On this day, March 17, in 1957 President Ramon Magsaysay and 25 companions died in a plane crash on Mt. Manunggal, Cebu.
The official calendar of the Republic of the Philippines: an almanac of Philippine commemorations enlivened with illustrations and information. –Manila: Presidential Communications Development and Strategic Planning Office, [2014].
On this day in 1992, 69% of white South Africans voted in favor of FW de Klerk’s reforms, including the abolition of the apartheid system in the country.
https://www.britannica.com/on-this-day/March-17
On this day in 1950, scientists at the University of California at Berkeley announced that they had synthesized element 98, californium.
https://www.todayinsci.com/3/3_17.htm
March is Burn Prevention Month (Proclamation No. 360, s. 1989)
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