Event:
Scientists using the BICEP2 telescope identify evidence for cosmic inflation; if confirmed, this evidence will provide support for the Big Bang Theory of the origin of the universe
More Notable Events on March 17:
1997 CNN begins spanish broadcasts
1995 U.S. approves 1st chicken pox vaccine, Varivax by Merck
1969 Golda Meir becomes Israel's 4th PM
1966 U.S. submarine locates missing H-bomb in Mediterranean
1959 Dalai Lama flees Tibet for India
