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03/17/1955
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Paul Overstreet, Van Cleave Miss, country singer (Daddy's Come Around)
Type: Birth
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03/17/1955
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Maurice "Rocket" Richard suspended, sparks 7 hour riot in Montr‚al
Type: Event
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03/17/1956
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8th Emmy Awards: Ed Sullivan Show, Phil Silvers Show and Lucy Ball
Type: Event
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03/17/1956
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Will Rigby, rock percussionist (Amy Rigby Diary of a Mad Housewife)
Type: Birth
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03/17/1956
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Fred Allen, comedian (Fred Allen Radio Show), dies at 61
Type: Death
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03/17/1957
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Ramon Magsaysay, president of Philipines dies in a plane crash
Type: Event
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03/17/1957
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Dutch ban on Sunday driving lifted
Type: Event
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03/17/1957
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Robin Cousins, England, figure skater (Olympic-gold-1980)
Type: Birth
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03/17/1958
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Navy launches Vanguard 1 into orbit (2nd US), measures Earth shape
Type: Event
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03/17/1959
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Australia and USSR restore diplomatic relations
Type: Event
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03/17/1959
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Dalai Lama flees Tibet for India
Type: Event
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03/17/1959
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Brian Douglas Jones, Auckland NZ, tornado class yachter (Olympics-96)
Type: Birth
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03/17/1959
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Danny Ainge, NBA coach (Phoenix Suns)
Type: Birth
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03/17/1959
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Mike Lindup, British rock keyboardist/singer (Level 42-Hot Water)
Type: Birth
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03/17/1959
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Terry Hall (Specials, Fun Boy 3)
Type: Birth
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03/17/1959
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Raffaele d' Alessandro, composer, dies on 48th birthday
Type: Death
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03/17/1960
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Vicki Lewis, Cincinnati, actress (Beth-Newsradio)
Type: Birth
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03/17/1960
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Lee Ann Michelle, Surrey England, playmate (Feb, 1979)
Type: Birth
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03/17/1960
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WSLA (now WAKA) TV channel 8 in Selma, AL (CBS) begins broadcasting
Type: Event
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03/17/1960
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Eisenhower forms anti-Castro-exile army under the CIA
Type: Event
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03/17/1961
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Casey Siemaszko, Chicago IL, actor (Biloxi Blues, 3 O'Clock High)
Type: Birth
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03/17/1961
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NY DA arrests professional gamblers who implicate Seton Hall players
Type: Event
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03/17/1961
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Suzanna Salter, 1st US female mayor/temperance leader, dies at 101
Type: Death
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03/17/1961
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South Africa leaves British Commonwealth
Type: Event
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03/17/1962
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Frank Orth, actor (Boston Blackie, The Brothers), dies at 82
Type: Death
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03/17/1962
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Roxy Dora Petrucci, Rochester Minn, rock drummer (Vixen-Rev It Up)
Type: Birth
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03/17/1962
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Patrick Thomas Burke, Hollywood FL, PGA golfer (1992 BellSouth-6th)
Type: Birth
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03/17/1962
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Janet Patricia Gardner, Juneau Alaska, rocker (Vixen-Rev It Up)
Type: Birth
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03/17/1962
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Clare Grogan, rocker (Altered Images-Happy Birthday)
Type: Birth
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03/17/1963
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Bob Cousy plays his last NBA game
Type: Event
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03/17/1963
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Elizabeth Ann Seton of NY beatified (canonized in 1975)
Type: Event
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03/17/1963
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Rebeca Arthur, actress (Mary Anne-Perf Strangers, Opposites Attract)
Type: Birth
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03/17/1963
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Roger Harper, cricketer (Guyana and WI off-spinner Extraordinary field)
Type: Birth
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03/17/1963
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Eruptions of Mount Agung Bali, kills 1,900 Balinese
Type: Event
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03/17/1963
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William Henry Squire, composer, dies at 91
Type: Death
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03/17/1964
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Alex Shoumidoub, NHL goaltender (Belarus, Oly-98)
Type: Birth
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03/17/1964
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Don Griffin, NFL cornerback (Cleve Browns)
Type: Birth
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03/17/1964
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Rob Lowe, Charlottesville Va, actor (St Elmo's Fire, Hotel NH, Class)
Type: Birth
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03/17/1964
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Ron Warren Jr, jockey (Bay Meadows)
Type: Birth
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03/17/1965
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Andrew Hudson, South African cricket player
Type: Birth
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03/17/1965
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Caitlin Bilodeaux, Boston Mass, US fencer (Olympic-92)
Type: Birth
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03/17/1965
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Quentin Reynolds, newscaster (Its News to Me)/author (FBI), dies at 62
Type: Death
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03/17/1965
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Almos Alonzo Stagg, football coach (U of Chic), dies in Calif at 102
Type: Death
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03/17/1965
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John Smiley, Phoenixville PA, pitcher (Cin Reds)
Type: Birth
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03/17/1965
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Beatles announce their film is named "8 Arms to Hold on to You" (Help)
Type: Event
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03/17/1966
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Andrew Hudson, cricketer (South Africa, 163 on debut vs WI 1992)
Type: Birth
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03/17/1966
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US sub locates missing H-bomb in Mediterranean
Type: Event
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03/17/1966
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South Africa govt bans Defense and Aid Fund
Type: Event
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03/17/1966
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Walter Lang, composer, dies at 69
Type: Death
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03/17/1967
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Richard Reeves, actor (Murph-Date With an Angel), dies at 54
Type: Death
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