|
What happened in history on this day: March 17?
On March 17 in ...
- 1775 - British forces evacuate Boston.
- 1776 - British forces evacuate Boston to Halifax, Nova Scotia during Revolutionary War.
- 1863 - Battle of Kelly's Ford, Virginia (211 casualities).
- 1899 - Windsor luxury hotel in New York City, USA catches fire; 92 die.
- 1927 - US government doesn't sign League of Nations disarmament treaty.
- 1941 - National Gallery of Art in Washington DC opens.
- 1942 - US General Douglas MacArthur arrives in Australia to become supreme commander.
- 1945 - American forces complete the capture of Iwo Jima. Americans suffer 26,038 casualties, include 6821 dead. Of the 21,000 Japanese defenders, only 1083 survive.
- 1950 - Element 98 (Californium) announced.
- 1953 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 1956 - In Hollywood, California, the 8th Annual Emmy Awards are presented.
- Best Action or Adventure Series: Disneyland
- Best Actor Starring in a Regular Series: Phil Silvers for The Phil Silvers Show
- Best Actress Starring in a Regular Series: Lucille Ball for I Love Lucy
- Best Audience Participation Series: The $64,000 Question
- Best Children's Series: Lassie
- Best Comedian: Phil Silvers
- Best Comedienne: Nanette Fabray
- Best Contributing to Daytime Programming: Matinee Theatre
- Best Documentary Program: Omnibus
- Best Dramatic Program: Producers' Showcase
- Best Female Singer: Dinah Shore
- Best Male Singer: Perry Como
- Best MC or Program Host - Male or Female: Perry Como
- Best Music Series: Your Hit Parade
- Best News Commentator or Reporter: Edward R. Murrow
- Best Situation Comedy: The Phil Silvers Show
- Best Supporting Actor in a Regular Series: Art Carney for The Honeymooners
- Best Supporting Actress in a Regular Series: Nanette Fabray for Caesar's Hour
- Best Variety Program: Toast of the Town.
- 1958 - Navy launches Vanguard 1 into orbit (second US satellite), measures Earth shape.
- 1960 - US President Dwight Eisenhower forms anti-Castro-exile army under the US Central Intelligence Agency.
- 1961 - New York district attorney arrests professional gamblers who implicate Seton Hall players.
- 1966 - US submarine locates missing H-bomb in Mediterranean.
- 1968 - The eight-nation Gold Pool is abolished. A two-tier gold market for central banks and private investors is set up by the US and six European nations.
- 1970 - US casts their first United Nations Security Council veto (Support England).
- 1971 - Edward Henry of Morristown, New Jersey, is first person to win US$1 million in a State lottery.
- 1976 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 1987 - IBM releases PC-DOS version 3.3.
- 1988 - Apple Computer files a copyright infringement suit against Microsoft, claiming copyright infringement by Windows 2.0 of graphical display technology used in the Macintosh.
- 1992 - 18th People's Choice Awards: Garth Brooks and Reba McEntire.
- 1995 - Sinn-Fein leader Gerry Adams visits White House.
- 1995 - US approves first chicken pox vaccine, Varivax by Merck and Co.
- 1997 - CNN begins Spanish broadcasts.
- 1997 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average removes Westinghouse Electric, Texaco Incorporated, Bethlehem Steel, and Woolworth from its index, replacing them with Travelers Group, Hewlett-Packard Company, Johnson & Johnson, and Wal-Mart Stores Incorporated.
- 2003 - U.S. President George W. Bush gives an ultimatum: Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein and his sons must either leave Iraq, or face military action at a time of the U.S.'s choosing.
- 2006 - The United States strikes its two remaining Iowa-class battleships from the Naval Vessel Register, ending the age of the battleship.
- 2008 - The US dollar hits an all-time low of US$1.59 to the euro.
- 2008 - Share prices of American investment bank Lehman Brothers lose 20 percent of value on the stock market.
Births on March 17
- 1900 - Birth of Alfred Newman in New Hampshire, USA; composer (Love is a Many Splendored Thing).
- 1902 - Birth of Bobby Jones in Atlanta, Georgia, USA; PGA golfer (Grand Slam 1930).
- 1906 - Birth of Michael O'Shea in Hartford, Connecticut, USA; actor (Denny - It's a Great Life).
- 1909 - Birth of Ken Anderson in Seattle, Washington, USA; worked on Disney animated films, Disneyland attractions, named a Disney Legend in 1991.
- 1914 - Birth of Sammy Baugh in Temple, Texas, USA; NFL hall of famer quarterback (Washington Redskins).
- 1918 - Birth of Mercedes McCambridge in Joliet, Illinois, USA; actress (The Exorcist, All the King's Men).
- 1919 - Birth of Nathaniel Adams Coles AKA Nat King Cole in Montgomery, Alabama, USA; singer ("Unforgettable", "Mona Lisa").
- 1920 - Birth of John La Montaine in Oak Park, Illinois, USA; composer (Pulitzer 1959).
- 1930 - Birth of James Benson Irwin in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; Colonel US Air Force/astronaut (Apollo 15).
- 1935 - Birth of Adam Wade in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; actor/singer ("Kiss Me Goodbye", "Crazy Joe").
- 1936 - Birth of Thomas K Mattingly II in Chicago, Illinois, USA; Captain US Navy/astronaut (Apollo 16, STS-4, 51C).
- 1941 - Birth of Gene Pitney in Hartford, Connecticut, USA; rock singer ("Town without Pity").
- 1942 - Birth of John Wayne Gacy Jr in Chicago, Illinois, USA; serial killer (32 boys).
- 1943 - Birth of Don Mitchell in Houston, Texas, USA; actor (Mark - Ironside).
- 1944 - Birth of John Sebastian in New York City, New York, USA; singer (Loving Spoonful, Welcome Back Kotter theme).
- 1946 - Birth of Harold Brown in Long Beach, California, USA; rock drummer (War - "Summer", "Galaxy").
- 1949 - Birth of Patrick Duffy in Townsend, Montana, USA; actor (Bobby - Dallas, Man from Atlantis).
- 1951 - Birth of Kurt Russell in Springfield, Massachusetts, USA; actor (The Thing, Overboard, Mean Seasons).
- 1955 - Birth of Paul Overstreet in Van Cleave, Mississippi, USA; country singer ("Daddy's Come Around").
- 1960 - Birth of Vicki Lewis in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA; actress (Beth - Newsradio).
- 1961 - Birth of Casey Siemaszko in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actor (Biloxi Blues, Three O'Clock High).
- 1962 - Birth of Janet Patricia Gardner in Juneau, Alaska, USA; rocker (Vixen - "Rev It Up").
- 1962 - Birth of Patrick Thomas Burke in Hollywood, Florida, USA; PGA golfer (1992 BellSouth-6th).
- 1962 - Birth of Roxy Dora Petrucci in Rochester, Minnesota, USA; rock drummer (Vixen - "Rev It Up").
- 1964 - Birth of Rob Lowe in Charlottesville, Virginia, USA; actor (Saint Elmo's Fire, The West Wing, Wayne's World, Class).
- 1965 - Birth of Caitlin Bilodeaux in Boston, Massachusetts, USA; US fencer (Olympics-1992).
- 1965 - Birth of John Smiley in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, USA; pitcher (Cincinnati Reds).
- 1967 - Birth of Chris Luongo in Detroit, Michigan, USA; NHL defenseman (New York Islanders).
- 1967 - Birth of Kim Cathrein in Salinas, California, USA; LPGA golfer (1994 Rochester International-24th).
- 1967 - Birth of Melissa Allen in Portland, Oregon, USA; WPVA volleyball player (Reebok National-13th-1994).
- 1969 - Birth of Andrew McMarlin in Vienna, Virginia, USA; rower (Olympics-1996).
- 1970 - Birth of Shannan Mitchem in Decatur, Georgia, USA; female infielder (Colorado Silver Bullets).
- 1972 - Birth of Mia Hamm in Selma, Alabama, USA; soccer forward (Olympics-1996, US Women's World Cup-1999).
- 1983 - Birth of Christian and Joseph Cousins; American twin actors.
Deaths on March 17
- 1961 - Suzanna Salter, first US female mayor/temperance leader, dies at age 101.
- 1965 - Almos Alonzo Stagg, football coach (University of Chicago), dies in California at age 102.
- 1974 - Louis I Kahn, Estonia/US architect, dies at about age 73.
- 1983 - Death of Haldan Keffer Hartline, American physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1903).
- 1992 - George Lovi, US columnist (Sky and Telescope's "Ramblings"), dies.
- 1993 - Helen Hayes, American actress (Airport), dies of congestive heart failure at age 92 (born 1900).
- 1995 - Rick Aviles, US comic/actor (Ghost), dies of AIDS (born 1952).
- 1997 - Death of Jermaine Stewart, American singer (born 1957).
- 2007 - Death of Roger Bennett, American Southern Gospel Vocalist and Pianist.
|
|
You can pick a particular day to view that day's events in history.
Bookmark this URL: http://thisdayinhistoryinfo.info/usa/ and revisit each day.
(this URL will automatically re-direct to the file containing the current day's events)
Or, visit my Timelines of History page.
Other web pages of interest:
Chronology of the United States of America
Today in Disney History
Today in Sports History
Chronology of World War II
Chronology of Personal Computers
|
