On this day in History - Mar. 17

• 0045 BC - In his last victory, Julius Caesar defeats the Pompeian forces of Titus Labienus and Pompey the Younger in the Battle of Munda.
• 0045 BC - Titus Labienus (b. c. 100 BC), dies, Roman leader (in battle) .
• 0045 BC - Gnaeus Pompeius dies (executed).
• 0180 - Marcus Aurelius, dies, Roman emperor (b. 121) .
• 0461 - Saint Patrick, dies, patron saint of Ireland (b. c. 373) .
• 1040 - Harold Harefoot, King of England dies (b. c. 1016) .
• 1058 - King Lulach I of Scotland dies, (b. c. 1029).
• 1337 - Edward the Black Prince becomes Duke of Cornwall, the first ever British 'Duke' .
• 1425 - Ashikaga Yoshikazu, Ashikaga shogun, dies (b. 1407) .
• 1473 - King James IV of Scotland was born (d. 1513) .
• 1649 - Cromwell abolishes the monarchy and declares England a Commonwealth .
• 1672 - England declares war on Netherlands .
• 1673 - Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet begin their exploration of the Great Lakes and the Mississippi river.
• 1704 - Menno van Coehoorn , dies, Dutch military engineer (b. 1641) .
• 1756 - St. Patrick's Day is celebrated in New York City for the first time (at the Crown and Thistle Tavern).
• 1776 - American Revolution: British forces evacuate Boston, Massachusetts after George Washington places artillery overlooking the city.
• 1777 - Roger Taney,was born, US Chief Justice (d. 1864).
• 1781 - Ebenezer Elliott was born near Rotherham, Yorkshire, England (d. 01 Dec 1849).English poet.
• 1782 - Daniel Bernoulli, dies, mathematician (b. 1700) .
• 1804 - Jim Bridger,was born, pioneer (d. 1881).
• 1808 - Motim em Aranjuez, provocado por apoiantes do príncipe das Asturias, Fernando, futuro Fernando VII, que provoca a queda de Godoy, e mais tarde a renúncia de Carlos IV de Espanha.
• 1820 - Jean Ingelow, was born, English poet (d. 1897) .
• 1834 - Gottlieb Daimler, wasborn, engineer and inventor (d. 1900) .
• 1845 - The rubber band is invented .
• 1853 - Christian Doppler, dies, Austrian physician and mathematician .
• 1861 - The Kingdom of Italy is proclaimed.
• 1862 - Silvio Gesell, was born, economist (d. 1930) .
• 1866 - Pierce Butler,was born, US Supreme Court justice (d. 1939) .
• 1870 - Horace Donisthorpe, was born, British entomologist (d. 1951) .
• 1880 - Sir Patrick Hastings, was born, barrister (d. 1952) .
• 1884 - Alcide Nunez, was born, jazz musician (d. 1934) .
• 1886 - Carrollton Massacre: 20 African Americans are killed in Mississippi.
• 1888 - Frank Buck, was born, "big game" hunter (d. 1950) .
• 1894 - Paul Green,was born, novelist, playwright (d. 1981) .
• 1895 - Shemp Howard,was born, actor (d. 1955).
• 1891 - The British steamship SS Utopia sinks off the coast of Gibraltar, killing 574.
• 1901 - A showing of 71 Vincent van Gogh paintings in Paris, 11 years after his death, creates a sensation.
• 1902 - Bobby Jones, was born, golfer (d. 1971) .
• 1903 - Se funda el Racing Club, uno de los más populares de Argentina.
• 1908 - Brigitte Helm, was born, actress (d. 1996) .
• 1910 - Joaquin Valverde composer, dies at 64.
• 1910 - Luther Gulick and his wife Charlotte found Camp Fire Girls (formally announced in 1912).
• 1912 - Bayard Rustin,was born, civil rights activist (d. 1987).
• 1914 - Sammy Baugh,was born, US football player.
• 1917 - Nace el escritor Carlo Cassola.
• 1917 - Muere el filósofo Franz Brentano.
• 1917 - Se funda el club Toluca, de México.
• 1917 - Franz Brentano,dies, German philosopher and psychologist (b. 1838) .
• 1918 - Mercedes McCambridge, was born, actress .
• 1919 - Nat King Cole,was born, singer (d. 1965) .
• 1920 - Mujibur Rahman,was born, Prime Minister of Bangladesh (d. 1975) .
• 1920 - Nace Olga Orozco, escritora argentina.
• 1926 - Spain & Brazil prevent Germany joining League of Nations.
• 1926 - Siegfried Lenz, was born, writer .
• 1928 - Nascimento de Krieger (Edino Krieger), compositor erudito moderno.
• 1929 - Na Espanha, a Universidade de Madri é fechada pelo governo após tumultos e protestos estudantis.
• 1931 - Nevada legalizes gambling.
• 1933 - Penelope Lively, was born, British Novelist .
• 1935 - Nace el escritor Luis Goytisolo.
• 1936 - Ladislav Kupkovic, was born, composer .
• 1937 - Se funda el club Huracán Buceo, de Montevideo, Uruguay.
• 1938 - Rudolf Nureyev,was born (d. 6 Jan 1993) dancer and choreographer.
• 1939 - Nasce em Cusano Milanino, Itália, Giovanni Trapattoni, treinador de futebol ( AC Milan, Juventus, Inter, Cagliari e Fiorentina em Itália e Bayern Munich na Alemanha foram equipas treinadas por Trapattoni. Também foi seleccionador nacional da Itália). Vários títulos nacionais e internacionais. Actual treinador do Sport Lisboa e Benfica que comanda isolado a Superliga Portuguesa.("Giovanni "Trap" Trapattoni has always been regarded in the world of Italian football as a coach for whom the result of a match is more important than the manner in which it is achieved".).
• 1939 - Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945): The Battle of Nanchang between the Kuomintang and the Japanese break out.
• 1939 - Pacto de amistad y no agresión entre la España de Franco y el Portugal de Salazar.
• 1940 - Mark White, was born, Texas politician .
• 1941 - In Washington, DC, the National Gallery of Art is officially opened by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
• 1942 - John Wayne Gacy, was born, serial killer (d. 1994) .
• 1944 - John Sebastian, was born, singer, songwriter .
• 1944 - Danny DeVito, was born in Neptune NJ, actor (Louie-Taxi, Twins) .
• 1945 - Nascimento de Elis Regina (Elis Regina Carvalho Costa), grande estrela da MPB, em Porto Alegre-RS;
• 1945 - American forces defeat the Japanese at the battle of Iwo Jima1958: The shape of the Earth is measured for the first time by satellite .
• 1948 - Benelux, France, and the United Kingdom sign the Treaty of Brussels, a precursor to the NATO Agreement.
• 1948 - William Gibson, was born. Writer .
• 1949 - Patrick Duffy, was born, actor (Dallas, Man from Atlantis, Step-by-Step video with Suzanne Somers ).
• 1950 - University of California, Berkeley researchers announce the creation of element 98, which they name "Californium".
• 1951 - Kurt Russell,was born, actor ( Executive Decision, Backdraft, Elvis, Used Cars, Escape from New York, Big Trouble in Little China, Tango & Cash, Stargate, Tombstone, 3000 Miles to Graceland) .
• 1954 - Lesley-Anne Down, was born, actress .
• 1955 - Gary Sinise,was born, actor .
• 1955 - Paul Overstreet,was born, country singer .
• 1956 - Patrick McDonnell, was born, cartoonist .
• 1956 - 8th Emmy Awards: Ed Sullivan Show, Phil Silvers Show & Lucy Ball.
• 1956 - Irene Joliot-Curie,dies, scientist (b. 1897) .
• 1957 - Ramon Magsaysay, dies, President of the Philippines .
• 1958 - The United States launches the Vanguard 1 satellite.
• 1958 - Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, flees Tibet and travels to India.
• 1959 - Danny Ainge,was born, basketball player and coach, baseball player .
• 1964 - Muere Lino Enea Spilimbergo, pintor y dibujante argentino.
• 1964 - Rob Lowe, was born, actor .
• 1965 - Amos Alonzo Stagg, dies, baseball, basketball, football coach and player (b. 1862) .
• 1966 - Off the coast of Spain in the Mediterranean, the Alvin submarine finds a missing American hydrogen bomb.
• 1967 - William Patrick Corgan, Jr., musician .
• 1967 - Barry Minkow, was born, fraudulant businessman .
• 1969 - Golda Meir of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA, becomes Prime Minister of Israel.
• 1970 - My Lai massacre: The United States Army charges 14 officers with suppressing information related to the incident.
• 1972 - Mia Hamm, was born, US soccer player .
• 1973 - Caroline Corr, was born, singer, musician .
• 1976 - Luchino Visconti, dies, film director, (b. 1906) .
• 1978 - Bolivia rompe relaciones diplomáticas con Chile.
• 1978 - A Faculdade de Ciências de Lisboa é destruída por um violento incêndio.
• 1980 - Iniciam-se as emissões regulares a cores na RTP (Portugal).
• 1980 - Muere el psicoanalista y escritor Erich Fromm.
• 1982 - Mueren asesinados Jacobus Andreas Koster, y otros periodistas, en El Salvador.
• 1983 - Muere el pintor, escenógrafo y proyectista argentino Horacio Butler.
• 1983 - 9th People's Choice Awards .
• 1985 - Serial killer Richard Ramirez, the "Night Stalker", commits his first two murders in Los Angeles, California murder spree.
• 1988 - A Colombian Boeing 727 jetliner, Avianca Flight 410, crashes into the side of the mountains near the Venezuelan border killing 143.
• 1990 - Capucine dies (b.1931). Actress .
• 1992 - A suicide car-bomb kills 29 and injures 242 at the Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
• 1992 - Los presidentes de Guatemala, Jorge Serrano, y El Salvador, Alfredo Cristiani, firman un Acuerdo de Libre Comercio e integración Económica.
• 1993 - Helen Hayes dies (b. 1900). Actress.
• 1996 - Mike Tyson beat Frank Bruno in 3rd round to gain Heavyweight title
• 2003 - British Cabinet Minister, Robin Cook, resigns over government plans for war with Iraq.
• 2003 - Klaus Oldendorff,dies, ship owner .
• 2004 - Massive Unrest in Kosovo. Over 22 killed, 200 wounded, 15 destroyed Serb Orthodox shrines in Kosovo and two mosques in Belgrade and Nis.
• 2004 - J.J. Jackson dies. Original MTV VJ.
• Data Nacional da Irlanda, St. Patrick’s Day has been celebrated in Ireland on his feast day, March 17th, since the year 461. Today, Saint Patrick’s Day is still a legal, national holiday in Ireland and Northern Ireland.