March 17
Today is the 76th day of 2022. There are 289 days left in the year. Today is St. Patrick's Day.
1762 - The first St. Patrick's Day parade was held in New York City.
1776 - British forces evacuated Boston during the Revolutionary War.
1870 - Wellesley Female Seminary (later Wellesley College) received its charter from the Massachusetts legislature.
1905 - Franklin D. Roosevelt marries his fifth-cousin Anna Eleanor Roosevelt, niece of President Theodore Roosevelt, in New York City.
1910 - The Camp Fire Girls organization was founded in Thetford, Vermont.
1941 - The National Gallery of Art opened in Washington, D.C.
1942 - Gen. Douglas MacArthur became supreme commander of Allied forces in the southwest Pacific theater during World War II.
1950 - Scientists at the University of California at Berkeley announced they had created a new radioactive element, “californium.”
1959 - The Dalai Lama fled Tibet for India in the wake of a failed uprising by Tibetans against Chinese rule.
1963 - Mount Agung on Bali erupted, killing nearly 1,200 people.
1966 - A U.S. Navy midget submarine located a missing hydrogen bomb that had fallen from a U.S. Air Force B-52 bomber into the Mediterranean off Spain. (It took several more weeks to actually recover the bomb.)
1969 - Golda Meir was sworn in as prime minister of Israel.
1970 - The United States cast its first veto in the U.N. Security Council, killing a resolution that would have condemned Britain for failing to use force to overthrow the white-ruled government of Rhodesia.
2003 - President George W. Bush delivered an ultimatum to Saddam Hussein: leave Iraq within 48 hours or face an attack.
2008 - Rock musician Paul McCartney's divorce from Heather Mills was settled for $48.6 million.
2009 - The Seattle Post-Intelligencer published its final print edition.
2011 - The U.N. Security Council voted to authorize military action to protect civilians and impose a no-fly zone over Libya.
2016 - Finally bowing to years of public pressure, SeaWorld Entertainment said it would no longer breed killer whales or make them perform crowd-pleasing tricks.
2017 - Secretary of State Rex Tillerson visited the world’s most heavily armed border, greeting U.S. soldiers on guard near the tense buffer zone between rivals North and South Korea.
2021 - In an unclassified intelligence report, U.S. officials warned that violent extremists motivated by political grievances and racial biases posed an “elevated threat” to the United States.
Birthdays
25 - Katie Ledecky (swimmer)
30 - John Boyega (actor)
30 - Eliza Hope Bennett (actress)
32 - Hozier (singer)
35 - Rob Kardashian (reality star)
35 - Bryan Dechart (actor)
36 - Olesya Rulin (actress)
41 - Nicky Jam (singer)
41 - Kyle Korver (basketball player)
43 - Samoa Joe (professional wrestler)
45 - Tamar Braxton (singer)
46 - Brittany Daniel (actress)
47 - Tracy Wolfson (sports reporter)
47 - Natalie Zea (actress)
48 - Marisa Coughlan (actress)
49 - Amelia Heinle (actress)
50 - Mia Hamm (soccer player)
54 - Matthew St. Patrick (actor)
55 - Billy Corgan (singer)
58 - Rob Lowe (actor)
62 - Vicki Lewis (actress)
63 - Danny Ainge (basketball player)
67 - Gary Sinise (actor)
67 - Paul Overstreet (singer)
67 - Mark Boone Jr. (actor)
68 - Lesley-Anne Down (actress)
70 - Susie Allanson (singer)
71 - Kurt Russell (actor)
73 - Patrick Duffy (actor)
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Today in Sports History - March 17
1940 - For the first time in NHL history, one line (Boston's Milt Schmidt, Woody Dumart and Bobby Bauer) finished 1-2-3 in NHL scoring.
1955 - In Montreal, there was a seven-hour riot that caused more than $1 million in damage. Canadien fans were upset because NHL President Clarence Campbell had suspended Rocket Richard for attacking an official during a fight in a game on March 13.
1988 - In the highest scoring men's NCAA Tournament game to date, Loyola-Marymount defeated Wyoming 119-115.
2005 - Baseball players Rafael Palmeiro and Sammy Sosa testified before Congress that they hadn't used steroids; Mark McGwire refused to say whether he had.
2007 - Mike Modano (Dallas Stars) scored his 502nd and 503rd career goals making him the all-time U.S. leader in goal-scoring.
2010 - Michael Jordan became the first ex-player to become a majority owner in the NBA as the league’s Board of Governors unanimously approved Jordan’s $275 million bid to buy the Charlotte Bobcats from Bob Johnson.
2020 - The Kentucky Derby and the French Open were each postponed from May to September because of the coronavirus.
Today is the 76th day of 2022. There are 289 days left in the year. Today is St. Patrick's Day.
1762 - The first St. Patrick's Day parade was held in New York City.
1776 - British forces evacuated Boston during the Revolutionary War.
1870 - Wellesley Female Seminary (later Wellesley College) received its charter from the Massachusetts legislature.
1905 - Franklin D. Roosevelt marries his fifth-cousin Anna Eleanor Roosevelt, niece of President Theodore Roosevelt, in New York City.
1910 - The Camp Fire Girls organization was founded in Thetford, Vermont.
1941 - The National Gallery of Art opened in Washington, D.C.
1942 - Gen. Douglas MacArthur became supreme commander of Allied forces in the southwest Pacific theater during World War II.
1950 - Scientists at the University of California at Berkeley announced they had created a new radioactive element, “californium.”
1959 - The Dalai Lama fled Tibet for India in the wake of a failed uprising by Tibetans against Chinese rule.
1963 - Mount Agung on Bali erupted, killing nearly 1,200 people.
1966 - A U.S. Navy midget submarine located a missing hydrogen bomb that had fallen from a U.S. Air Force B-52 bomber into the Mediterranean off Spain. (It took several more weeks to actually recover the bomb.)
1969 - Golda Meir was sworn in as prime minister of Israel.
1970 - The United States cast its first veto in the U.N. Security Council, killing a resolution that would have condemned Britain for failing to use force to overthrow the white-ruled government of Rhodesia.
2003 - President George W. Bush delivered an ultimatum to Saddam Hussein: leave Iraq within 48 hours or face an attack.
2008 - Rock musician Paul McCartney's divorce from Heather Mills was settled for $48.6 million.
2009 - The Seattle Post-Intelligencer published its final print edition.
2011 - The U.N. Security Council voted to authorize military action to protect civilians and impose a no-fly zone over Libya.
2016 - Finally bowing to years of public pressure, SeaWorld Entertainment said it would no longer breed killer whales or make them perform crowd-pleasing tricks.
2017 - Secretary of State Rex Tillerson visited the world’s most heavily armed border, greeting U.S. soldiers on guard near the tense buffer zone between rivals North and South Korea.
2021 - In an unclassified intelligence report, U.S. officials warned that violent extremists motivated by political grievances and racial biases posed an “elevated threat” to the United States.
Birthdays
25 - Katie Ledecky (swimmer)
30 - John Boyega (actor)
30 - Eliza Hope Bennett (actress)
32 - Hozier (singer)
35 - Rob Kardashian (reality star)
35 - Bryan Dechart (actor)
36 - Olesya Rulin (actress)
41 - Nicky Jam (singer)
41 - Kyle Korver (basketball player)
43 - Samoa Joe (professional wrestler)
45 - Tamar Braxton (singer)
46 - Brittany Daniel (actress)
47 - Tracy Wolfson (sports reporter)
47 - Natalie Zea (actress)
48 - Marisa Coughlan (actress)
49 - Amelia Heinle (actress)
50 - Mia Hamm (soccer player)
54 - Matthew St. Patrick (actor)
55 - Billy Corgan (singer)
58 - Rob Lowe (actor)
62 - Vicki Lewis (actress)
63 - Danny Ainge (basketball player)
67 - Gary Sinise (actor)
67 - Paul Overstreet (singer)
67 - Mark Boone Jr. (actor)
68 - Lesley-Anne Down (actress)
70 - Susie Allanson (singer)
71 - Kurt Russell (actor)
73 - Patrick Duffy (actor)
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Today in Sports History - March 17
1940 - For the first time in NHL history, one line (Boston's Milt Schmidt, Woody Dumart and Bobby Bauer) finished 1-2-3 in NHL scoring.
1955 - In Montreal, there was a seven-hour riot that caused more than $1 million in damage. Canadien fans were upset because NHL President Clarence Campbell had suspended Rocket Richard for attacking an official during a fight in a game on March 13.
1988 - In the highest scoring men's NCAA Tournament game to date, Loyola-Marymount defeated Wyoming 119-115.
2005 - Baseball players Rafael Palmeiro and Sammy Sosa testified before Congress that they hadn't used steroids; Mark McGwire refused to say whether he had.
2007 - Mike Modano (Dallas Stars) scored his 502nd and 503rd career goals making him the all-time U.S. leader in goal-scoring.
2010 - Michael Jordan became the first ex-player to become a majority owner in the NBA as the league’s Board of Governors unanimously approved Jordan’s $275 million bid to buy the Charlotte Bobcats from Bob Johnson.
2020 - The Kentucky Derby and the French Open were each postponed from May to September because of the coronavirus.
