This Day In History
March 17
Saint Patrick dies First St. Patrick's Day parade British evacuate Boston The British evacuate Boston Jim Bridger born Auto pioneer Gottlieb Daimler born North and South clash at the Battle of Kelly's Ford Novelist and playwright Paul Green is born Van Gogh paintings shown Bobby Jones is born Franklin Roosevelt marries Eleanor Roosevelt Earthquakes kill more than 1,200 in Taiwan Shakeup in French government Todt named Reich Minister for Weapons and Munitions The Champs' "Tequila" is the #1 song on the U.S. pop charts National Security Council reviews situation Results of Peers investigation announced Lithuania rejects Soviet demand to renounce its independence Julia Roberts collects $20 million for Erin Brockovich Clark pleads guilty in Yale grad student slaying
Saint Patrick dies First St. Patrick's Day parade British evacuate Boston The British evacuate Boston Jim Bridger born Auto pioneer Gottlieb Daimler born North and South clash at the Battle of Kelly's Ford Novelist and playwright Paul Green is born Van Gogh paintings shown Bobby Jones is born Franklin Roosevelt marries Eleanor Roosevelt Earthquakes kill more than 1,200 in Taiwan Shakeup in French government Todt named Reich Minister for Weapons and Munitions The Champs' "Tequila" is the #1 song on the U.S. pop charts National Security Council reviews situation Results of Peers investigation announced Lithuania rejects Soviet demand to renounce its independence Julia Roberts collects $20 million for Erin Brockovich Clark pleads guilty in Yale grad student slaying
