This Day That Year

March 17

in History

Caesar's Final Victory — The last battle of Rome's civil war
Munda, HispaniaAncient
45

Caesar's Final Victory

The last battle of Rome's civil war

In the dusty fields of Munda in southern Spain, Julius Caesar won his last and hardest-fought victory, defeating the Pompeian forces of Titus Labienus and Pompey the Younger. The Battle of Munda was a savage, desperate affair in which Caesar reportedly told his soldiers he had often fought for victory but now fought for his life. The triumph at Munda ended Rome's civil war and left Caesar master of the entire Roman world.

45 BC
Alfred Newman Was Born — Hollywood's maestro of the movie score
New Haven, Connecticut, United StatesEarly 20th Century
1900

Alfred Newman Was Born

Hollywood's maestro of the movie score

Alfred Newman was born in New Haven, Connecticut, destined to become one of Hollywood's most prolific and celebrated film composers. Over a career spanning four decades, he composed the scores for over two hundred films and won nine Academy Awards, more than any other person in the music categories. His iconic 20th Century Fox fanfare remains one of the most recognizable pieces of music in cinema history.

1900 AD
Belgium — Belgium, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom sign the Treaty of Brussels, a precursor to the.
Early 20th Century
1948

Belgium

Belgium, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom sign the Treaty of Brussels, a precursor to the.

Belgium, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom sign the Treaty of Brussels, a precursor to the North Atlantic Treaty establishing NATO.

1948 AD