR   

1979  On March - 17 merv Inverarity, cricketer (father of John WA player 1925-40), dies   

1980  On March - 17 rudolf G Escher, Dutch composer (Vrai Visage de la Paix), dies at 68   

1981  FC Lisse, Dutch soccer team forms on March - 17.   

1982  On this day in history 4 Dutch TV crew members shot dead in El Salvador   

1982  On this day in history following the failure of Argentinean diplomatic efforts to reclaim the Falkland Islands from the British, an Argentine warship lands a party of "scrap dealers" on South Georgia Island, a dependency of the Falkland Islands British crown colony   

1982  On this day in history hans ter Laag, Dutch sound technician, murdered in El Salvador   

1983  9th People's Choice Awards on this day in history.   

1985  Brian Mulroney 1939- welcomes President Ronald Reagan to a Canada-US Summit meeting in the Chateau Frontenac; called the Shamrock Summit because of their common Irish ancestry and the date - St. Patrick's Day on March - 17.   

1985  IBM surprised the computer industry by announcing the termination of its PC Jr., a watered-down version of its popular IBM PC on this day in history.   

1985  Near Coast of Central Chile a 6.6 earthquake caused one person died from a heart attack at Santiago on March - 17.   

1985  Dattu Phadkar, cricketer (Indian all-rounder, 31 Tests 1947-58), dies on this day in history.   

1986  Haemers gang robs gold transport in Belgium of 35 million BF on this day in history.   

1986  On this day in history hal Buckley, actor (John Quincy-OK Crackerby), dies at 49   

1987  On March - 17 iBM releases PC-DOS version 3.3 (but Windows is on the way)   

1987  Sunil Gavaskar ends his Test career with an inning of 96 vs Pakistan on this day in history.   

1987  On March - 17 torrential rains and mudslides in Tajikistan, Soviet Union, destroy dam, killing 19 people and leaving nine others missing.   

1988  Iran says Iraq uses poison gas on March - 17.   

1988  Reg Sinfield, cricketer (one Test for England v Australia 1938), dies on March - 17.   

1989  Dorothy Cudahy is first female grand marshal of St Patrick Day Parade on March - 17.   

1989  On March - 17 merritt Butrick, actor (Shy People, Wired to Kill), dies of AIDS at 29   

1990  On March - 17 germaine Capucine, French actress and fashion model (Rendez-Vous de Juillet), dies at 59   

1991  On March - 17 former Australian governor-general Sir John Kerr, who dismissed the Whitlam Labor government in 1975, dies in Sydney aged 76.   

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Next Page »

1231  Emperor Shijō of Japan (d. 1242) was born on March - 17.   

1473  On March - 17 birth of james IV, king of Scotland (1488-1513)   

1578  Francesco Albana, Ital painter (Mary's Ascension) was born on March - 17.   

1628  Daniel van Papenbroeck, [Papebrochius], Flemish historian was born on this day in history.   

1664  On March - 17 birth of georg Osterreich, composer   

1675  Petrus Laurentius Wockenfuss, composer was born on March - 17.   

1676  On this day in history birth of thomas Boston, Scottish church leader (d. 1732)   

1685  Jean-Marc Nattier, French portrait painter was born on this day in history.   

0180  Antonius Marcus Aurelius, [Marcus Verus], Emperor of Rome, dies at 58 on this day in history.   

0461  On March - 17 st Patrick, patron St of Ireland, dies in Saul (according to legend)   

0659  On March - 17 gertrudis van Nijvel, saint/patron of travellers, dies at about 32   

1040  Harold Harefoot (Harold I), King of England (1035-40), dies on this day in history.   

1058  Death of King Lulach I of Scotland on this day in history.   

1199  Death of Jocelin, bishop of Glasgow on this day in history.   

1272  On this day in history death of emperor Go-Saga of Japan (b. 1220)   

1425  On March - 17 death of ashikaga Yoshikazu, Japanese shogun (b. 1407)