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Notable anniversaries in history for today: March 17
- 200th: 1824 - England and Netherlands sign a trade agreement.
- 150th: 1874 - Birth of Stephen Samuel Wise; US president of Zionist Organization of America.
- 100th: 1924 - Netherlands and USSR begin talks over USSR recognition.
- 100th: 1924 - Sweden and USSR exchange diplomats.
- 90th: 1934 - Austrian Engelbert Dollfuss, Italian Benito Mussolini and Gömbös sign Donau Pact (protocols of Rome).
- 80th: 1944 - Birth of Cito Gaston; Major League Baseball manager (Toronto Blue Jays).
- 80th: 1944 - Birth of John Sebastian in New York City, New York, USA; singer (Loving Spoonful, Welcome Back Kotter TV show theme).
- 80th: 1944 - Birth of Pat McCauley in Northern Ireland; rock drummer (Them).
- 80th: 1944 - Birth of Don Mitchell; actor (Ironside).
- 70th: 1954 - Birth of Lesley-Anne Down in London, England; actress (A Little Night Music, Moonraker, Bold and the Beautiful, Sunset Beach).
- 70th: 1954 - Birth of Wally Stocker in London, England; rock vocalist/guitarist (Babys - "Missing You").
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of Alex Shoumidoub; NHL goaltender (Belarus, Olympics-1998).
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of Don Griffin; NFL cornerback (Cleveland Browns).
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of Rob Lowe in Charlottesville, Virginia, USA; actor (Saint Elmo's Fire, The West Wing, Brothers and Sisters, Wayne's World, Class).
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of Ron Warren Junior; jockey (Bay Meadows).
- 50th: 1974 - Birth of Eric Lane; running back (New York Giants).
- 50th: 1974 - Birth of John Hall; kicker (New York Jets).
- 50th: 1974 - Carroll Nye, actress (Lawless Woman), dies at age 72.
- 50th: 1974 - Jane Blalock wins LPGA Bing Crosby Golf Classic International.
- 50th: 1974 - Birth of Marisa Coughlan; actress (Boston Legal, Wasteland).
- 30th: 1994 - Iran transport aircraft crashes in Azerbaijan (32 killed).
- 30th: 1994 - Mai Zetterling, actress (Night is My Future), dies of cancer at age 68.
- 30th: 1994 - Walter Janka, German writer (Troubles with Truth), dies at age 79.
- 25th: 1999 - In Germany, the Krupp and Thyssen Companies (steel) complete their merger.
- 20th: 2004 - Pogrom-like organized violence breaks out over two days in Kosovo. Nineteen people are killed, 139 Serbian homes burned, schools and businesses vandalized, and over 30 Orthodox monasteries and churches burned and destroyed.
- 15th: 2009 - Space shuttle Discovery docks with the International Space Station, delivering the last set of solar wing panels.
- 15th: 2009 - The President of Madagascar, Marc Ravalomanana, is overthrown in a coup d'état, following a month of rallies in Antananarivo. The military appoints opposition leader Andry Rajoelina as the new president.
- 15th: 2009 - Martin Brodeur, goalie for the NHL's New Jersey Devils, wins his 552nd game, breaking the former NHL record.
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