March 17
Wednesday 17, 2004:
Massive Unrest in Kosovo. Over 22 killed, 200 wounded, 35 destroyed Serb Orthodox shrines in Kosovo and two mosques in Belgrade and Nis.
Monday 17, 2003:
British Cabinet Minister, Robin Cook, resigns over government plans for war with Iraq.
Tuesday 17, 1992:
A suicide car-bomb kills 29 and injures 242 at the Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Thursday 17, 1988:
A Colombian Boeing 727 jetliner, Avianca Flight 410, crashes into the side of the mountains near the Venezuelan border killing 143.
Sunday 17, 1985:
Serial killer Richard Ramirez, the "Night Stalker", commits his first two murders in Los Angeles, California murder spree.
Tuesday 17, 1970:
My Lai massacre: The United States Army charges 14 officers with suppressing information related to the incident.
Monday 17, 1969:
Golda Meir of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA, becomes Prime Minister of Israel.
Thursday 17, 1966:
Off the coast of Spain in the Mediterranean, the Alvin submarine finds a missing American hydrogen bomb.
Tuesday 17, 1959:
Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, flees Tibet and travels to India.
Monday 17, 1958:
The United States launches the Vanguard 1 satellite.
Friday 17, 1950:
University of California, Berkeley researchers announce the creation of element 98, which they name "Californium".
Wednesday 17, 1948:
Benelux, France, and the United Kingdom sign the Treaty of Brussels, a precursor to the NATO Agreement.
Monday 17, 1941:
In Washington, DC, the National Gallery of Art is officially opened by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Friday 17, 1939:
Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945): The Battle of Nanchang between the Kuomintang and the Japanese break out.
Tuesday 17, 1931:
Nevada legalizes gambling.
Thursday 17, 1921:
The Second Republic of Poland adopts the March Constitution.
Thursday 17, 1910:
Luther Gulick and his wife Charlotte found Camp Fire Girls (now Camp Fire USA) (formally announced in 1912).
Sunday 17, 1901:
A showing of 71 Vincent van Gogh paintings in Paris, 11 years after his death, creates a sensation.
Tuesday 17, 1891:
The British steamship SS Utopia sinks off the coast of Gibraltar, killing 574.
Wednesday 17, 1886:
Carrollton Massacre: 20 African Americans are killed in Mississippi.
Sunday 17, 1861:
The Kingdom of Italy is proclaimed.
Monday 17, 1845:
The rubber band is invented
Sunday 17, 1805:
The Italian Republic, with Napoleon as president, becomes the Kingdom of Italy, with Napoleon as King.
Sunday 17, 1776:
American Revolution: British forces evacuate Boston, Massachusetts after George Washington places artillery overlooking the city.
Wednesday 17, 1756:
St. Patrick's Day is celebrated in New York City for the first time (at the Crown and Thistle Tavern).
Friday 17, 1673:
Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet begin their exploration of the Great Lakes and the Mississippi river.
Thursday 17, 1577:
The Cathay Company is formed to send Martin Frobisher back to the New World for more gold.
Wednesday 17, -45:
In his last victory, Julius Caesar defeats the Pompeian forces of Titus Labienus and Pompey the Younger in the Battle of Munda.
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