Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/March 17

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[edit] Births

• 1473 - King James IV of Scotland (d. 1513)
• 1777 - Roger Brooke Taney, 5th Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court (d. 1864)
• 1919 - Nat King Cole, American singer (d. 1965) (pictured)
• 1938 - Rudolf Nureyev, Russian-born dancer and choreographer (d. 1993)
• 1951 - Kurt Russell, American actor
• 1972 - Mia Hamm, American soccer player

[edit] Deaths

• 180 - Marcus Aurelius, Roman emperor (b. 121)
• 493 - Saint Patrick, patron saint of Ireland
• 1741 - Jean-Baptiste Rousseau, French poet (b. 1671)
• 1993 - Helen Hayes, American actress (b. 1900)