This Day in History for 17th March | March 17 Events in History
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| 2011 | Libya's military claims it will stop fighting Sunday to allow the rebels to turn themselves in |
| 2011 | St. Patrick's Day parates are celebrated internationally |
| 2010 | Acting president of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan, dissolves the Nigeria's cabinet |
| 2009 | Marc Ravalomanana, President of Madagascar, is overthrown. New President, Andry Rajoelina, is appointed by the military |
| 1998 | USA Women's Hockey Team beats Canada for 1st Olympic Gold medal |
| 1997 | CNN begins spanish broadcasts |
| 1996 | "Bus Stop" closes at Circle in Sq Theater New York City after 29 performances |
| 1996 | "Getting Away With Murder" opens at Broadhurst New York City for 17 performances |
| 1996 | Aravinda De Silva gets 107* and 3-42 in cricket World Cup victory |
| 1996 | Liselotte Neumann wins LPGA Ping/Welch's Golf Championship |
| 1996 | Mike Tyson beat Frank Bruno in 3rd round to gain Heavyweight title |
| 1996 | Montreal Canadian's 1st game in their new arena |
| 1996 | Sri Lanka beat Australia by 7 wickets to win the World Cup |
| 1995 | British pound hits 2.4545 to Dutch guilder (record) |
| 1995 | Sinn-Fein leader Gerry Adams visits White House |
| 1995 | U.S. approves 1st chicken pox vaccine, Varivax by Merck |
| 1994 | "Little More Magic" opens at Belasco Theater New York City for 30 performances |
| 1994 | Iran transport aircraft crashes in Azerbaijan, 32 killed |
| 1994 | It is announced there is no smoking in Cleveland Indians new ballpark |
| 1993 | 86 killed by bomb attack in Calcutta |
| 1992 | "Death and the Maiden" opens at Brooks Atkinson New York City for 159 performances |
| 1992 | 18th People's Choice Awards: Garth Brooks and Reba McEntire |
| 1992 | 28 killed in truck bombing of Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires, Argentina by Islamic Jihad |
| 1992 | De Klerk wins a white only referendum |
| 1992 | Russian manned space craft TM-14, launches into orbit |
| 1991 | 9 of 15 Soviet reps officially approve new union treaty |
| 1991 | Irish Lesbians and Gays march in St. Patrick Day parade |
| 1991 | John Robin Baitz' "Substance of Fire," premieres in New York City |
| 1991 | New Jersey raises turnpike tolls 70% |
| 1991 | Penny Hammel wins Desert Inn LPGA Golf International |
| 1990 | PBA National Championship Won by Jim Pencak |
| 1989 | "Chu Chem" opens at Ritz Theater New York City for 44 performances |
| 1989 | Dorothy Cudahy is 1st female grand marshal of St. Patrick Day Parade |
| 1988 | "Les Miserables," opens at Det Norske Teatret, Oslo |
| 1988 | Highest scoring NCAA basketball game; Loyola-Marymont 119, Wyoming 115 |
| 1988 | Iran says Iraq uses poison gas in the war |
| 1987 | IBM releases PC-DOS version 3.3 |
| 1987 | Sunil Gavaskar ends his Test career with an innings of 96 vs. Pak |
| 1986 | Haemers gang robs gold transport in Belgium of 35 million BF |
| 1985 | Jane Blalock wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open |
| 1985 | Matti Nykanen of Finland set a world ski jump record of 623' |
| 1983 | 70th hat trick in Islander history-Mike Bossy |
| 1983 | 9th People's Choice Awards |
| 1982 | 4 Dutch TV crew members shot dead in El Salvador |
| 1981 | FC Lisse, Dutch soccer team forms |
| 1979 | Ice Dance Championship at Vienna won by N Linichuk and G Karponosov U.S.S.R. |
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