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Historical Events on March 17

  • Franklin D. Roosevelt

    1941

    In Washington, D.C., the National Gallery of Art is officially opened by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

  • Belzec extermination camp

    1942

    Holocaust: The first Jews from the Lvov Ghetto are gassed at the Belzec death camp in what is today eastern Poland.

  • Treaty of Brussels

    1948

    Belgium, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom sign the Treaty of Brussels, a precursor to the North Atlantic Treaty establishing NATO.

  • Californium

    1950

    Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley announce the creation of element 98, which they name "californium".

  • 14th Dalai Lama

    1959

    Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, flees Tibet for India.

  • Bay of Pigs Invasion

    1960

    U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the National Security Council directive on the anti-Cuban covert action program that will ultimately lead to the Bay of Pigs Invasion.

  • Avianca Flight 410

    1988

    A Colombian Boeing 727 jetliner, Avianca Flight 410, crashes into a mountainside near the Venezuelan border killing 143.

  • 2003 invasion of Iraq

    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.

  • Libyan Civil War (2011)

    2011

    United Nations Security Council Resolution 1973 relating to Libyan Civil War is adopted.

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