In a historic move for professional basketball, Michael Jordan made headlines in 2010 when he became the first former player to assume a majority ownership role in the NBA.

With Erin Brockovich, released on March 17, 2000, Julia Roberts becomes the first actress ever to command $20 million per movie.

The former Soviet Socialist Republic of Lithuania steadfastly rejects a demand from the Soviet Union that it renounce its declaration of independence.

On March 17, 1973, Associated Press photographer Slava “Sal” Veder captures a heartwarming scene on the tarmac of California’s Travis Air Force Base as a recently freed American prisoner of war runs toward his family.

In a historic moment that shook the corridors of international diplomacy, the United States exercised its first veto in the United Nations Security Council on March 24, 1970.

New Element Discovered: Californium In a groundbreaking announcement that has stirred excitement within the scientific community, researchers at the University of California at Berkeley revealed the successful creation of a previously unknown radioactive element, which they have named "californium.

On March 17, 1941, the National Gallery of Art officially opened its doors in Washington, D.

On March 17, 1905, a significant chapter in American history began when Anna Eleanor Roosevelt married Franklin Delano Roosevelt in New York City.

Future president Franklin Delano Roosevelt weds his fifth cousin once removed, Eleanor Roosevelt, in New York on March 17, 1905.

Two months before Lewis and Clark begin their western expedition, Jim Bridger is born in Richmond, Virginia.