March 17th, 1706

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Born on March 17th, 1706 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on March 17th?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on March 17th
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Calendar (March 1706)

Born on March 17th, 1706

Weekday

Wednesday

March 17th, 1706 was a Wednesday.

Age

318

People born on March 17th, 1706 (assuming the person is still alive) would have turned 318 years old this year (2024).

Zodiac

♓

Pisces (The Fish)

February 20th, 1706 - March 20th, 1706

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 116,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 799 days, exactly on July 17th, 2026, people who were born on March 17th, 1706 will be 117,000 days old!

116,201 Days

16,600 Weeks

3,817 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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What happened on March 17th?

March 17th, 2011

First Libyan Civil War: The United Nations Security Council adopted Resolution 1973, authorizing military intervention in Libya to protect civilians.

March 17th, 1991

In a referendum, nearly 70 percent of voters in nine Soviet republics agreed that the Soviet Union should be preserved.

March 17th, 1988

Eritrean War of Independence: Eritrean People's Liberation Front troops encircled Ethiopian forces in the Battle of Afabet, gaining a decisive victory three days later.

March 17th, 1973

Slava Veder took his Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph Burst of Joy, which came to symbolize the end of United States involvement in the Vietnam War.

March 17th, 1969

Golda Meir became the first female prime minister of Israel.

March 17th, 1968

Six thousand sheep were killed on ranches near Dugway Proving Ground in Utah as a result of the U.S. Army spraying a nerve agent.

March 17th, 1963

An eruption of Mount Agung on Bali, Indonesia, killed at least 1,100 people.

March 17th, 1957

A plane crash on the slopes of Mount Manunggal killed Philippine president Ramon Magsaysay and 24 others.

March 17th, 1955

Ice hockey fans in Montreal rioted to protest the suspension of Montreal Canadiens star Maurice Richard for hitting an official.

March 17th, 1950

Scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory announced the synthesis of californium, a radioactive transuranium element.

March 17th, 1942

The Holocaust: The first mass killings of Jews began at Belzec extermination camp in occupied Poland, the first of the Operation Reinhard camps to begin operation.

March 17th, 1917

World War I: Hugh Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of Westminster led a force to rescue 92 prisoners of war from Bir Hakeim, killing the Senussi guards and their families.

March 17th, 1902

The Dorchester Heights Monument (pictured), memorializing the siege of Boston during the American Revolutionary War, was dedicated.

March 17th, 1891

The transatlantic steamship Utopia accidentally collided with the battleship HMS Anson in the Bay of Gibraltar, sinking in less than twenty minutes and killing 562.

March 17th, 1842

The Female Relief Society of Nauvoo is formally organized with Emma Smith as president.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on March 17th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on March 17th?

Saina Nehwal

Indian badminton player

*March 17th, 1990, Dhindar

Patrick Ebert

German footballer

*March 17th, 1987, Potsdam

Rötger Feldmann

German comic artist

*March 17th, 1950, Travemünde

Gian Töndury

(1906-1985)

*March 17th, 1906, Samedan †March 15th, 1985, Zürich

Silke Spiegelburg

German pole vaulter

*March 17th, 1986, Georgsmarienhütte

Peter Aust

1939-1996 German actor

*March 17th, 1939, Bytom †January 26th, 1996, Bad Wildungen

Gary Sinise

American actor

*March 17th, 1955, Blue Island

Peter Käsbauer

Badminton player

*March 17th, 1988, Weiden in der Oberpfalz

Isabel Herttrich

Badminton player

*March 17th, 1992, Hersbruck

Romina Gabdullina

Russian badminton player

*March 17th, 1993, Moscow

Jessica Pugh

Badminton player

*March 17th, 1997, Telford

Kasper Ødum

Badminton player

*March 17th, 1979, Randers

Mari Maurstad

Norwegian actress

*March 17th, 1957, Oslo

Karl Theodor von Pappenheim

German feldzeugmeister and adjutant (1771-1853)

*March 17th, 1771, Pappenheim †August 26th, 1853, Pappenheim

Lennox Burgher

Jamaican triple jumper

*March 17th, 1946, Jamaica

Lisa Sophie Gericke

German bobsledder and ice speed skater

*March 17th, 1995, Brandenburg an der Havel

Tokischa

Dominican singer

*March 17th, 1996, Puerto Plata

Thomas Strobl

German politician

*March 17th, 1960, Heilbronn

Kyle Korver

American professional basketball player

*March 17th, 1981, Lakewood

John Sebastian

American singer-songwriter and musician (born 1944)

*March 17th, 1944, New York City

Same year
Born in 1706

Benjamin Franklin

American author, printer, political theorist, politician, postmaster, scientist, inventor, civic activist, statesman, diplomat, Founding Father (1706–1790)

*January 17th, 1706, Boston †April 17th, 1790, Philadelphia