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.
  • 624 –
    Led by Muhammad, the Muslims of Medina defeat the Quraysh of Mecca in the Battle of Badr.
  • 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.
  • 1842 –
    The Relief Society of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is formed;
  • 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.
  • 1958 –
    The United States launches the Vanguard 1 satellite.
  • 1959 –
    Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, flees Tibet for India.
  • 1966 –
    Off the coast of Spain in the Mediterranean, the Ship DSV submarine finds a missing American hydrogen bomb.
  • 1969 –
    Golda Meir becomes the first female Prime Minister of Israel.
  • 1970 –
    My Lai Massacre: The United States Army charges 14 officers with suppressing information related to the incident.
  • 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.
  • 1988 –
    A Colombian Boeing 727 jetliner, Avianca Flight 410, crashes into a mountainside near the Venezuelan border killing 143.

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