Today in History: March 17

March 18th, 2008 Me

1753 – 1st official St Patrick’s Day
1762 – 1st St Patrick’s Day parade in NYC
1845 – Rubber band patented by Stephen Perry of London
1921 – Lenin proclaims New Economic Politics
1932 – German police raid Hitler’s nazi-headquarter
1945 – Allied ships bomb North-Sumatra
1959 – Dalai Lama flees Tibet for India
1973 – St Patrick Day marchers carry 14 coffins commemorating Bloody Sunday




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