March 17 is the 76th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (77th in Leap years). There are 289 days remaining.
Events:
- 1910 - Camp Fire Girls founded (formally announced in 1912).
- 1969 - Golda Meir of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA, became Prime Minister of Israel.
- 2002 - Portugal: elections for the Parliament
Births:
- 1473 - James IV of Scotland, king of Scotland (+ 1513)
- 1834 - Gottlieb Daimler, engineer and inventor (+ 1900)
- 1862 - Silvio Gesell, economist (+ 1930)
- 1908 - Brigitte Helm, actress (+ 1996)
- 1919 - Nat King Cole, singer (+ 1965)
- 1926 - Siegfried Lenz, writer
- 1936 - Ladislav Kupkovic, composer
- 1938 - Rudolf Nurejev, dancer and choreographer (+ 1993)
- 1942 - John Wayne Gacy, serial killer (+ 1994)
- 1944 - John Sebastian, singer-songwriter, also a member of the Lovin' Spoonful
- 1949 - Patrick Duffy, actor
- 1951 - Kurt Russell, actor
- 1955 - Gary Sinese, actor
- 1956 - Patrick McDonnell, creator of syndicated cartoon strip Mutts
- 1964 - Rob Lowe, actor
Deaths:
- 180 - Marcus Aurelius -- Roman Emperor, epidemic
- 461 - Saint Patrick, patron saint of Ireland died in Saul, County Down
- 1058 - Lulach I of Scotland
- 1956 - Irene Joliot-Curie, scientist
Holidays and observances:
- Saint Patrick's Day: a public holiday in Ireland and Montserrat
- Roman Empire - the second day of the Bacchanalia in honor of Bacchus
- Roman Empire - the Liberia in honor of Liber
- Ancient Latvia - Kustonu Diena observed
See Also: March 16 - March 18 - February 17 - April 17 -- listing of all days
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