What happend on 17th March

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1950

University of California, Berkeley researchers announce the creation of element 98, which they name "Californium".

1948

Benelux, France, and the United Kingdom sign the Treaty of Brussels, a precursor to the NATO Agreement.

1941

In Washington, DC, the National Gallery of Art is officially opened by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

1939

Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945): The Battle of Nanchang between the Kuomintang and the Japanese break out.

1931

Nevada legalizes gambling.

1921

The Second Republic of Poland adopts the March Constitution.

1910

Luther Gulick and his wife Charlotte found Camp Fire Girls (now Camp Fire USA) (formally announced in 1912).

1901

A showing of 71 Vincent van Gogh paintings in Paris, 11 years after his death, creates a sensation.

1891

The British steamship SS Utopia sinks off the coast of Gibraltar, killing 574.

1886

Carrollton Massacre: 20 African Americans are killed in Mississippi.