Holocaust: The first Jews from the Lvov Ghetto are gassed at the Belzec death camp in what is today eastern Poland. Date: March 17, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 17 📅 Events on this day in 1942 📅 On This Day (Today)

World War II: The Ludendorff Bridge in Remagen, Germany, collapses, ten days after its capture. Date: March 17, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 17 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 On This Day (Today)

Belgium, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom sign the Treaty of Brussels, a precursor to the North Atlantic Treaty establishing NATO. Date: March 17, 1948 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 17 📅 Events on this day in 1948 📅 On This Day (Today)

Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley announce the creation of element 98, which they name "californium". Date: March 17, 1950 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 17 📅 Events on this day in 1950 📅 On This Day (Today)

A plane crash in Cebu, Philippines kills Philippine President Ramon Magsaysay and 24 others. Date: March 17, 1957 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 17 📅 Events on this day in 1957 📅 On This Day (Today)

The United States launches the first solar-powered satellite, which is also the first satellite to achieve a long-term orbit. Date: March 17, 1958 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 17 📅 Events on this day in 1958 📅 On This Day (Today)

Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 710 crashes in Tobin Township, Perry County, Indiana, killing 63. Date: March 17, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 17 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today)

U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the National Security Council directive on the anti-Cuban covert action program that will ultimately lead to the Bay of Pigs Invasion. Date: March 17, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 17 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today)

Mount Agung erupts on Bali killing more than 1,100 people. Date: March 17, 1963 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 17 📅 Events on this day in 1963 📅 On This Day (Today)

Off the coast of Spain in the Mediterranean, the DSV Alvin submarine finds a missing American hydrogen bomb. Date: March 17, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 17 📅 Events on this day in 1966 📅 On This Day (Today)