March 17
Today is the 76th day of 2017, there are 289 days left in the year.
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 married his distant cousin, Eleanor Roosevelt, in New York City. President Theodore Roosevelt, FDR's fifth cousin, gave his niece away.
1906 - President Theodore Roosevelt first likened crusading journalists to a man with "the muckrake in his hand" in a speech to the Gridiron Club in Washington, D.C.
1936 - Pittsburgh's Great St. Patrick's Day Flood began as the Monongahela and Allegheny rivers and their tributaries, swollen by rain and melted snow, started exceeding flood stage; the high water was blamed for more than 60 deaths.
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.
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 1,184 people.
1966 - A U.S. Navy midget submarine located a missing hydrogen bomb which had fallen from a U.S. Air Force B-52 bomber into the Mediterranean off the coast of 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.
1992 - Whites in South Africa voted by a greater than 2-to-1 majority to forge ahead with talks to end white rule and give blacks voting rights for the first time in the country's history.
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.
Birthdays
20 - Katie Ledecky (swimmer)
24 - Julia Winter (actress)
25 - John Boyega (actor)
25 - Louis Hunter (actor)
30 - Rob Kardashian (reality star)
30 - Emmanuel Sanders (football player)
31 - Olesya Rulin (actress)
31 - Chris Davis (baseball player)
36 - Kyle Korver (basketball player)
38 - Samoa Joe (professional wrestler)
38 - Coco Austin (model)
40 - Tamar Braxton (R&B singer)
41 - Brittany Daniel (actress)
45 - Mia Hamm (soccer player)
50 - Billy Corgan (rock singer)
53 - Rob Lowe (actor)
62 - Gary Sinise (actor)
66 - Kurt Russell (actor)
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Today in Sports History - March 17
1871 - National Association of Professional Base-Ball players is organized.
1902 - Bobby Jones, the American golfer who was the first winner of the Grand Slam, was born.
1908 - Quickest world heavyweight title fight (Tommy Burns knocks out Jem Roche in 88 seconds).
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 - NHL hockey player Maurice "Rocket" Richard is suspended, sparks 7-hour riot in Montréal, Québec, Canada.
1961 - New York district attorney arrests professional gamblers who implicate Seton Hall players for throwing games.
1963 - Bob Cousy plays in his final NBA game.
1988 - Highest scoring NCAA basketball game to date takes place during the NCAA Tournament with Loyola Marymount 119 defeating Wyoming 119-115.
1996 - Mike Tyson beats Frank Bruno in third round to gain Heavyweight title.
1998 - The United States beat Canada 3-1 to win the first gold medal for women's hockey at the Winter Olympic Games in Nagano, Japan.
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.
Today is the 76th day of 2017, there are 289 days left in the year.
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 married his distant cousin, Eleanor Roosevelt, in New York City. President Theodore Roosevelt, FDR's fifth cousin, gave his niece away.
1906 - President Theodore Roosevelt first likened crusading journalists to a man with "the muckrake in his hand" in a speech to the Gridiron Club in Washington, D.C.
1936 - Pittsburgh's Great St. Patrick's Day Flood began as the Monongahela and Allegheny rivers and their tributaries, swollen by rain and melted snow, started exceeding flood stage; the high water was blamed for more than 60 deaths.
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.
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 1,184 people.
1966 - A U.S. Navy midget submarine located a missing hydrogen bomb which had fallen from a U.S. Air Force B-52 bomber into the Mediterranean off the coast of 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.
1992 - Whites in South Africa voted by a greater than 2-to-1 majority to forge ahead with talks to end white rule and give blacks voting rights for the first time in the country's history.
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.
Birthdays
20 - Katie Ledecky (swimmer)
24 - Julia Winter (actress)
25 - John Boyega (actor)
25 - Louis Hunter (actor)
30 - Rob Kardashian (reality star)
30 - Emmanuel Sanders (football player)
31 - Olesya Rulin (actress)
31 - Chris Davis (baseball player)
36 - Kyle Korver (basketball player)
38 - Samoa Joe (professional wrestler)
38 - Coco Austin (model)
40 - Tamar Braxton (R&B singer)
41 - Brittany Daniel (actress)
45 - Mia Hamm (soccer player)
50 - Billy Corgan (rock singer)
53 - Rob Lowe (actor)
62 - Gary Sinise (actor)
66 - Kurt Russell (actor)
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Today in Sports History - March 17
1871 - National Association of Professional Base-Ball players is organized.
1902 - Bobby Jones, the American golfer who was the first winner of the Grand Slam, was born.
1908 - Quickest world heavyweight title fight (Tommy Burns knocks out Jem Roche in 88 seconds).
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 - NHL hockey player Maurice "Rocket" Richard is suspended, sparks 7-hour riot in Montréal, Québec, Canada.
1961 - New York district attorney arrests professional gamblers who implicate Seton Hall players for throwing games.
1963 - Bob Cousy plays in his final NBA game.
1988 - Highest scoring NCAA basketball game to date takes place during the NCAA Tournament with Loyola Marymount 119 defeating Wyoming 119-115.
1996 - Mike Tyson beats Frank Bruno in third round to gain Heavyweight title.
1998 - The United States beat Canada 3-1 to win the first gold medal for women's hockey at the Winter Olympic Games in Nagano, Japan.
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.
