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Sunday, March 17, 2013

This was 76th day of the year and 289 days remained in the year.

Hebrew calendar — 6 Nisan 5773
Chinese calendar — the 6th day of the 2nd month of 4711 (Kui Si)
Islamic calendar — (note)

March 17 Birthdays

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Pronunciation: [tô´nE]
1777–1864, American jurist, fifth Chief Justice of the United States (1836–64), b. Calvert co., Md., grad. Dickinson College, 1795.

James Bridger
mountain man (1804)

Kate Greenaway
illustrator and watercolorist (1846)

Gloria Swanson
actress (1899)

Bayard Rustin
civil rights activist (1912)

Nat "King" Cole
singer (1919)

Rudolf Nureyev
ballet dancer (1938)

March 2013

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March 17 in History

1762

The first St. Patrick's Day parade was held in New York City.

1776

British forces evacuated Boston during the Revolutionary War.

1870

Wellesley Female Seminary (later Wellesley College) received its charter from the Massachusetts legislature.

1942

Gen. Douglas MacArthur became supreme commander of Allied forces in the southwest Pacific theater during World War II.

1963

Mount Agung on Bali erupted, killing 1,184 people.

1969

Golda Meir was sworn in as prime minister of Israel.

2003

President Bush delivered an ultimatum to Saddam Hussein: leave Iraq within 48 hours or face an attack.

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Note: Dates in the Islamic calendar are provided for planning purposes only, and calculated with the hdate Islamic calendar program for moonrise in Boston, Masschusetts. Depending on your location and other factors, this result may differ from actual religious observances by one day. Please consult your local religious authority for any religious determinations of hejiric date.