March 17 historical events
45 BCE — Battle of Munda
The Battle of Munda (17 March 45 BC), in southern Hispania Ulterior, was the final battle of Caesar's civil war against the leaders of the Optimates. With the military victory at Munda and the deaths of Titus Labienus and Gnaeus Pompeius (eldest son of Pompey), Caesar was politically able to return in triumph to Rome, and then govern as the elected Roman dictator.
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180 — Commodus becomes sole emperor of the Roman Empire at the age of eighteen, following the death of his father, Marcus Aurelius
Commodus (; Latin: [ˈkɔmmɔdʊs]; 31 August 161 – 31 December 192) was Roman emperor from 177 to 192, first serving as nominal co-emperor under his father Marcus Aurelius and then ruling alone from 180. Commodus's sole reign is commonly thought to mark the end of the Pax Romana, a golden age of peace and prosperity in the history of the Roman Empire.
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916 — Abaoji receives a new imperial title and begins the Shence era
At an altar east of Longhua Prefecture, officials and representatives presented Abaoji with an imperial title. The ceremony inaugurated the Shence era.
March 17 in the Julian calendar and March 22 in the proleptic Gregorian calendar.
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1041 — Battle of Olivento
The Battle of Olivento was fought on 17 March 1041 between the Byzantine Empire and the Normans of southern Italy and their Lombard allies near the Olivento river, between the actual Basilicata and Apulia, southern Italy.
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1269 — Kublai Khan orders the use of the Phags-pa script
Kublai Khan issued an edict adopting a script designed by the Tibetan scholar Phagpa. The court intended the new writing system, based on Tibetan letters, for use across the Mongol Empire.
March 17 is the Julian equivalent of the jichou day of the second lunar month of Zhiyuan year 6. The proleptic Gregorian date is March 24.
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1448 — Battle of Río Verde
The Battle of Río Verde was a military engagement between the Granadans and the Castilians at the Río Verde near Marbella. The Granadans achieved a resounding victory.
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1452 — Battle of Los Alporchones
The Battle of Los Alporchones was a battle of the Spanish Reconquista that occurred on 17 March 1452. The battle was fought between the troops of the Emirate of Granada and the combined forces of the Kingdom of Castile and its client kingdom, the Kingdom of Murcia. The Moorish army was commanded by Malik ibn al-Abbas and the Castilian troops were commanded by Alonso Fajardo el Bravo, the head of the House of Fajardo and the Alcalde of Lorca Castle. The battle was fought in the area around the city of Lorca and resulted in a victory for the Kingdom of Castile.
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1701 — Taunton by-election, 1701
The Taunton by-election of 1701 to the Parliament of England was held on 17 March 1701 in Taunton, Somerset, following the decision of the incumbent, Henry Portman, to sit in Wells. The by-election was contested by one of Portman's friends, Sir Francis Warre, 1st Baronet, and Thomas Baker, a Taunton merchant. Warre, a Tory, was elected, although Baker petitioned the result, claiming the Mayor was corrupt.
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1722 — Capture of Julfa
The Capture of Julfa took place on the night of 16–17 March 1722, during the Siege of Isfahan by forces of Mahmud Hotak. Following his victory at the Battle of Gulnabad, Mahmud concentrated his men against the Armenian suburb of Isfahan, Julfa. Despite being deprived of most of their arms by the Persian authorities, the Armenian townspeople mounted a determined resistance.
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1746 — Siege of Blair Castle
The siege of Blair Castle was a conflict that took place in Scotland in March 1746 and was part of the Jacobite rising of 1745. It was fought between Scottish forces loyal to the British-Hanoverian government of George II of Great Britain, which defended Blair Castle near the village of Blair Atholl in Perthshire, and Scottish Jacobite forces loyal to the House of Stuart.
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1746 — Atholl raids
The Atholl raids of 14 - 17 March 1746 were a series of raids carried out by Jacobite rebels against the British-Hanoverian Government during the Jacobite rising of 1745.
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1776 — The Siege of Boston ends
The Siege of Boston ended on 17 March 1776 as British forces withdrew from the city. The siege had begun on 19 April 1775 during the opening phase of the American Revolutionary War.
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1790 — Raid on Baltischport
The raid on Baltischport occurred on 17 March 1790 during the Russo-Swedish War of 1788–1790. Two Swedish Navy frigates under Lieutenant Rudolf Cederström successfully raided the Russian-controlled port of Baltischport in the Governorate of Estonia. Leading a naval brigade of between 50 and 60 men, Cederström forced the surrender of a Russian fort after a short bombardment despite being heavily outnumbered by the fort's garrison.
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1793 — Battle of Chantonnay (March 1793)
The First Battle of Chantonnay took place on March 17, 1793, during the War in the Vendée, a counter-revolutionary uprising against the French First Republic.
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1809 — Battle of Villafranca (1809)
The Battle of Villafranca del Bierzo took place on 17 March 1809, during the French occupation of León in the Peninsular War. After a bloody four-hour siege the small and isolated French garrison at Villafranca surrendered to Spanish regulars under Brigadier José de Mendizábal and General Pedro Caro, 3rd Marquis of la Romana.
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1809 — Combat of Mesas de Ibor
The combat of Mesas de Ibor (17 March 1809) was a French victory during the Peninsular War at which the Spanish troops under General Duke del Parque were defeated by Leval's division, made up of German battalions.
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1824 — Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1824
The Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1824, also known as the Treaty of London (Dutch: Verdrag van Londen), was a treaty between the United Kingdom and the Netherlands in London on 17 March 1824. The treaty was to resolve disputes arising from the execution of the Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1814. For the Dutch, it was signed by Hendrik Fagel and Anton Reinhard Falck, and for the British, George Canning and Charles Williams-Wynn.
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1860 — First Taranaki War
The First Taranaki War (also known as the North Taranaki War) was an armed conflict over land ownership and sovereignty that took place between Māori and the Colony of New Zealand in the Taranaki region of New Zealand's North Island from March 1860 to March 1861. The war was sparked by a dispute between the colonial government and the Te Āti Awa people, led by Wiremu Kīngi Te Rangitāke, over the disputed sale of the Pekapeka land block at Waitara.
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1861 — The Kingdom of Italy is proclaimed
Victor Emmanuel II assumed the title of King of Italy by law as the unified kingdom was proclaimed. Turin served as its first capital.
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1862 — The first railway line of Finland between cities of Helsinki and Hämeenlinna, called Päärata, is officially opened
The Finnish railway network consists of a total track length of 9,216 km (5,727 mi). Railways in Finland are built with a broad 1,524 mm (5 ft) track gauge, of which 3,249 km (2,019 mi) is electrified. Passenger trains are operated by the state-owned enterprise VR that runs services on 7,225 km (4,489 mi) of track.
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1863 — Battle of Kelly's Ford
The Battle of Kelly's Ford, also known as the Battle of Kellysville or Kelleysville, took place on March 17, 1863, in Culpeper County, Virginia, as part of the cavalry operations along the Rappahannock River during the American Civil War. It set the stage for Brandy Station and other cavalry actions of the Gettysburg Campaign that summer. Twenty-one hundred troopers of Brig. Gen. William W. Averell's Union cavalry division crossed the Rappahannock to attack the Confederate cavalry that had been harassing them that winter. Brig. Gen. Fitzhugh Lee counterattacked with a brigade of about 800 men.
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1863 — Mosby's Raid on Herndon Station
On March 17, 1863, Captain John Singleton Mosby, nicknamed "The Gray Ghost", raided a Union outpost at Herndon Station in Northern Virginia. The raid was a part of a series of such raids coordinated by Captain Mosby and his raiders in 1863 in areas of Northern Virginia. The raid on Herndon Station was the furthest north into Union lines Mosby and his men ventured.
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1864 — Battle of Jasmund (1864)
The naval Battle of Jasmund (also known as the Battle of Rügen) took place between elements of the Danish and Prussian navies on 17 March 1864 during the Second Schleswig War. The action took place east of the Jasmund peninsula on the Prussian island of Rügen, during a Prussian attempt to weaken the Danish blockade in the Baltic Sea.
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1867 — 1867 Italian general election
General elections were held in Italy on 10 March 1867, with a second round on 17 March. Before the elections, Bettino Ricasoli resigned as prime minister due to a disagreement with the Chamber; the Chamber disapproved of his agreements with the Vatican regarding the repatriation of certain religious properties. These snap elections resulted in Urbano Rattazzi being elected once again to office.
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1876 — Battle of Powder River
The Battle of Powder River, also known as the Reynolds Battle, occurred on Friday, March 17, 1876, in Montana Territory, United States. The attack on a Cheyenne Indian encampment by Colonel Joseph J. Reynolds initiated the Great Sioux War of 1876. Although destroying a large amount of Indian property, the attack was poorly carried out and probably solidified Lakota Sioux and northern Cheyenne resistance to the U.S. attempt to force them to sell the Black Hills and live on a reservation.
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1877 — 1877 Scottish Cup final
The 1877 Scottish Cup final was the fourth final of the Scottish Cup and the final of the 1876–77 Scottish Cup, the most prestigious knockout football competition in Scotland. The original match took place at Hamilton Crescent on 17 March 1877 and was contested by Vale of Leven and Rangers. The match was the first final to require two replays to decide a winner.
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1880 — Rupture of the Blockade of Arica
The Rupture of the Blockade of Arica was a naval battle of the War of the Pacific during the Blockade of Arica. The rupture was carried out by Manuel Villavicencio who commanded the BAP Unión of the Peruvian Navy. The Unión broke the Chilean blockade of the port twice in less than 8 hours on March 17, 1880.
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1890 — The Qing government appointed the Assistant Minister to Tibet, Sheng Tai, to travel to Calcutta, India, on March 17, 1890, where he signed the convention with Lord Lansdowne
The Convention of Calcutta or Anglo-Chinese Convention of 1890, officially the Convention Between Great Britain and China Relating to Sikkim and Tibet, (Chinese: 中英藏印條約; pinyin: Zhōng yīng zàng yìn tiáoyuē; lit. 'Convention Between Great Britain and China Regarding Tibet and India') was a treaty between Britain and Qing China relating to Tibet and the Kingdom of Sikkim.
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1891 — The passenger ship Utopia sinks in the Bay of Gibraltar
The steamship Utopia struck the anchored warship HMS Anson and sank. Most of its passengers were Italian emigrants traveling to New York.
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1899 — Harvard College Observatory announces the discovery of Phoebe
On March 17, 1899, Harvard College Observatory announced William Henry Pickering’s discovery of a moon of Saturn, later named Phoebe. Pickering identified it on photographic plates taken by DeLisle Stewart near Arequipa, Peru, in 1898.
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1903 — Rye by-election, 1903
The Rye by-election, 1903 was a by-election held in England on 17 March 1903 for the House of Commons constituency of the Rye or Eastern Division of Sussex.
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1906 — A powerful earthquake strikes Meishan
A major earthquake struck Meishan in what is now Chiayi County, Taiwan. It damaged numerous buildings and caused heavy casualties.
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1916 — Bir Hakeim rescue
The Bir Hakeim rescue (Arabic: بئر حكيم, romanized: biʾr ḥakīm, lit. 'Wise Well' pronounced [biʔr ħaˈkiːm] ) was a British raid in Italian Cyrenaica (modern Libya) on 17 March 1916 to recover prisoners of war held by the Senussi. Following the capture of Sollum on 14 March the British discovered evidence that the prisoners, survivors from two ships sunk by a German U-boat, were being held at the Bir Hakeim oasis, about 99 mi (160 km) to the west.
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1917 — Action of 17 March 1917
The action of 17 March 1917 was a German raid on British shipping in the Strait of Dover as well as the harbours of Ramsgate and Margate. Two flotillas of German torpedo boats set out from the coast of Flanders and split. One group attacked the British drifters and destroyers patrolling near Goodwin Sands, while the other attacked the towns of Ramsgate and Margate, shelling the towns and shipping in their harbors.
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1918 — Battle of Charah
The Battle of Charah (12–17 March 1918) or Charah Expedition took place between the Assyrian Volunteers led by Agha Petros and Malik Khsoshaba against Shekak tribesmen led by Simko Shikak in revenge for the assassination of Mar Benyamin Shimun. Simko Shikak, who was responsible for the murder of the Assyrian patriarch Mar Shimun was staying in the fortress. The fortress had never been conquered despite numerous attempts by the Iranian government.
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1921 — March Constitution (Poland)
The Second Polish Republic adopted the March Constitution on 17 March 1921, after ousting the occupation of the German/Prussian forces in the 1918 Greater Poland Uprising, and avoiding conquest by the Soviets in the 1920 Polish-Soviet War. The Constitution, based on the Constitution of the Third French Republic, was regarded as very democratic. Among others, it expressly ruled out discrimination on racial or religious grounds.
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1921 — Soviet invasion of Georgia
The Soviet invasion of Georgia (12 February – 17 March 1921), also known as the Georgian–Soviet War or the Red Army invasion of Georgia, was a military campaign by the Russian Soviet Red Army aimed at overthrowing the Social Democratic (Menshevik) government of the Democratic Republic of Georgia (DRG) and installing a Bolshevik regime (Communist Party of Georgia) in the country.
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1923 — 1923 FAI Cup final
The 1923 FAI Cup final was contested by League of Ireland side Shelbourne of Dublin and Alton United of Belfast's Fall's League on 17 March at Dalymount Park, Dublin.
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1933 — Ashford by-election, 1933
The Ashford by-election, 1933 was a parliamentary by-election for the British House of Commons constituency of Ashford on 17 March 1933.
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1939 — Battle of Nanchang
The Battle of Nanchang (simplified Chinese: 南昌会战; traditional Chinese: 南昌會戰) was a military campaign fought in 1939 around Nanchang, Jiangxi between the Chinese National Revolutionary Army and the Japanese Imperial Japanese Army in the Second Sino-Japanese War. It was the first major conflict after the 1938 Battle of Wuhan.
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1945 — The Ludendorff Bridge at Remagen collapses into the Rhine
The railway bridge at Remagen collapsed after suffering battle damage and carrying heavy traffic. U.S. forces had captured it ten days earlier.
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1948 — Treaty of Brussels
The Treaty of Brussels, also referred to as the Brussels Pact, was the founding treaty of the Western Union (WU) between 1948 and 1954, when it was amended as the Modified Brussels Treaty (MTB) and served as the founding treaty of the Western European Union (WEU) until its termination in 2010. The treaty provided for the organisation of military, economic, social and cultural cooperation among member states as well as a mutual defence clause. The treaty was signed on 17 March 1948 by Belgium, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, the members of the Western Union, as an expansion to the Treaty of Dunkirk, which had been signed between Britain and France the previous year to guard against possible German or Soviet aggression after the end of World War II.
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1950 — Researchers announce the discovery of californium
On 17 March 1950, researchers announced the discovery of californium, element 98. A team at the University of California Radiation Laboratory in Berkeley had produced it by bombarding a curium target with helium ions in a cyclotron.
This is the announcement of the discovery, rather than the earlier production of the element.
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1953 — Hans Raj Raizada begins a new term in the Rajya Sabha
Hans Raj Raizada began a new term representing Punjab in India’s upper house. He had previously served in the chamber in 1952.
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1957 — 1957 Cebu Douglas C-47 crash
The 1957 crash of a Douglas C-47 plane named "Mt. Pinatubo" on the slopes of Mount Manunggal, Cebu, Philippines, killed the 7th President of the Philippines, Ramon Magsaysay, and 24 other passengers. The crash is estimated to have occurred at 1:40:00 AM, March 17, 1957, Philippine Standard Time (17:40:00 PM, March 16, 1957, GMT). Several high-ranking Philippine government and military officials, as well as journalists, were also among the dead. A reporter for the Philippine Herald, Nestor Mata, was the sole survivor of the accident. At the time of his death, President Magsaysay, a Nacionalista, was widely popular and was expected to easily win re-election in the November presidential elections.
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1958 — The United States launches the first solar-powered satellite, which is also the first satellite to achieve a long-term orbit
Vanguard 1 (Harvard designation: 1958-Beta 2, COSPAR ID: 1958-002B) is an American satellite that was the fourth artificial Earth-orbiting satellite to be successfully launched, following Sputnik 1, Sputnik 2, and Explorer 1. It was launched 17 March 1958. Vanguard 1 was the first satellite to have solar electric power. Although communications with the satellite were lost in 1964, it remains the oldest artificial object still in orbit, together with the upper stage of its launch vehicle.
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1959 — Birth of Pal Sinn
On 17 March 1959, Pal Sinn, a singer and actor, was born.
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1960 — Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 710
Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 710, a Lockheed L-188 Electra, disintegrated in-flight and crashed near Cannelton, Indiana (10 miles east of Tell City, Indiana) on March 17, 1960. The flight carried 57 passengers and 6 crew members. There were no survivors.
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1962 — Battle of Nukeib
Battle of Nukeib, called in Syria, Battle of Nairab Hill (Arabic: معركة تل النيرب) and in Israel Operation Swallow (Hebrew: מבצע סנונית) took place between the Syrian and Israeli forces at Tel al-Nairab in the village of Al-Nuqayb, located near the Sea of Galilee.
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1963 — An eruption of Mount Agung on Bali, Indonesia, killed at least 1,100 people
Mount Agung (Indonesian: Gunung Agung; Balinese: ᬕᬸᬦᬸᬂᬆᬕᬸᬂ, romanized: gunung āgung, lit. 'The Great Mountain') is an active volcano in Karangasem Regency, Bali, Indonesia. It is located southeast of Mount Batur volcano, also in Bali. It is the highest point on Bali, and dominates the surrounding area, influencing the climate, especially rainfall patterns. From a distance, the mountain appears to be perfectly conical.
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1968 — Operation Walker
Operation Walker was a security operation conducted during the Vietnam War by the U.S. Army's 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade in Bình Định Province, South Vietnam from 17 March 1968 to 31 January 1969.
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1969 — Accession of Golda Meir
Golda Meir (previously Meyerson; née Mabovitch; 3 May 1898 – 8 December 1978) served as the prime minister of Israel from 1969 to 1974. She was Israel's first and, to date, only female head of government. Born into a Ukrainian-Jewish family in Kiev, Russian Empire, Meir immigrated with her family to the United States in 1906, later graduating from the Milwaukee State Normal School and found work as a teacher.
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1969 — Fourteenth government of Israel
The fourteenth government of Israel was formed by Golda Meir on 17 March 1969, following the death of Prime Minister Levi Eshkol on 26 February. She kept the same national unity government coalition, including the newly formed Alignment alliance of the Labor Party and Mapam, as well as Gahal, the National Religious Party, the Independent Liberals, Poalei Agudat Yisrael, Progress and Development, Cooperation and Brotherhood.
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1972 — Operation Strength (1972)
Operation Strength (6 February – 17 March 1972) was a Royalist military offensive of the Laotian Civil War. The attack, undertaken against the advice of his American backers by Hmong General Vang Pao, was launched across the rear of the attacking People's Army of Vietnam forces. A distracting attack was launched from Boumalong in the north while the main assault struck northwards from Ban Pa Dong.
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1973 — Slava Veder took his Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph Burst of Joy, which came to symbolize the end of United States involvement in the Vietnam War
Burst of Joy is a Pulitzer Prize–winning photograph showing Robert L. Stirm (1933–2025), a lieutenant colonel in the United States Air Force, meeting his family after five years as a POW in North Vietnam due to the Vietnam War. The photograph was taken by Slava "Sal" Veder, an Associated Press photographer, on March 17, 1973, at Travis Air Force Base in Solano County, California.
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1978 — 1978 Gilbertese Chief Minister election
The Gilbert Islands held its first national election to choose a chief minister on 17 March 1978. Opposition leader Ieremia Tabai won with 55.6% of the vote, following a voter turnout of 73.5%. The election for chief minister came after the parliamentary election of the same year and the new parliament's unanimous vote to replace the appointed chief minister with one that was popularly elected.
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1979 — Aeroflot Flight 1691
Aeroflot Flight 1691 crashed near Moscow Vnukovo Airport on 17 March 1979 killing 58 of the 119 people on board. The Tupolev Tu-104B operating the flight was overloaded and the crew received a false fire alarm.
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1979 — 1979 Football League Cup final
The 1979 Football League Cup final took place on 17 March 1979 at Wembley Stadium. It was the nineteenth Football League Cup final and the thirteenth to be played at Wembley. It was contested between Nottingham Forest and Southampton. Forest were the hot favourites to win being the holders of the League Cup and the reigning First Division champions. The match finished 3–2 to Forest.
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1979 — The Penmanshiel railway tunnel collapses
Part of the Penmanshiel Tunnel in the Scottish Borders collapsed during engineering works, killing two workers.
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1981 — 1981 Season's Cup
The 1981 Season's Cup became the second edition of Season's Cup, an annual football match contested by the winners of the previous season's Soviet Top League and Soviet Cup competitions. The match was played at the Stadion Lokomotiv, Simferopol, on 17 March 1981, and contested by league winner Dinamo Kiev and cup winner Shakhter Donetsk. Shakhter Donetsk won it on penalty shootout.
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1985 — 1985 Romanian parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Romania on 17 March 1985. The Front of Socialist Unity and Democracy (FDUS), dominated by the Romanian Communist Party (PCR) and including other mass organisations, was the only group to contest the elections, and no prospective candidate could run for office without the Front's approval. Consequently, FDUS candidates won all 369 seats in the Great National Assembly, also ensuring the rubber-stamp confirmation of Nicolae Ceaușescu as President of Romania.
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1987 — 1987 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship final
The 1987 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship final was a hurling match played at Croke Park on 17 March 1987 to determine the winners of the 1986–87 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, the 17th season of the All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, a tournament organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association for the champion clubs of the four provinces of Ireland.
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1988 — Avianca Flight 410
Avianca Flight 410 was a Boeing 727-21 that crashed at 13:17 on 17 March 1988, near Cúcuta, Colombia, which occurred shortly after takeoff during a scheduled flight when it flew into a mountain. All 143 people on board were killed. It was the deadliest aviation accident to occur in Colombia until American Airlines Flight 965.
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1988 — 1988 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship final
The 1988 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship final was a hurling match played at Croke Park on 17 March 1988 to determine the winners of the 1987–88 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, the 18th season of the All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, a tournament organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association for the champion clubs of the four provinces of Ireland.
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1988 — Battle of Afabet
The Battle of Afabet was a three-day battle fought from 17 March through 20 March 1988 in and around the town of Afabet, as part of the Eritrean War of Independence. The battle has been described as being the largest battle in Africa since the Second Battle of El Alamein.
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1989 — 1989 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship final
The 1989 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship final was a hurling match played at Croke Park on 17 March 1989 to determine the winners of the 1988–89 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, the 19th season of the All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, a tournament organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association for the champion clubs of the four provinces of Ireland.
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1990 — 1990 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship final
The 1990 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship final was a hurling match played at Croke Park on 17 March 1990 to determine the winners of the 1989–90 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, the 20th season of the All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, a tournament organized by the Gaelic Athletic Association for the champion clubs of the four provinces of Ireland.
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1990 — 1990 Recopa Sudamericana
The 1990 Recopa Sudamericana was the second Recopa Sudamericana, an annual football match between the winners of the previous season's Copa Libertadores and Supercopa Sudamericana competitions. Originally, the title was supposed to be disputed on a two-legged series. Due to security concerns on the eventual, first leg in Colombia and schedule congestion; a neutral stadium was chosen for the match to take place. The Orange Bowl in Miami became the venue for this year's Recopa Sudamericana final. The match was contested by Atlético Nacional, winners of the 1989 Copa Libertadores, and Boca Juniors, winners of the 1989 Supercopa Sudamericana, on March 17, 1990.
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1990 — Taiwan's professional baseball league plays its first game
The Uni-President Lions and Brother Elephants met at Taipei Municipal Baseball Stadium to open the Chinese Professional Baseball League's first season.
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1991 — Finnish parliamentary election, 1991
Parliamentary elections were held in Finland on 17 March 1991, the first time a Finnish parliamentary election had been held on a single day. For the first time since 1962 the Social Democratic Party was displaced as the largest party in the Eduskunta, with the Centre Party winning 55 seats and forming the first centre-right, non-socialist government since 1964, with Esko Aho as Prime Minister.
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1991 — 1991 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship final
The 1991 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship final was a hurling match played at Croke Park on 17 March 1991 to determine the winners of the 1990–91 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, the 21st season of the All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, a tournament organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association for the champion clubs of the four provinces of Ireland.
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1991 — 1991 Soviet Union referendum
A referendum on the future of the Soviet Union was held on 17 March 1991 across the Soviet Union. It was the only national referendum in the history of the Soviet Union, although it was boycotted by authorities in six of the fifteen Soviet republics. The referendum asked whether to approve a new Union Treaty among the republics, to replace the 1922 treaty that created the USSR.
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1992 — South African apartheid referendum, 1992
A referendum on ending apartheid was held in South Africa on 17 March 1992. The referendum was limited to White voters, who were asked whether or not they supported the negotiated reforms begun by State President F. W. de Klerk two years earlier, in which he proposed to end the apartheid system that had been implemented since 1948.
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1992 — 1992 Buenos Aires Israeli embassy bombing
The attack on the Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires was a suicide bombing attack on the building of the Israeli embassy of Argentina, located in Buenos Aires, which was carried out on 17 March 1992. 29 civilians were killed in the attack and 242 additional civilians were injured.
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1992 — Bill Clinton and George H. W. Bush win Illinois’s 1992 presidential primaries
Bill Clinton won the Democratic primary with just over half the vote. President George H. W. Bush won the Republican primary with more than three quarters.
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1993 — 1993 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship final
The 1993 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship final was a hurling match played at Croke Park on 17 March 1993 to determine the winners of the 1992–93 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, the 23rd season of the All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, a tournament organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association for the champion clubs of the four provinces of Ireland.
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1994 — 1994 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship final
The 1994 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship final was a hurling match played at Croke Park on 17 March 1994 to determine the winners of the 1993–94 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, the 24th season of the All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, a tournament organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association for the champion clubs of the four provinces of Ireland.
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1995 — 1995 Azerbaijani coup attempt
The 1995 Azerbaijani coup d'état attempt, also known as the Turkish coup in Baku, was a coup d'état attempt by members of the Azerbaijani military, led by Colonel Rovshan Javadov at the head of a detachment of Special Purpose Police Unit (OPON). The group aimed to take control of the country from president Heydar Aliyev and reinstall former president Abulfaz Elchibey. The coup was foiled when the Turkish President Süleyman Demirel became aware of elements in Turkey supporting the plot, and called Aliyev to warn him. On 17 March 1995, units of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces surrounded the insurgents' camp and assaulted it, killing Colonel Javadov.
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1996 — Sudanese general election, 1996
General elections were held in Sudan to elect a President and National Assembly between 2 and 17 March 1996. They were the first elections since 1986 due to a military coup in 1989, and the first simultaneous elections for the presidency and National Assembly. 125 members of the 400-seat National Assembly had been nominated before the election, leaving 275 seats to be elected (of which 51 were ultimately uncontested). There were no political parties at the time, and all candidates ran as independents. In the presidential election, 40 candidates ran against incumbent Omar al-Bashir, who emerged victorious with 75.4% of the vote.
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1996 — Zimbabwean presidential election, 1996
Presidential elections was held in Zimbabwe on 16 and 17 March 1996. The elections were contested by the incumbent President Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe Rhodesia-era Prime Minister Abel Muzorewa, and ZANU-Ndonga leader Ndabaningi Sithole. Mugabe won, claiming over 90% of the vote, though turnout was just 32.3%, largely as a result of Sithole and Muzorewa withdrawing their candidacies shortly before the election (though their names remained on the ballot).
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1996 — 1996 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship final
The 1996 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship final was a hurling match played at Croke Park on 17 March 1996 to determine the winners of the 1995–96 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, the 26th season of the All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, a tournament organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association for the champion clubs of the four provinces of Ireland.
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1997 — 1997 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship final
The 1997 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship final was a hurling match played at Croke Park on 17 March 1997 to determine the winners of the 1996–97 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, the 27th season of the All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, a tournament organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association for the champion clubs of the four provinces of Ireland.
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1998 — 1998 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship final
The 1998 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship final was a hurling match played at Croke Park on 17 March 1998 to determine the winners of the 1997–98 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, the 28th season of the All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, a tournament organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association for the champion clubs of the four provinces of Ireland.
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1998 — Zhu Rongji is appointed premier of China
China’s National People’s Congress approved Zhu Rongji as premier. He succeeded Li Peng.
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1999 — 1999 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship final
The 1999 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship final was a hurling match played at Croke Park on 17 March 1999 to determine the winners of the 1998–99 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, the 29th season of the All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, a tournament organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association for the champion clubs of the four provinces of Ireland.
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2000 — Juicio Final (2000)
Juicio Final (2000) (Spanish for "Final Justice") was a professional wrestling Pay-Per-View (PPV) show event produced by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) that took place on March 17, 2000 in Arena México, Mexico City, Mexico. The show was produced with the tag line, Homenaje a Dos Leyendas: El Santo y Salvador Lutteroth (Spanish for "Homage to Two Legends: El Santo and Salvador Lutteroth") to honor and remember CMLL founder Salvador Lutteroth and El Santo, the most famous Mexican wrestler ever.
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2000 — 2000 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship final
The 2000 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship final was a hurling match played at Croke Park on 17 March 2000 to determine the winners of the 1999–00 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, the 30th season of the All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, a tournament organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association for the champion clubs of the four provinces of Ireland.
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2000 — Postal voting closes for the 2000 Delatite Shire Council election
Postal votes for the Delatite Shire Council election in Victoria, Australia, were received from March 2 through March 17, 2000. The council had eight single-member ridings; candidates in two were elected unopposed. March 17 marks the end of this local voting period, not the date of every Victorian council election that year.
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2001 — 2001 Victorian local elections
The 2001 Victorian local elections were held on 17 March 2001 to elect the councils of 3 of the 78 local government areas in Victoria, Australia. Elections occurred in the City of Greater Geelong, Borough of Queenscliffe and Surf Coast Shire. Queenscliffe and Surf Coast remained entirely independent-held, while Greater Geelong ended up under no overall control.
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2001 — 2001 Ryan by-election
The 2001 Ryan by-election was held in the Australian electorate of Ryan in Queensland on 17 March 2001. The by-election was triggered by the retirement of the sitting member, the Liberal Party of Australia's John Moore, on 5 February 2001. The writ for the by-election was issued on 9 February 2001.
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2002 — WrestleMania X8
WrestleMania X8 was the eighteenth annual WrestleMania professional wrestling pay-per-view produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). It took place on March 17, 2002, at the SkyDome in Toronto, the second WrestleMania at that venue (following WrestleMania VI in 1990). The event marked the final WrestleMania event under the WWF name. The record-breaking attendance for the SkyDome of 68,237 grossed approximately $6.1 million CAD ($3.9 million USD). WrestleMania weekend also included WWF Fan Axxess at the Canadian National Exhibition's Automotive Building. The main event was between Chris Jericho and Triple H for the Undisputed WWF Championship, which Triple H won after a Pedigree.
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2002 — Rey de Reyes (2002)
The Rey de Reyes 2002 (Spanish for "King of Kings") was the sixth annual Rey de Reyes professional wrestling tournament and show, produced by the Mexican wrestling promotion Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA). The event took place on March 17, 2002, in Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico. The tournament consisted of a semi-final round of four four-man elimination matches and a final match with the winners of each of the semi-finals facing off in an elimination match until only one man remained. The final of the 2002 tournament pitted Canek, Pirata Morgan, Cibernético and Octagón against each other.
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2002 — Homenaje a Dos Leyendas: El Santo y Salvador Lutteroth (2002)
Homenaje a Dos Leyendas: El Santo y Salvador Lutteroth (2002) (Spanish for "Homage to Two Legends: El Santo and Salvador Lutteroth") was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event, scripted and produced by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL; "World Wrestling Council"). The Dos Leyendas show took place on March 17, 2002 in CMLL's main venue, Arena México, Mexico City, Mexico.
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2002 — 2002 Scottish League Cup final
The 2001–02 Scottish League Cup final was played on 17 March 2002 at Hampden Park in Glasgow and was the final of the 55th Scottish League Cup. The final was contested by Ayr United and Rangers, and was Ayr's first appearance in a national final. Rangers won the match 4–0, thanks to goals from Tore Andre Flo, a penalty from Barry Ferguson and a double from Claudio Caniggia.
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2002 — 2002 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship final
The 2002 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship final was a hurling match played at Croke Park on 17 March 2002 to determine the winners of the 2001–02 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, the 32nd season of the All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, a tournament organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association for the champion clubs of the four provinces of Ireland.
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2002 — 2002 Portuguese legislative election
The 2002 Portuguese legislative election took place on 17 March. The election renewed all 230 members of the Assembly of the Republic. This election was called following the resignation of then incumbent Prime Minister António Guterres, after the defeat of the Socialist Party in the 2001 local elections. That fact, plus the problematic state of the country's finances, were the main arguments of the right-wing parties, which led them to be the favourites to win the election.
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2003 — 2003 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship final
The 2003 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship final was a hurling match played at Croke Park on 17 March 2003 to determine the winners of the 2002–03 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, the 33rd season of the All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, a tournament organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association for the champion clubs of the four provinces of Ireland.
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2003 — Operation Southern Focus
Operation Southern Focus was a period in the months leading up to the 2003 invasion of Iraq (called "Operation Iraqi Freedom" in the United States) in which the U.S. military's responses to violations of the southern Iraqi no-fly zones were increased, with more intensive bombing of air defense artillery installations and other Iraqi military complexes.
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2003 — 2002–2003 conflict in the Pool Department
The 2002–2003 conflict in the Pool Department was a military conflict between the government of the Republic of the Congo and the rebel Ninja militia which lasted from 2002 to 2003. It began in March 2002, when clashes between Ninja militias and the government drove thousands of civilians from their homes. On 12 March 2003, it was reported by the European Commission that the conflict had left 200,000 people "vulnerable and displaced".
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2003 — Death of Su Buqing
On 17 March 2003, Su Buqing, a mathematician, died.
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2004 — 2004 Copa del Rey final
The 2004 Copa del Rey final was the 102nd final of the Copa del Rey. The final was played at Montjuïc in Barcelona, on 17 March 2004. The match was won by Zaragoza, who defeated Real Madrid 3–2 after extra time, winning the tournament for the sixth time in club history.
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2004 — 2004 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship final
The 2004 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship final was a hurling match played at Croke Park on 17 March 2004 to determine the winners of the 2003–04 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, the 34th season of the All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, a tournament organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association for the champion clubs of the four provinces of Ireland.
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2004 — 2004 unrest in Kosovo
On 17–18 March 2004, violence erupted in Kosovo, leaving hundreds wounded and at least 19 people dead. The unrest was precipitated by unsubstantiated reports in the Kosovo Albanian media which claimed that three Kosovo Albanian boys had drowned after being chased into the Ibar River by a group of Kosovo Serbs.
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2005 — WEC 14
WEC 14: Vengeance was a mixed martial arts event promoted by World Extreme Cagefighting on March 17th, 2005 at the Tachi Palace Hotel & Casino in Lemoore, California. The Main Event saw John Polakowski take on Olaf Alfonso.
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2005 — 2005 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship final
The 2005 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship final was a hurling match played at Croke Park on 17 March 2005 to determine the winners of the 2004–05 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, the 35th season of the All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, a tournament organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association for the champion clubs of the four provinces of Ireland.
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2006 — Homenaje a Dos Leyendas (2006)
Homenaje a Dos Leyendas 2006 (Spanish for "Homage to Two Legends") is an annual professional wrestling major event produced by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) that took place on March 17, 2006 Arena México, Mexico City, Mexico. The event honored Lucha Libre Legends CMLL founder Salvador Lutteroth (who is always honored at the Dos Leyendas event). The main event was a Lucha de Apuestas, hair vs. hair match between Universo 2000 and Perro Aguayo Jr.. The background for this match went back beyond the previous year's Homenaje a Dos Leyendas show where Aguayo and his father Perro Aguayo defeated Universo 2000's brothers (Cien Caras and Máscara Año 2000) in an Apuesta match.
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2006 — WEC 19
WEC 19: Undisputed was a mixed martial arts event held by World Extreme Cagefighting on March 17, 2006 at the Tachi Palace Hotel & Casino in Lemoore, California. The event aired live on the HDNet Fights. Eight past, present, or future WEC champions competed at this event, which was the most ever featured on a WEC card.
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2006 — 2006 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship final
The 2006 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship final was a hurling match played at Croke Park on 17 March 2006 to determine the winners of the 2005–06 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, the 36th season of the All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, a tournament organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association for the champion clubs of the four provinces of Ireland.
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2006 — A shootout in a Tsim Sha Tsui underpass kills two police officers
Two patrolling constables and an off-duty officer exchanged gunfire in a pedestrian underpass near Canton Road and Austin Road. One patrol officer and the off-duty officer died, and the other patrol officer was seriously injured.
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2007 — 2007 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship final
The 2007 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship final was a hurling match played at Croke Park on 17 March 2007 to determine the winners of the 2006–07 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, the 37th season of the All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, a tournament organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association for the champion clubs of the four provinces of Ireland.
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2008 — 2008 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship final
The 2008 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship final was a hurling match played at Croke Park on 17 March 2008 to determine the winners of the 2007–08 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, the 38th season of the All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, a tournament organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association for the champion clubs of the four provinces of Ireland.
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2009 — 2009 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship final
The 2009 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship final was a hurling match played at Croke Park on 17 March 2009 to determine the winners of the 2007–08 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, the 39th season of the All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, a tournament organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association for the champion clubs of the four provinces of Ireland.
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2010 — 2010 Norfolk Island legislative election
The 2010 Norfolk Island legislative election was held on 17 March 2010 to elect the 13th Norfolk Island Legislative Assembly, the prime legislative body of Norfolk Island. Following the elections, David Buffett replaced Andre Nobbs as Chief Minister on 24 March, having returned to the Assembly after losing his seat at the previous election in 2007.
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2010 — 2010 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship final
The 2010 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship Final was a hurling match played at Croke Park, Dublin, the headquarters of the Gaelic Athletic Association, on Wednesday, 17 March 2010, to determine the winners of the 2009–10 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship. The match was won by Ballyhale Shamrocks of Kilkenny, who beat Portumna of Galway by 1–19 to 0–17. The referee was Cathal McAllister from Cork.
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2010 — Groundbreaking ceremony held for Qingdao North railway station
On 17 March 2010, construction began on Qingdao North railway station after its groundbreaking ceremony.
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2011 — 2011 Sri Lankan local elections
Local elections were held in Sri Lanka on 17 March 2011, 23 July 2011 and 8 October 2011 to elect 4,327 members for 322 of the 335 local authorities in the country. 13.7 million Sri Lankans were eligible to vote in the election. Elections to two other local authorities in Mullaitivu District were due but had been repeatedly postponed due to alleged delays in resettling internally displaced persons.
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2011 — 2011 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship final
The 2011 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship final was a hurling match played at Croke Park on 17 March 2011 to determine the winners of the 2010–11 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, the 41st season of the All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, a tournament organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association for the champion clubs of the four provinces of Ireland.
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2011 — First Libyan Civil War: The United Nations Security Council adopted Resolution 1973, authorizing military intervention in Libya to protect civilians
Resolution 1973 was adopted by the United Nations Security Council on 17 March 2011 in response to the First Libyan Civil War. The resolution formed the legal basis for military intervention in the Libyan Civil War, demanding "an immediate ceasefire" and authorizing the international community to establish a no-fly zone and to use all means necessary short of foreign occupation to protect civilians.
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2012 — 2012 East Timorese presidential election
Presidential elections were held in East Timor on 17 March 2012, with a second round on 16 April. Incumbent president José Ramos-Horta, who was eligible for a second and final term as president, announced that he would seek nomination to be a candidate in the election. The election was seen as a test for the "young democracy" in seeking to take control of its own security.
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2012 — 2012 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship final
The 2012 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship final was a hurling match played at Croke Park on 17 March 2012 to determine the winners of the 2011–12 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, the 42nd season of the All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, a tournament organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association for the champion clubs of the four provinces of Ireland.
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2013 — Prisión Fatal (March 2013)
Prisión Fatal (2013) was a professional wrestling major event, produced by the Mexico based International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG) professional wrestling promotion. The event took on March 17, 2013, at "Arena Naucalpan" in Naucalpan, State of Mexico, IWRG's main venue. The main event was the eponymous Prisión Fatal (Spanish for "Fatal Prison") Steel cage match where the last person remaining in the cage was forced to unmasked or shaved bald as per the match stipulation. The Prisión Fatal match included Rayo de Jalisco, Jr., Máscara Año 2000, Jr., Cien Caras, Jr. and Pirata Morgan.
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2013 — Rey de Reyes (2013)
Rey de Reyes (Spanish for "King of Kings") was professional wrestling event produced by the Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) promotion, which took on March 17, 2013, at Plaza de Toros Monumental Lorenzo Garza in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico. The event was the 17th event produced under the Rey de Reyes name and also the 17th time that the Rey de Reyes tournament was held.
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2013 — 2013 Scottish League Cup final
The 2013 Scottish League Cup final was the 67th final of the Scottish League Cup. The final took place on 17 March 2013 at Hampden Park, Glasgow. The clubs contesting the 2013 final were SPL clubs, St Mirren and Hearts. As Hearts finished in the top five of the SPL, they entered the League Cup in the third round. They made a convincing start, defeating Livingston in third round.
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2013 — 2013 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship final
The 2013 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship final was a hurling match played at Croke Park on 17 March 2013 to determine the winners of the 2012–13 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, the 43rd season of the All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, a tournament organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association for the champion clubs of the four provinces of Ireland.
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2013 — 2013 Quebec Liberal Party leadership election
The Quebec Liberal Party held a leadership convention in 2013 following Jean Charest's resignation after the party's 2012 election loss. The convention was held March 16–17, 2013, at the Verdun Auditorium in Montreal. The choice of venue was in part influenced by a lack of funds due to a recent drop in donations to the party. Philippe Couillard was elected on the first ballot.
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2013 — 2013 Belarusian Super Cup
The 2013 Belarusian Super Cup was held on 17 March 2013 between the 2012 Belarusian Premier League champions winners BATE Borisov and the 2011–12 Belarusian Cup winners Naftan Novopolotsk. BATE won the match 1–0, claiming the trophy for the third time.
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2014 — 2014 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship final
The 2014 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship final was a hurling match played at Croke Park on 17 March 2014 to determine the winners of the 2013–14 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, the 44th season of the All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, a tournament organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association for the champion clubs of the four provinces of Ireland.
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2015 — 2015 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship final
The 2015 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship final was a hurling match played at Croke Park on 17 March 2015 to determine the winners of the 2014–15 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, the 45th season of the All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, a tournament organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association for the champion clubs of the four provinces of Ireland.
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2016 — 2016 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship final
The 2016 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship final was a hurling match which was played at Croke Park on 17 March 2016 to determine the winners of the 2015–16 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, the 46th season of the All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, a tournament organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association for the champion clubs of the four provinces of Ireland.
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2016 — Death of Lin Liangyue
On 17 March 2016, Lin Liangyue, a singer, died.
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2017 — March 2017 Israel–Syria incident
The March 2017 Israel–Syria incident took place on 17 March 2017, when Israeli Air Force struck a target in Syria. In response the Syrian Army fired several S-200 missiles at Israeli jets above Golan Heights. Israel reported that one Syrian missile had been shot down by an Arrow 2 missile, while none of its aircraft had been damaged.
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2017 — Homenaje a Dos Leyendas (2017)
Homenaje a Dos Leyendas (2017) (Spanish for "Homage to Two Legends") was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event, scripted and produced by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL; "World Wrestling Council"). The Dos Leyendas show took place on March 17, 2017 in CMLL's main venue, Arena México, Mexico City, Mexico. The event was to honor and remember CMLL founder Salvador Lutteroth, who died in March 1987.
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2017 — 2017 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship final
The 2017 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship final was a hurling match which was played at Croke Park on 17 March 2017 to determine the winners of the 2016–17 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, the 47th edition of the All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, a tournament organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association for the champion clubs of the four provinces of Ireland.
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2018 — 2018 Batman by-election
A by-election for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Batman in Melbourne, Victoria, took place on 17 March 2018. The by-election was called as a result of the resignation on 1 February 2018 of the incumbent backbench Australian Labor Party (ALP) Member of Parliament (MP) David Feeney, who resigned amid the 2017–18 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis.
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2018 — UFC Fight Night: Werdum vs. Volkov
UFC Fight Night: Werdum vs. Volkov (also known as UFC Fight Night 127) was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that was held on March 17, 2018, at The O2 Arena in London, England.
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2018 — 2018 Cottesloe state by-election
A by-election for the electoral district of Cottesloe in Western Australia took place on 17 March 2018. The by-election was triggered by the resignation of the Liberal Party member, Colin Barnett, on 5 February 2018. Barnett was the Premier of Western Australia from 23 September 2008 until 17 March 2017, when he was succeeded as Premier by Mark McGowan after the Labor Party defeated Barnett's Liberal government at the 2017 state election in March 2017.
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2018 — 2018 Indian Super League final
The 2018 Indian Super League final was a football match between Bengaluru and Chennaiyin, played on 17 March 2018, at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium in Bangalore. The match was a culmination of the 2017–18 Indian Super League, the fourth season of one of the top professional football leagues in India. Chennaiyin won the match, defeating Bengaluru 3–2.
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2018 — 2018 Belgian Cup final
The 2018 Belgian Cup final, named Croky Cup after the sponsor, was the 63rd Belgian Cup final and took place on 17 March 2018. The match was played between Genk, who qualified on 6 February 2018, and Standard Liège who qualified two days later. In a dull match without many chances, Standard Liège won after extra time with the only goal coming from Renaud Emond at the beginning of extra time.
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2018 — 2018 South Australian state election
The 2018 South Australian state election to elect members to the 54th Parliament of South Australia was held on 17 March 2018. All 47 seats in the House of Assembly or lower house, whose members were elected at the 2014 election, and 11 of 22 seats in the Legislative Council or upper house, last filled at the 2010 election, were contested.
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2018 — Results of the 2018 South Australian state election (Legislative Council)
This is a list of results for the Legislative Council at the 2018 South Australian state election. The 11 of 22 seats up for election were 4 Liberal, 4 Labor, 1 Green, 1 Conservative and 1 Dignity. The outcome was 4 Liberal, 4 Labor, 2 SA Best and 1 Green.
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2019 — Raid on Dioura (2019)
The raid on Dioura was an attack on a Malian military base in the town of Dioura, Mali, by Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin (JNIM) on March 17, 2019.
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2019 — 2019 Indian Super League final
The 2019 Indian Super League final was the final match of the 2018–19 Indian Super League, the fifth season of the Indian Super League. It was played between Bengaluru FC and FC Goa, on 17 March 2019 at the Mumbai Football Arena, Mumbai. It was played to determine the champions of the 2018–19 season of the Indian Super League.
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2019 — 2019 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship final
The 2019 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship final was a hurling match which was played at Croke Park on 17 March 2019 to determine the winners of the 2018-19 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, the 49th season of the All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, a tournament organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association for the champion clubs of the four provinces of Ireland.
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2020 — 2020 Clearwater, Florida municipal elections
Clearwater, Florida, held a general election on March 17, 2020, to elect a mayor and two members of the city council (seat 2 and 3). These elections coincided with the Democratic and Republican presidential preference primaries.
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2020 — 2020 Illinois Democratic presidential primary
The 2020 Illinois Democratic presidential primary took place on March 17, 2020, the third primary Tuesday of the month, as one of three states voting on the same day in the Democratic Party primaries for the 2020 presidential election, while the contest in Ohio had been postponed for roughly a month.
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2020 — 2020 Florida Democratic presidential primary
The 2020 Florida Democratic presidential primary took place on March 17, 2020, the third primary Tuesday of the month, as one of three states voting on the same day in the Democratic Party primaries for the 2020 presidential election, while the contest in Ohio had been postponed for roughly a month.
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2020 — 2020 Arizona Democratic presidential primary
The 2020 Arizona Democratic presidential primary took place on March 17, 2020, the third primary Tuesday of the month, as one of three contests on the same day in the Democratic Party primaries for the 2020 presidential election, while the contest in Ohio had been postponed for roughly a month. The closed primary allocated 80 delegates towards the 2020 Democratic National Convention, of which 67 were pledged delegates allocated according to the results of the primary.
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2020 — 2020 Florida Republican presidential primary
The 2020 Florida Republican presidential primary took place on March 17, 2020, as one of the three contests scheduled on that date in the Republican Party presidential primaries for the 2020 presidential election.
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2023 — 2023 Nepalese vice presidential election
The election to elect the third vice president of Nepal was held on 17 March 2023. The term of the incumbent vice president, Nanda Kishor Pun, first elected in 2015, was set to expire on 17 March 2023. He was term-limited and could not seek re-election, with the Constitution of Nepal barring him from doing so.
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2023 — ONE Friday Fights 9
ONE Friday Fights 9: Eersel vs. Sinsamut 2 (also known as ONE Lumpinee 9) was a combat sports event produced by ONE Championship that took place on March 17, 2023, at Lumpinee Boxing Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand.
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2024 — 2024 U-20 Copa Libertadores final
The 2024 U-20 Copa Libertadores final (Spanish: Final de la Copa Libertadores Sub-20 de 2024) was the final of the 8th. edition of the U-20 Copa Libertadores, an under age football competition organised by CONMEBOL. It was contested by Argentine side Boca Juniors (title holder) and Brazilian team Flamengo, and hosted by Estadio Domingo Burgueño in the city of Maldonado, Uruguay.
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2025 — 2025 Terrebonne provincial by-election
The 2025 Terrebonne provincial by-election was held on March 17, 2025. It was triggered after the resignation of Pierre Fitzgibbon from the National Assembly of Quebec.
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