Gottlieb Wilhelm Daimler 1834 - Engineer, industrialist, invented the high-speed petrol engine, Bobby Jones (Robert Tyre "Bobby" Jones Jr.) 1902 - Golfer, Nat "King" Cole (Nathaniel Adams Coles) 1919 - Singer, musician
Rudolf Nureyev 1938 - Ballet dancer, John Sebastian 1944 - Singer, songwriter (Lovin' Spoonful), Kurt Russell 1951 - Actor
Gary Sinise 1955 - Actor ("C.S.I: NY"), Rob Lowe 1964 - Actor, Mia Hamm 1972 - Soccer player
0461 - Bishop Patrick, St. Patrick, died in Saul. Ireland celebrates this day in his honor. (More about St. Patrick's Day)
1756 - St. Patrick's Day was celebrated in New York City for the first time. The event took place at the Crown and Thistle Tavern.
1910 - The Camp Fire Girls organization was founded by Luther and Charlotte Gulick. It was formally presented to the public exactly 2 years later.
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.
1958 - The Vanguard 1 satellite was launched by the U.S.
1961 - The U.S. increased military aid and technicians to Laos.
1969 - Golda Meir was sworn in as the fourth premier of Israel.
1973 - The first American prisoners of war (POWs) were released from the "Hanoi Hilton" in Hanoi, North Vietnam.
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.
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