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03/17/1939
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Shahid Mahmoud, cricketer (opener scored 16 and 9 in only Pak Test)
Type: Birth
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03/17/1940
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Vito Picone, rocker (Elegants)
Type: Birth
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03/17/1941
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Isaak E Babel, writer, dies at 46
Type: Death
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03/17/1941
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Clarence Collins, US singer (Imperials-Tears on my pillow)
Type: Birth
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03/17/1941
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Edward Harper, composer
Type: Birth
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03/17/1941
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Isaak Emmanuilovich Babel, Rus writer (Crvena Konjica), executed at 46
Type: Death
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03/17/1941
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Joachim Schepke, German commandant (U-100), dies in battle
Type: Death
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03/17/1941
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National Gallery of Art, Wash DC opens
Type: Event
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03/17/1942
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Gen Doug MacArthur arrives in Australia to become supreme commander
Type: Event
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03/17/1942
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Belzec Concentration Camp opens-30,000 Lublin Polish Jews transported
Type: Event
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03/17/1942
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John Wayne Gacy, Chicago Ill, serial killer (32 boys)
Type: Birth
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03/17/1942
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Sidney K Barthelmy, US politician(?)
Type: Birth
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03/17/1943
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Don Mitchell, Houston Tx, actor (Mark-Ironside)
Type: Birth
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03/17/1943
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F Hugh Herbert's "Kiss and Tell," premieres in NYC
Type: Event
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03/17/1943
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Aldemarin (Ned) and Fort Cedar Lake (US) torpedoed and sinks
Type: Event
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03/17/1944
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Patti Boyd, Somerset England, (Mrs George Harrison/Mrs Eric Clapton)
Type: Birth
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03/17/1944
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Pat McCauley, N Ireland, rock drummer (Them)
Type: Birth
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03/17/1944
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Danny DeVito, Neptune NJ, actor (Louie-Taxi, Twins)
Type: Birth
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03/17/1944
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Cito Gaston, MLB manager (Toronto Blue Jays)
Type: Birth
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03/17/1944
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John Sebastian, NYC, singer (Loving Spoonful, Welcome Back Kotter)
Type: Birth
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03/17/1944
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Actor Charlton Heston weds Lydia Clarke
Type: Event
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03/17/1945
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Allied ships bomb North-Sumatra
Type: Event
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03/17/1945
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Paco Gonzalez, race horse trainer
Type: Birth
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03/17/1946
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Harold Brown, Long Beach Ca, rock drummer (War-Summer, Galaxy)
Type: Birth
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03/17/1946
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Michael Peter Finnissey, composer
Type: Birth
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03/17/1947
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Ian Gomm, rock guitarist
Type: Birth
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03/17/1948
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Fran Byrne, rocker
Type: Birth
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03/17/1948
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Robert Braunwart, who added thousands of dates to this database
Type: Birth
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03/17/1948
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William [Ford] Gibson, Canada, sci-fi author (Neuromancer, Count Zero)
Type: Birth
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03/17/1948
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Pat Lloyd, rocker
Type: Birth
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03/17/1949
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Felix Bressart, actor (Escape, Ninotchka, Iceland), dies at 54
Type: Death
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03/17/1949
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Patrick Duffy, Townsend Mont, actor (Bobby-Dallas, Man from Atlantis)
Type: Birth
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03/17/1950
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Element 98 (Californium) announced
Type: Event
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03/17/1950
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Belgian govt of Eyskens resigns
Type: Event
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03/17/1951
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Test Cricket debut of Brian Statham, England v NZ Christchurch
Type: Event
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03/17/1951
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Govt of Drees takes power
Type: Event
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03/17/1951
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Kurt Russell, Springfeild Mass, actor (Thing, Overboard, Mean Seasons)
Type: Birth
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03/17/1951
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Scott Gorham, Irish hard rock guitarist (Thin Lizzy-21 Guns)
Type: Birth
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03/17/1953
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WWLP TV channel 22 in Springfield, MA (NBC) begins broadcasting
Type: Event
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03/17/1953
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WBAY TV channel 2 in Green Bay, WI (CBS) begins broadcasting
Type: Event
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03/17/1953
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US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
Type: Event
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03/17/1953
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Bill Veeck says he will sell his 80% of St Louis Browns for $2,475M
Type: Event
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03/17/1953
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Conrado del Campo y Zabaleta, composer, dies at 73
Type: Death
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03/17/1954
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Wally Stocker, London, rock vocalist/guitarist (Babys-Missing You)
Type: Birth
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03/17/1954
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Rena Jones, rock vocalist
Type: Birth
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03/17/1954
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Lesley-Anne Down, London, actress (A Little Night Music, Moonraker)
Type: Birth
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03/17/1954
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Victor Rousseau, Belgian sculptor, dies at 88
Type: Death
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03/17/1955
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Cynthia McKinney, (Rep-D-Georgia)
Type: Birth
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03/17/1955
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Gary Sinise, actor (Apollo 13, Forrest Gump)
Type: Birth
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03/17/1955
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Bill Beyers, actor (Wally McCandless-Capitol)
Type: Birth
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