March 17th, 1949

Born on March 17th, 1949

Age in days, weeks and months
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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, 1949

75

Patrick Duffy

American actor

*March 17th, 1949, Townsend

75

Stuart Rose

British businessman (born 1949)

*March 17th, 1949, Gosport

75

Daniel Lavoie

Canadian musician

*March 17th, 1949, Riverside

75

Manuel Rodríguez Cuadros

Peruvian diplomat

*March 17th, 1949, Cuzco

75

Pat Rice

Northern Irish footballer and manager (born 1949)

*March 17th, 1949, Belfast

63

Hartmut Briesenick

East German athlete

*March 17th, 1949, Luckenwalde †March 8th, 2013, Luckenwalde

75

Pavel Palazhchenko

Soviet interpreter

*March 17th, 1949, Soviet Union

75

Little Pattie

Australian singer

*March 17th, 1949, Paddington

75

Eladio Loizaga

Paraguayan diplomat

*March 17th, 1949, Asunción

72

Fernando Carlos Maletti

Catholic bishop

*March 17th, 1949, Buenos Aires †March 8th, 2022

75

Ned Lagin

American musician, artist and scientist

*March 17th, 1949, San Francisco

67

Werner Lämmerhirt

German singer, songwriter and guitarist (1949-2016)

*March 17th, 1949, Adlershof †October 14th, 2016, Bodenwerder

75

Bruce McIntosh

American ice hockey player

*March 17th, 1949, Edina

75

Shih Wing-ching

Hong Kong businessman

*March 17th, 1949, Shanghai Municipality, Republic of China

75

Doug Reuter

American politician

*March 17th, 1949, Superior

75

Darrell Basham

Racecar driver

*March 17th, 1949, Henryville

75

Muhammad Bala Shagari

Retired military offer

*March 17th, 1949, Shagari

75

David Mulica

Cyclist

*March 17th, 1949, Santa Monica

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Who's birthday is on March 17th?

74

Rötger Feldmann

German comic artist

*March 17th, 1950, Travemünde

34

Saina Nehwal

Indian badminton player

*March 17th, 1990, Dhindar

78

Lennox Burgher

Jamaican triple jumper

*March 17th, 1946, Jamaica

69

Gary Sinise

American actor

*March 17th, 1955, Blue Island

76

William Gibson

American-Canadian speculative fiction writer

*March 17th, 1948, Conway

56

Peter Aust

1939-1996 German actor

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

73

Kurt Russell

American actor (born 1951)

*March 17th, 1951, Springfield

67

Mari Maurstad

Norwegian actress

*March 17th, 1957, Oslo

37

Patrick Ebert

German footballer

*March 17th, 1987, Potsdam

80

John Sebastian

American singer-songwriter and musician (born 1944)

*March 17th, 1944, New York City

64

Thomas Strobl

German politician

*March 17th, 1960, Heilbronn

38

Silke Spiegelburg

German pole vaulter

*March 17th, 1986, Georgsmarienhütte

85

Giovanni Trapattoni

Italian association football player and manager

*March 17th, 1939, Cusano Milanino

45

Kasper Ødum

Badminton player

*March 17th, 1979, Randers

36

Peter Käsbauer

Badminton player

*March 17th, 1988, Weiden in der Oberpfalz

78

Gian Töndury

(1906-1985)

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

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

62

Clare Grogan

Scottish singer and actress

*March 17th, 1962, Glasgow

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Born in 1949

75

Joachim Witt

German rock musician

*February 22nd, 1949, Hamburg

74

Rudy Hartono

Indonesian badminton player

*August 18th, 1949, Surabaya

75

Åse Kleveland

Swedish-Norwegian singer and politician

*March 18th, 1949, Stockholm

70

Jahn Teigen

Norwegian singer, musician, and comedian (1949–2020)

*September 27th, 1949, Tønsberg Municipality †February 24th, 2020, Ystad

74

David Rubenstein

American businessman

*August 11th, 1949, Baltimore

74

Sherman Howard

American actor

*June 11th, 1949, Chicago

74

Egon Flaig

German university teacher, Historian of classical antiquity and writer

*May 16th, 1949, Oberstenfeld

74

Meryl Streep

American actress (born 1949)

*June 22nd, 1949, Summit

74

Odaline de la Martinez

American conductor and composer

*October 31st, 1949, Matanzas

75

Gertrúd Ladányi

Badminton player

*May 3rd, 1949, Esztergom

66

Papa Wemba

Congolese singer and musician

*June 14th, 1949, Lubefu †April 24th, 2016, Abidjan

67

Denis Johnson

American writer (novel, drama, poetry, essay) (1949-2017)

*July 1st, 1949, Munich †May 24th, 2017, Sea Ranch

40

Stiv Bators

American punk rock vocalist and guitarist

*October 22nd, 1949, Youngstown †June 3rd, 1990, 1st arrondissement of Paris

75

Hans Michelbach

German politician

*May 3rd, 1949, Gemünden am Main

74

Sverre Årnes

Norwegian writer

*May 14th, 1949, Surnadal Municipality

74

Gloria Gaynor

American singer

*September 7th, 1949, Newark

75

Jessica Lange

American actress

*April 20th, 1949, Cloquet

74

Bruce Springsteen

American rock singer (born 1949)

*September 23rd, 1949, Long Branch

67

Carlos Slepoy

Argentinian lawyer (1949-2017)

*October 2nd, 1949, Buenos Aires †April 17th, 2017, Madrid

68

Stanley Greene

American photographer (1949-2017)

*February 14th, 1949, Brooklyn †May 19th, 2017, Paris

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Public holidays on March 17th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on March 17th.

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Born on March 17th, 1949
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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1949 is a normal year and no leap year.

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