What are the important events that happened on March 17? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
March 17: Facts & Myths About This Day
March 17 is the 77th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 289 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is March 4, 2024 – a Sunday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,710,633,600 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘heptacontaheptagon’ day.
Pisces is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Aquamarine is the modern birthstone for this month. Jade is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 318 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,104 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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March 17 Historical Events
- 45 BC –In his last victory, Julius Caesar defeats the Pompeian forces of Titus Labienus and Pompey the Younger in the Battle of Munda.
- 180 –Marcus Aurelius dies leaving Commodus the sole emperor of the Roman Empire.
- 624 –Led by Muhammad, the Muslims of Medina defeat the Quraysh of Mecca in the Battle of Badr.
- 1842 –The Relief Society of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is formed;
- 1947 –First flight of the B-45 Tornado strategic bomber.
- 1958 –The United States launches the Vanguard 1 satellite.
- 1960 –U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the National Security Council directive on the anti-Cuban covert action program that will ultimately lead to the Bay of Pigs Invasion.
- 1966 –Off the coast of Spain in the Mediterranean, the Ship DSV submarine finds a missing American hydrogen bomb.
- 1992 –Israeli Embassy attack in Buenos Aires: Suicide car bomb attack kills 29 and injures 242.
- 2003 –Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Robin Cook, resigns from the British Cabinet in disagreement with government plans for the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
Who were born on March 17?
- 1880 –Sir Patrick Hastings, British barrister (d. 1952)
- 1936 –Ken Mattingly, American astronaut
- 1960 –Rebeca Arthur, American actress
- 1960 –Vicki Lewis, American actress
- 1961 –Dana Reeve, American actress and activist (d. 2006)
- 1961 –Marcus Dillistone, Royal premiered and award-winning British film director.
- 1964 –Lee Dixon, English footballer
- 1972 –Melissa Auf der Maur, Canadian musician
- 1979 –Andrew Ference, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1979 –Stormy Daniels, American pornographic actress
Who died on March 17?
- 1764 –George Parker, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield, English astronomer
- 1853 –Christian Doppler, Austrian physicist and mathematician (b. 1803)
- 1937 –Austen Chamberlain, English statesman, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1863)
- 1974 –Louis Kahn, American architect
- 1993 –Helen Hayes, American actress (b. 1900)
- 1995 –Rick Aviles, American actor (b. 1952)
- 1996 –René Clément, French film director and screenwriter (b. 1913)
- 2002 –Pat Weaver, American broadcast executive (b. 1908)
- 2006 –Ray Meyer, American basketball coach (b. 1913)
- 2010 –Alex Chilton, American musician (b. 1950)
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