Template:On this day/March 17

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March 17:

  • 1864 – Rob Lowe, Hollywood actor; born in Charlottesville.
  • 1865Benjamin Franklin Ficklin acquire the title to Monticello, a mere three weeks before Gen. Robert E. Lee’s surrender at Appomattox. (The U.S. government never recognized the Confederacy’s or Ficklin’s ownership of Monticello; after the Civil War all confiscated properties were returned to their previous owners.)