Today in History - 17th of March

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What Happened On This Day – 17 March

• 1992 Apartheid in South Africa comes to an end

  In a referendum, 68.7% of white South Africans voted for an abolishment of racial segregation in the country.

• 1973 The photograph known as Burst of joy is taken

  Photographer Slava Veder was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for the image depicting a former U.S. prisoner of war being reunited with his family.

• 1969 Golda Meir becomes Israel's first female Prime Minister

  In her country, Meir was known as the “Iron Lady” long before British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher rose to power.

• 1959 The Dalai Lama flees Tibet for India

  Followers and advisers of Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, feared for his life after a revolt had erupted in Lhasa against the Chinese.

• 1941 The National Gallery of Art opens in Washington. D.C.

  U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt opened the gallery, which today houses one of the world's finest art collections

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Births On This Day – 17 March

• 1967 Billy Corgan

  American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer

• 1948 William Gibson

  American/Canadian author

• 1919 Nat King Cole

  American singer, pianist, television host

• 1883 Urmuz

  Romanian judge, author

• 1834 Gottlieb Daimler

  German engineer, businessman, co-founded Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft

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