On This Day - March 17, 2026

Celebrations and notable events that occurred on March 17, 2026.

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National Days on March 17, 2026

Historical Events on March 17

Events that occurred on March 17 throughout history

1910

Luther Halsey Gulick, M.D., and his wife, Charlotte Gulick found the Camp Fire Girls.

1933

D. Appleton and Company publishes Human Nature by Edith Wharton.

1946

Warming up. Jackie Robinson takes the field for the first time for the Brooklyn Dodgers in an exhibition game in Daytona Beach, Florida.

1969

Israel elects Golda Meir as its first female prime minister.

2008

New York state elected David Paterson as its first African American Governor.