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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_17" title="March 17">March 17</a></b>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Patrick%27s_Day" title="Saint Patrick's Day">Saint Patrick's Day</a></b> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christianity</a>); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anniversary_of_the_Unification_of_Italy" title="Anniversary of the Unification of Italy">Anniversary of the Unification of Italy</a></b> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1861" title="1861">1861</a>)
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1864" title="1864">1864</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Schleswig_War" title="Second Schleswig War">Second Schleswig War</a>: In an attempt to end a Danish blockade, <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduard_von_Jachmann" title="Eduard von Jachmann">Eduard von Jachmann</a></b> led a Prussian squadron in an <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Jasmund_(1864)" title="Battle of Jasmund (1864)">attack against a Danish fleet</a></b> led by <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_van_Dockum" title="Carl van Dockum">Edvard van Dockum</a></b>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1902" title="1902">1902</a> – The <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorchester_Heights_Monument" title="Dorchester Heights Monument">Dorchester Heights Monument</a></b>, memorializing the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Boston" title="Siege of Boston">siege of Boston</a> during the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War" title="American Revolutionary War">American Revolutionary War</a>, was dedicated.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1957" title="1957">1957</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1957_Cebu_Douglas_C-47_crash" title="1957 Cebu Douglas C-47 crash">A plane crash</a></b> on the slopes of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Manunggal" title="Mount Manunggal">Mount Manunggal</a> killed Philippine president <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramon_Magsaysay" title="Ramon Magsaysay">Ramon Magsaysay</a> and 24 others.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1979" title="1979">1979</a> – The <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penmanshiel_Tunnel" title="Penmanshiel Tunnel">Penmanshiel Tunnel</a></b> in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_Borders" title="Scottish Borders">Scottish Borders</a> region of Scotland collapsed during refurbishing construction, killing two workers, and leading to the abandonment of the tunnel.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004" title="2004">2004</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_unrest_in_Kosovo" title="2004 unrest in Kosovo">Unrest in Kosovo</a></b> broke out, resulting in the deaths of 28, the wounding of more than 600 others, and the destruction of several <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serbian_Orthodox_Church" title="Serbian Orthodox Church">Serb Orthodox</a> churches and shrines.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jocelin_of_Glasgow" title="Jocelin of Glasgow">Jocelin of Glasgow</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1199); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menno_van_Coehoorn" title="Menno van Coehoorn">Menno van Coehoorn</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1704); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pattie_Boyd" title="Pattie Boyd">Pattie Boyd</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1944); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shu_Xiuwen" title="Shu Xiuwen">Shu Xiuwen</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1969)</p>
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