March 17th, 1955

Born on March 17th, 1955

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What happened on March 17th, 1955?

March 17th, 1955

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

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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, 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, 1955

69

Gary Sinise

American actor

*March 17th, 1955, Blue Island

69

Czesław Litwin

Polish politician

*March 17th, 1955, Głogów

69

Cynthia McKinney

American politician and activist

*March 17th, 1955, Atlanta

69

Mark Boone Junior

American actor

*March 17th, 1955, Cincinnati

69

Alexandre Fabre

French actor

*March 17th, 1955, Tunisia

69

Miguel Stigter

Dutch television actor and film actor

*March 17th, 1955, Buenos Aires

69

Robert Herrmann

French politician

*March 17th, 1955, Strasbourg

69

Ole Petter Ottersen

Norwegian medical academic

*March 17th, 1955, Kongsberg Municipality

69

Nita Ing

Taiwanese businesswoman

*March 17th, 1955, Taipei

69

Margarita Stolbizer

Argentine politician

*March 17th, 1955, Morón

69

Isatou Touray

Gambian politician, activist, and social reformer

*March 17th, 1955, Banjul

69

Paul Overstreet

American country music singer and songwriter

*March 17th, 1955, Newton

69

Josep Maria Margall

Basketball player

*March 17th, 1955, Calella

69

Élie Baup

French footballer

*March 17th, 1955, Saint-Gaudens

69

Albert Takács

Hungarian politician

*March 17th, 1955, Kecskemét

69

Galina Yershova

Soviet and Russian academic

*March 17th, 1955, Moscow

69

Nigel Haywood

British diplomat

*March 17th, 1955, Betchworth

69

Jun'ichi Haruta

Japanese actor

*March 17th, 1955, Kitakyushu

69

Eigil Ramsfjell

Norwegian curler

*March 17th, 1955, Oslo

69

Alexandru Nicolae

Romanian association football player

*March 17th, 1955, Bucharest

69

Christoph Heusgen

German diplomat

*March 17th, 1955, Düsseldorf

62

Kevin Cadle

British sports broadcaster

*March 17th, 1955, Buffalo †October 16th, 2017

68

Luigi Minchillo

Italian boxer

*March 17th, 1955, San Paolo di Civitate †September 25th, 2023

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Who's birthday is on March 17th?

34

Saina Nehwal

Indian badminton player

*March 17th, 1990, Dhindar

67

Mari Maurstad

Norwegian actress

*March 17th, 1957, Oslo

74

Rötger Feldmann

German comic artist

*March 17th, 1950, Travemünde

64

Thomas Strobl

German politician

*March 17th, 1960, Heilbronn

37

Patrick Ebert

German footballer

*March 17th, 1987, Potsdam

56

Peter Aust

1939-1996 German actor

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

78

Lennox Burgher

Jamaican triple jumper

*March 17th, 1946, Jamaica

75

Patrick Duffy

American actor

*March 17th, 1949, Townsend

73

Kurt Russell

American actor (born 1951)

*March 17th, 1951, Springfield

38

Silke Spiegelburg

German pole vaulter

*March 17th, 1986, Georgsmarienhütte

45

Kasper Ødum

Badminton player

*March 17th, 1979, Randers

64

Wilfried Auerbach

Austrian rower

*March 17th, 1960, Linz

36

Peter Käsbauer

Badminton player

*March 17th, 1988, Weiden in der Oberpfalz

62

Clare Grogan

Scottish singer and actress

*March 17th, 1962, Glasgow

80

John Sebastian

American singer-songwriter and musician (born 1944)

*March 17th, 1944, New York City

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

78

Gian Töndury

(1906-1985)

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

85

Giovanni Trapattoni

Italian association football player and manager

*March 17th, 1939, Cusano Milanino

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Born in 1955

63

Pete Shelley

British singer-songwriter (1955–2018)

*April 17th, 1955, Leigh †December 6th, 2018, Tallinn

68

Bill Gates

American businessman, investor, and philanthropist (born 1955)

*October 28th, 1955, Seattle

68

Guillermo Lasso

47 president of Ecuador

*November 16th, 1955, Guayaquil

68

Tim Berners-Lee

English computer scientist, inventor of the World Wide Web (born 1955)

*June 8th, 1955, London

69

Lasse Lindtner

Norwegian actor

*March 7th, 1955, Bergen

56

Steve Jobs

American entrepreneur; co-founder of Apple Inc. (1955–2011)

*February 24th, 1955, San Francisco †October 5th, 2011, Palo Alto

68

Steve Jones

English guitarist

*September 3rd, 1955, Shepherd's Bush

69

Nicolas Sarkozy

President of France from 2007 to 2012

*January 28th, 1955, Paris

61

Bill Paxton

American actor and filmmaker (1955–2017)

*May 17th, 1955, Fort Worth †February 25th, 2017, Los Angeles

68

Caroline Loeb

French actress and singer

*October 5th, 1955, Neuilly-sur-Seine

68

Saw Swee Leong

Badminton player

*July 16th, 1955, Penang

69

Uwe Reinders

German association football player and manager

*January 19th, 1955, Essen

61

Jimmy LaFave

American musician

*July 12th, 1955, Wills Point †May 21st, 2017, Austin

69

Steve Mann

British chemist

*April 1st, 1955, Leeds

69

Jair Bolsonaro

President of Brazil from 2019 to 2022

*March 21st, 1955, Glicério

68

Adolf Sauerland

German politician

*June 4th, 1955, Duisburg

43

Gerhard Gundermann

German musician

*February 21st, 1955, Weimar †June 21st, 1998, Spreetal

69

Martin Jehne

German historian of classical antiquity

*January 27th, 1955, Hamburg

68

Isabelle Adjani

French actress

*June 27th, 1955, 17th arrondissement of Paris

68

Whoopi Goldberg

American actress, comedian, author and television personality

*November 13th, 1955, New York City

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No: With 365 days 1955 is a normal year and no leap year.

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