Are you asking the question “What day of the week was I born?” Continue reading to find out what day of the week you were born.
Day Of The Week: March 17
March 17, 2024 is the 77th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 289 days remaining until the end of 2024. The day of the week is Sunday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Pisces is your zodiac sign. Aquamarine is your modern birthstone. Jade is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Historical Events: March 17
- 45 BC –In his last victory, Julius Caesar defeats the Pompeian forces of Titus Labienus and Pompey the Younger in the Battle of Munda.
- 1780 –American Revolution: George Washington grants the Continental Army a holiday “as an act of solidarity with the Irish in their fight for independence”.
- 1939 –Second Sino-Japanese War: Battle of Nanchang between the Kuomintang and Japan begins,
- 1942 –Holocaust: The first Jews from the Lvov Ghetto are gassed at the Belzec death camp in what is today eastern Poland.
- 1945 –The Ludendorff Bridge in Remagen, Germany collapses, ten days after its capture.
- 1958 –The United States launches the Vanguard 1 satellite.
- 1970 –My Lai Massacre: The United States Army charges 14 officers with suppressing information related to the incident.
- 1973 –The Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph Burst of Joy is taken, depicting a former prisoner of war being reunited with his family.
- 1988 –A Colombian Boeing 727 jetliner, Avianca Flight 410, crashes into a mountainside near the Venezuelan border killing 143.
- 2003 –Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Robin Cook, resigns from the British Cabinet in disagreement with government plans for the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
Who were born on March 17?
- 1872 –Konstantinos Skarlatos, Greek Olympic shooter (d. 1969)
- 1883 –Urmuz, Romanian writer (d. 1923)
- 1941 –Wang Jin-pyng, Taiwanese politician
- 1945 –Elis Regina, Brazilian singer (d. 1982)
- 1949 –Daniel Lavoie, Canadian singer and songwriter
- 1971 –Bill Mueller, American baseball player
- 1973 –Vance Wilson, American baseball player
- 1975 –Gina Holden, Canadian actress
- 1987 –Krisnan Inu, New Zealand rugby player
- 1987 –Rob Kardashian, American model and singer
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