This day in History - March 17

429 Historic Events for March 17
1927 Event US govt doesn't sign league of Nations disarmament treaty
1927 Birth Kenneth S Goldstein, folklorist/enthomusicologist
1927 Birth Maurice Ingvar Karkoff, composer
1927 Birth Patrick Allen, Malawi, actor (Roman Holiday, Dial "M" for Murder)
1927 Death James Scott Skinner, composer, dies at 83
1928 Birth Edino Krieger, composer
1929 Event Spanish dictator Primo de Rivera closes university of Madrid
1929 Event General Motors acquires German auto manufacturer Adam Opel
1930 Birth James Benson Irwin, Pittsburgh Penn, Col USAF/astronaut (Apollo 15)
1931 Event Stalin throws Krupskaya Lenin out of Central Committee
1931 Birth Eunice Gayson, London England, actress (Dr No, From Russia With Love)
1932 Event German police raid Hitler's nazi-headquarter
1932 Birth Dick Curless, singer/songwriter
1933 Death Ferdinand Von Alten, actor (Champagne), dies at 48
1934 Birth Q T Macon, blues vocal/guitar
1934 Event Dollfuss, Mussolini and G”mb”s sign Donau Pact (protocols of Rome)
1934 Birth Erhard Grosskopf, composer
1935 Birth H Wollschl„ger, writer
1935 Birth Adam Wade, Pitts Pa, singer (Tony Orlando and Dawn)
1935 Event KSO-AM in Des Moines Iowa call sign is given to KWCR
1936 Birth Ladislaw Kupkovic, composer
1936 Birth Thomas K Mattingly II, Chic, Capt USN/astro (Apollo 16, STS-4, 51C)
1937 Birth Adam Wade, actor (Kiss Me Goodbye, Crazy Joe)
1937 Birth Galina Samsova, ballerina
1938 Birth Rudolf Nureyev, Russia, ballet dancer/choreographer (Kirov)