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March 17is the 76th day of the year (77th inleap years) in theGregorian calendar;289 days remain until the end of the year.
Events[edit]
Pre-1600[edit]
- 45 BC– In his last victory,Julius Caesardefeats thePompeianforces ofTitus LabienusandPompey the Youngerin theBattle of Munda.
- 180–Commodusbecomes soleemperorof theRoman Empireat the age of eighteen, following the death of his father,Marcus Aurelius.[1]
- 455–Petronius Maximusbecomes, with support of theRoman Senate,emperor of theWestern Roman Empire;he forcesLicinia Eudoxia,the widow of his predecessor,Valentinian III,to marry him.[2]
- 1337–Edward, the Black Princeis madeDuke of Cornwall,the firstDuchyinEngland.
- 1400–Turko-MongolemperorTimursacks Damascus.[3]
1601–1900[edit]
- 1776–American Revolution:TheBritish ArmyevacuatesBoston,ending theSiege of Boston,afterGeorge WashingtonandHenry Knoxplace artilleryin positions overlooking the city.
- 1805– TheItalian Republic,withNapoleonas president, becomes theKingdom of Italy,with Napoleon asKing of Italy.
- 1824– TheAnglo-Dutch Treatyis signed in London, dividing the Malay archipelago. As a result, the Malay Peninsula is dominated by the British, while Sumatra and Java and surrounding areas are dominated by the Dutch.
- 1842– TheFemale Relief Society of Nauvoois formally organized withEmma Smithas president.[4]
- 1860– TheFirst Taranaki Warbegins inTaranaki,New Zealand, a major phase of theNew Zealand Wars.
- 1861– TheKingdom of Italyis proclaimed.
- 1862– The firstrailway lineofFinlandbetween cities ofHelsinkiandHämeenlinna,calledPäärata,is officially opened.[5][6]
- 1891–SSUtopiacollides withHMSAnsonin theBay of Gibraltarand sinks, killing 562 of the 880 passengers on board.[7]
1901–present[edit]
- 1921– TheSecond Polish Republicadopts theMarch Constitution.
- 1942–Holocaust:The first Jews from theLvov Ghettoare gassed at theBelzecdeath campin what is today eastern Poland.
- 1945– TheLudendorff BridgeinRemagen,Germany, collapses, ten days after its capture.
- 1948–Belgium,France,Luxembourg,theNetherlandsand theUnited Kingdomsign theTreaty of Brussels,a precursor to theNorth Atlantic TreatyestablishingNATO.[8]
- 1950– Researchers at theUniversity of California, Berkeleyannounce the creation of element 98, which they name "californium".[9]
- 1957– Aplane crashinCebu,PhilippineskillsPhilippine PresidentRamon Magsaysayand 24 others.
- 1958– The United States launches thefirst solar-powered satellite,which is also the first satellite to achieve a long-term orbit.[10]
- 1960– U.S. PresidentDwight D. Eisenhowersigns theNational Security Councildirective on the anti-Cubancovert action program that will ultimately lead to theBay of Pigs Invasion.
- 1960 –Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 710crashes inTobin Township, Perry County, Indiana,killing 63.[11]
- 1963–Mount Agungerupts onBalikilling more than 1,100 people.
- 1966– Off the coast of Spain in the Mediterranean, theDSVAlvinsubmarine finds amissing American hydrogen bomb.
- 1968– As a result ofnerve gastesting by theU.S. ArmyChemical CorpsinSkull Valley, Utah,over 6,000 sheep arefound dead.
- 1969–Golda Meirbecomes the first femalePrime Minister of Israel.
- 1973– ThePulitzer Prize-winning photographBurst of Joyis taken, depicting a formerprisoner of warbeing reunited with his family, which came to symbolize the end of United States involvement in theVietnam War.
- 1979– ThePenmanshiel Tunnelcollapses during engineering works, killing two workers.
- 1985– Serial killerRichard Ramirez,aka the "Night Stalker", commits the first two murders in his Los Angeles murder spree.
- 1988– AColombianBoeing 727jetliner,Avianca Flight 410,crashes into a mountainside near theVenezuelanborder killing 143.
- 1988 –Eritrean War of Independence:The Nadew Command, anEthiopianarmy corps inEritrea,is attacked on three sides by military units of theEritrean People's Liberation Frontin the opening action of theBattle of Afabet.
- 1992–Israeli Embassy attack in Buenos Aires:Car bombattack kills 29 and injures 242.
- 1992 – Areferendum to end apartheidinSouth Africais passed 68.7% to 31.2%.
- 2000– Five hundred and thirty members of theUgandancultMovement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of Goddie in a fire, considered to be a mass murder or suicide orchestrated by leaders of the cult. Elsewhere another 248 members are later found dead.
- 2003–Leader of the House of CommonsandLord President of the Council,Robin Cook,resigns from theBritish Cabinetin disagreement with government plans for the2003 invasion of Iraq.
- 2004–Unrest in Kosovo:More than 22 are killed and 200 wounded. Thirty-fiveSerbian Orthodoxshrines inKosovoand twomosquesinSerbiaare destroyed.
- 2016–Rojava conflict:At a conference inRmelan,theMovement for a Democratic Societydeclares the establishment of theDemocratic Federation of Northern Syria.[12]
Births[edit]
Pre-1600[edit]
- 763–Harun al-Rashid,Abbasidcaliph (d. 809)
- 1231–Emperor Shijōof Japan (d. 1242)
- 1473–James IV of Scotland(d. 1513)[13]
- 1523–Giovanni Francesco Commendone,Catholic cardinal (d. 1584)
- 1537–Toyotomi Hideyoshi,Japanese daimyō (d. 1598)
1601–1900[edit]
- 1611–Robert Douglas, Count of Skenninge,Swedish field marshal (d. 1662)
- 1665–Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre,Frenchharpsichordplayer and composer (d. 1729)[14]
- 1676–Thomas Boston,Scottish philosopher and theologian (d. 1732)
- 1686–Jean-Baptiste Oudry,French painter and engraver (d. 1755)
- 1725–Lachlan McIntosh,Scottish-American general and politician (d. 1806)
- 1777–Patrick Brontë,Irish-English priest and author (d. 1861)
- 1777 –Roger B. Taney,American politician and jurist, 5thChief Justice of the United States(d. 1864)
- 1780–Thomas Chalmers,Scottish minister, economist, and educator (d. 1847)
- 1781–Ebenezer Elliott,English poet and educator (d. 1849)
- 1804–Jim Bridger,American fur trader and explorer (d. 1881)
- 1806–Norbert Rillieux,African American inventor and chemical engineer (d. 1894)
- 1820–Jean Ingelow,English poet and author (d. 1897)[15]
- 1834–Gottlieb Daimler,German engineer and businessman, co-foundedDaimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft(d. 1900)
- 1839–Josef Rheinberger,Liechtensteiner-German organist and composer (d. 1901)
- 1842–Rosina Heikel,Finnishphysician(d. 1929)[16]
- 1846–Kate Greenaway,English author and illustrator (d. 1901)[17]
- 1849–Charles F. Brush,American businessman and philanthropist, co-invented theArc lamp(d. 1929)
- 1849 –Cornelia Clapp,American marine biologist (d. 1934)[18]
- 1856–Mikhail Vrubel,Russian painter (d. 1910)
- 1862–Martha P. Falconer,American social reformer (d. 1941)[19]
- 1862 –Silvio Gesell,Belgian merchant and economist (d. 1930)
- 1864–Joseph Baptista,Indian engineer, lawyer, and politician (d. 1930)
- 1866–Pierce Butler,American lawyer and jurist (d. 1939)
- 1867–Patrice Contamine de Latour,Spanish poet (d. 1926)
- 1877–Edith New,English militant suffragette (d. 1951)[20]
- 1877 –Otto Gross,Austrian-German psychoanalyst and philosopher (d. 1920)
- 1877 –Ville Kiviniemi,Finnish politician (d. 1951)[21]
- 1880–Patrick Hastings,English lawyer and politician,Attorney General for England and Wales(d. 1952)
- 1880 –Lawrence Oates,English lieutenant and explorer (d. 1912)
- 1881–Walter Rudolf Hess,Swiss physiologist and academic,Nobel Prizelaureate (d. 1973)
- 1884–Alcide Nunez,American clarinet player (d. 1934)
- 1885–Ralph Rose,American track and field athlete (d. 1913)
- 1886–Princess Patricia of Connaught(d. 1974)
- 1888–Paul Ramadier,French lawyer and politician,Prime Minister of France(d. 1961)
- 1889–Harry Clarke,Irish stained-glass artist and book illustrator (d. 1931)
- 1891–Ross McLarty,Australian politician, 17thPremier of Western Australia(d. 1962)[22]
- 1892–Floyd B. Barnum,American college football coach (d. 1965)[23][24][25][26]
- 1892 –Sayed Darwish,Egyptian singer-songwriter and producer (d. 1923)
- 1894–Paul Green,American playwright and academic (d. 1981)
- 1895–Lloyd Rees,Australian painter (d. 1988)
- 1900–Alfred Newman,American composer and conductor (d. 1970)
1901–present[edit]
- 1902–Bobby Jones,American golfer and lawyer (d. 1971)
- 1903–Elli Stenberg,Finnish politician (d. 1987)[27]
- 1904–Chaim Gross,Austrian-American sculptor and educator (d. 1991)
- 1905–Lillian Yarbo,American comedienne, dancer, and singer (d. 1996)[28]
- 1907–Takeo Miki,Japanese politician, 41stPrime Minister of Japan(d. 1988)
- 1907 –Jean Van Houtte,Belgian academic and politician, 50thPrime Minister of Belgium(d. 1991)
- 1908–Brigitte Helm,German-Swiss actress (d. 1996)
- 1910–Sonny Werblin,American businessman and philanthropist (d. 1991)
- 1912–Bayard Rustin,American activist (d. 1987)[29]
- 1914–Sammy Baugh,American football player and coach (d. 2008)
- 1915–Robert S. Arbib Jr.,American ornithologist, writer and conservationist (d. 1987)
- 1915 –Bill Roycroft,Australian equestrian rider (d. 2011)
- 1916–Ray Ellington,English drummer and bandleader (d. 1985)
- 1917–Hank Sauer,American baseball player (d. 2001)[30]
- 1919–Nat King Cole,American singer, pianist, and television host (d. 1965)
- 1920–Sheikh Mujibur Rahman,Bangladeshi politician, 1stPresident of Bangladesh(d. 1975)
- 1921–Meir Amit,Israeli general and politician, 12thIsraeli Minister of Communications(d. 2009)
- 1922–Patrick Suppes,American psychologist and philosopher (d. 2014)
- 1924–Stephen Dodgson,English composer and educator (d. 2013)
- 1925–Gabriele Ferzetti,Italian actor (d. 2015)
- 1926–Siegfried Lenz,Polish-German author and playwright (d. 2014)
- 1927–Betty Allen,American soprano and educator (d. 2009)
- 1928–William John McKeag,Canadian businessman and politician, 17thLieutenant Governor of Manitoba(d. 2007)
- 1930–Paul Horn,American-Canadian flute player and saxophonist (d. 2014)
- 1930 –James Irwin,American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (d. 1991)
- 1931–Patricia Breslin,American actress (d. 2011)
- 1931 –David Peakall,English-American chemist and toxicologist (d. 2001)
- 1932–Dick Curless,American country music singer (d. 1995)[31]
- 1933–Myrlie Evers-Williams,American journalist and activist
- 1933 –Penelope Lively,English author
- 1935–Fred T. Mackenzie,American biologist and academic (d. 2024)[32]
- 1935 –Adam Wade,American singer, drummer, and actor (d. 2022)
- 1936–Ida Kleijnen,Dutch chef (d. 2019)[33]
- 1936 –Ladislav Kupkovič,Slovakian composer and conductor (d. 2016)
- 1936 –Ken Mattingly,American admiral, pilot, and astronaut (d. 2023)
- 1937–Galina Samsova,Russian ballerina (d. 2021)
- 1938–Rudolf Nureyev,Russian-French dancer and choreographer (d. 1993)
- 1938 –Keith O'Brien,Northern Ireland-born Scottish cleric, theologian, and cardinal (d. 2018)
- 1938 –Zola Taylor,American singer (d. 2007)
- 1939–Jim Gary,American sculptor (d. 2006)
- 1939 –Bill Graham,Canadian academic and politician, 4thCanadian Minister of Foreign Affairs(d. 2022)
- 1939 –Robin Knox-Johnston,English sailor and first person to perform a single-handed non-stop circumnavigation of the globe
- 1939 –Giovanni Trapattoni,Italian footballer and manager
- 1940–Mark White,American lawyer and politician, 43rdGovernor of Texas(d. 2017)
- 1941–Wang Jin-pyng,Taiwanese soldier and politician
- 1941 –Paul Kantner,American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2016)
- 1941 –Max Stafford-Clark,English director and academic
- 1942–John Wayne Gacy,American serial killer and rapist (d. 1994)
- 1942 –Yoko Yamamoto,Japanese actress (d. 2024)[34]
- 1943–Jeff Banks,Welsh fashion designer
- 1943 –Andrew Brook,Canadian philosopher, author, and academic
- 1944–Pattie Boyd,English model, author, and photographer
- 1944 –Cito Gaston,American baseball player and manager
- 1945–Michael Hayden,American general, 20thDirector of the Central Intelligence Agency
- 1947–Dennis Bond,English footballer[35]
- 1947 –Yury Chernavsky,Russian-American songwriter and producer
- 1948–William Gibson,American-Canadian author and screenwriter
- 1948 –Alex MacDonald,Scottish footballer and manager
- 1949–Pat Rice,Irish footballer and coach
- 1949 –Stuart Rose,English businessman
- 1951–Scott Gorham,American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1951 –Craig Ramsay,Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- 1952–Barry Horne,English activist (d. 2001)
- 1953–Filemon Lagman,Filipino activist (d. 2001)
- 1953 –Chuck Muncie,American football player (d. 2013)
- 1955 –Cynthia McKinney,American activist and politician
- 1956–Patrick McDonnell,American author and illustrator
- 1956 –Rory McGrath,British comedian, television personality, and writer
- 1957–Michael Kelly,American journalist and author (d. 2003)
- 1959–Danny Ainge,American baseball and basketball player
- 1959 –Paul Black,American singer-songwriter and drummer
- 1961–Sam Bowie,American basketball player
- 1961 –Dana Reeve,American actress, singer, and activist (d. 2006)
- 1962–Carsten Almqvist,Swedish business executive
- 1962 –Ank Bijleveld,Dutch politician
- 1962 –Janet Gardner,American singer and guitarist
- 1962 –Clare Grogan,Scottish singer and actress
- 1962 –Rob Sitch,Australian actor, director, and producer
- 1963–Roger Harper,Guyanese cricketer and coach
- 1964–Stefano Borgonovo,Italian footballer (d. 2013)
- 1964 –Lee Dixon,English footballer and journalist
- 1964 –Jacques Songo'o,Cameroonian footballer and coach
- 1965–Andrew Hudson,South African cricketer
- 1966–Andrew Rosindell,English journalist and politician
- 1967 –Barry Minkow,American pastor and businessman
- 1968–Eri Nitta,Japanese singer-songwriter and actress
- 1969–Edgar Grospiron,French skier
- 1969 –Alexander McQueen,English fashion designer, foundedeponymous brand(d. 2010)
- 1970–Darren Kenny,English Paralympic cyclist[36]
- 1970 –Patrick Lebeau,Canadian ice hockey player
- 1970 –Gene Ween,American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1971–Bill Mueller,American baseball player and coach
- 1972–Torquil Campbell,English-Canadian singer-songwriter and actor
- 1973–Rico Blanco,Filipino singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor
- 1973 –Vance Wilson,American baseball player and manager
- 1974–Mark Dolan,English comedian and television host
- 1975–Justin Hawkins,English singer-songwriter
- 1975 –Puneeth Rajkumar,Indian actor, singer, and producer (d. 2021)
- 1975 –Test,Canadian-American wrestler (d. 2009)
- 1976–Scott Downs,American baseball player
- 1976 –Stephen Gately,Irish singer-songwriter and actor (d. 2009)
- 1976 –Álvaro Recoba,Uruguayan footballer
- 1977–Tamar Braxton,American singer and television personality[37]
- 1978–Zachery Kouwe,American journalist
- 1979–Stormy Daniels,American adult film actress
- 1979 –Andrew Ference,Canadian ice hockey player
- 1979 –Stephen Kramer Glickman,Canadian-American actor, director, producer, and fashion designer
- 1979 –Mineko Nomachi,Japanese essayist
- 1979 –Samoa Joe,American professional wrestler
- 1980–Danny Califf,American soccer player
- 1981–Aaron Baddeley,American-Australian golfer
- 1981 –Servet Çetin,Turkish footballer
- 1981 –Nicky Jam,Puerto Rican singer-songwriter[38]
- 1981 –Kyle Korver,American basketball player
- 1982–Steven Pienaar,South African footballer
- 1983–James Heath,English golfer
- 1983 –Raul Meireles,Portuguese footballer
- 1983 –Attila Vajda,Hungarian sprint canoeist[39]
- 1984–Chris Copeland,American basketball player and coach[40]
- 1984 –Ryan Rottman,American actor, producer, and screenwriter
- 1985–Tuğba Karademir,Turkish-Canadian figure skater
- 1985 –César Valdez,Dominican baseball player[41]
- 1986–Chris Davis,American baseball player
- 1986 –Edin Džeko,Bosnian footballer
- 1986 –Miles Kane,English singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1986 –Jeremy Pargo,American basketball player[42]
- 1986 –Silke Spiegelburg,German pole vaulter
- 1987–Federico Fazio,Argentine footballer[43]
- 1987 –Rob Kardashian,American television personality[44]
- 1987 –Carlos Lampe,Bolivian footballer[45]
- 1987 –Ryan Parent,Canadian ice hockey player
- 1987 –Bobby Ryan,American ice hockey player
- 1987 –Emmanuel Sanders,American football player[46]
- 1988–Rasmus Elm,Swedish footballer
- 1988 –Fraser Forster,English footballer
- 1988 –Grimes,Canadian musician, singer-songwriter, producer, and visual artist
- 1988 –Ryan White,Canadian ice hockey player
- 1989–Mikael Backlund,Swedish ice hockey player[47]
- 1989 –Shinji Kagawa,Japanese footballer
- 1989 –Juan Lagares,Dominican baseball player[48]
- 1989 –Harry Melling,English actor[49][50]
- 1990–Hozier,Irish musician[51]
- 1990 –Saina Nehwal,Indian badminton player
- 1990 –Jean Segura,Dominican baseball player[52]
- 1991–Sergey Kalinin,Russian ice hockey player[53]
- 1991 –Cordarrelle Patterson,American football player[54]
- 1991 –Thomas Robinson,American-Lebanese basketball player[55]
- 1992–John Boyega,British actor and producer[56]
- 1992 –Patrick Cantlay,American golfer
- 1992 –Yeltsin Tejeda,Costa Rican footballer[57]
- 1993–Matteo Bianchetti,Italian footballer
- 1993 –Rhys Hoskins,American baseball player[58]
- 1994–DeForest Buckner,American football player[59]
- 1994 –Terry Rozier,American basketball player[60]
- 1994 –Ivan Provedel,Italian footballer[61]
- 1994 –Marcel Sabitzer,Austrian footballer[62]
- 1995–Claressa Shields,American boxer and mixed martial artist[63]
- 1997–Katie Ledecky,American swimmer
- 1997 –Daniel Sprong,Dutch ice hockey player[64]
- 1998–Brandon Aiyuk,American football player[65]
- 2001–Pietro Pellegri,Italian footballer[66]
Deaths[edit]
Pre-1600[edit]
- 45 BC–Titus Labienus,Roman general (b. 100 BC)
- 45 BC –Publius Attius Varus,Roman governor of Africa
- 180–Marcus Aurelius,Roman emperor (b. 121)
- 624–Amr ibn Hishām,Arab polytheist
- 659–Gertrude of Nivelles,Frankish abbess
- 836–Haito,bishop of Basel
- 905–Li Yu, Prince of De,prince and emperor of the Tang Dynasty
- 1008–Kazan,emperor of Japan (b. 968)
- 1040–Harold Harefoot,king of England[67]
- 1058–Lulach,king of Scotland
- 1199–Jocelin of Glasgow,Scottish monk and bishop (b. 1130)
- 1267–Pierre de Montreuil,French architect
- 1270–Philip of Montfort,French knight and nobleman
- 1272–Go-Saga,emperor of Japan (b. 1220)
- 1361–An-Nasir Hasan,Mamluk sultan of Egypt
- 1394–Louis of Enghien,French nobleman
- 1406–Ibn Khaldun,Tunisian sociologist, historian, and scholar (b. 1332)
- 1425–Ashikaga Yoshikazu,Japanese shōgun (b. 1407)
- 1516–Giuliano de' Medici,Italian nobleman (b. 1479)
- 1527–Rana Sanga,Indian ruler (b. 1482)
- 1565–Alexander Ales,Scottish theologian and academic (b. 1500)
1601–1900[edit]
- 1611–Sophia of Sweden,duchess of Saxe-Lauenburg (b. 1547)
- 1620–John Sarkander,Polish-Moravian priest and saint (b. 1576)
- 1640–Philip Massinger,English playwright (b. 1583)
- 1649–Gabriel Lalemant,French missionary and saint (b. 1610)
- 1663–Jerome Weston, 2nd Earl of Portland,English diplomat (b. 1605)
- 1680–François de La Rochefoucauld,French author (b. 1613)
- 1704–Menno van Coehoorn,Dutch soldier and engineer (b. 1641)
- 1715–Gilbert Burnet,Scottish bishop and historian (b. 1643)
- 1741–Jean-Baptiste Rousseau,French poet and playwright (b. 1671)
- 1764–George Parker, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield,English astronomer and politician (b. 1695)
- 1782–Daniel Bernoulli,Dutch-Swiss mathematician and physicist (b. 1700)
- 1828–James Edward Smith,English botanist and entomologist (b. 1759)
- 1829–Sophia Albertina,princess-abbess of Quedlinburg (b. 1753)
- 1830–Laurent de Gouvion Saint-Cyr,French general and politician (b. 1764)
- 1846–Friedrich Bessel,German astronomer, mathematician, and physicist (b. 1784)
- 1849–William II,Dutch sovereign prince and king (b. 1792)
- 1853–Christian Doppler,Austrian physicist and mathematician (b. 1803)
- 1871–Robert Chambers,Scottish geologist and publisher, co-foundedChambers Harrap(b. 1802)
- 1875–Ferdinand Laub,Czech violinist and composer (b. 1832)
- 1893–Jules Ferry,French lawyer and politician, 44thPrime Minister of France(b. 1832)
1901–present[edit]
- 1902–John Houlding,English businessman, foundedLiverpool Football Club(b. 1833)[68]
- 1917–Franz Brentano,German philosopher and psychologist (b. 1838)
- 1926–Aleksei Brusilov,Georgian-Russian general (b. 1853)
- 1934–Bede Jarrett,English Dominican priest (b. 1881)[69]
- 1940–Philomène Belliveau,Canadian artist (b. 1854)
- 1942–Nada Dimić,People's Hero of Yugoslavia,victim ofGenocide of Serbs(b. 1923)[70]
- 1946–Dai Li,Chinese general (b. 1897)
- 1947–Mike,AmericanWyandotte chicken,lived 18 months following decapitation (h. 1945)[71]
- 1949–Aleksandra Ekster,Russian-French painter and set designer (b. 1882)
- 1956–Fred Allen,American actor, comedian, screenwriter, and author (b. 1894)
- 1956 –Irène Joliot-Curie,French physicist and chemist,Nobel Prizelaureate (b. 1897)
- 1957–Ramon Magsaysay,Filipino captain and politician, 7thPresident of the Philippines(b. 1907)
- 1958–John Pius Boland,Irish tennis player and politician (b. 1870)
- 1958 –Bertha De Vriese,Belgian physician (b. 1877)
- 1961–Susanna M. Salter,American activist and politician (b. 1860)
- 1965–Amos Alonzo Stagg,American football player and coach (b. 1862)
- 1974–Louis Kahn,American architect and academic, designedJatiyo Sangsad Bhaban(b. 1901)
- 1976–Luchino Visconti,Italian director and screenwriter (b. 1906)
- 1981–Paul Dean,American baseball player (b. 1913)
- 1983–Haldan Keffer Hartline,American physiologist and academic,Nobel Prizelaureate (b. 1903)
- 1983 –Louisa E. Rhine,American botanist and parapsychologist (b. 1891)
- 1986–Clarence D. Lester,African-American fighter pilot (b. 1923)
- 1990–Capucine,French model and actress (b. 1928)
- 1990 –Dinkar G. Kelkar,Indian art collector (b. 1896)[72]
- 1992–Grace Stafford,American actress (b. 1903)
- 1993–Helen Hayes,American actress (b. 1900)
- 1994–Charlotte Auerbach,German-Jewish Scottish folklorist, geneticist, and zoologist (b. 1899)[73]
- 1994 –Mai Zetterling,Swedish-English actress and director (b. 1925)
- 1995–Sunnyland Slim,American blues pianist (b. 1906)
- 1996–René Clément,French director and screenwriter (b. 1913)
- 1996 –Terry Stafford,American singer-songwriter (b. 1941)
- 1997–Jermaine Stewart,American singer-songwriter and dancer (b. 1957)
- 1999–Ernest Gold,Austrian-American composer (b. 1921)
- 1999 –Jean Pierre-Bloch,French activist (b. 1905)
- 2001–Anthony Storr,English psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, and author (b. 1920)[74]
- 2002–Rosetta LeNoire,American actress and producer (b. 1911)
- 2002 –Văn Tiến Dũng,Vietnamese general and politician, 6thMinister of Defence for Vietnam(b. 1917)
- 2002 –Sylvester "Pat" Weaver,American television broadcaster and producer (b. 1908)
- 2005–Royce Frith,Canadian lawyer, politician, and diplomat,Canadian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom(b. 1923)
- 2005 –George F. Kennan,American historian and diplomat,United States Ambassador to the Soviet Union(b. 1904)
- 2005 –Andre Norton,American author (b. 1912)
- 2006–Oleg Cassini,French-American fashion designer (b. 1913)
- 2006 –Ray Meyer,American basketball player and coach (b. 1913)
- 2006 –İstemihan Taviloğlu,Turkish composer and educator (b. 1945)
- 2007–John Backus,American mathematician and computer scientist, designedFortran(b. 1924)
- 2008–Roland Arnall,French-American businessman and diplomat, 63rdUnited States Ambassador to the Netherlands(b. 1939)
- 2009–Clodovil Hernandes,Brazilian television host and politician (b. 1937)
- 2010–Alex Chilton,American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1950)
- 2010 –Sid Fleischman,American author and screenwriter (b. 1920)[75]
- 2011–Michael Gough,English actor (b. 1916)
- 2011 –Ferlin Husky,American country music singer (b. 1925)
- 2012–Shenouda III,pope of Alexandria (b. 1923)
- 2012 –Margaret Whitlam,Australian swimmer and author (b. 1919)
- 2013–William B. Caldwell III,American general (b. 1925)
- 2013 –Lawrence Fuchs,American scholar and academic (b. 1927)
- 2013 –A.B.C. Whipple,American journalist and historian (b. 1918)
- 2014–Marek Galiński,Polish cyclist (b. 1974)
- 2014 –Joseph Kerman,American musicologist and critic (b. 1924)
- 2014 –Rachel Lambert Mellon,American gardener, philanthropist, art collector and political patron (b. 1910)
- 2015–Frank Perris,Canadian motorcycle racer (b. 1931)
- 2016–Meir Dagan,Israeli general (b. 1945)
- 2016 –Zoltán Kamondi,Hungarian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1960)
- 2018–Mike MacDonald,Canadian comedian (b. 1954)[76]
- 2018 –Phan Văn Khải,the fifthPrime Minister of Vietnam(b. 1933)[77]
- 2021–John Magufuli,the fifthPresident of Tanzania(b. 1959)[78]
- 2023–Lance Reddick,American actor (b. 1962)[79]
Holidays and observances[edit]
- Birthday of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman(Bangladesh)[80]
- Children's Day(Bangladesh)
- Christianfeast day:
- Evacuation Day(Suffolk County, Massachusetts)
- Saint Patrick's Day,a public holiday in Ireland,Montserratand theCanadian provinceofNewfoundland and Labrador,widely celebrated in the English-speaking world and to a lesser degree in other parts of the world.
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