March 17th, 1946

Born on March 17th, 1946

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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

Born on March 17th, 1946

78

Lennox Burgher

Jamaican triple jumper

*March 17th, 1946, Jamaica

78

Lindsay Owen-Jones

Welsh businessman

*March 17th, 1946, Wallasey

78

Thomas H. Anderson, Jr.

American diplomat

*March 17th, 1946, Gulfport

78

Philip Lader

American diplomat

*March 17th, 1946, Queens

78

Hebert Abimorad

Uruguayan writer

*March 17th, 1946, Montevideo

78

Michael Finnissy

British composer and pianist

*March 17th, 1946, London

78

Edeltraut Hollay

German politician

*March 17th, 1946, Ravensburg

78

Rolf-Dieter Postlep

German economist

*March 17th, 1946, Wolfsburg

62

Eugen Jesser

Austrian choir director

*March 17th, 1946, Vienna †May 11th, 2008

78

Juan José Rodríguez Prats

Mexican politician

*March 17th, 1946, Pichucalco

78

Pat Vegas

American musician

*March 17th, 1946, Coalinga

78

Earl Edwards

American football player

*March 17th, 1946, Statesboro

78

Christine Scott

Australian politician

*March 17th, 1946, Broome

78

John Baines

British egyptologist

*March 17th, 1946, Winchester

78

Francesco Pazienza

Italian businessman, former officer of the Italian military intelligence agency

*March 17th, 1946, Monteparano

73

Gerry Sharpe

English footballer (1946-2019)

*March 17th, 1946, Gloucester †December 17th, 2019, Virginia

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34

Saina Nehwal

Indian badminton player

*March 17th, 1990, Dhindar

74

Rötger Feldmann

German comic artist

*March 17th, 1950, Travemünde

80

John Sebastian

American singer-songwriter and musician (born 1944)

*March 17th, 1944, New York City

56

Peter Aust

1939-1996 German actor

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

69

Gary Sinise

American actor

*March 17th, 1955, Blue Island

75

Patrick Duffy

American actor

*March 17th, 1949, Townsend

37

Patrick Ebert

German footballer

*March 17th, 1987, Potsdam

67

Mari Maurstad

Norwegian actress

*March 17th, 1957, Oslo

76

William Gibson

American-Canadian speculative fiction writer

*March 17th, 1948, Conway

85

Giovanni Trapattoni

Italian association football player and manager

*March 17th, 1939, Cusano Milanino

73

Kurt Russell

American actor (born 1951)

*March 17th, 1951, Springfield

38

Silke Spiegelburg

German pole vaulter

*March 17th, 1986, Georgsmarienhütte

64

Thomas Strobl

German politician

*March 17th, 1960, Heilbronn

78

Gian Töndury

(1906-1985)

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

45

Kasper Ødum

Badminton player

*March 17th, 1979, Randers

36

Peter Käsbauer

Badminton player

*March 17th, 1988, Weiden in der Oberpfalz

32

Isabel Herttrich

Badminton player

*March 17th, 1992, Hersbruck

31

Romina Gabdullina

Russian badminton player

*March 17th, 1993, Moscow

27

Jessica Pugh

Badminton player

*March 17th, 1997, Telford

72

Hans Wollschläger

German writer

*March 17th, 1935, Minden †May 19th, 2007, Bamberg

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Born in 1946

77

Donald Trump

President of the United States from 2017 to 2021

*June 14th, 1946, Jamaica Hospital Medical Center

77

George W. Bush

President of the United States from 2001 to 2009

*July 6th, 1946, New Haven

77

Bill Clinton

President of the United States from 1993 to 2001

*August 19th, 1946, Hope

77

Jean-Claude Arnault

Swedish photographer

*August 15th, 1946, Marseille

78

Kabir Bedi

Indian actor (1946-)

*January 16th, 1946, Lahore

77

Svein Ludvigsen

Norwegian politician

*July 18th, 1946, Hillesøy Municipality

78

Charlotte Rampling

British actress

*February 5th, 1946, Sturmer

77

Steven Spielberg

American filmmaker (born 1946)

*December 18th, 1946, Cincinnati

76

Suzanne Somers

American actress, author, singer, businesswoman in alternative medicine (1946–2023)

*October 16th, 1946, San Bruno †October 15th, 2023, Palm Springs

77

Berti Vogts

German footballer and manager

*December 30th, 1946, Büttgen

71

Jiří Bělohlávek

Czech conductor (1946-2017)

*February 24th, 1946, Prague †May 31st, 2017, Prague

62

Lux Interior

American punk rock musician and a founding member of the band The Cramps

*October 21st, 1946, Akron †February 4th, 2009, Glendale

64

Michael Hansen

German cabaret artist (1946-2011)

*October 21st, 1946, Aalborg †March 15th, 2011, Berlin

69

Alan Rickman

British actor and director (1946–2016)

*February 21st, 1946, Hammersmith †January 14th, 2016, London

77

Rolf Konow

Danish photographer and actor

*July 22nd, 1946, Copenhagen

78

David Lynch

American filmmaker, visual artist, and musician

*January 20th, 1946, Missoula

78

Liza Minnelli

American actress and singer

*March 12th, 1946, Los Angeles

78

Tan Aik Huang

Badminton player

*February 14th, 1946, Singapore

77

Sylvester Stallone

American actor and film director

*July 6th, 1946, Hell's Kitchen

77

Gerard 't Hooft

Dutch theoretical physicist

*July 5th, 1946, Den Helder

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No: With 365 days 1946 is a normal year and no leap year.

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