March 17 0461 - Bishop Patrick, St. Patrick, died in Saul. Ireland celebrates this day in his honor. 1756 - St. Patricks Day was celebrated in New York City for the first time. The event took place at the Crown and Thistle Tavern. 1766 - Britain repealed the Stamp Act that had caused resentment in the North American colonies. 1776 - British forces evacuated Boston to Nova Scotia during the Revolutionary War. 1868 - Postage stamp canceling machine patent was issued. 1870 - Wellesley College was incorporated by the Massachusetts legislature under its first name, Wellesley Female Seminary. 1884 - In Otay, California, John Joseph Montgomery made the first manned, controlled, heavier-than-air glider flight in the United States. 1886 - 20 Blacks were killed in the Carrollton Massacre in Mississippi. 1891 - The British steamer Utopia sank off the coast of Gibraltar. 1901 - In Paris, Vincent Van Goghs paintings were shown at the Bernheim Gallery. 1909 - In France, the communications industry was paralyzed by strikes. 1910 - The Camp Fire Girls organization was founded by Luther and Charlotte Gulick. It was formally presented to the public exactly 2 years later. 1914 - Russia increased the number of active duty military from 460,000 to 1,700,000. 1917 - America’s first bowling tournament for ladies began in St. Louis, MO. Almost 100 women participated in the event. 1930 - Al Capone was released from jail. 1941 - The National Gallery of Art was officially opened by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt in Washington, DC. 1942 - Douglas MacArthur became the Supreme Commander of the Allied forces in the Southwestern Pacific. 1944 - During World War II, the U.S. bombed Vienna. 1950 - Scientists at the University of California at Berkeley announced that they had created a new radioactive element. They named it californium. It is also known as element 98. 1958 - The Vanguard 1 satellite was launched by the U.S. 1959 - The Dalai Lama (Lhama Dhondrub, Tenzin Gyatso) fled Tibet and went to India. 1961 - The U.S. increased military aid and technicians to Laos. 1962 - Moscow asked the U.S. to pull out of South Vietnam. 1966 - A U.S. submarine found a missing H-bomb in the Mediterranean off of Spain. 1967 - Snoopy and Charlie Brown of Peanuts were on the cover of LIFE magazine. 1969 - Golda Meir was sworn in as the fourth premier of Israel. 1970 - The U.S. Army charged 14 officers with suppression of facts in the My Lai massacre case. 1972 - U.S. President Nixon asked Congress to halt busing in order to achieve desegregation. 1973 - Twenty were killed in Cambodia when a bomb went off that was meant for the Cambodian President Lon Nol. 1973 - The first American prisoners of war (POWs) were released from the Hanoi Hilton in Hanoi, North Vietnam. 1982 - In El Salvador, four Dutch television crewmembers were killed by government troops. 1985 - U.S. President Reagan agreed to a joint study with Canada on acid rain. 1989 - A series of solar flares caused a violent magnetic storm that brought power outages over large regions of Canada. 1992 - In Buenos Aires, 10 people were killed in a suicide car-bomb attack against the Israeli embassy. 1992 - White South Africans approved constitutional reforms to give legal equality to blacks. 1995 - Gerry Adams became the first leader of Sinn Fein to be received at the White House. 1998 - Washington Mutual announced it had agreed to buy H.F. Ahmanson and Co. for $9.9 billion dollars. The deal created the nations seventh-largest banking company. 1999 - A panel of medical experts concluded that marijuana had medical benefits for people suffering from cancer and AIDS. 1999 - The International Olympic Committee expelled six of its members in the wake of a bribery scandal. 2000 - In Norway, Jens Stotenberg and the Labour Party took office as Prime Minister. The coalition government of Kjell Magne Bondevik resigned on March 9 as a result of an environmental dispute. 2000 - In Kanungu, Uganda, a fire at a church linked to the cult known as the Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments killed more than 530. On March 31, officials set the number of deaths linked to the cult at more than 900 after authorities subsequently found mass graves at various sites linked to the cult. 2007 - Mike Modano (Dallas Stars) scored his 502nd and 503rd career goals making him the all-time U.S. leader in goal-scoring. 2009 - The iTunes Music Store reached 800 million applications downloaded. Music History 1839 - Composer Josef Gabriel Rheinberger was born. 1926 - The Girl Friend opened in New York City. The musical ran for 409 performances. 1956 - Carl Perkins appeared on ABC-TVs Ozark Jubilee and performed Blue Suede Shoes. It was his first television appearance. Elvis Presley performed the song the same night on CBS-TVs Stage Show. 1958 - The Coasters recorded Yakety Yak. 1962 - Billboard reported that Ray Charles had started Tangerine, his own record label. 1967 - Bobby Vee recorded Come Back When You Grow Up. 1968 - The Bee Gees made their U.S. television debut on the Ed Sullivan Show. They performed To Love Somebody and Words. 1982 - Samuel George Jr. of the Capitols was stabbed to death during a family argument. He was 39 years old. 1990 - Whitney Houston headlined an AIDS benefit concert at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. 1990 - In Paris, the Bastille opera opened with a performance of Berlioz Les Troyens. 1995 - Madonna premiered the Bedtime Stories video. The gathering was 1,500 guests that were in pajamas and had teddy bears. 1997 - The RIAA announced that the Eagles Greatest Hits album had tied Michael Jacksons Thriller as the all-time best-selling album in the U.S. 1998 - Van Halen released Van Halen 3. It was the bands first album with lead singer Gary Cherone (of Extreme). Birthdays Roger Brooke Taney 1777 - Fifth Chief Justice of the United States Gottlieb Wilhelm Daimler 1834 - Engineer, industrialist, invented the high-speed petrol engine Jim Bridger (James Felix Bridger) 1881 - Mountain man, trapper, guide Paul Eliot Green 1894 - Playwright Bobby Jones (Robert Tyre Bobby Jones Jr.) 1902 - Golfer Marquis Childs 1903 - Journalist John Pastore 1907 - Lawyer, politician Mercedes McCambridge 1918 - Actress Nat King Cole (Nathaniel Adams Coles) 1919 - Singer, musician Paul Horn 1930 - Jazz flautist Dick Curless 1932 - Singer, known as the Baron of Country Music Adam Wade 1937 - Singer, drummer, actor Rudolf Nureyev 1938 - Ballet dancer Paul Kantner 1941 - Musician (Jefferson Airplane/Starship) Jim Weatherly 1943 - Singer, songwriter Patrick McCauley (Them) 1944 John Sebastian 1944 - Singer, songwriter (Lovin Spoonful) Harold Brown 1946 - Musician (War) Patrick Duffy 1949 - Actor (TV: Dallas) Kurt Russell 1951 - Actor Scott Gorham 1951 - Guitar player (Thin Lizzy) Susie Allanson 1952 - Singer Lesley-Anne Down 1954 - Actress Gary Sinise 1955 - Actor (C.S.I: NY) Paul Overstreet 1955 - Country singer Mike Lindup 1959 - Musician (Level 42) Vicki Lewis 1960 - Actress Casey Sirmaszko 1961 - Actor Claire Grogan (Altered Images) 1962 Rob Stich 1962 - Writer, director Rob Lowe 1964 - Actor Van Connor 1967 - Musician (Screaming Trees) Billy Corgan 1967 - Musician (Smashing Pumpkins) Mathew St. Patrick 1968 - Actor (Six Feet Under) Yanic Truesdale 1969 - Actor (Gilmore Girls) Bill Mueller 1971 - Baseball player Mia Hamm 1972 - Soccer player Melissa Auf der Maur 1972 - Musician (Hole, Smashing Pumpkins) Caroline Corr 1973 - Musician (The Corrs) Marisa Coughlan 1974 - Actress Stephen Gately 1976 - Singer (Boyzone) Swifty 1977 - Rapper (D12) The rest was just repeats of the last history post. Really beginning to get disappointed in this site, but havent found a replacement with the varied info this one has yet. on-this-day
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