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Saturday, March 17, 2018
History for March 17
History for March 17 - On-This-Day.com:
Gottlieb Wilhelm Daimler 1834 - Engineer, industrialist, invented the high-speed petrol engine, Marquis Childs 1903 - Journalist, Rudolf Nureyev 1938 - Ballet dancer
John Sebastian 1944 - Singer, songwriter (Lovin' Spoonful), Kurt Russell 1951 - Actor, Gary Sinise 1955 - Actor ("C.S.I: NY")
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.
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.
1969 - Golda Meir was sworn in as the fourth premier of Israel.
1989 - A series of solar flares caused a violent magnetic storm that brought power outages over large regions of Canada.
1992 - White South Africans approved constitutional reforms to give legal equality to blacks.
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