Today In History.
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 0461-03-17 | St Patrick - patron saint of Ireland - died in Saul |
| 1753-03-17 | 1st official St. Patrick's Day |
| 1776-03-17 | British forces evacuated Boston during Revolutionary War |
| 1846-03-17 | FW Bessel - measurer of distance to 61 Cygni - dies |
| 1860-03-17 | Japanese embassy arrives aboard Candinmarruh [sic] |
| 1905-03-17 | Eleanor Roosevelt married FDR in NY |
| 1906-03-17 | Pres Theodore Roosevelt used term 'muckrake' |
| 1910-03-17 | Camp Fire Girls organize |
| 1941-03-17 | Natl Gallery of Art opens in Wash DC |
| 1950-03-17 | Element 98 (Californium) announced |
| 1958-03-17 | Vanguard 1 measures shape of Earth |
| 1959-03-17 | Dalai Lama flees Tibet for India |
| 1963-03-17 | Elizabeth Ann Seton of NY beatified (sainted in 1975) |
| 1966-03-17 | US sub locates missing hydrogen bomb in Mediterranean |
| 1969-03-17 | Golda Meir became Israeli PM |
| 1970-03-17 | US casts 1st UN Security Council veto (Support England) |
| 1982-03-17 | 4 Dutch TV crew members shot dead in El Salvador |
| 1983-03-17 | 70th hat trick in Islander history - Mike Bossy |