IanStuart Cunningham

Product Launch Management, internet marketing, guitar playing, classic rock listening, art doing, outdoors loving kind of guy.

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March 17 - 2008: U.S. - New York Governor Eliot Spitzer, resigned after a scandal with a prostitute ~ Lt. Governor David Paterson became governor. #history

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March 17 - 2000: U.S. - a ban was lifted on the import of Iranian luxury goods. #history

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March 17 - 1992: Argentina - 29 people were killed when a truck bomb exploded at the Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires. #history

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March 17 - 1969: Israel - Golda Meir became the first female Prime Minister of Israel ~ "the best man in the government" - David Ben-Gurion. #history

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March 17 - 1966: Spain - a hydrogen bomb, that had fallen from a U.S. bomber into the Mediterranean, was located by a midget submarine. #history

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March 17 - 1942: WW2 - the first Jews from the Lvov Ghetto, were gassed by the Nazis at the Belzec death camp, in what is today, eastern Poland ~ Holocaust. #history

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March 17 - 1941: U.S. - the National Gallery of Art was officially opened in Washington D.C. by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. #history

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March 17 - 1917: WW1 - during plans for a major offensive, the French government suffered a crisis, including the forced resignation of Prime Minister Aristide Briand. #history

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March 17 - 1906: Taiwan - a powerful earthquake killed over 1,200 people, and destroyed several towns, causing millions of dollars in damages. #history

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March 17 - 1901: France - 71 paintings by the late Dutch painter, Vincent van Gogh, were shown in Paris, causing a sensation across the art world. #history

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March 17 - 1860: U.S. - the Kanrin Maru arrived in San Francisco to became the first official Japanese ship to reach American soil. #history

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March 17 - 1860: New Zealand - the First Taranaki War began in Taranaki, between Maori and government forces ~ major phase of the New Zealand land wars. #history

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March 17 - 1776: American Revolution - British forces were forced to evacuate Boston by Patriot General George Washington ~ Siege of Boston ended. #history

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March 17 - 1762: New York - the first parade honoring St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, was held by Irish soldiers serving in the British army. #history

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March 17 - 1337: England - Edward, the Black Prince, was made Duke of Cornwall ~ the first Duchy in England. #history

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March 17 - 624: Arabia - the Muslims of Medina, led by Muhammad, defeated the Quraysh of Mecca in the Battle of Badr. #history

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March 17 - AD 461: Ireland - St. Patrick, patron saint, Christian missionary, bishop and apostle, died at Saul, Downpatrick. #history

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March 17 - Happy bday: John Sebastion[Lovin' Spoonful] 80, Patti Boyd 80, Patrick Duffy 75, Kurt Russell 73, Lesley Anne Down 70, Danny Ainge 65, Casey Siemaszko 63, Janet Gardner[Vixen] 62, Rob Lowe 60, Mia Hamm 52, Natalie Zea 49. Grimes 36, Katie Ledecky 27.

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March 16 - 2009: Hollywood - British actress Natasha Richardson, wife of actor Liam Neeson, was fatally injured in a skiing accident at a resort in Quebec, Canada. #history

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March 16 - 2005: Los Angeles - actor Robert Blake was acquitted of murder in the shooting death of his wife, Bonny Lee Bakley, four years earlier. #history