Historical Events In March - 17

1973  On this day in history st Patrick's Day marchers carry 14 coffins commemorating Bloody Sunday   

1973  On March - 17 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  On this day in history carroll Nye, actress (Lawless Woman), dies at 72   

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  Luchino Visconti di Modrone, It director (Terra Diaeresis), dies at 69 on this day in history.   

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

1978  On this day in history 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  On March - 17 reds don green uniforms for St Patricks Day   

1978  On this day in history george Dickinson, cricketer (8 wickets in 3 Tests for NZ), dies   

1979  On March - 17 world Ice Dance Championship at Vienna won by N Linichuk and G Karponosov USSR   

1979  Merv Inverarity, cricketer (father of John WA player 1925-40), dies on this day in history.   

1980  On this day in history rudolf G Escher, Dutch composer (Vrai Visage de la Paix), dies at 68   

1981  On this day in history fC Lisse, Dutch soccer team forms   

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

1982  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 on this day in history.   

1982  On March - 17 hans ter Laag, Dutch sound technician, murdered in El Salvador   

1983  On March - 17 9th People's Choice Awards   

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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1985  On March - 17 dattu Phadkar, cricketer (Indian all-rounder, 31 Tests 1947-58), dies   

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  IBM releases PC-DOS version 3.3 (but Windows is on the way) on this day in history.   

1987  Sunil Gavaskar ends his Test career with an inning of 96 vs Pakistan on March - 17.   

1987  On this day in history torrential rains and mudslides in Tajikistan, Soviet Union, destroy dam, killing 19 people and leaving nine others missing.   

1988  On this day in history iran says Iraq uses poison gas   

1988  Reg Sinfield, cricketer (one Test for England v Australia 1938), dies on this day in history.   

1989  On this day in history dorothy Cudahy is first female grand marshal of St Patrick Day Parade   

1989  Merritt Butrick, actor (Shy People, Wired to Kill), dies of AIDS at 29 on this day in history.   

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

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

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1231  Emperor Shijō of Japan (d. 1242) was born on this day in history.   

1473  On this day in history 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  Georg Osterreich, composer was born on this day in history.   

1675  Petrus Laurentius Wockenfuss, composer was born on this day in history.   

1676  Thomas Boston, Scottish church leader (d. 1732) was born on this day in history.   

1685  On March - 17 birth of jean-Marc Nattier, French portrait painter   

0180  On March - 17 antonius Marcus Aurelius, [Marcus Verus], Emperor of Rome, dies at 58   

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

0659  On this day in history gertrudis van Nijvel, saint/patron of travellers, dies at about 32   

1040  On March - 17 harold Harefoot (Harold I), King of England (1035-40), dies   

1058  Death of King Lulach I of Scotland on March - 17.   

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

1272  On March - 17 death of emperor Go-Saga of Japan (b. 1220)   

1425  Death of Ashikaga Yoshikazu, Japanese shogun (b. 1407) on March - 17.