Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/March 17

March 17: Saint Patrick's Day

• 45 BC - Julius Caesar scored his final military victory in the Battle of Munda, defeating the Optimate forces of Titus Labienus and Pompey the Younger.

• 624 - History of Islam: Muslims of Medina defeated the Quraish of Mecca in the Battle of Badr.

• 1950 - The discovery of californium, a radioactive transuranium element, was announced.

• 1958 - Vanguard 1 (pictured), the first solar-powered satellite, was launched. It is the oldest human-launched object still in Earth orbit today.

• 1969 - Golda Meir of the Labor Party became the fourth Prime Minister of Israel.

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