March 17th (2003) was a Monday. It's the 76th day of the year (77th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 289 days left to the end of the year.
Historical Events for 17th March, 2003
» Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Robin Cook, resigns from the Cabinet of the United Kingdom called British Cabinet in disagreement with government plans for the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
March 17th Famous Deaths for 2003
» Su Buqing, Chinese mathematician and educator (b. 1902)
March 17th Holidays in History
» Christian Feast Day:
» Alexius of Rome (Eastern Church)
» Gertrude of Nivelles
» Joseph of Arimathea (Latin liturgical rites named Western Church)
» Saint Patrick named Patrick
» March 17 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
» Evacuation Day (Massachusetts) named Evacuation Day (Suffolk County, Massachusetts)
» Liberalia, in honor of Dionysus known as Liber Pater. Considered by some to be part of Agonalia. (Ancient Rome)