March 17th
Today in America's Present Past
1756 | St. Patrick’s Day is first celebrated at the Crown & Thistle Tavern in New York City, New York (with the first parade in 1762).
1776 | War of Independence: British evacuate Boston in defeat.
1777 | SCOTUS: Chief Justice Taney was born.
1804 | Explorer James Bridger was born.
1820 | General Patrick Edward Connor was born.
1863 | Activist Homer Plessy was born.
1866 | SCOTUS: Justice Pierce Butler was born.
1871 | The National Association of Professional Baseball Players was formed.
1876 | Indian Wars: General Crook destroy Cheyennes & Oglala-Sioux Indian camps.
1884 | The first glider flight was made by John Joseph Montgomery in Otay, California.
1886 | Civil Rights: Carrollton, Mississippi massacre.
1894 | The U.S. and China sign the Gresham-Yang Treaty.
1898 | John Philip Holland successfully tested the first modern submarine, which stayed below for nearly two hours.
1905 | POTUS: President Roosevelt weds Eleanor Roosevelt.
1906 | The Phi Kappa Tau Fraternity is founded at Miami University, Ohio.
1917 | Delta Phi Epsilon was founded at New York University Law School.
1919 | Entertainer Nat King Cole was born.
1942 | WWII: Douglas MacArthur arrives in Australia as the Supreme Commander of Pacific Allied Forces.
1942 | Serial killer John Wayne Gacy was born.
1951 | Actor Kurt Russell was born.
1955 | Actor Gary Sinise was born.
1961 | Politician Susanna Salter died.
1963 | New York’s Elizabeth Ann Seton is beatified.
1967 | Musician Bill Corgan was born.
1983 | Physiologist Haldan Keffer Hartline died.
1995 | The U.S. approves the first Chicken Pox vaccine.