A complete timeline of historical events, famous births, notable deaths, and holidays that occurred on March 17 throughout history.
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Saint Patrick, aged about 16, is captured by Irish pirates from his home in Great Britain and taken as a slave to Ireland (traditional date)
The Kingdom of Italy (Italian: Regno d'Italia) was a state that existed from 17 March 1861, when Victor Emmanuel II of Sardinia was proclaimed King of Italy, until 2 June 1946, when civil discontent…
Albert Einstein (14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955) was a German-born theoretical physicist best known for developing the theory of relativity.
Battle of Nanchang between the Kuomintang and the Japanese breaks out during the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945)
Treblinka was the second-deadliest extermination camp to be built and operated by Nazi Germany in occupied Poland during World War II, second only to Auschwitz.
One of the first French New Wave films, "Breathless", directed by Jean-Luc Godard, starring Jean-Paul Belmondo and Jean Seberg is released in France
The Bee Gees were a musical group formed in 1958 by brothers Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb.
British boxer Bob Fitzsimmons KOs American champion 'Gentleman' Jim Corbett in the 14th round to win the World Heavyweight title in Carson City, Nevada
Canadian champion Tommy Burns KOs Irish challenger Jem Roche in 1:28s of the 1st round at the Theatre Royal, Dublin; then quickest world heavyweight boxing title fight
Eleanor Roosevelt (20) marries Franklin D. Roosevelt (23) later 32nd US President in New York, & given away by her uncle, 26th President Theodore Roosevelt
American actor Charlton Heston (20) weds American actress and photographer Lydia Clarke (20)
Erotic writer Anaïs Nin marries actor Rupert Pole at Quartzsite, Arizona, while still married to her first husband
Musician Paul McCartney (65) divorces former model and anti-landmines campaigner Heather Mills (40) on the grounds of unreasonable behavior after 5-1/2 years of marriage
The Roman emperor was the ruler and monarchical head of state of the Roman Empire, starting with the granting of the title augustus to Octavian in 27 BC.
The first-recorded Jews in England arrived after the Norman Conquest of the country by William the Conqueror (the future William I) in 1066, and the first written record of Jewish settlement in...
Battle of Los Alporchones: forces of Kingdoms of Castile and Murcia defeat Emirate of Granada near Lorca, part of the Spanish Reconquista
French troops invade Flanders
William the Silent or William the Taciturn (Dutch: Willem de Zwijger; 24 April 1533 – 10 July 1584), more commonly known in the Netherlands as William of Orange (Dutch: Willem van Oranje), was the...
First recorded Saint Patrick's Day celebration in America is held in St. Augustine in Spanish Florida, with the first parade held in the same place in 1601. Both are organized by Catholic Irish vicar Ricardo Artur.
William IV Prince of Orange appointed mayor of Drente
Charitable Irish Society of Boston organizes the first observance of Saint Patrick's Day in the Thirteen Colonies
St. Patrick's Day is first celebrated in NYC at the Crown & Thistle Tavern
Prince Mas Saïd of Mataram surrenders to Mangkubumi in Java
First Saint Patrick's Day parade is held in NYC
Transylvania Land Company, headed by Richard Henderson, buys most of Kentucky through treaty signed with Cherokee chiefs at Sycamore Shoals on the Watauga River (later declared illegal)
The British Army during the American Revolutionary War served for eight years of armed conflict, fought in eastern North America, the Caribbean, and elsewhere from April 19, 1775 until the treaty...
The Anglo-French War, also known as the War of 1778 or the Bourbon War in Britain, was a military conflict fought between France and Great Britain, sometimes with their respective allies, between...
British warship HMS Queen Charlotte catches fire off the Tuscan Archipelago; 700 die
Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller was a German playwright, poet, philosopher and historian.
Britain & Netherlands sign a trade agreement
Phoenix Society forms (NY)
Treaty of 1842: Wyandotte (Huron) Indian nation cedes 114,000 acres of land in Ohio and Michigan to US, in exchange for 148,000 acres west of the Mississippi
Bristol man Henry Jones patents self-raising flour
1st park land purchased by a US city in Worcester, Massachusetts
Battle of Kelly's Ford, Virginia with 211 causalities
Postage stamp canceling machine patent issued
Mass legislature authorizes incorporation of Wellesley Female Seminary
The National Association of Base Ball Players (NABBP) was the first organization governing American baseball (spelled as two words in the 19th century). The first convention of 16 New York City area...
British high jump champion Marshall Jones Brooks clears 1.83m at Oxford, England for unofficial world record; thought to be first leap over 6'
Australia's English born all-rounder Billy Midwinter completes Test cricket's first 5-wicket haul, 5-78 in the first ever Test match v England in Melbourne
John Joseph Montgomery makes 1st glider flight at Otay, California
Carrollton Massacre (Mississippi) 20 African Americans killed
British Steamer "Utopia" sinks off Gibraltar killing 574
Dominion Hockey Challenge Cup (Stanley Cup): Montreal Hockey Club claim inaugural trophy after finishing top of final Amateur Hockey Association of Canada standings with a 7–1–0 record
US & China sign treaty preventing Chinese laborers from entering US
Windsor luxury hotel in NYC catches fire, 92 die
Stanley Cup, Dey's Arena, Ottawa, ON: ECAHA playoff: Montreal Wanderers lose, 9-3 to Ottawa HC but win challenge series, 12-10 on aggregate
Camp Fire, formerly Camp Fire USA and originally Camp Fire Girls of America, is a co-ed youth development organization.
The Uruguayan Air Force (Spanish: Fuerza Aérea Uruguaya, abbreviated FAU) is the air service branch of the Armed Forces of Uruguay.
1st exclusively women's bowling tournament begins in St Louis, Missouri
Dutch steel workers strike for 8 hr day & minimum wages
Birth control, also known as contraception, anticonception, and fertility control, is the use of methods or devices to prevent pregnancy.
After the Russian Revolution, in which the Bolsheviks took over parts of the collapsing Russian Empire in 1918, they faced enormous odds against the German Empire and eventually negotiated terms to...
Dutch Calvinists oust Rev J G Geelkerken over Genesis 3
US government doesn't sign League of Nations disarmament treaty
Construction begins of the Empire State Building, the world's 1st skyscraper of 100+ stories, on 5th Avenue in New York City
KSO-AM in Des Moines Iowa call sign is given to KWCR
Aldemarin (Ned) & Fort Cedar Lake (US) torpedoed & sinks
Mount Vesuvius in Italy erupts after months of volcanic unrest, destroying several towns near the volcano
Allied ships bomb North-Sumatra
New Dutch government of Willem Drees takes power
Dutch ban on Sunday driving lifted
US Navy launches Vanguard 1 into orbit (2nd US), measures Earth shape
Australia & USSR restore diplomatic relations
New York City District Attorney arrests professional gamblers who implicate Seton Hall players
Beatles announce their second film is titled "8 Arms to Hold You" ; later changed to "Help!"
South Africa's government bans Defense & Aid Fund
British harpist Shiela Bromberg plays with string section for the Sgt. Pepper track "She's Leaving Home", becomes the first female to perform on a Beatles recording
2-tiered gold price negotiated in Washington, D.C. by US and 6 European nations
Peter O'Malley is an American former owner (1979–98) and president (1970–98) of the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB). He currently is a part-owner of the San Diego Padres since 2012.
Trygve Martin Bratteli (11 January 1910 – 20 November 1984) was a Norwegian newspaper editor, a politician with the Norwegian Labour Party, and Nazi concentration camp survivor.
Valeri Muratov skates world record 1000m (1:16.92)
4 Catholic civilians (including 2 children) are killed and twelve wounded when the Ulster Volunteer Force explode a car bomb at Hillcrest Bar, Dungannon
The Centenary Tests were two matches of Test cricket played between the English cricket team and the Australian cricket team, the first in 1977 and the second in 1980.
Amoco Cadiz tanker spills 1.6 mil gallons of oil off French coast
Ice Dance Championship at Vienna won by N Linichuk & G Karponosov USSR
FC Lisse, Dutch soccer team forms
4 Dutch TV crew members shot dead in El Salvador
Haemers gang robs gold transport in Belgium of 35 million BF
IBM releases PC-DOS version 3.3
Iran says Iraq uses poison gas
Dorothy Cudahy is 1st female grand marshal of St. Patrick Day Parade
Jim Pencak of Parma, Ohio is a former professional 10-pin bowler who was a member of the Professional Bowlers Association, bowling on the PBA Tour.
9 of 15 Soviet reps officially approve new union treaty
The attack on the Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires was a suicide bombing attack on the building of the Israeli embassy of Argentina, located in Buenos Aires, which was carried out on 17 March 1992.
86 killed by bomb attack in Calcutta
Iran transport aircraft crashes in Azerbaijan (32 killed)
British pound hits 2.4545 to Dutch guilder (record)
ICC Men's Cricket ODI World Cup, Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore, Pakistan: Sri Lanka upsets Australia by 7 wickets for their first title; Player of the Match: Aravinda de Silva (SL) 107 no (124), 3/42 & 2 catches
Cable News Network en Español (CNN en Español, stylized as CN͠N) is a Pan-American Spanish-language news channel, owned by CNN Worldwide, a news division for Warner Bros. Discovery.
The 800+ deaths of members of the Ugandan cult Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God is considered to be a mass murder and suicide orchestrated by leaders of the cult
OPEC decides to cut output by 4% or 1 million barrels per day, effective April 1
The 2003 invasion of Iraq was the first stage of the Iraq War. The invasion began on 20 March 2003 and lasted just over one month, including 26 days of major combat operations.
Unrest in Kosovo results in more than 22 killed, 200 wounded, and the destruction of 35 Serb Orthodox shrines in Kosovo and two mosques in Belgrade and Nis.
Governor Eliot Spitzer of New York resigns after scandal involving a high-end prostitute; David Paterson becomes acting governor
Bolton Wanderer footballer Fabrice Muamba collapses and is rushed to hospital during a live football match against Tottenham Hotspur
Basra or Basrah is a port city in southern Iraq. It is the capital of the eponymous Basra Governorate, as well as the third largest city in Iraq overall, behind Baghdad and Mosul.
Kraft recalls 6.5 million boxes of its iconic "macaroni & cheese" in US, Puerto Rico, and some Caribbean and South American countries, due to potential metal contamination
Archaeologists announce the discovery of an 2,500 year old iron age warrior king burial ground, with 75 graves in Pocklington, Northern England
Africa's only female head of state, Mauritian President Ameenah Gurib-Fakim confirms she is resigning amid an expenses scandal
Chad begins repaying a $100 million debt to Angola with cattle, as more than 1,000 cows arrive in Luanda
Claude Giroux, NHL Philadelphia Flyers longest-serving captain, becomes only 2nd player in franchise history to play 1,000th game for the team, joining Bobby Clarke
"Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV" documentary detailing the toxic nature of some Nickelodeon shows, especially under Dan Schneider during the 1990s, early 2000s, premieres
James IV is born
Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Japanese samurai and daimyo, known for japanese samurai and daimyo, was born on 1537-03-17.
Bayard Rustin is born
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Bangladeshi revolutionary and statesman, known for bangladeshi revolutionary and statesman, was born on 1920-03-17.
John Wayne Gacy, American serial killer, known for american serial killer, was born on 1942-03-17.
Pattie Boyd, English model and photographer, known for english model and photographer, was born on 1945-03-17. Patricia Anne Boyd is an English model and photographer.
Kurt Russell, American actor, known for american actor, was born on 1952-03-17. Kurt Vogel Russell is an American actor.
Gary Sinise, American actor, known for american actor, was born on 1956-03-17. Gary Alan Sinise is an American actor.
Koji Igarashi is born
John Boyega, English actor, known for english actor, was born on 1993-03-17. John Adedayo Bamidele Adegboyega, known professionally as John Boyega, is an English actor and producer.
Billy Corgan musician, known for american musician, was born on 1968-03-17. William Patrick Corgan Jr. is an American musician, singer-songwriter, and professional wrestling promoter.
Hozier, Irish musician, known for irish musician, was born on 1991-03-17. Andrew John Hozier-Byrne, known professionally as Hozier ( HOH-zee-ər), is an Irish singer and musician.
Bobby Jones athlete, known for american amateur golfer, was born on 1902-03-17. Robert Tyre Jones Jr.
Sammy Baugh, American athlete, known for american football player and coach, was born on 1914-03-17.
Robin Knox-Johnston, British athlete, known for british yacht racer, was born on 1940-03-17. Sir William Robert Patrick Knox-Johnston CBE RD* is a British sailor.
Katie Ledecky, American athlete, known for american swimmer, was born on 1998-03-17. Kathleen Genevieve Ledecky ( lə-DEK-ee; born March 17, 1997) is an American competitive swimmer.
Ibn Khaldūn arab islamic scholar, historian and philosopher, known for arab islamic scholar, historian and philosopher, died on 1406-03-17.
Christian Doppler, Austrian mathematician and physicist, known for austrian mathematician and physicist, died on 1853-03-17. Christian Andreas Doppler was an Austrian mathematician and physicist.
Fred Allen, American comedian, known for american comedian, died on 1956-03-17. John Florence Sullivan (May 31, 1894 – March 17, 1956), known professionally as Fred Allen, was an American comedian.
Irène Joliot-Curie, French chemist and physicist, known for french chemist and physicist, died on 1956-03-17.
Ramon Magsaysay dies
Saint Patrick, aged about 16, is captured by Irish pirates from his home in Great Britain and taken as a slave to Ireland (traditional date)
The Roman emperor was the ruler and monarchical head of state of the Roman Empire, starting with the granting of the title augustus to Octavian in 27 BC.
The first-recorded Jews in England arrived after the Norman Conquest of the country by William the Conqueror (the future William I) in 1066, and the first written record of Jewish settlement in...
Ibn Khaldūn arab islamic scholar, historian and philosopher, known for arab islamic scholar, historian and philosopher, died on 1406-03-17.
Battle of Los Alporchones: forces of Kingdoms of Castile and Murcia defeat Emirate of Granada near Lorca, part of the Spanish Reconquista
James IV is born
French troops invade Flanders
Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Japanese samurai and daimyo, known for japanese samurai and daimyo, was born on 1537-03-17.
William the Silent or William the Taciturn (Dutch: Willem de Zwijger; 24 April 1533 – 10 July 1584), more commonly known in the Netherlands as William of Orange (Dutch: Willem van Oranje), was the...
First recorded Saint Patrick's Day celebration in America is held in St. Augustine in Spanish Florida, with the first parade held in the same place in 1601. Both are organized by Catholic Irish vicar Ricardo Artur.
William IV Prince of Orange appointed mayor of Drente
Charitable Irish Society of Boston organizes the first observance of Saint Patrick's Day in the Thirteen Colonies
St. Patrick's Day is first celebrated in NYC at the Crown & Thistle Tavern
Prince Mas Saïd of Mataram surrenders to Mangkubumi in Java
First Saint Patrick's Day parade is held in NYC
Transylvania Land Company, headed by Richard Henderson, buys most of Kentucky through treaty signed with Cherokee chiefs at Sycamore Shoals on the Watauga River (later declared illegal)
The British Army during the American Revolutionary War served for eight years of armed conflict, fought in eastern North America, the Caribbean, and elsewhere from April 19, 1775 until the treaty...
The Anglo-French War, also known as the War of 1778 or the Bourbon War in Britain, was a military conflict fought between France and Great Britain, sometimes with their respective allies, between...
British warship HMS Queen Charlotte catches fire off the Tuscan Archipelago; 700 die
Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller was a German playwright, poet, philosopher and historian.
Britain & Netherlands sign a trade agreement
Phoenix Society forms (NY)
Treaty of 1842: Wyandotte (Huron) Indian nation cedes 114,000 acres of land in Ohio and Michigan to US, in exchange for 148,000 acres west of the Mississippi
Bristol man Henry Jones patents self-raising flour
Christian Doppler, Austrian mathematician and physicist, known for austrian mathematician and physicist, died on 1853-03-17. Christian Andreas Doppler was an Austrian mathematician and physicist.
1st park land purchased by a US city in Worcester, Massachusetts
The Kingdom of Italy (Italian: Regno d'Italia) was a state that existed from 17 March 1861, when Victor Emmanuel II of Sardinia was proclaimed King of Italy, until 2 June 1946, when civil discontent…
Battle of Kelly's Ford, Virginia with 211 causalities
Postage stamp canceling machine patent issued
Mass legislature authorizes incorporation of Wellesley Female Seminary
The National Association of Base Ball Players (NABBP) was the first organization governing American baseball (spelled as two words in the 19th century). The first convention of 16 New York City area...
British high jump champion Marshall Jones Brooks clears 1.83m at Oxford, England for unofficial world record; thought to be first leap over 6'
Australia's English born all-rounder Billy Midwinter completes Test cricket's first 5-wicket haul, 5-78 in the first ever Test match v England in Melbourne
John Joseph Montgomery makes 1st glider flight at Otay, California
Carrollton Massacre (Mississippi) 20 African Americans killed
British Steamer "Utopia" sinks off Gibraltar killing 574
Dominion Hockey Challenge Cup (Stanley Cup): Montreal Hockey Club claim inaugural trophy after finishing top of final Amateur Hockey Association of Canada standings with a 7–1–0 record
US & China sign treaty preventing Chinese laborers from entering US
British boxer Bob Fitzsimmons KOs American champion 'Gentleman' Jim Corbett in the 14th round to win the World Heavyweight title in Carson City, Nevada
Windsor luxury hotel in NYC catches fire, 92 die
Bobby Jones athlete, known for american amateur golfer, was born on 1902-03-17. Robert Tyre Jones Jr.
Albert Einstein (14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955) was a German-born theoretical physicist best known for developing the theory of relativity.
Eleanor Roosevelt (20) marries Franklin D. Roosevelt (23) later 32nd US President in New York, & given away by her uncle, 26th President Theodore Roosevelt
Stanley Cup, Dey's Arena, Ottawa, ON: ECAHA playoff: Montreal Wanderers lose, 9-3 to Ottawa HC but win challenge series, 12-10 on aggregate
Canadian champion Tommy Burns KOs Irish challenger Jem Roche in 1:28s of the 1st round at the Theatre Royal, Dublin; then quickest world heavyweight boxing title fight
Bayard Rustin is born
Camp Fire, formerly Camp Fire USA and originally Camp Fire Girls of America, is a co-ed youth development organization.
The Uruguayan Air Force (Spanish: Fuerza Aérea Uruguaya, abbreviated FAU) is the air service branch of the Armed Forces of Uruguay.
Sammy Baugh, American athlete, known for american football player and coach, was born on 1914-03-17.
1st exclusively women's bowling tournament begins in St Louis, Missouri
Dutch steel workers strike for 8 hr day & minimum wages
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Bangladeshi revolutionary and statesman, known for bangladeshi revolutionary and statesman, was born on 1920-03-17.
Birth control, also known as contraception, anticonception, and fertility control, is the use of methods or devices to prevent pregnancy.
After the Russian Revolution, in which the Bolsheviks took over parts of the collapsing Russian Empire in 1918, they faced enormous odds against the German Empire and eventually negotiated terms to...
Dutch Calvinists oust Rev J G Geelkerken over Genesis 3
US government doesn't sign League of Nations disarmament treaty
Construction begins of the Empire State Building, the world's 1st skyscraper of 100+ stories, on 5th Avenue in New York City
KSO-AM in Des Moines Iowa call sign is given to KWCR
Battle of Nanchang between the Kuomintang and the Japanese breaks out during the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945)
Robin Knox-Johnston, British athlete, known for british yacht racer, was born on 1940-03-17. Sir William Robert Patrick Knox-Johnston CBE RD* is a British sailor.
Treblinka was the second-deadliest extermination camp to be built and operated by Nazi Germany in occupied Poland during World War II, second only to Auschwitz.
John Wayne Gacy, American serial killer, known for american serial killer, was born on 1942-03-17.
Aldemarin (Ned) & Fort Cedar Lake (US) torpedoed & sinks
American actor Charlton Heston (20) weds American actress and photographer Lydia Clarke (20)
Mount Vesuvius in Italy erupts after months of volcanic unrest, destroying several towns near the volcano
Allied ships bomb North-Sumatra
Pattie Boyd, English model and photographer, known for english model and photographer, was born on 1945-03-17. Patricia Anne Boyd is an English model and photographer.
New Dutch government of Willem Drees takes power
Kurt Russell, American actor, known for american actor, was born on 1952-03-17. Kurt Vogel Russell is an American actor.
Erotic writer Anaïs Nin marries actor Rupert Pole at Quartzsite, Arizona, while still married to her first husband
Gary Sinise, American actor, known for american actor, was born on 1956-03-17. Gary Alan Sinise is an American actor.
Fred Allen, American comedian, known for american comedian, died on 1956-03-17. John Florence Sullivan (May 31, 1894 – March 17, 1956), known professionally as Fred Allen, was an American comedian.
Irène Joliot-Curie, French chemist and physicist, known for french chemist and physicist, died on 1956-03-17.
Dutch ban on Sunday driving lifted
Ramon Magsaysay dies
US Navy launches Vanguard 1 into orbit (2nd US), measures Earth shape
Australia & USSR restore diplomatic relations
One of the first French New Wave films, "Breathless", directed by Jean-Luc Godard, starring Jean-Paul Belmondo and Jean Seberg is released in France
New York City District Attorney arrests professional gamblers who implicate Seton Hall players
Beatles announce their second film is titled "8 Arms to Hold You" ; later changed to "Help!"
South Africa's government bans Defense & Aid Fund
British harpist Shiela Bromberg plays with string section for the Sgt. Pepper track "She's Leaving Home", becomes the first female to perform on a Beatles recording
The Bee Gees were a musical group formed in 1958 by brothers Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb.
2-tiered gold price negotiated in Washington, D.C. by US and 6 European nations
Billy Corgan musician, known for american musician, was born on 1968-03-17. William Patrick Corgan Jr. is an American musician, singer-songwriter, and professional wrestling promoter.
Koji Igarashi is born
Peter O'Malley is an American former owner (1979–98) and president (1970–98) of the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB). He currently is a part-owner of the San Diego Padres since 2012.
Trygve Martin Bratteli (11 January 1910 – 20 November 1984) was a Norwegian newspaper editor, a politician with the Norwegian Labour Party, and Nazi concentration camp survivor.
Valeri Muratov skates world record 1000m (1:16.92)
4 Catholic civilians (including 2 children) are killed and twelve wounded when the Ulster Volunteer Force explode a car bomb at Hillcrest Bar, Dungannon
The Centenary Tests were two matches of Test cricket played between the English cricket team and the Australian cricket team, the first in 1977 and the second in 1980.
Amoco Cadiz tanker spills 1.6 mil gallons of oil off French coast
Ice Dance Championship at Vienna won by N Linichuk & G Karponosov USSR
FC Lisse, Dutch soccer team forms
4 Dutch TV crew members shot dead in El Salvador
Haemers gang robs gold transport in Belgium of 35 million BF
IBM releases PC-DOS version 3.3
Iran says Iraq uses poison gas
Dorothy Cudahy is 1st female grand marshal of St. Patrick Day Parade
Jim Pencak of Parma, Ohio is a former professional 10-pin bowler who was a member of the Professional Bowlers Association, bowling on the PBA Tour.
9 of 15 Soviet reps officially approve new union treaty
Hozier, Irish musician, known for irish musician, was born on 1991-03-17. Andrew John Hozier-Byrne, known professionally as Hozier ( HOH-zee-ər), is an Irish singer and musician.
The attack on the Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires was a suicide bombing attack on the building of the Israeli embassy of Argentina, located in Buenos Aires, which was carried out on 17 March 1992.
86 killed by bomb attack in Calcutta
John Boyega, English actor, known for english actor, was born on 1993-03-17. John Adedayo Bamidele Adegboyega, known professionally as John Boyega, is an English actor and producer.
Iran transport aircraft crashes in Azerbaijan (32 killed)
British pound hits 2.4545 to Dutch guilder (record)
ICC Men's Cricket ODI World Cup, Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore, Pakistan: Sri Lanka upsets Australia by 7 wickets for their first title; Player of the Match: Aravinda de Silva (SL) 107 no (124), 3/42 & 2 catches
Cable News Network en Español (CNN en Español, stylized as CN͠N) is a Pan-American Spanish-language news channel, owned by CNN Worldwide, a news division for Warner Bros. Discovery.
Katie Ledecky, American athlete, known for american swimmer, was born on 1998-03-17. Kathleen Genevieve Ledecky ( lə-DEK-ee; born March 17, 1997) is an American competitive swimmer.
The 800+ deaths of members of the Ugandan cult Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God is considered to be a mass murder and suicide orchestrated by leaders of the cult
OPEC decides to cut output by 4% or 1 million barrels per day, effective April 1
The 2003 invasion of Iraq was the first stage of the Iraq War. The invasion began on 20 March 2003 and lasted just over one month, including 26 days of major combat operations.
Unrest in Kosovo results in more than 22 killed, 200 wounded, and the destruction of 35 Serb Orthodox shrines in Kosovo and two mosques in Belgrade and Nis.
Musician Paul McCartney (65) divorces former model and anti-landmines campaigner Heather Mills (40) on the grounds of unreasonable behavior after 5-1/2 years of marriage
Governor Eliot Spitzer of New York resigns after scandal involving a high-end prostitute; David Paterson becomes acting governor
Bolton Wanderer footballer Fabrice Muamba collapses and is rushed to hospital during a live football match against Tottenham Hotspur
Basra or Basrah is a port city in southern Iraq. It is the capital of the eponymous Basra Governorate, as well as the third largest city in Iraq overall, behind Baghdad and Mosul.
Kraft recalls 6.5 million boxes of its iconic "macaroni & cheese" in US, Puerto Rico, and some Caribbean and South American countries, due to potential metal contamination
Archaeologists announce the discovery of an 2,500 year old iron age warrior king burial ground, with 75 graves in Pocklington, Northern England
Africa's only female head of state, Mauritian President Ameenah Gurib-Fakim confirms she is resigning amid an expenses scandal
Chad begins repaying a $100 million debt to Angola with cattle, as more than 1,000 cows arrive in Luanda
Claude Giroux, NHL Philadelphia Flyers longest-serving captain, becomes only 2nd player in franchise history to play 1,000th game for the team, joining Bobby Clarke
"Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV" documentary detailing the toxic nature of some Nickelodeon shows, especially under Dan Schneider during the 1990s, early 2000s, premieres