- 461] 'Happy Trails': St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland dies from unknown causes...1993] Legendary actress Helen Hayes dies of congestive heart failure at 92...
- 1756] Happy Times: New York City's first St. Patrick's Day celebration is held at the Crown and Thistle Tavern...
- 1776] Redcoats don't wear green: British forces evacuate the city of Boston during the Revolutionary War. On St. Patrick's Day? Now they're really asking for it...
- 1897] Falling: Bob Fitzsimmons, a 167-pound middleweight KOs Gentleman Jim Corbett in the 14th round to claim the world title. After the fight, Fitzsimmons says of the 183-pound Corbett: "The bigger they are, the harder they fall."...
- 1905] Wedding Bells: Franklin D. Roosevelt marries his distant cousin, Eleanor Roosevelt in New York City. President Theodore Roosevelt, FDR's 5th cousin, gives his niece away. Quite conveniently Eleanor doesn't have to change her last name but how distant a cousin was she???
- 1910] Happy campers: The 'Camp Fire Girls Organization' is founded by Luther and Charlotte Gulick. Two years later they begin operation...
- 1959] Get out of town: The Dalai Lama a.k.a. Lhama Dhondrub Tenzin Gyatso flees Tibet for India. The Chinese took over Tibet in 1950 and opposition to their regime by Tibet's Monks is causing all hell to break loose in Tibet now...2003] President George W. Bush gives Saddam Hussein 48 hours to leave Iraq. He rejects the ultimatum. Tick...tick...tick...
- 1969] This I swear: Golda Meir is sworn in as the 4th Premier of Israel...
- 2005] I smell a rat: Rafael Palmeiro, who rats out teammate Miguel Tejada, and Sammy Sosa (who forgets how to speak English) testify before Congress saying they never used steroids. Mark McGwire, also testifying, turns into a sphinx...
- 2008] Client 9 replaced: David Paterson is sworn in as the new Governor of New York after the Eliot Spitzer (aka 'Client 9') prostitution scandal...For more on March 17th:
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