March 17th, 1891

Born on March 17th, 1891

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What happened on March 17th, 1891?

March 17th, 1891

SS Utopia collides with HMS Anson in the Bay of Gibraltar and sinks, killing 562 of the 880 passengers on board.

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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.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Utopia

What else 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.

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

Born on March 17th, 1891

71

Ross McLarty

Australian politician; 17th Premier of Western Australia.

*March 17th, 1891, Pinjarra †December 22nd, 1962, Pinjarra

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Who's birthday is on March 17th?

34

Saina Nehwal

Indian badminton player

*March 17th, 1990, Dhindar

41

Harry Clarke

Irish artist (1889–1931)

*March 17th, 1889, Dublin †January 6th, 1931, Chur

78

Gian Töndury

(1906-1985)

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

37

Patrick Ebert

German footballer

*March 17th, 1987, Potsdam

74

Rötger Feldmann

German comic artist

*March 17th, 1950, Travemünde

56

Peter Aust

1939-1996 German actor

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

58

Patrick Hamilton

English writer (1904–1962)

*March 17th, 1904, Hassocks †September 23rd, 1962, Sheringham

69

Gary Sinise

American actor

*March 17th, 1955, Blue Island

87

Paul Green

American playwright (1894–1981)

*March 17th, 1894, Lillington †May 4th, 1981, Chapel Hill

38

Silke Spiegelburg

German pole vaulter

*March 17th, 1986, Georgsmarienhütte

66

Rockliffe Fellowes

Canadian actor (1884-1950)

*March 17th, 1883, Ottawa †January 28th, 1950, Los Angeles

36

Peter Käsbauer

Badminton player

*March 17th, 1988, Weiden in der Oberpfalz

78

Lennox Burgher

Jamaican triple jumper

*March 17th, 1946, Jamaica

32

Isabel Herttrich

Badminton player

*March 17th, 1992, Hersbruck

31

Romina Gabdullina

Russian badminton player

*March 17th, 1993, Moscow

45

Kasper Ødum

Badminton player

*March 17th, 1979, Randers

27

Jessica Pugh

Badminton player

*March 17th, 1997, Telford

67

Mari Maurstad

Norwegian actress

*March 17th, 1957, Oslo

45

Nat King Cole

American singer and jazz pianist (1919–1965)

*March 17th, 1919, Montgomery †February 15th, 1965, Santa Monica

64

Thomas Strobl

German politician

*March 17th, 1960, Heilbronn

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Born in 1891

68

Hans Albers

German actor (1891-1960)

*September 22nd, 1891, Hamburg †July 24th, 1960, Berg

54

Anton Dostler

German general

*May 10th, 1891, Munich †December 1st, 1945, Aversa

65

Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar

Indian polymath, philosopher, and social reformer (1891–1956)

*April 14th, 1891, Bhim Janmabhoomi †December 6th, 1956, Dr. Ambedkar National Memorial

69

Zora Neale Hurston

African American folklorist, novelist, short story writer, and Civic Rights advocate (1891-1960)

*January 7th, 1891, Notasulga †January 28th, 1960, Fort Pierce

54

Walter Model

German field marshal

*January 24th, 1891, Genthin †April 21st, 1945, Ratingen

82

James Chadwick

English physicist who discovered the neutron in 1932

*October 20th, 1891, Bollington †July 24th, 1974, Cambridge

52

Erwin Rommel

German field marshal of World War II

*November 15th, 1891, Heidenheim an der Brenz †October 14th, 1944, Herrlingen

76

Paul Whiteman

American jazz musician and popular bandleader (1890–1967)

*March 28th, 1891, Denver †December 29th, 1967, Doylestown

78

Nelly Sachs

Jewish German poet and playwright

*December 10th, 1891, Schöneberg †May 12th, 1970, Stockholm

53

Erich Marcks

German general

*June 6th, 1891, Schöneberg †June 12th, 1944, Saint-Lô

81

James Bell

American actor (1891-1973)

*December 1st, 1891, Suffolk †October 26th, 1973, Kents Store

82

Frank Mills

American actor (1891-1973)

*January 26th, 1891, Kalamazoo †August 18th, 1973, Los Angeles

88

Henry Miller

American novelist (1891–1980)

*December 26th, 1891, Yorkville †June 7th, 1980, Pacific Palisades

61

Fritz Schellong

German internist and university professor (1891-1953)

*September 10th, 1891, Königsberg †January 18th, 1953, Münster

65

Kurt von Tippelskirch

German World War II general

*October 9th, 1891, Charlottenburg †May 10th, 1957, Lüneburg

76

Adolf Wurmbach

German author

*July 15th, 1891, Littfeld †January 17th, 1968, Kredenbach

56

Gitz Rice

Canadian pianist and composer (1891-1947)

*March 5th, 1891, New Glasgow †October 16th, 1947, New York City

95

John Howard Northrop

American biochemist (1891-1987)

*July 5th, 1891, Yonkers †May 27th, 1987, Wickenburg

48

Mikhail Bulgakov

Russian author

*May 3rd, 1891, Kyiv †March 10th, 1940, Moscow

53

Walther Arndt

German zoologist (1891–1944) executed by the Nazis

*January 8th, 1891, Kamienna Góra †June 26th, 1944, Brandenburg an der Havel

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1891 is a normal year and no leap year.

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