429 Historic Events for March 17
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| 1918 |
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US Mens Figure Skating championship won by Nathaniel Niles
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| 1918 |
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US Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Rosemary Beresford
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| 1918 |
Birth |
Mercedes McCambridge, Joliet Ill, actress (All the King's Men)
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| 1919 |
Birth |
Hank Sauer, baseball player (NL MVP 1952)
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| 1919 |
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Dutch steel workers strike for 8 hr day and minimum wages
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| 1919 |
Birth |
Nat "King" Cole, Montgomery Ala, singer (Unforgettable, Mona Lisa)
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| 1920 |
Birth |
John La Montaine, Oak Park Ill, composer (Pulitzer 1959)
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| 1921 |
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Lenin proclaims New Economic Politics
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| 1921 |
Birth |
Mick Harvey, cricketer (in Newcastle Brother of Neil Test umpire)
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| 1921 |
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Sailors revolt in Kronstadt (thousands die)
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| 1921 |
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Dr Marie Stopes opens Britain's 1st birth control clinic (London)
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| 1922 |
Birth |
Megan Bull, British head mistress (Holloway Jail)
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| 1923 |
Birth |
Margaret Bondfield, 1st woman chairman (Trades Union Congress)
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| 1924 |
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Netherlands and USSR begin talks over USSR recognition
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| 1924 |
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Sweden and USSR exchange diplomats
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| 1924 |
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Eugene O'Neill's "Welded," premieres in NYC
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| 1924 |
Birth |
Stephen Dodgson, composer
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| 1925 |
Birth |
G M Hughes, British zoologist
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| 1925 |
Birth |
Jerome Lejeune, physiologist
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| 1926 |
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Spain and Brazil prevent Germany joining League of Nations
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| 1926 |
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Richard Rodgers and L Hart's musical "Girl Friend," premieres in NYC
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| 1926 |
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Dutch Calvinists oust Rev J G Geelkerken over Genesis 3
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| 1926 |
Birth |
Siegfried Lenz, German writer (Ein Kriegsende)
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| 1927 |
Birth |
Nancy Sheehan, writer
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| 1927 |
Birth |
Sulkhan Ivanovich Nasidze, composer
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