About March 17

March 17, 2024 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.

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Pisces is the sun 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.

What Happened On March 17

  • 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.
  • 1337 –
    Edward, the Black Prince is made Duke of Cornwall, the first Duchy in England.
  • 1776 –
    American Revolution: British forces evacuate Boston, Massachusetts, ending the Siege of Boston, after George Washington and Henry Knox place artillery in positions overlooking the city.
  • 1805 –
    The Italian Republic, with Napoleon as president, becomes the Kingdom of Italy, with Napoleon as King.
  • 1860 –
    The First Taranaki War begins in Taranaki, New Zealand, a major phase of the New Zealand land wars.
  • 1861 –
    The Kingdom of Italy (1861–1946) is proclaimed.
  • 1921 –
    The Second Republic of Poland adopts the March Constitution.
  • 1939 –
    Second Sino-Japanese War: Battle of Nanchang between the Kuomintang and Japan begins,
  • 1945 –
    The Ludendorff Bridge in Remagen, Germany collapses, ten days after its capture.
  • 1947 –
    First flight of the B-45 Tornado strategic bomber.
  • 1948 –
    Benelux, France, and the United Kingdom sign the Treaty of Brussels, a precursor to the North Atlantic Treaty establishing NATO.
  • 1957 –
    A plane crash in Cebu, Philippines kills Philippine President Ramon Magsaysay and 24 others.
  • 1969 –
    Golda Meir becomes the first female Prime Minister of Israel.
  • 1973 –
    The Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph Burst of Joy is taken, depicting a former prisoner of war being reunited with his family.
  • 1979 –
    The Penmanshiel Tunnel collapses during engineering works, killing two workers.
  • 1985 –
    Serial killer Richard Ramirez, aka the “Night Stalker”, commits the first two murders in his Los Angeles, California murder spree.
  • 1992 –
    A referendum to end apartheid in South Africa is passed 68.7% to 31.2%.
  • 2004 –
    Unrest in Kosovo: More than 22 are killed and 200 wounded. 35 Serbian Orthodox shrines in Kosovo and two mosques in Belgrade and Niš are destroyed.

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