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This is a list of selected March 17 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.

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Vanguard 1
Golda Meir
Mount Agung, Bali, Indonesia
Voting bulletin of the Soviet Union referendum
15th-century depiction of Edward the Black Prince
Wreckage of the SS Utopia
Sinking of the SS Utopia
Effigy of Edward the Black Prince in Canterbury Cathedral
Aftermath of the Cebu Douglas C-47 crash
Emma Smith

Ineligible

Blurb	Reason
45 BC – Caesar's Civil War: Julius Caesar scored his final military victory at the Battle of Munda, defeating the Optimate forces of Titus Labienus and Pompey the Younger.	multiple issues
1001 – The Song Shi recorded a tributary mission from the Rajahnate of Butuan, centered on the Philippine island of Mindanao, to the Song dynasty of China.	Date not in source cited
1805 – Napoleon transformed the Italian Republic into the Kingdom of Italy.	refimprove section
1842 – The Female Relief Society of Nauvoo is formally organized with Emma Smith as president.	Too much uncited
1860 – New Zealand Wars: A property dispute between the colonial government and Māori landowners in Waitara instigated the First Taranaki War.	Date not cited
1958 – Vanguard 1, the first solar-powered satellite, and the oldest man-made object still in Earth orbit today, was launched.	refimprove section
1969 – Golda Meir became the first female prime minister of Israel.	Too much uncited
1985 – American serial killer Richard Ramirez (pictured), known as "the Night Stalker", began a home invasion burglary and killing spree that resulted in 13 deaths and 11 sexual assaults over the following five months.	Couldn't verify 13 deaths in the period, the table lists fewer deaths and one that was before the period
1992 – A suicide bomber killed 29 people and injured 242 others at the Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires, Argentina.	refimprove section

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455 – After arranging for the assassination of Valentinian III, Petronius Maximus secured the throne of the Western Roman Empire, only to be killed 11 weeks later during the sack of Rome.
1337 – Edward the Black Prince (pictured) was created Duke of Cornwall, the first English dukedom.
1452 – Reconquista: Combined Castilian and Murcian forces defeated the Emirate of Granada at the Battle of Los Alporchones around the city of Lorca.
1677 – Franco-Dutch War: France captured the town of Valenciennes in the Spanish Netherlands.
1776 – American Revolutionary War: The 11‑month Siege of Boston ended with the evacuation of the city's British garrison.
1891 – The transatlantic steamship Utopia accidentally collided with the battleship HMS Anson in the Bay of Gibraltar, sinking in less than twenty minutes and killing 562.
1917 – World War I: Hugh Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of Westminster led a force to rescue 92 prisoners of war from Bir Hakeim, killing the Senussi guards and their families.
1942 – The Holocaust: The first mass killings of Jews began at Belzec extermination camp in occupied Poland, the first of the Operation Reinhard camps to begin operation.
1950 – Scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory announced the synthesis of californium, a radioactive transuranium element.
1955 – Ice hockey fans in Montreal rioted to protest the suspension of Montreal Canadiens star Maurice Richard for hitting an official.
1963 – An eruption of Mount Agung on Bali, Indonesia, killed at least 1,100 people.

1968 – Six thousand sheep were killed on ranches near Dugway Proving Ground in Utah as a result of the U.S. Army spraying a nerve agent.
1973 – Slava Veder took his Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph Burst of Joy, which came to symbolize the end of United States involvement in the Vietnam War.
1988 – Eritrean War of Independence: Eritrean People's Liberation Front troops encircled Ethiopian forces in the Battle of Afabet, gaining a decisive victory three days later.
1991 – In a referendum, nearly 70 percent of voters in nine Soviet republics agreed that the Soviet Union should be preserved.
2000 – Hundreds of followers of the Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God, a Ugandan sect, died in a mass murder committed by its leaders.
2011 – First Libyan Civil War: The United Nations Security Council adopted Resolution 1973, authorizing military intervention in Libya to protect civilians.
Born/died this day: | Gertrude of Nivelles |d|659| François Girardon |b|1628|William F. Raynolds |b|1820| Emily Sartain |b|1841| Rosina Heikel |b|1842|Edith New |b|1877| Walter Rudolf Hess |b|1881| Eduard Fraenkel |b|1888| Toni Preckwinkle |b|1947| William Gibson |b|1948| Chuck Muncie |b|1953 | Stormy Daniels |b|1979|Margaret Whitlam |d|2012

March 17: Saint Patrick's Day (Christianity); Anniversary of the Unification of Italy (1861)

Dorchester Heights Monument

1864 – Second Schleswig War: In an attempt to end a Danish blockade, Eduard von Jachmann led a Prussian squadron in an attack against a Danish fleet led by Edvard van Dockum.
1902 – The Dorchester Heights Monument (pictured), memorializing the siege of Boston during the American Revolutionary War, was dedicated.
1957 – A plane crash on the slopes of Mount Manunggal killed Philippine president Ramon Magsaysay and 24 others.
1979 – The Penmanshiel Tunnel in the Scottish Borders region of Scotland collapsed during refurbishing construction, killing two workers, and leading to the abandonment of the tunnel.
2004 – Unrest in Kosovo broke out, resulting in the deaths of 28, the wounding of more than 600 others, and the destruction of several Serb Orthodox churches and shrines.

Jocelin of Glasgow (d. 1199)
Menno van Coehoorn (d. 1704)
Pattie Boyd (b. 1944)
Shu Xiuwen (d. 1969)

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+File:TombaPrincepNegre.JPG|Effigy of Edward the Black Prince in [[Canterbury Cathedral]]
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 | [[45 BC]] – [[Caesar's Civil War]]: [[Julius Caesar]] scored his final military victory at the '''[[Battle of Munda]]''', defeating the [[Optimates|Optimate]] forces of [[Titus Labienus]] and [[Gnaeus Pompeius|Pompey the Younger]].
 |multiple issues
+|-
+| [[1001]] – The ''[[History of Song (book)|Song Shi]]'' recorded a tributary mission from the '''[[Butuan (historical polity)|Rajahnate of Butuan]]''', centered on the Philippine island of [[Mindanao]], to the [[Song dynasty]] of China.
+|Date not in source cited
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 | [[1805]] – [[Napoleon]] transformed the [[Italian Republic (Napoleonic)|Italian Republic]] into the '''[[Kingdom of Italy (Napoleonic)|Kingdom of Italy]]'''.
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+|[[1842]] –&nbsp;The '''[[Relief Society|Female Relief Society of Nauvoo]]''' is formally organized with [[Emma Smith]] as president.
-| [[1958]] – '''[[Vanguard 1]]''', the first [[solar power|solar-powered]] [[satellite]], and the oldest human-launched object still in [[Earth orbit]] today, was launched.
+|Too much uncited
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+|[[1860]] – [[New Zealand Wars]]: A property dispute between the colonial government and [[Māori people|Māori]] landowners in [[Waitara, New Zealand|Waitara]] instigated the '''[[First Taranaki War]]'''.
-| [[1963]] – The most recent eruption of '''[[Mount Agung]]''' on [[Bali]], Indonesia, killed approximately 1,500 people.
+|Date not cited
-| refimprove section
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-| [[1969]] – '''[[Golda Meir]]''' became the first female [[Prime Minister of Israel]].
+| [[1958]] – '''[[Vanguard 1]]''', the first [[solar power|solar-powered]] satellite, and the oldest man-made object still in [[Earth orbit]] today, was launched.
 | refimprove section
+|-
+|[[1969]] – '''[[Golda Meir]]'''<!-- ''(pictured)''--> became the first female [[Prime Minister of Israel|prime minister of Israel]].
+|Too much uncited
+|-
+|[[1985]] – American [[serial killer]] '''[[Richard Ramirez]]''' ''(pictured)'', known as "the Night Stalker", began a [[home invasion]] burglary and killing spree that resulted in 13 deaths and 11 sexual assaults over the following five months.
+|Couldn't verify 13 deaths in the period, the table lists fewer deaths and one that was before the period
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 | [[1992]] – A [[suicide attack|suicide bomber]] '''[[1992 attack on Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires|killed]]''' 29 people and injured 242 others at the Israeli embassy in [[Buenos Aires]], Argentina.
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-| [[2000]] – Over 700 followers of the Ugandan sect '''[[Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God]]''' perished in a fire and a series of poisonings and killings, considered either a [[cult suicide]] or an orchestrated [[mass murder]] by its leaders.
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-* [[455]] – After arranging for the assassination of {{nowrap|[[Valentinian III]]}}, '''[[Petronius Maximus]]''' seized the throne of the [[Western Roman Empire]], only to be killed 11 weeks later during the [[sack of Rome (455)|sack of Rome]].
+* [[455]] – After arranging for the assassination of {{nowrap|[[Valentinian III]]}}, '''[[Petronius Maximus]]''' secured the throne of the [[Western Roman Empire]], only to be killed 11 weeks later during the [[sack of Rome (455)|sack of Rome]].
-* [[1337]] – '''[[Edward, the Black Prince]]''' became the first [[duke]] in English history, when he was created the [[Duke of Cornwall]].
+* [[1337]] – '''[[Edward the Black Prince]]''' ''(pictured)'' was created [[Duke of Cornwall]], the first English [[Duchy|dukedom]].
-* [[1452]] – [[Reconquista]]: The combined forces of [[Kingdom of Castile|Castile]] and [[Taifa of Murcia|Murcia]] defeated the [[Emirate of Granada]] at the '''[[Battle of Los Alporchones]]''' around the city of [[Lorca, Spain|Lorca]].
+* [[1452]] – ''[[Reconquista]]'': Combined [[Kingdom of Castile|Castilian]] and [[Kingdom of Murcia|Murcian]] forces defeated the [[Emirate of Granada]] at the '''[[Battle of Los Alporchones]]''' around the city of [[Lorca, Spain|Lorca]].
+* [[1677]] – [[Franco-Dutch War]]: France '''[[Siege of Valenciennes (1676–1677)|captured]]''' the town of [[Valenciennes]] in the [[Spanish Netherlands]].
-* [[1860]] – The '''[[First Taranaki War]]''' began at [[Waitara, New Zealand|Waitara]], marking an important phase of the [[New Zealand land wars]].
+* [[1776]] – [[American Revolutionary War]]: The 11‑month '''[[Siege of Boston]]''' ended with the evacuation of the city's British garrison.
-* [[1891]] – The [[Transatlantic crossing|transatlantic]] [[steamship]] '''{{SS|Utopia}}'''<!--[[SS Utopia]]--> accidentally collided with the [[battleship]] {{HMS|Anson|1886|6}}<!-- not bold, no footnotes --> in the [[Bay of Gibraltar]], sinking in less than twenty minutes and killing 562.
+* [[1891]] – The transatlantic steamship '''''[[SS Utopia|Utopia]]''''' accidentally collided with the battleship {{HMS|Anson|1886|6}}<!--not bold; not a significant event for this ship--> in the [[Bay of Gibraltar]], sinking in less than twenty minutes and killing 562<!-- ''(wreckage pictured)''-->.
-* [[1950]] – The [[Discoveries of the chemical elements|synthesis]] of '''[[californium]]''', a [[Radioactive decay|radioactive]] [[transuranium element]], was announced.
+* [[1917]] – [[World War I]]: [[Hugh Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of Westminster]] '''[[Bir Hakeim rescue|led a force to rescue 92 prisoners of war]]''' from [[Bir Hakeim]], killing the [[Senusiyya|Senussi]] guards and their families.
-* [[1955]] – Six thousand people in [[Montreal]] '''[[Richard Riot|rioted]]''' to protest the suspension of [[ice hockey]] star [[Maurice Richard]].
+* [[1942]] – [[The Holocaust]]: The first mass killings of Jews began at '''[[Belzec extermination camp]]''' in [[General Government|occupied Poland]], the first of the '''[[Operation Reinhard]]''' camps to begin operation.
-* [[1968]] – Six thousand sheep were killed on ranches near [[Dugway Proving Ground]] in [[Utah]] as a result of the [[United States Army|U.S. Army]] '''[[Dugway sheep incident|spraying a nerve agent]]'''.
+* [[1950]] – Scientists at [[Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory]] announced the synthesis of '''[[californium]]''', a radioactive [[transuranium element]].
+* [[1955]] – [[Ice hockey]] fans in Montreal '''[[Richard Riot|rioted]]''' to protest the suspension of [[Montreal Canadiens]] star [[Maurice Richard]] for hitting an [[official (ice hockey)|official]].
+* [[1963]] – An eruption of '''[[Mount Agung]]''' on [[Bali]], Indonesia, killed at least 1,100 people.
+* [[1968]] – Six thousand sheep were killed on ranches near [[Dugway Proving Ground]] in [[Utah]] as a result of the U.S. Army '''[[Dugway sheep incident|spraying a nerve agent]]'''.
 * [[1973]] – Slava Veder took his [[Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography|Pulitzer Prize]]-winning photograph '''''[[Burst of Joy]]''''', which came to symbolize the end of United States involvement in the [[Vietnam War]].
+* [[1988]] – [[Eritrean War of Independence]]: [[Eritrean People's Liberation Front]] troops encircled Ethiopian forces in the '''[[Battle of Afabet]]''', gaining a decisive victory three days later.
-* [[1979]] – The '''[[Penmanshiel Tunnel]]''' collapsed during refurbishing construction, killing two workers, and leading to the abandonment of the tunnel.
+* [[1991]] – In '''[[1991 Soviet Union referendum|a referendum]]''', nearly 70 percent of voters in nine [[Republics of the Soviet Union|Soviet republics]] agreed that the Soviet Union should be preserved.
-* [[1988]] – [[Eritrean War of Independence]]: The [[Eritrean People's Liberation Front]] encircled an Ethiopian force and gained a decisive victory in the '''[[Battle of Afabet]]'''.
+* [[2000]] – Hundreds of followers of the '''[[Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God]]''', a Ugandan sect, died in a [[mass murder]] committed by its leaders.
-* [[1985]] – American [[serial killer]] '''[[Richard Ramirez]]''', known as "the Night Stalker", began a [[home invasion]] burglary and killing spree that resulted in 13 deaths and 11 sexual assaults over the following five months.
+* [[2011]] – [[First Libyan Civil War]]: The [[United Nations Security Council]] adopted '''[[United Nations Security Council Resolution 1973|Resolution 1973]]''', authorizing [[2011 military intervention in Libya|military intervention in Libya]] to protect civilians.
-* [[1991]] – Nearly 70% of voters in nine [[Republics of the Soviet Union|Soviet republics]] agreed that the Soviet Union should be preserved in the '''[[Soviet Union referendum, 1991|Soviet Union referendum]]'''.
+* Born/died this day: | '''[[Gertrude of Nivelles]]'''<!--French abbess--> |d|659| '''[[François Girardon]]'''<!--French sculptor--> |b|1628|'''[[William F. Raynolds]]'''<!--American explorer--> |b|1820| '''[[Emily Sartain]]'''<!--American painter--> |b|1841|  '''[[Rosina Heikel]]'''<!--Finnish physician--> |b|1842|'''[[Edith New]]'''<!--English suffragette--> |b|1877| '''[[Walter Rudolf Hess]]'''<!--Swiss physiologist--> |b|1881| '''[[Eduard Fraenkel]]'''<!--German scholar--> |b|1888|  '''[[Toni Preckwinkle]]'''<!--American politician--> |b|1947| '''[[William Gibson]]'''<!--American writer--> |b|1948|  '''[[Chuck Muncie]]'''<!--American football player--> |b|1953 | '''[[Stormy Daniels]]'''<!--American porn star--> |b|1979|'''[[Margaret Whitlam]]'''<!--Australian spouse of prime minister--> |d|2012
-* [[2011]] – [[Libyan Civil War]]: The [[United Nations Security Council]] adopted '''[[United Nations Security Council Resolution 1973|Security Council Resolution 1973]]''', authorizing a [[2011 military intervention in Libya|military intervention]] to protect civilians in the [[Libyan Arab Jamahiriya]].
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-'''[[March 17]]''': '''[[Saint Patrick's Day]]'''
+'''[[March 17]]''': '''[[Saint Patrick's Day]]''' ([[Christianity]]); '''[[Anniversary of the Unification of Italy]]''' ([[1861]])
+{{main page image/OTD|File:Dorchester Heights Monument - DSC00770.JPG|Dorchester Heights Monument}}
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-{{main page image|File:Golden Belt usually worn by the Hindu, Brahmi Caste, found in Butuan Archeological Digs.jpg|Golden Tara of Butuan|width=100}}
+* [[1864]] – [[Second Schleswig War]]: In an attempt to end a Danish blockade, '''[[Eduard von Jachmann]]''' led a Prussian squadron in an '''[[Battle of Jasmund (1864)|attack against a Danish fleet]]''' led by '''[[Carl van Dockum|Edvard van Dockum]]'''.
-</div>
-* [[1001]] – The ''[[History of Song|Song Shi]]'' recorded a tributary mission from the '''[[Rajahnate of Butuan]]''' ''(Golden Tara pictured)'', centered on the Philippine island of [[Mindanao]], to the [[Song dynasty]] of China.
+* [[1902]] – The '''[[Dorchester Heights Monument]]''' ''(pictured)'', memorializing the [[siege of Boston]] during the [[American Revolutionary War]], was dedicated.
+* [[1957]] – '''[[1957 Cebu Douglas C-47 crash|A plane crash]]'''<!-- ''(wreckage pictured)''--> on the slopes of [[Mount Manunggal]] killed Philippine president [[Ramon Magsaysay]]<!-- not bold; refimprove --> and 24 others.
-* [[1776]] – [[American Revolutionary War]]: The [[British Army]] garrison in [[Boston|Boston, Massachusetts]], withdrew from the city, ending the 11‑month '''[[Siege of Boston]]'''.
+* [[1979]] – The '''[[Penmanshiel Tunnel]]''' in the [[Scottish Borders]] region of Scotland collapsed during refurbishing construction, killing two workers, and leading to the abandonment of the tunnel.
-* [[1942]] – [[The Holocaust]]: The first mass killings of Jews began at '''[[Bełżec extermination camp]]''' in [[General Government|occupied Poland]], the first of the ''[[Operation Reinhard|Aktion Reinhard]]'' camps to begin operation.
-* [[1957]] – A '''[[1957 Cebu Douglas C-47 crash|plane crash]]''' on the slope of [[Mount Manunggal]] killed [[President of the Philippines|Philippine President]] [[Ramon Magsaysay]]<!-- not bolded; refimprove --> and 24 others.
 * [[2004]] – '''[[2004 unrest in Kosovo|Unrest in Kosovo]]''' broke out, resulting in the deaths of 28, the wounding of more than 600 others, and the destruction of several [[Serbian Orthodox Church|Serb Orthodox]] churches and shrines.
-'''[[Jocelin of Glasgow]]''' (d.&nbsp;1199){{·}} '''[[Pattie Boyd]]''' (b.&nbsp;1944){{·}} '''[[William Gibson]]''' (b.&nbsp;1948)
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+{{Born and died list|'''[[Jocelin of Glasgow]]'''<!--Scottish monk--> |d|1199|  '''[[Menno van Coehoorn]]'''<!--Dutch soldier--> |d|1704| '''[[Pattie Boyd]]'''<!--English model--> |b|1944| '''[[Shu Xiuwen]]'''<!--Chinese actress--> |d|1969|}}
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