Subject: Poor Gabriel's Almanac -- Mar 17
Date: Sun, 17 Mar 1996 05:00:41 GMT

Interesting things that happened March 17:

Birthdays on this date ...
  In 1804 James Bridger, scout, fur trader, mountain man par excellance
  In 1828 Maj. Gen. Patrick R. Cleburne - the "Stonewall" of the West
  In 1834 Gottlieb Daimler, automobile pioneer
  In 1894 Paul Green, playwright (The Lost Colony)
  In 1902 Bobby Jones, golfer
  In 1918 Mercedes McCambridge, actor
  In 1919 Nat King Cole, entertainer, father of Natalie
  In 1938 Rudolf Nureyev, ballet star
  In 1942 Paul Kantner, musician (Jefferson Starship)
  In 1944 John Sebastian, singer-songwriter
  In 1948 Robert Braunwart
  In 1949 Patrick Duffy, actor
  In 1951 Kurt Russell, actor
  In 1954 Leslie-Anne Down (in London, England), actor
  In 1964 Rob Lowe, actor, famous for home-made movies

Events worth noting ...
          St Patrick's Day
          Evacuation Day (celebrated in Boston)
  In 0461 St Patrick  -  the patron saint of Ireland  -  died in Saul.
  In 1753 First official St. Patrick's Day.
  In 1756 St. Patrick's Day first celebrated in New York City, at the
          Crown and Thistle Tavern.
  In 1776 British forces evacuated Boston during the Revolutionary War.
  In 1860 Japanese Embassy arrives aboard the "Candinmarruh" <sic>.
  In 1905 Eleanor Roosevelt married Franklin D. Roosevelt in New York.
  In 1906 President Theodore Roosevelt used the term "muckrake".
  In 1910 Camp Fire Girls organization was formed.
  In 1941 National Gallery of Art opened in Washington, D.C.
  In 1950 Element 98 - californium announced.
  In 1958 The U.S. Navy launched the Vanguard 1 satellite.
  In 1963 Elizabeth Ann Seton of New York was beatified.  She was sainted in 1975.
  In 1966 U.S. sub locates missing hydrogen bomb in Mediterranean.
  In 1969 Golda Meir became prime minister of Israel.
  In 1970 U.S. casts first veto in UN Security Council (Support England).
  In 1982 4 Dutch television crew members were shot dead in El Salvador.
  In 1983 70th hat trick in Islander history - Mike Bossy.

And remember ...
  International Hamburger and Pickle Month
  Red Cross Month
  National Nutrition Month (US)
  Women's History Month
 
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