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What happened in history on this day: March 17?
Since 1995, I have been collecting information on a variety of topics,
creating several timelines of history.
Here you will find specific events from those databases
for this day, on the topics of personal computers, video games, the Walt Disney Company,
Chevrolet Corvettes, A&W Root Beer, Sweden, and Canadian coins.
On March 17 in ...
- 1986 - Tim Paterson of Falcon Technology writes to Microsoft, indicating an intent to sell its royalty-free DOS license. Microsoft replies indicating a willingness to buy back the license.
- 1987 - Apple Computer makes its 1 millionth Macintosh personal computer. Six Mac Plus computers are designated the 1 millionth Macintosh; one is given to Jef Raskin.
- 1988 - Apple Computer files an 11-page copyright infringement suit in federal court in San Jose, California, accusing Microsoft of stealing visual display features of the Macintosh computer for use in Microsoft Windows 2.0. Apple claims Windows violates 13 different copyrights. Hewlett-Packard is also named as a defendant, for copyright violations in its New Wave software.
- 1990 - In Washington, D.C., the AmiExpo trade show is held, over three days.
- 1997 - Microsoft ships Office 97 Small Business Edition, for US$249.
- 2000 - Dell Computer begins shipping personal computers with 1 GHz Pentium III processors.
- 2000 - In Iowa, U.S. District Court Judge Robert Pratt dismisses a lawsuit by Microware Systems against Apple Computer, which claimed trademark violation by Apple of Microware's OS 9 operating system.
- 2004 - Advanced Micro Devices releases the 1.6 GHz Athlon XP-M 2100+ processor for notebook computers. Price is US$97 in 1000-unit quantities.
- 1929 - The Mark Strand Theater in New York City premieres the Mickey Mouse film Plane Crazy, with a soundtrack.
- 1931 - Columbia Pictures releases the Mickey Mouse film Traffic Troubles to theaters.
- 1939 - The first Goofy film, Goofy and Wilbur, is released to theaters. Wilbur the grasshopper appears for the first time.
- 1956 - The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences awards an Emmy award (Best Action or Adventure Series, 1955) to the Walt Disney Studio for the Davy Crockett series on the Disneyland TV show.
- 1956 - The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences awards an Emmy Award (Best Producer of Filmed Series, 1955) to Walt Disney for the Disneyland TV show.
- 1962 - The last Merry Menagerie comic strip is published in newspapers.
- 1963 - The NBC TV network airs the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color show, featuring Kidnapped, part one.
- 1968 - The NBC TV network airs the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color show, entitled The Ranger of Brownstone.
- 1971 - Buena Vista releases the live-action feature film The Barefoot Executive to theaters. John Ritter makes his motion picture debut.
- 1974 - The NBC TV network airs The Wonderful World of Disney show, featuring Diamonds on Wheels, part two.
- 1982 - The CBS TV network debuts the series Herbie, the Love Bug.
- 1991 - The World News Center area opens in Communicore East at EPCOT Center.
- 1995 - Disney releases the film Pinocchio on laserdisc in Japan, for 4841-15450 Yen.
- 1995 - Disney releases Pinocchio - The Making of a Masterpiece on laserdisc in Japan.
- 1996 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US.
- An early film character "Itchy the Lucky Mouse" has a name similar to Walt Disney's "Oswald the Lucky Rabbit".
- A black and white film from 1919 shows a mouse (Itchy) with double circle ears like Mickey Mouse.
- A film is shown, "Steamboat Itchy" dated 1928, like Steamboat Mickey.
- 1999 - The Test Track attraction opens in Future World in Epcot.
- 2002 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. A character eats a page from a childrens' book, then says "Well, it's easier to chew than that Bambi video.", likely referring to the Disney film.
- 2005 - The Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters attraction opens in Tomorrowland at Disneyland.
- 2005 - The Cinderellabration show opens in front of the Cinderella Castle in the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World.
- 1954 - At the General Motors Training Center in San Fernando, California, Chevrolet dealers in the area learn sales and service information about Corvettes, then drive away 28 1954 model Corvettes to dealership lots.
- 1973 - The National Broadcasting Company airs the pilot episode of The Magician airs on TV in the USA. The lead character drives a white 1973 Corvette coupe.
- 1979 - At the Sebring International Raceway in Sebring, Florida, the Coca-Cola Twelve Hours of Sebring International Grand Prix of Endrance is held, round two of the IMSA GTO championship.
- Finishing 14th in GTO class and 37th overall is the Jones Ind. Racing #81 Corvette driven by Steve Faul, Herb Jones, Jr., and Fred Lang. The car is not running at the finish.
- Finishing 18th in GTO class and 53th overall is the Motorcito Racing #03 Corvette driven by Tico Almeida, Rene Rodriguez, and Pepe Romero. The car is not running at the finish, due to engine failure.
- Finishing 20th in GTO class and 57th overall is the Rick Thompkins #04 Corvette driven by Rick Thompkins and Dave Heinz. The car is not running at the finish, due to engine failure.
- Finishing 23th in GTO class and 69th overall is the Fillingham Racing #48 Corvette driven by Sam Fillingham. The car is not running at the finish, due to engine failure.
- 2001 - At the Sebring International Speedway in Sebring, Florida, the Exxon Superflo 12 Hours of Sebring race is held. This is round two of the American Le Mans Series.
- Finishing 2nd in GTS class and 7th overall is the Corvette Racing #4 Corvette C5-R driven by Andy Pilgrim, Kelly Collins, and Franck Fréon.
- Finishing 3rd in GTS class and 11th overall is the Corvette Racing #3 Corvette C5-R driven by Ron Fellows, Johnny O'Connell, and Chris Kneifel.
- Placing 16th in GT class and 29th overall is the Trinkler Racing, LLC #17 Corvette C5 driven by Owen Trinkler, Andy Lally, B. J. Zacharias. The car is not running at the finish, due to steering problems.
- 2006 - At the Sebring International Raceway in Sebring, Florida, the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring race is held, round one of the SPEED GT Championship series.
- Finishing 6th is the LG Pro Long Tube Headers #87 Corvette C6, driven by Doug Peterson.
- Finishing 7th is the Whelen Engineering #31 Corvette Z06, driven by Sonny Whelen.
- Finishing 11th is the LG Pro Long Tube Headers #26 Corvette C6, driven by Claudio Burtin.
- Finishing 19th is the EG Braswell Construction #32 Corvette Z06, driven by Ed Braswell.
- In 23rd place, but not finishing the race, is the LG Pro Long Tube Headers #28 Corvette C6, driven by Lou Gigliotti.
- In 27th place, but not finishing the race, is the Southwest Racing #40 Corvette C6, driven by Greg Weirick.
- In 29th place, but not finishing the race, is the Blackdog Racing #34 Corvette C6, driven by Tony Gaples.
- 2007 - At the Sebring International Raceway in Sebring, Florida, the 55th annual Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring race is held, round one of the American Le Mans Series.
- Finishing 1st in LMGT1 class and 7th overall is the Corvette Racing #4 Corvette C6.R driven by Oliver Gavin, Olivier Beretta, and Max Papis.
- Finishing 2nd in LMGT1 class and 8th overall is the Corvette Racing #3 Corvette C6.R driven by Ron Fellows, Johnny O'Connell, and Jan Magnussen.
- 2018 - At the Sebring International Raceway in Sebring, Florida, USA, the 66th Annual Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring race is held, round 2 of the IMSA WeatherTech Sportscar Championship series.
- Finishing 6th in GT Le Mans class and 15th overall is the Corvette Racing #4 Corvette C7.R driven by Tommy Milner, Oliver Gavin, and Marcel Fassler.
- Finishing 13th in GT Le Mans class and 39th overall is the Corvette Racing #3 Corvette C7.R driven by Mike Rockenfeller, Jan Magnussen, and Antonio Garcia.
- 1939 - British foreign secretary informs German Government that British Government considers this repudiation of Munich agreement.
- 1941 - German submarine U-99 torpedoes and sinks Canadian merchant ship J.B. White south-west of the Faeroes Islands. Two die, 38 survive.
- 1941 - British Convoy HX 112 on the Atlantic is attacked by German submarines. British destroyers Walker and Vanoc sink German submarine U-100, killing captain Joachim Schepke, responsible for sinking 200,000 tons of merchant shipping. There are six survivors of the submarine.
- 1941 - British destroyers Walker and Vanoc sink German submarine U-99, capturing captain Otto Kretschmer, responsible for sinking 200,000 tons of merchant shipping.
- 1942 - In Australia, American General Douglas MacArthur issues a message to the Filipino people: "I have come through, and I shall return.".
- 1942 - Several ships in Göteborg, Sweden, loaded with special steels for Britain, are declared by the Swedish Supreme Court free to leave.
- 1943 - Near Tunisia, the US 1st Infantry Division launches an attack on Gafsa, quickly driving out the Italian defenders without a fight.
- 1945 - American forces complete the capture of Iwo Jima. Americans suffer 26,038 casualties, include 6821 dead. Of the 21,000 Japanese defenders, only 1083 survive.
- 1945 - In the Bay of Biscay off France, German submarine U-878 torpedoes and sinks Canadian minesweeper HMCS Guysborough.
- 1945 - Chinese forces capture Hsipaw on the Burma Road.
- 1945 - (evening) British bombers attack Witten, Germany, in the Ruhr.
- 1945 - (evening) British bombers attack Hanau, Germany, east of Frankfurt.
- 1946 - Soviet troops begin leaving the Danish Bornholm island.
- 1995 - Sega releases the Sonic Drift 2 video game for the Game Gear in the US.
- 2002 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs the Futurama TV show in the US. A video arcade machine is used on board a space ship for blasting other ships.
- 2003 - Nintendo releases the Pokémon Ruby Version and Pokémon Sapphire Version video games for the Game Boy Advance in the US.
- 2009 - Rockstar releases the Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars video game for the Nintendo DS in the USA.
- 2009 - Sony Computer Entertainment releases the Resistance: Retribution video game for the PlayStation Portable in the USA.
- 2017 - Ubisoft releases the Ghost Recon Wild Lands video game for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in the USA.
- 1792 - Jakob Johan Anckarström is arrested, and later executed.
- 2011 - In Osnabrück, Germany, Fritz Rudolph Künker auctions a Swedish 1644 6-ducat gold coin of the city of Riga for 299,000 euros (US$417,135), a record for a Swedish coin.
- 1983 - At the Chicago Coin Fair in Chicago (over three days), Illinois, Action Coins purchases a 1916c gold sovereign, which came from England.
- 1924 - Congress authorizes Stone Mountain Memorial half dollar.
- 1871 - National Association of Professional Base-Ball players is organized.
- 1876 - First recorded high jump over 6 feet (Marshall Jones Brooks).
- 1877 - Bill Midwinter completes Test Crickets' first 5-wicket haul, 5-78 versus England.
- 1897 - British boxer Robert James Fitzsimmons knocks out American James Corbett in 14 rounds for the world heavyweight championship.
- 1900 - Stanley Cup of hockey: Montréal Shamrocks sweep Halifax Crescents in 2.
- 1902 - Stanley Cup: Montréal AAA beat Winnipeg Victorias, 2 games to 1.
- 1906 - Stanley Cup: Montréal Wanderers beat Ottawa Silver Seven, although both winning a game, Montréal outscores Ottawa 12-10.
- 1908 - Quickest world heavyweight title fight (Tommy Burns knocks out Jem Roche in 88 seconds).
- 1917 - First exclusively women's bowling tournament begins in Saint Louis, Missouri.
- 1918 - US Ladies' Figure Skating Championship won by Rosemary Beresford.
- 1918 - US Men's Figure Skating Championship won by Nathaniel Niles.
- 1951 - Test Cricket debut of Brian Statham, England versus New Zealand Christchurch.
- 1953 - Bill Veeck says he will sell his 80 percent of Saint Louis Browns for US$2.475 million.
- 1955 - NHL hockey player Maurice "Rocket" Richard is suspended, sparks 7-hour riot in Montréal, Québec, Canada.
- 1961 - New York district attorney arrests professional gamblers who implicate Seton Hall players.
- 1963 - Bob Cousy plays his last NBA game.
- 1968 - Kathie Whitworth wins LPGA Saint Petersburg Orange Blossom Golf Open.
- 1969 - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Orange Blossom Golf Open.
- 1970 - Peter O'Malley becomes CEO of Los Angeles Dodgers.
- 1974 - Jane Blalock wins LPGA Bing Crosby Golf Classic International.
- 1975 - Valeri Muratov skates world record 1000 metre (1:16.92).
- 1976 - Malikov skates world record 1000 metre (1:15.76).
- 1977 - Australia wins cricket Centenary Test by 45 runs, same result as 1877.
- 1978 - Cincinnati Reds don green uniforms for Saint Patrick's Day.
- 1979 - World Ice Dance Championship at Vienna won by N Linichuk and G Karponosov (USSR).
- 1979 - World Ice Pairs Figure Skating Championship at Vienna won by Tai Babilonia and R Gardner (USA).
- 1979 - World Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Vienna won by Linda Fratianne (USA).
- 1979 - World Men's Figure Skating Championship in Vienna won by Vladimir Kovalev (USSR).
- 1981 - FC Lisse, Dutch soccer team, forms.
- 1983 - 70th hat trick in New York Islanders' history-Mike Bossy.
- 1985 - Jane Blalock wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open.
- 1985 - Matti Nykanen of Finland set a world ski jump record of 623 feet.
- 1987 - Sunil Gavaskar ends his Test career with an inning of 96 versus Pakistan.
- 1988 - Highest scoring NCAA basketball game: Loyola-Marymnt 119, Wyoming 115.
- 1990 - PBA National Championship Won by Jim Pencak.
- 1991 - Penny Hammel wins Desert Inn LPGA Golf International.
- 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 beats Frank Bruno in third round to gain Heavyweight title.
- 1996 - Montreal Canadiens play first game in their new arena.
- 1996 - Sri Lanka wins the Cricket World Cup by storming to a Seven wicket victory against the tournament favourite Australia.
- 1998 - USA Women's Hockey Team beats Canada for first Olympic Gold medal.
- 2005 - During over 11 hours of the Committee on Government Reform hearing concerning major league player use of steroids, Mark McGwire refuses to talk about the past and does not deny taking performance enhancing drugs.
- 2009 - Martin Brodeur, goalie for the NHL's New Jersey Devils, wins his 552nd game, breaking the former NHL record.
- 2018 - At the Sebring International Raceway in Sebring, Florida, USA, the 66th Annual Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring race is held, round 2 of the IMSA WeatherTech Sportscar Championship series.
- Finishing 1st in Prototype class and 1st overall is the Tequila Patron ESM #22 Nissan DPi driven by Pino Derani, Johannesvan Overbeek, and Nocolas Lapierre.
- Finishing 1st in GT Le Mans class and 10th overall is the Porsche GT Team #911 Porsche RSR driven by Nick Tandy, Fred Makowiecki, and Patrick Pilet.
- Finishing 1st in GT Daytona class and 17th overall is the Paul Miller Racing #48 Lamborghini Huracan GT3 driven by Madison Snow, Bryan Sellers, and Corey Lewis.
- 2020 - The Euro 2020 and 2020 Copa América association football tournaments are postponed until the summer of 2021 by UEFA and CONMEBOL respectively.
- 2022 - At T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, NHL regular season game: Vegas Golden Knights beats Florida Panthers by score 5-3.
- 2022 - At crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, California, USA, NHL regular season game: Los Angeles Kings beats San Jose Sharks by score 3-0.
- 2022 - At Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, NHL regular season game: Detroit Red Wings beats Vancouver Canucks by score 1-0.
- 2022 - At Rogers Place in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, NHL regular season game: Edmonton Oilers beats Buffalo Sabres by score 6-1.
- 2022 - At Enterprise Center in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA, NHL regular season game: Pittsburgh Penguins beats Saint Louis Blues by score 3-2.
- 2022 - At Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio, USA, NHL regular season game: Washington Capitals beats Columbus Blue Jackets by score 7-2.
- 2022 - At Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, NHL regular season game: Philadelphia Flyers beats Nashville Predators by score 5-4.
- 2022 - At Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, NHL regular season game: Dallas Stars beats Montreal Canadiens by score 4-3.
- 2022 - At Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, NHL regular season game: Toronto Maple Leafs beats Carolina Hurricanes by score 3-2.
- 2022 - At Madison Square Garden in New York, New York, USA, NHL regular season game: New York Islanders beats New York Rangers by score 2-1.
- 1958 - Navy launches Vanguard 1 into orbit (second US satellite), measures Earth shape.
- 1992 - Russian manned space craft TM-14, launches into orbit.
- 2009 - Space shuttle Discovery docks with the International Space Station, delivering the last set of solar wing panels.
- 1775 - British forces evacuate Boston.
- 1776 - British forces evacuate Boston to Halifax, Nova Scotia during American Revolutionary War.
- 1854 - First park land purchased by a US city, Worcester, Massachusetts.
- 1863 - Battle of Kelly's Ford, Virginia (211 casualities).
- 1870 - Massachusetts legislature authorizes incorporation of Wellesley Female Seminary.
- 1876 - General Crook destroys Cheyennes and Oglala-Sioux Indian camps.
- 1884 - John Joseph Montgomery makes first glider flight, in Otay, California, USA.
- 1886 - Carrollton Massacre in Mississippi, USA; 20 blacks are killed.
- 1894 - US and China sign treaty preventing Chinese laborers from entering US.
- 1898 - First practical submarine submerges for first time, at New York City, New York (for 1 hour 40 minutes).
- 1899 - Windsor luxury hotel in New York City, USA catches fire; 92 die.
- 1927 - US government doesn't sign League of Nations disarmament treaty.
- 1941 - National Gallery of Art in Washington DC opens.
- 1942 - US General Douglas MacArthur arrives in Australia to become supreme commander.
- 1945 - American forces complete the capture of Iwo Jima. Americans suffer 26,038 casualties, include 6821 dead. Of the 21,000 Japanese defenders, only 1083 survive.
- 1950 - Element 98 (Californium) announced.
- 1953 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 1956 - In Hollywood, California, the 8th Annual Emmy Awards are presented.
- Best Action or Adventure Series: Disneyland
- Best Actor Starring in a Regular Series: Phil Silvers for The Phil Silvers Show
- Best Actress Starring in a Regular Series: Lucille Ball for I Love Lucy
- Best Audience Participation Series: The $64,000 Question
- Best Children's Series: Lassie
- Best Comedian: Phil Silvers
- Best Comedienne: Nanette Fabray
- Best Contributing to Daytime Programming: Matinee Theatre
- Best Documentary Program: Omnibus
- Best Dramatic Program: Producers' Showcase
- Best Female Singer: Dinah Shore
- Best Male Singer: Perry Como
- Best MC or Program Host - Male or Female: Perry Como
- Best Music Series: Your Hit Parade
- Best News Commentator or Reporter: Edward R. Murrow
- Best Situation Comedy: The Phil Silvers Show
- Best Supporting Actor in a Regular Series: Art Carney for The Honeymooners
- Best Supporting Actress in a Regular Series: Nanette Fabray for Caesar's Hour
- Best Variety Program: Toast of the Town.
- 1958 - Navy launches Vanguard 1 into orbit (second US satellite), measures Earth shape.
- 1959 - USS Skate is first US submarine to surface at the North Pole.
- 1960 - US President Dwight Eisenhower forms anti-Castro-exile army under the US Central Intelligence Agency.
- 1961 - New York district attorney arrests professional gamblers who implicate Seton Hall players.
- 1966 - US submarine locates missing hydrogen bomb in Mediterranean.
- 1968 - The eight-nation Gold Pool is abolished. At a meeting in Washington, DC, central bank officials from the USA, Belgium, Federal Republic of Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom agree to not buy or sell gold in the private market.
- 1970 - US casts their first United Nations Security Council veto (Support England).
- 1971 - Edward Henry of Morristown, New Jersey, is first person to win US$1 million in a State lottery.
- 1976 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 1987 - IBM releases PC-DOS version 3.3.
- 1988 - Apple Computer files a copyright infringement suit against Microsoft, claiming copyright infringement by Windows 2.0 of graphical display technology used in the Macintosh.
- 1995 - Sinn-Fein leader Gerry Adams visits White House.
- 1995 - US approves first chicken pox vaccine, Varivax by Merck and Co.
- 1997 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average removes Westinghouse Electric, Texaco Incorporated, Bethlehem Steel, and Woolworth from its index, replacing them with Travelers Group, Hewlett-Packard Company, Johnson & Johnson, and Wal-Mart Stores Incorporated.
- 2003 - U.S. President George W. Bush gives an ultimatum: Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein and his sons must either leave Iraq, or face military action at a time of the U.S.'s choosing.
- 2006 - The United States strikes its two remaining Iowa-class battleships from the Naval Vessel Register, ending the age of the battleship.
- 2008 - The US dollar hits an all-time low of US$1.59 to the euro.
- 2008 - Share prices of American investment bank Lehman Brothers lose 20 percent of value on the stock market.
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