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T Calendar Gears Gregorian Calendar
Full Year 2020
March 17 is the 76th day of the year (77th
in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar.
289 days remain until the end of the year. Contents
·
1Events ·
2Births ·
3Deaths Events[edit]
·
45 BC – In his last victory, Julius Caesar defeats the Pompeian forces of Titus Labienus and Pompey
the Younger in the Battle of Munda. ·
180 – Commodus becomes sole emperor of the Roman Empire at the age of eighteen,
following the death of his father, Marcus Aurelius.[1] ·
455 – Petronius Maximus becomes,
with support of the Roman Senate,
emperor of the Western Roman Empire;
he forces Licinia Eudoxia,
the widow of his predecessor, Valentinian III, to marry him.[2] ·
1001 – The Raja
of Butuan in
what is now the Philippines sends
a tributary mission to the Song dynasty. ·
1337 – Edward, the
Black Prince is made Duke of Cornwall, the first Duchy in England. ·
1452 – The Battle of Los
Alporchones is fought in the context of the Spanish Reconquista between the Emirate of Granada and
the combined forces of the Kingdom of Castile and Murcia resulting in a Christian
victory. ·
1560 – Fort Coligny on Villegagnon Island in Rio de Janeiro is attacked and
destroyed during the Portuguese campaign
against France Antarctique. ·
1677 – The Siege of
Valenciennes, during the Franco-Dutch War, ends with France's taking
of the city. ·
1776 – American Revolution:
The British Army evacuates Boston, ending the Siege of Boston, after George Washington and Henry Knox place
artillery in positions overlooking the city. ·
1780 – American
Revolution: George Washington grants the Continental Army a holiday "as
an act of solidarity with the Irish in their fight for independence". ·
1805 – The Italian
Republic, with Napoleon as president, becomes
the Kingdom of
Italy, with Napoleon as King of Italy. ·
1824 – The Anglo-Dutch
Treaty is signed in London, dividing the Malay archipelago.
As a result, the Malay Peninsula is dominated by the British, while Sumatra
and Java and surrounding areas are dominated by the Dutch. ·
1842 – The Relief Society of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is
formed. ·
1852 – Annibale De Gasparis discovers
in Naples the asteroid Psyche from the north dome of the Astronomical
Observatory of Capodimonte ·
1860 – The First Taranaki War begins
in Taranaki, New Zealand, a major phase of
the New Zealand Wars. ·
1861 – The Kingdom of Italy is proclaimed. ·
1891 – SS Utopia collides
with HMS Anson in
the Bay of Gibraltar and
sinks, killing 562 of the 880 passengers on board.[3] ·
1921 – The Second Polish
Republic adopts the March
Constitution. ·
1939 – Second
Sino-Japanese War: Battle of Nanchang between
the Kuomintang and Japan begins. ·
1941 – In Washington,
D.C., the National Gallery
of Art is officially opened by President Franklin D.
Roosevelt.[4] ·
1942 – Holocaust: The first Jews from the Lvov Ghetto are gassed at the Belzec death camp in
what is today eastern Poland. ·
1945 – The Ludendorff Bridge in Remagen, Germany, collapses, ten days after
its capture. ·
1947 – First flight of
the B-45 Tornado strategic bomber.[5] ·
1948 – Belgium, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom sign the Treaty of Brussels,
a precursor to the North Atlantic
Treaty establishing NATO.[6] ·
1950 – Researchers at
the University
of California, Berkeley announce the creation of element 98,
which they name "californium".[7] ·
1957 – A plane crash in Cebu, Philippines kills Philippine
President Ramon Magsaysay and 24 others. ·
1958 – The United
States launches the first solar-powered satellite,
which is also the first satellite to achieve a long-term orbit.[8] ·
1960 – U.S.
President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs
the National
Security Council directive on the anti-Cuban covert
action program that will ultimately lead to the Bay of Pigs Invasion. ·
1963 – Mount Agung erupted on Bali killing
more than 1,100 people. ·
1966 – Off the coast
of Spain in the Mediterranean, the DSV Alvin submarine finds
a missing
American hydrogen bomb. ·
1968 – As a result
of nerve gas testing by the U.S. Army Chemical Corps in Skull Valley, Utah,
over 6,000 sheep are found dead. ·
1969 – Golda Meir becomes the first
female Prime Minister
of Israel. ·
1973 – The Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph Burst of Joy is taken, depicting a
former prisoner of war being
reunited with his family, which came to symbolize the end of United States
involvement in the Vietnam War. ·
1979 – The Penmanshiel Tunnel collapses
during engineering works, killing two workers. ·
1985 – Serial killer Richard Ramirez, aka the "Night
Stalker", commits the first two murders in his Los Angeles murder spree. ·
1988 – A Colombian Boeing 727 jetliner, Avianca Flight 410,
crashes into a mountainside near the Venezuelan border killing 143. ·
1988 – Eritrean War
of Independence: The Nadew Command, an Ethiopian army corps in Eritrea, is attacked on three sides by
military units of the Eritrean
People's Liberation Front in the opening action of the Battle of Afabet. ·
1992 – Israeli Embassy attack in Buenos Aires: Car bomb attack kills 29 and injures
242. ·
1992 – A referendum
to end apartheid in South Africa is passed 68.7% to 31.2%. ·
2000 – Five hundred
and thirty members of the Ugandan cult Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of
God die in a fire, considered to be a mass murder or suicide
orchestrated by leaders of the cult. Elsewhere another 248 members are later
found dead. ·
2003 – Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Robin Cook, resigns from the British
Cabinet in disagreement with government plans for the 2003 invasion of
Iraq. ·
2004 – Unrest in Kosovo:
More than 22 are killed and 200 wounded. Thirty-five Serbian Orthodox shrines
in Kosovo and two mosques in Serbia are destroyed. Births[edit]
·
763 – Harun al-Rashid, Abbasid caliph
(d. 809) ·
1231 – Emperor Shijō of Japan (d. 1242) ·
1473 – James IV of Scotland (d.
1513) ·
1523 – Giovanni
Francesco Commendone, Catholic cardinal (d. 1584) ·
1537 – Toyotomi Hideyoshi,
Japanese daimyō (d. 1598) ·
1611 – Robert
Douglas, Count of Skenninge, Swedish field marshal (d. 1662) ·
1665 – Élisabeth
Jacquet de La Guerre, French harpsichord player and composer (d.
1729) ·
1676 – Thomas Boston, Scottish philosopher and
theologian (d. 1732) ·
1686 – Jean-Baptiste Oudry,
French painter and engraver (d. 1755) ·
1725 – Lachlan McIntosh, Scottish-American general
and politician (d. 1806) ·
1777 – Patrick Brontë,
Irish-English priest and author (d. 1861) ·
1777 – Roger B. Taney, American politician and
jurist, 5th Chief
Justice of the United States (d. 1864) ·
1780 – Thomas Chalmers, Scottish minister,
economist, and educator (d. 1847) ·
1781 – Ebenezer Elliott, English poet and educator
(d. 1849) ·
1804 – Jim Bridger, American fur trader and
explorer (d. 1881) ·
1806 – Norbert Rillieux, African American inventor
and chemical engineer (d. 1894) ·
1820 – Jean Ingelow, English poet and author (d.
1897) ·
1834 – Gottlieb Daimler, German engineer and
businessman, co-founded Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft (d.
1900) ·
1839 – Josef Rheinberger,
Liechtensteiner-German organist and composer (d. 1901) ·
1846 – Kate Greenaway, English author and
illustrator (d. 1901) ·
1849 – Charles F. Brush, American businessman and
philanthropist, co-invented the Arc lamp (d. 1929) ·
1849 – Cornelia Clapp, American marine biologist
(d. 1934) ·
1856 – Mikhail Vrubel, Russian painter (d. 1910) ·
1862 – Silvio Gesell, Belgian merchant and
economist (d. 1930) ·
1864 – Joseph Baptista, Indian engineer, lawyer,
and politician (d. 1930) ·
1866 – Pierce Butler,
American lawyer and jurist (d. 1939) ·
1867 – Patrice
Contamine de Latour, Spanish poet (d. 1926) ·
1877 – Edith New, British militant suffragette (d.
1951) ·
1877 – Otto Gross, Austrian-German psychoanalyst
and philosopher (d. 1920) ·
1880 – Patrick Hastings, English lawyer and
politician, Attorney
General for England and Wales (d. 1952) ·
1880 – Lawrence Oates, English lieutenant and
explorer (d. 1912) ·
1881 – Walter Rudolf Hess,
Swiss physiologist and academic, Nobel
Prize laureate (d. 1973) ·
1884 – Alcide Nunez, American clarinet player (d.
1934) ·
1885 – Ralph Rose, American track and field athlete
(d. 1913) ·
1886 – Princess
Patricia of Connaught (d. 1974) ·
1888 – Paul Ramadier, French lawyer and
politician, Prime Minister
of France (d. 1961) ·
1889 – Harry Clarke, Irish stained-glass artist and
book illustrator (d. 1931) ·
1891 – Ross McLarty, Australian politician,
17th Premier of
Western Australia (d. 1962)[9] ·
1892 – Sayed Darwish, Egyptian singer-songwriter
and producer (d. 1923) ·
1894 – Paul Green,
American playwright and academic (d. 1981) ·
1895 – Lloyd Rees, Australian painter (d. 1988) ·
1901 – Alfred Newman,
American composer and conductor (d. 1970) ·
1902 – Bobby Jones,
American golfer and lawyer (d. 1971) ·
1904 – Chaim Gross, Austrian-American sculptor and
educator (d. 1991) ·
1906 – Brigitte Helm, German-Swiss actress (d.
1996) ·
1907 – Jean Van Houtte, Belgian academic and
politician, 50th Prime Minister
of Belgium (d. 1991) ·
1907 – Takeo Miki, Japanese politician, 41st Prime Minister of
Japan (d. 1988) ·
1910 – Sonny Werblin, American businessman and
philanthropist (d. 1991) ·
1912 – Bayard Rustin, American activist (d. 1987) ·
1914 – Sammy Baugh, American football player and
coach (d. 2008) ·
1915 – Robert S. Arbib Jr.,
American ornithologist, writer and conservationist (d. 1987) ·
1915 – Ray Ellington, English drummer and
bandleader (d. 1985) ·
1915 – Bill Roycroft, Australian equestrian rider
(d. 2011) ·
1919 – Nat King Cole, American singer, pianist, and
television host (d. 1965) ·
1920 – Sheikh Mujibur
Rahman, Bangladeshi politician, 1st President of
Bangladesh (d. 1975) ·
1921 – Meir Amit, Israeli general and politician,
12th Israeli
Minister of Communications (d. 2009) ·
1922 – Patrick Suppes, American psychologist and
philosopher (d. 2014) ·
1924 – Stephen Dodgson, English composer and
educator (d. 2013) ·
1925 – Gabriele Ferzetti,
Italian actor (d. 2015) ·
1926 – Siegfried Lenz, Polish-German author and
playwright (d. 2014) ·
1927 – Betty Allen, American soprano and educator
(d. 2009) ·
1928 – William John McKeag,
Canadian businessman and politician, 17th Lieutenant
Governor of Manitoba (d. 2007) ·
1930 – Paul Horn,
American-Canadian flute player and saxophonist (d. 2014) ·
1930 – James Irwin, American colonel, pilot, and
astronaut (d. 1991) ·
1931 – Patricia Breslin, American actress (d. 2011) ·
1931 – David Peakall, English-American chemist and
toxicologist (d. 2001) ·
1933 – Myrlie
Evers-Williams, American journalist and activist ·
1933 – Penelope Lively, English author ·
1935 – Fred T.
Mackenzie, American biologist and academic ·
1935 – Adam Wade,
American singer, drummer, and actor ·
1936 – Ida Kleijnen, Dutch chef (d. 2019)[10] ·
1936 – Ladislav
Kupkovič, Slovakian composer and conductor (d. 2016) ·
1936 – Ken Mattingly, American admiral, pilot, and
astronaut ·
1937 – Galina Samsova, Russian ballerina ·
1938 – Rudolf Nureyev, Russian-French dancer and
choreographer (d. 1993) ·
1938 – Keith O'Brien, Northern Ireland-born
Scottish cleric, theologian, and cardinal (d. 2018) ·
1938 – Zola Taylor, American singer (d. 2007) ·
1939 – Jim Gary, American sculptor (d. 2006) ·
1939 – Bill
Graham, Canadian academic and politician, 4th Canadian
Minister of Foreign Affairs ·
1939 – Robin Knox-Johnston,
English sailor and first person to perform a single-handed non-stop
circumnavigation of the globe ·
1939 – Giovanni Trapattoni,
Italian footballer and manager ·
1940 – Mark White,
American lawyer and politician, 43rd Governor of Texas (d.
2017) ·
1941 – Wang Jin-pyng, Taiwanese soldier and
politician ·
1941 – Paul Kantner, American singer-songwriter and
guitarist (d. 2016) ·
1941 – Max Stafford-Clark,
English director and academic ·
1942 – John Wayne Gacy, American serial killer and
rapist (d. 1994) ·
1943 – Jeff Banks, Welsh fashion designer ·
1943 – Andrew Brook, Canadian philosopher, author,
and academic ·
1944 – Pattie Boyd, English model, author, and
photographer ·
1944 – Cito Gaston, American baseball player and
manager ·
1944 – John Sebastian, American singer-songwriter
and guitarist ·
1945 – Michael Hayden,
American general, 20th Director
of the Central Intelligence Agency ·
1947 – Dennis Bond, English footballer, midfielder[11] ·
1947 – Yury Chernavsky, Russian-American songwriter
and producer ·
1948 – William Gibson, American-Canadian author and
screenwriter ·
1948 – Alex
MacDonald, Scottish footballer and manager ·
1949 – Patrick Duffy, American actor, director, and
producer ·
1949 – Pat Rice, Irish footballer and coach ·
1949 – Stuart Rose, English businessman ·
1951 – Scott Gorham, American singer-songwriter and
guitarist ·
1951 – Craig Ramsay, Canadian ice hockey player and
coach ·
1951 – Kurt Russell, American actor and producer ·
1952 – Barry Horne, English activist (d. 2001) ·
1953 – Filemon Lagman, Filipino activist (d. 2001) ·
1953 – Chuck Muncie, American football player (d.
2013) ·
1954 – Lesley-Anne Down, English actress ·
1955 – Cynthia McKinney, American activist and
politician ·
1955 – Paul Overstreet, American singer-songwriter
and guitarist ·
1955 – Gary Sinise, American actor, director, and
bass player ·
1956 – Patrick McDonnell,
American author and illustrator ·
1956 – Rory McGrath, British comedian, television
personality, and writer ·
1957 – Michael Kelly,
American journalist and author (d. 2003) ·
1958 – Christian Clemenson,
American actor ·
1959 – Danny Ainge, American baseball and
basketball player ·
1959 – Paul Black,
American singer-songwriter and drummer ·
1960 – Arye Gross, American actor ·
1960 – Vicki Lewis, American actress and singer ·
1961 – Sam Bowie, American basketball player ·
1961 – Dana Reeve, American actress, singer, and
activist (d. 2006) ·
1961 – Casey Siemaszko, American actor ·
1962 – Carsten Almqvist, Swedish business executive ·
1962 – Ank Bijleveld, Dutch politician ·
1962 – Janet Gardner, American singer and guitarist ·
1962 – Clare Grogan, Scottish singer and actress ·
1962 – Rob Sitch, Australian actor, director, and
producer ·
1963 – Roger Harper, Guyanese cricketer and coach ·
1964 – Stefano Borgonovo,
Italian footballer (d. 2013) ·
1964 – Lee Dixon, English footballer and journalist ·
1964 – Rob Lowe, American actor and producer ·
1964 – Jacques Songo'o, Cameroonian footballer and
coach ·
1965 – Andrew Hudson, South African cricketer ·
1966 – Andrew Rosindell, English journalist and
politician ·
1967 – Jason Alchin, Australian rugby league player ·
1967 – Billy Corgan, American singer-songwriter,
guitarist, pianist, and producer ·
1967 – Barry Minkow, American pastor and
businessman ·
1968 – Eri Nitta, Japanese singer-songwriter and
actress ·
1968 – Mathew St. Patrick,
American actor and producer ·
1969 – Edgar Grospiron, French skier ·
1969 – Alexander McQueen,
English fashion designer, founded own eponymous
brand (d. 2010) ·
1970 – Patrick Lebeau, Canadian ice hockey player ·
1970 – Gene Ween, American singer-songwriter and
guitarist ·
1971 – Bill Mueller, American baseball player and
coach ·
1972 – Melissa Auf der Maur,
Canadian-American singer-songwriter and bass player ·
1972 – Torquil Campbell, English-Canadian
singer-songwriter and actor ·
1972 – Mia Hamm, American soccer player ·
1973 – Rico Blanco, Filipino singer-songwriter,
guitarist, producer, and actor ·
1973 – Caroline Corr, Irish singer and drummer ·
1973 – Vance Wilson, American baseball player and
manager ·
1974 – Mark Dolan, English comedian and television
host ·
1975 – Justin Hawkins, English singer-songwriter ·
1975 – Puneeth Rajkumar, Indian actor, singer, and
producer ·
1975 – Test, Canadian-American wrestler (d. 2009) ·
1975 – Natalie Zea, American actress ·
1976 – Scott Downs, American baseball player ·
1976 – Stephen Gately, Irish singer-songwriter and
actor (d. 2009) ·
1976 – Álvaro Recoba, Uruguayan footballer ·
1977 – Tamar Braxton, American singer-songwriter
and actress ·
1978 – Zachery Kouwe, American journalist ·
1979 – Stormy Daniels, born Stephanie Gregory,
American adult film actress ·
1979 – Andrew Ference, Canadian ice hockey player ·
1979 – Stephen Kramer
Glickman, Canadian-American actor, director, producer, and fashion
designer ·
1979 – Mineko Nomachi, Japanese essayist ·
1979 – Samoa Joe, American professional wrestler ·
1980 – Danny Califf, American soccer player ·
1980 – Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi,
Pakistani tennis player ·
1981 – Aaron Baddeley, American-Australian golfer ·
1981 – Servet Çetin, Turkish footballer ·
1981 – Kyle Korver, American basketball player ·
1981 – Nicky Jam, American-Puerto-Rican singer and
songwriter[12] ·
1982 – Steven Pienaar, South African footballer ·
1983 – James Heath,
English golfer ·
1983 – Raul Meireles, Portuguese footballer ·
1983 – Attila Vajda, Hungarian sprint canoeist[13] ·
1984 – Ryan Rottman, American actor, producer, and
screenwriter ·
1985 – Tuğba Karademir,
Turkish-Canadian figure skater ·
1986 – Chris Davis,
American baseball player ·
1986 – Edin Džeko, Bosnian footballer ·
1986 – Miles Kane, English singer-songwriter and
guitarist ·
1986 – Silke Spiegelburg,
German pole vaulter ·
1987 – Federico Fazio, Argentinian international
footballer, centre back[14] ·
1987 – Krisnan Inu, New Zealand rugby league player ·
1987 – Ryan Parent, Canadian ice hockey player ·
1987 – Bobby Ryan, American ice hockey player ·
1987 – Emmanuel Sanders, American football player[15] ·
1988 – Rasmus Elm, Swedish footballer ·
1988 – Fraser Forster, English footballer ·
1988 – Grimes,
Canadian artist, musician and music video director ·
1988 – Ryan White,
Canadian ice hockey player ·
1989 – Shinji Kagawa, Japanese footballer ·
1990 – Hozier,
Irish singer-songwriter and musician ·
1990 – Saina Nehwal, Indian badminton player ·
1991 – Jack De Belin, Australian rugby league
player ·
1992 – Patrick Cantlay, American golfer ·
1992 – John Boyega, English actor ·
1993 – Matteo Bianchetti,
Italian footballer ·
1994 – Dean Britt, Australian rugby league player ·
1995 – Ashley
Taylor, Australian rugby league player ·
1997 – Katie Ledecky, American swimmer Deaths[edit]
·
45 BC – Titus Labienus, Roman general (b. 100 BC) ·
45 BC – Publius Attius Varus,
Roman governor of Africa ·
180 – Marcus Aurelius, Roman emperor (b. 121) ·
624 – Amr ibn Hishām,
Arab polytheist ·
659 – Gertrude of Nivelles,
Frankish abbess ·
836 – Haito, bishop of Basel ·
905 – Li Yu, Prince of De,
prince and emperor of the Tang Dynasty ·
1008 – Kazan, emperor of Japan (b. 968) ·
1040 – Harold Harefoot, king of England ·
1058 – Lulach, king of Scotland ·
1199 – Jocelin of Glasgow,
Scottish monk and bishop (b. 1130) ·
1267 – Pierre de Montreuil,
French architect ·
1270 – Philip
of Montfort, French knight and nobleman ·
1272 – Go-Saga, emperor of Japan (b. 1220) ·
1361 – An-Nasir Hasan, Mamluk sultan of Egypt ·
1394 – Louis of Enghien,
French nobleman ·
1406 – Ibn Khaldun, Tunisian sociologist,
historian, and scholar (b. 1332) ·
1425 – Ashikaga Yoshikazu,
Japanese shōgun (b. 1407) ·
1516 – Giuliano
de' Medici, Italian nobleman (b. 1479) ·
1527 – Rana Sanga, Indian ruler (b. 1482) ·
1565 – Alexander Ales, Scottish theologian and
academic (b. 1500) ·
1611 – Sophia of
Sweden, duchess of Saxe-Lauenburg (b. 1547) ·
1620 – John Sarkander, Polish-Moravian priest and
saint (b. 1576) ·
1640 – Philip Massinger, English playwright (b.
1583) ·
1649 – Gabriel Lalemant, French missionary and
saint (b. 1610) ·
1663 – Jerome
Weston, 2nd Earl of Portland, English diplomat (b. 1605) ·
1680 – François
de La Rochefoucauld, French author (b. 1613) ·
1704 – Menno van Coehoorn,
Dutch soldier and engineer (b. 1641) ·
1715 – Gilbert Burnet, Scottish bishop and
historian (b. 1643) ·
1741 – Jean-Baptiste
Rousseau, French poet and playwright (b. 1671) ·
1764 – George
Parker, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield, English astronomer and
politician (b. 1695) ·
1782 – Daniel Bernoulli, Dutch-Swiss mathematician
and physicist (b. 1700) ·
1828 – James Edward Smith,
English botanist and entomologist (b. 1759) ·
1829 – Sophia
Albertina, princess-abbess of Quedlinburg (b. 1753) ·
1830 – Laurent de
Gouvion Saint-Cyr, French general and politician (b. 1764) ·
1846 – Friedrich Bessel, German astronomer,
mathematician, and physicist (b. 1784) ·
1849 – William II,
Dutch sovereign prince and king (b. 1792) ·
1853 – Christian Doppler,
Austrian physicist and mathematician (b. 1803) ·
1871 – Robert
Chambers, Scottish geologist and publisher, co-founded Chambers Harrap (b. 1802) ·
1875 – Ferdinand Laub, Czech violinist and composer
(b. 1832) ·
1893 – Jules Ferry, French lawyer and politician,
44th Prime Minister
of France (b. 1832) ·
1917 – Franz Brentano, German philosopher and
psychologist (b. 1838) ·
1926 – Aleksei Brusilov, Georgian-Russian general
(b. 1853) ·
1937 – Austen Chamberlain,
English politician, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Nobel Prize laureate
(b. 1863) ·
1940 – Philomène Belliveau,
Canadian artist (b. 1854) ·
1946 – Dai Li, Chinese general (b. 1897) ·
1949 – Aleksandra Ekster,
Russian-French painter and set designer (b. 1882) ·
1956 – Fred Allen, American actor, comedian,
screenwriter, and author (b. 1894) ·
1956 – Irène Joliot-Curie,
French physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
(b. 1897) ·
1957 – Ramon Magsaysay, Filipino captain and
politician, 7th President of
the Philippines (b. 1907) ·
1958 – John Pius Boland, Irish tennis player and
politician (b. 1870) ·
1958 – Bertha De Vriese, Belgian physician (b.
1877) ·
1961 – Susanna M. Salter,
American activist and politician (b. 1860) ·
1965 – Amos Alonzo Stagg,
American football player and coach (b. 1862) ·
1974 – Louis Kahn, American architect and academic,
designed Jatiyo Sangsad
Bhaban (b. 1901) ·
1976 – Luchino Visconti, Italian director and
screenwriter (b. 1906) ·
1981 – Paul Dean,
American baseball player (b. 1913) ·
1983 – Haldan Keffer
Hartline, American physiologist and academic, Nobel
Prize laureate (b. 1903) ·
1983 – Louisa E. Rhine, American botanist and
parapsychologist (b. 1891) ·
1986 – Clarence D. Lester,
African-American fighter pilot (b.1923) ·
1990 – Capucine, French model and actress (b. 1928) ·
1992 – Grace Stafford, American actress (b. 1903) ·
1993 – Helen Hayes, American actress (b. 1900) ·
1994 – Mai Zetterling, Swedish-English actress and
director (b. 1925) ·
1996 – René Clément,
French director and screenwriter (b. 1913) ·
1996 – Terry Stafford, American singer-songwriter
(b. 1941) ·
1997 – Jermaine Stewart, American singer-songwriter
and dancer (b. 1957) ·
1999 – Ernest Gold,
Austrian-American composer (b. 1921) ·
1999 – Jean Pierre-Bloch,
French activist (b. 1905) ·
2002 – Rosetta LeNoire, American actress and
producer (b. 1911) ·
2002 – Văn Tiến
Dũng, Vietnamese general and politician, 6th Minister of
Defence for Vietnam (b. 1917) ·
2002 – Sylvester
"Pat" Weaver, American television broadcaster and
producer (b. 1908) ·
2005 – Royce Frith, Canadian lawyer, politician,
and diplomat, Canadian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom (b.
1923) ·
2005 – George F. Kennan, American historian and
diplomat, United
States Ambassador to the Soviet Union (b. 1904) ·
2005 – Andre Norton, American author (b. 1912) ·
2006 – Oleg Cassini, French-American fashion
designer (b. 1913) ·
2006 – Ray Meyer, American basketball player and
coach (b. 1913) ·
2006 – İstemihan
Taviloğlu, Turkish composer and educator (b. 1945) ·
2007 – John Backus, American mathematician and
computer scientist, designed Fortran (b. 1924) ·
2007 – Roger Bennett,
American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1959) ·
2008 – Roland Arnall, French-American businessman
and diplomat, 63rd United
States Ambassador to the Netherlands (b. 1939) ·
2009 – Clodovil Hernandes,
Brazilian television host and politician (b. 1937) ·
2010 – Alex Chilton, American singer-songwriter,
guitarist, and producer (b. 1950) ·
2010 – Sid Fleischman, American author and screenwriter
(b. 1920) ·
2011 – Michael Gough, English actor (b. 1916) ·
2011 – Ferlin Husky, American country music singer
(b. 1925) ·
2012 – Shenouda
III, pope of Alexandria (b. 1923) ·
2012 – Margaret Whitlam, Australian swimmer and
author (b. 1919) ·
2013 – William B.
Caldwell III, American general (b. 1925) ·
2013 – Lawrence Fuchs, American scholar and
academic (b. 1927) ·
2013 – A.B.C. Whipple, American journalist and
historian (b. 1918) ·
2014 – Marek
Galiński, Polish cyclist (b. 1974) ·
2014 – Joseph Kerman, American musicologist and
critic (b. 1924) ·
2014 – Rachel Lambert Mellon,
American gardener, philanthropist, art collector and political patron (b.
1910) ·
2015 – Frank Perris, Canadian motorcycle racer (b.
1931) ·
2016 – Meir Dagan, Israeli general (b. 1945) ·
2016 – Zoltán Kamondi,
Hungarian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1960) ·
2018 – Mike MacDonald,
Canadian comedian (b. 1954) ·
2018 – Phan Văn Khải,
the fifth Prime Minister
of Vietnam (b. 1933) Holidays and observances[edit]
·
Christian feast day: o Alexius of Rome (Eastern Church) o Joseph of Arimathea (Western Church) o March
17 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) ·
Evacuation
Day (Suffolk
County, Massachusetts) ·
Saint Patrick's Day,
a public holiday in Ireland, Montserrat and the Canadian
province of Newfoundland
and Labrador, widely celebrated in the English-speaking world and
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