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March 17: Day of the Week
March 17, 2024 was the 77th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 289 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Sunday.
If you are trying to learn Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is domingo.
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Here’s the March calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.
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Zodiac & Birthstone
Pisces is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Aquamarine is the modern birthstone for this month. Jade is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
March 17 Historical Event(s)
180
Marcus Aurelius dies leaving Commodus the sole emperor of the Roman Empire.
1861
The Kingdom of Italy (1861–1946) is proclaimed.
1942
Holocaust: The first Jews from the Lvov Ghetto are gassed at the Belzec death camp in what is today eastern Poland.
1948
Benelux, France, and the United Kingdom sign the Treaty of Brussels, a precursor to the North Atlantic Treaty establishing NATO.
1957
A plane crash in Cebu, Philippines kills Philippine President Ramon Magsaysay and 24 others.
1970
My Lai Massacre: The United States Army charges 14 officers with suppressing information related to the incident.
1988
Eritrean War of Independence: The Nadew Command, an Ethiopian army corps in Eritrea, is attacked on three sides by military units of the Eritrean People’s Liberation Front in the opening action of the Battle of Afabet.
1992
Israeli Embassy attack in Buenos Aires: Suicide car bomb attack kills 29 and injures 242.
2004
Unrest in Kosovo: More than 22 are killed and 200 wounded. 35 Serbian Orthodox shrines in Kosovo and two mosques in Belgrade and Niš are destroyed.
2008
Governor of New York Eliot Spitzer resigns after a scandal involving a high-end prostitute. Lieutenant Governor David Paterson becomes New York State governor.
Who were born on March 17?
1925
Gabriele Ferzetti, Italian film and stage actor
1945
Elis Regina, Brazilian singer (d. 1982)
1955
Cynthia McKinney, American politician, Presidential candidate
1961
Andrew Paul, English actor
1964
Lee Dixon, English footballer
1970
Yanic Truesdale, Canadian actor
1976
Brittany Daniel, American actress
1976
Cynthia Daniel, American actress and photographer
1976
Scott Downs, American baseball player
1979
Stormy Daniels, American pornographic actress
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