What Happened on March 17, 1976

• 4 Catholic civilians (including 2 children) are killed and twelve wounded when the Ulster Volunteer Force explode a car bomb at Hillcrest Bar, Dungannon
• Boxer Rubin "Hurricane" Carter is retried in the US after being convicted of murder in 1967 (sentence is upheld but overturned 1985)
• Malikov skates world record 1000m (1:15.76)

• US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site

• Álvaro Recoba, Uruguayan footballer
• Brittany Daniel, American actress
• Cynthia Daniel, American actress and photographer
• Scott Downs, American baseball player
• Stephen Gately, Irish pop singer (Boyzone - "A Different Beat"; "No Matter What"), born in Dublin, Ireland (d. 2009)

• Luchino Visconti, Italian director (The Leopard, Death in Venice), dies at 69

Holidays: St. Patrick's Day (Ireland, United Kingdom)

• #1 Song: December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night) - The 4 Seasons
• #1 Song: I Love To Love (But My Baby Loves To Dance) - Tina Charles