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| March 17th |
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| About March 17th is the 76th day of the year (77th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 289 days remaining until the end of the calendar year. March 17th is Saint Patrick's Day in the United States. Births 1912 - Joe Stydahar, Hall of Fame offensive tackle 1914 - Sammy Baugh, Hall of Fame quarterback 1919 - Nat King Cole, jazz pianist, musician 1949 - Patrick Duffy, actor (Dallas, Step by Step) 1951 - Kurt Russell, actor (Escape from New York) 1964 - Rob Lowe, actor (St. Elmo's Fire) 1967 - Billy Corgan, singer, songwriter (The Smashing Pumpkins) 1972 - Mia Hamm, Olympian, soccer player Deaths 460 - Saint Patrick, Christian missionary 1956 - Fred Allen, comedian Events 1737 - The Irish Society of Boston organize the first Saint Patrick's Day celebration and parade in the colonies. 1756 - New York City celebrates Saint Patrick's Day for the first time at the Crown and Thistle Tavern. 1776 - The British military is forced to evacuate Boston , Massachusetts during the American Revolution War after George Washington and Henry Knox position artillery overlooking the city. 1780 - George Washington awards the Continental Army a holiday "as an act of solidarity with the Irish in their fight for independence" during the American Revolution. 1845 - A patent is granted for the rubber band. 1906 - In Oxford, Ohio, the Phi Kappa Tau Fraternity is founded at Miami University of Ohio. 1910 - Camp Fire Girls, now known as Camp Fire USA , is founded by Luther Gulick and his wife Charlotte and formally announced two years later. 1917 - At New York University Law School in New York state, Delta Phi Epsilon is founded. 1941 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt officially opens the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. 1950 - Element 98, named "Californium" is discovered by researchers from the University of California, Berkeley . 1958 - The Coasters record their hit single "Yakety Yak". 1958 - The United States launches the Vanguard 1 satellite, which still orbits Earth. 1959 - The USS Skate becomes the first submarine to surface at the North Pole. 1960 - U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the National Security Council order on the anti-Cuban covert action program that eventually leads to the Bay of Pigs Invasion. 1966 - A missing American hydrogen bomb is located off the coast of Spain in the Mediterranean by the Alvin submarine. 1969 - Golda Meir becomes the first female Prime Minister of Israel. 1970 - The U.S. Army charges 14 officers with suppressing information related to the My Lai massacre. 1985 - The first of two murders are committed by serial killer Richard Ramirez, known as the "Night Stalker", in Los Angeles. 2008 - New York State Governor Eliot Spitzer puts in his resignation after a high-end prostitute scandal. Lieutenant Governor David Paterson becomes acting New York State governor. |
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