Page 9: Historical Events In March - 17

1973  On this day in history st Patrick's Day marchers carry 14 coffins commemorating Bloody Sunday   

1973  On March - 17 geertruida M W "Truus" Bakker, Dutch actress (2 Orphans), dies at 81   

1974  A CP Rail freight train hits a rock slide and derails at Spences Bridge, BC killing two crew members. This lead to the eventual installation of ditch lights on Canadian trains on March - 17.   

1974  On this day in history carroll Nye, actress (Lawless Woman), dies at 72   

1976  Rubin "Hurricane" Carter is retried on this day in history.   

1976  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on this day in history.   

1976  On this day in history luchino Visconti di Modrone, It director (Terra Diaeresis), dies at 69   

1977  Australia wins cricket Centenary Test by 45 runs, same result as 1877 on this day in history.   

1978  On this day in history rCMP charge Toronto Sun editor Peter Worthington and publisher Donald Creighton with violating Official Secrets Act; published information from secret report on Soviet espionage activities in Canada   

1978  On March - 17 reds don green uniforms for St Patricks Day   

1978  George Dickinson, cricketer (8 wickets in 3 Tests for NZ), dies on March - 17.   

1979  World Ice Dance Championship at Vienna won by N Linichuk and G Karponosov USSR on this day in history.   

1979  Merv Inverarity, cricketer (father of John WA player 1925-40), dies on this day in history.   

1980  Rudolf G Escher, Dutch composer (Vrai Visage de la Paix), dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1981  On this day in history fC Lisse, Dutch soccer team forms   

1982  On this day in history 4 Dutch TV crew members shot dead in El Salvador   

1982  On March - 17 following the failure of Argentinean diplomatic efforts to reclaim the Falkland Islands from the British, an Argentine warship lands a party of "scrap dealers" on South Georgia Island, a dependency of the Falkland Islands British crown colony   

1982  On this day in history hans ter Laag, Dutch sound technician, murdered in El Salvador   

1983  On this day in history 9th People's Choice Awards   

1985  Brian Mulroney 1939- welcomes President Ronald Reagan to a Canada-US Summit meeting in the Chateau Frontenac; called the Shamrock Summit because of their common Irish ancestry and the date - St. Patrick's Day on March - 17.   

1985  On March - 17 iBM surprised the computer industry by announcing the termination of its PC Jr., a watered-down version of its popular IBM PC   

1985  Near Coast of Central Chile a 6.6 earthquake caused one person died from a heart attack at Santiago on March - 17.   

1985  Dattu Phadkar, cricketer (Indian all-rounder, 31 Tests 1947-58), dies on this day in history.   

1986  Haemers gang robs gold transport in Belgium of 35 million BF on this day in history.   

1986  Hal Buckley, actor (John Quincy-OK Crackerby), dies at 49 on this day in history.   

1987  IBM releases PC-DOS version 3.3 (but Windows is on the way) on March - 17.   

1987  Sunil Gavaskar ends his Test career with an inning of 96 vs Pakistan on March - 17.   

1987  Torrential rains and mudslides in Tajikistan, Soviet Union, destroy dam, killing 19 people and leaving nine others missing on this day in history.   

1988  On March - 17 iran says Iraq uses poison gas   

1988  On this day in history reg Sinfield, cricketer (one Test for England v Australia 1938), dies   

1989  On March - 17 dorothy Cudahy is first female grand marshal of St Patrick Day Parade   

1989  On this day in history merritt Butrick, actor (Shy People, Wired to Kill), dies of AIDS at 29   

1990  On March - 17 germaine Capucine, French actress and fashion model (Rendez-Vous de Juillet), dies at 59   

1991  Former Australian governor-general Sir John Kerr, who dismissed the Whitlam Labor government in 1975, dies in Sydney aged 76 on this day in history.   

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1231  Emperor Shijō of Japan (d. 1242) was born on March - 17.   

1473  On this day in history birth of james IV, king of Scotland (1488-1513)   

1578  On March - 17 birth of francesco Albana, Ital painter (Mary's Ascension)   

1628  On March - 17 birth of daniel van Papenbroeck, [Papebrochius], Flemish historian   

1664  Georg Osterreich, composer was born on this day in history.   

1675  Petrus Laurentius Wockenfuss, composer was born on March - 17.   

1676  Thomas Boston, Scottish church leader (d. 1732) was born on this day in history.   

1685  On March - 17 birth of jean-Marc Nattier, French portrait painter   

0180  On this day in history antonius Marcus Aurelius, [Marcus Verus], Emperor of Rome, dies at 58   

0461  St Patrick, patron St of Ireland, dies in Saul (according to legend) on this day in history.   

0659  On this day in history gertrudis van Nijvel, saint/patron of travellers, dies at about 32   

1040  On this day in history harold Harefoot (Harold I), King of England (1035-40), dies   

1058  On March - 17 death of king Lulach I of Scotland   

1199  On March - 17 death of jocelin, bishop of Glasgow   

1272  On this day in history death of emperor Go-Saga of Japan (b. 1220)   

1425  Death of Ashikaga Yoshikazu, Japanese shogun (b. 1407) on March - 17.