March 17th, 1954

Born on March 17th, 1954

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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 , 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, 1954

72

Bjørn Eidsvåg

Norwegian singer-songwriter

*March 17th, 1954, Sauda Municipality

72

Lesley-Anne Down

British actress

*March 17th, 1954, Wandsworth

72

Trish Law

British politician

*March 17th, 1954, Nantyglo

72

James A. Wynn, Jr.

American judge

*March 17th, 1954, United States

72

Adam Sisman

British biographer and Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature

*March 17th, 1954, London

72

Margriet Hermans

Belgian politician

*March 17th, 1954, Turnhout

72

Peter Dunne

New Zealand politician

*March 17th, 1954, Christchurch

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71

François Hollande

President of France from 2012 to 2017

*August 12th, 1954, Rouen

72

Angela Merkel

Chancellor of Germany from 2005 to 2021

*July 17th, 1954, Eimsbüttel

71

Renate Franz

German journalist and sport historian

*November 18th, 1954, Solingen

72

Lim Swee Say

Former Singaporean politician

*July 13th, 1954, Singapore

72

Rudolf Simek

Austrian philologist and Germanist

*February 21st, 1954, Eisenstadt

72

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

President of Turkey since 2014

*February 26th, 1954, Kasımpaşa

71

Lorraine Bracco

American actress

*October 2nd, 1954, Brooklyn

72

Jackie Chan

Hong Kong actor and martial artist (born 1954)

*April 7th, 1954, Victoria Peak

67

Shinzō Abe

Prime Minister of Japan from 2006–2007 and 2012–2020 (1954-2022)

*September 21st, 1954, Shinjuku †July 8th, 2022, Nara Medical University Hospital

58

Hugo Chávez

President of Venezuela, 1999–2002 and 2002–2013

*July 28th, 1954, Sabaneta †March 5th, 2013, Hospital Militar de Caracas

71

Uli Stielike

German association football player and manager

*November 15th, 1954, Ketsch

71

Benno Möhlmann

German association football player and manager

*August 1st, 1954, Lohne

71

Karl-Heinz Körbel

German association football player and manager

*December 1st, 1954, Dossenheim

71

Hartmut Schade

German association football player and manager

*November 13th, 1954, Radeberg

71

Sven-Erik Bucht

Swedish politician

*December 28th, 1954, Karungi

72

Eckhardt Rehberg

German politician

*April 3rd, 1954, Ribnitz-Damgarten

71

Emir Kusturica

Serbian and French film director, screenwriter, writer, actor and musician

*November 24th, 1954, Sarajevo

71

Alexander Lukashenko

President of Belarus since 1994

*August 30th, 1954, Kopyś

71

Malcolm Turnbull

Prime Minister of Australia from 2015 to 2018

*October 24th, 1954, Sydney

71

Paolo Gentiloni

Italian politician (born 1954)

*November 22nd, 1954, Rome

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No: With 365 days 1954 is a normal year and no leap year.

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